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Oddity Shop

Kara Perakovic and Zach Palmer

Welcome to The Oddity Shop Podcast — your weekly dose of creepy, odd, weird, strange, and downright bizarre stories from around the globe.

Each week, your curators Kara and Zach open the shop to explore cryptids, conspiracies, cults, urban legends, paranormal encounters, unsolved mysteries, and the strangest stories you’ve never heard.

Step inside… and remember: Creep it Real, ya oddballs.

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  • 23 episodes
  • fortnightly
  • Avg 39 min
  • English

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  • S1 · E187
    April 30 · 32 min

    The Great Lunar Hoax of 1835: Bat People on The Moon!

    Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale. This week, your Curator Kara is Taking Us to The Moon! A New York newspaper once got thousands of people to believe there were bat-like humanoids living on the moon, and the wild part is how reasonable it sounded at the time. We walk through the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, the infamous run of articles published by the New York Sun that claimed Sir John Herschel had a next-level telescope capable of spotting lunar forests, temples, strange animals, and “Vespatrilo Homo” flying around like it was normal field research. The story didn’t spread because people were dumb. It spread because it was written like science, released in a bingeable series, and backed by names that sounded impossible to question. From there, we connect the dots to today’s world of viral posts, “trust me bro” sources, and even AI-generated answers that sound authoritative while being totally wrong. Listen now, then subscribe, share with a fellow oddball, and leave a review. Check out our website for all episode references It Can't Be People! Click above - Get your copy now! Support the show The Shop's phone lines are open! Give us a call and leave a voicemail (Or two!) with your creepy personal tale/oddity, and it could be featured on a future episode! 616.320.4935 JOIN US ON PATREON: Click Here! Join the Oddity Shop on Patreon for Day Early Access to Episodes and tons of bonus content!!! Visit our Website to learn more! Email Us at: oddityshoppodcast.com www.OddityShopPodcast.com Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Affiliate programs are designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to the partner site.

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  • S1 · E186
    April 23 · 39 min

    Spontaneous Human Combustion: Tales That Turn To Ash!

    Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale. This week, your Curator Zach may just burst into flames! In this episode walk through one of the strangest forensic mysteries on record: the 1951 death of Mary Reeser in St. Petersburg, Florida, where investigators found a small burn zone, a greasy smoky odor, a clock stopped at 4:20 a.m., and roughly 10 pounds of ash where her chair once sat. From there, we zoom out into the unsettling pattern behind spontaneous human combustion reports, including historical cases like Countess Cornelia Brandi and modern controversies like the Irish ruling that officially recorded spontaneous human combustion as a cause of death. Listen now, share it with your most skeptical friend, and leave a review if you like our weird little shop. What’s your best theory for spontaneous human combustion? Check out our website for all episode references It Can't Be People! Click above - Get your copy now! Support the show The Shop's phone lines are open! Give us a call and leave a voicemail (Or two!) with your creepy personal tale/oddity, and it could be featured on a future episode! 616.320.4935 JOIN US ON PATREON: Click Here! Join the Oddity Shop on Patreon for Day Early Access to Episodes and tons of bonus content!!! Visit our Website to learn more! Email Us at: oddityshoppodcast.com www.OddityShopPodcast.com Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Affiliate programs are designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to the partner site.

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  • S1 · E185
    April 16 · 34 min

    The Scole Experiment: Seances in Norfolk, England!

    Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale. This week, your Curator Kara is blending Science and Seance. A pitch-black basement. A small table. Were chatting about the Scole Experiment, one of the strangest and most controversial cases in modern paranormal research, and we’re taking you through it step by step. We start in Scole, Norfolk, where a dedicated séance room is built. Over years of sittings, the group reports classic physical mediumship phenomena: floating lights in total darkness, voices that don’t match anyone in the room, objects sliding across the table, bells ringing, and “apports” that seem to appear from nowhere. Then the Society for Psychical Research shows up. With experienced researchers observing dozens of sessions, the story shifts from spooky tale to attempted documentation and a formal write-up that becomes the famous Scole Report. Listen, then tell us where you land: genuine paranormal activity, brilliant illusion, or something we don’t have language for yet. Check out our website for all episode references It Can't Be People! Click above - Get your copy now! Support the show The Shop's phone lines are open! Give us a call and leave a voicemail (Or two!) with your creepy personal tale/oddity, and it could be featured on a future episode! 616.320.4935 JOIN US ON PATREON: Click Here! Join the Oddity Shop on Patreon for Day Early Access to Episodes and tons of bonus content!!! Visit our Website to learn more! Email Us at: oddityshoppodcast.com www.OddityShopPodcast.com Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Affiliate programs are designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to the partner site.

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