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.

  1. The Witching Hour: Why Is 3AM So Terrifying!?

    5D AGO

    The Witching Hour: Why Is 3AM So Terrifying!?

    Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale.  This week, your Curator Zach is going to keep you  up at night The clock flips to 3:00 and the room feels different, quieter, heavier, charged. Is that the veil thinning or just your brain finally quiet enough to notice what’s always there? We dive deep into the witching hour with a mix of curiosity, folklore, and hard science, asking whether 3 a.m. is truly a doorway for demons, a sanctuary for witches, or the time human attention becomes razor sharp. By the end, 3 a.m. feels less like a threat and more like a threshold. If you wake in that window, you can anchor with a breath, say a prayer, or journal what rises. The power isn’t outside you; it’s in the space the world gives back when everything else goes quiet. Check out our website for all references! Get All Your Spiritual Supplies From Mystic Moons On Etsy, or Check out their Facebook 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.

    47 min
  2. The Anthill Kids: Roch's Cult of Pain and Punishment

    FEB 19

    The Anthill Kids: Roch's Cult of Pain and Punishment

    Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale.  This Week, Curator Kara has cult story that will make  your skin crawl...with ants! What happens when a childhood shaped by violence meets a hunger for absolute authority? We follow the rise and collapse of the Anthill Kids, the Canadian cult built by Roch Thériault, a man who reinvented himself as a prophet after being rejected by his church. He promised salvation through obedience and suffering, then engineered a world where sleep was rare, food was scarce, and isolation was total. We walk through the mechanics of control—how isolation, exhaustion, and fear erode judgment. You’ll hear about Solange Boiliard’s tragic death after a grotesque “exorcism,” the children raised amid coercion and pain, and the chilling calculus that reframed abuse as spiritual growth. Most importantly, we center the courage of Gabrielle, who endured years of terror, escaped after a partial amputation, and told everything to authorities. Her testimony ended the commune and put Thériault away, proving that one voice can crack even the tightest grip. Check out Our Website for all references! Get All Your Spiritual Supplies From Mystic Moons On Etsy, or Check out their Facebook 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.

    44 min
  3. The Black Death: A Journey Through the Medieval Bubonic Plague

    FEB 12

    The Black Death: A Journey Through the Medieval Bubonic Plague

    Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale.  This week, your Curator Zach Is telling the dark tale of the plague! Twelve ships slid into Messina’s harbor and history snapped. We follow the Black Death from its quiet beginnings in Central Asian rodents to the siege of Kaffa, where corpses were catapulted over walls and panic sailed for Sicily.  What arrived in 1347 was more than a disease; it was a trio of killer plagues—bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic—moving along the arteries of medieval trade and faith, turning crowded markets and cathedral squares into corridors of grief.  You’ll hear how Yersinia pestis adapted to fleas, how Mongol movements amplified spread, and how lancing buboes and burning incense were no match for a pathogen that could leap from breath to breath.  Check out Our Website for all references used in this episode! Get All Your Spiritual Supplies From Mystic Moons On Etsy, or Check out their Facebook 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.

    45 min
  4. Origin Of "The Ring": Yurei Vs Onryo and Okiku's 10 Plates

    FEB 5

    Origin Of "The Ring": Yurei Vs Onryo and Okiku's 10 Plates

    Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale.  This Week, Curator Kara has another movie review: "The Ring". A voice counts to nine, pauses, and screams. That image pulls us from modern horror back to a legend that refuses to be quiet, as we explore the eerie thread connecting The Ring to the story of Okiku and the ten plates at Himeji Castle. We open with a simple question, if you were wronged and then died, would you seek justice or revenge, and use it to unpack how different cultures shape their ghosts: Yurē as the mournful echoes of unfinished lives, and Onryō as injustice turned into action. If you love folklore, film, and the way stories carry memory across centuries, this one’s for you. Press play, share it with a horror-loving friend, and then tell us: given the choice, do you haunt or help? And if the show made you think, leave a rating and review so more curious minds can find us. Check out our website for all episode references Get All Your Spiritual Supplies From Mystic Moons On Etsy, or Check out their Facebook 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.

    39 min
  5. Oddity Archives: Lauren The Mortician Reprise

    JAN 29

    Oddity Archives: Lauren The Mortician Reprise

    Welcome to the Oddity Shop. This Month, While we start to make new episodes for 2026, please enjoy some of our Favorite Guest Episodes that got buried in with the backstock! Up This Week: Our Conversation with TikTok Famous Lauren The Mortician Get All Your Spiritual Supplies From Mystic Moons On Etsy, or Check out their Facebook 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.

    1h 12m
  6. Oddity Archives: Exie Smith Reprise

    JAN 22

    Oddity Archives: Exie Smith Reprise

    Welcome to the Oddity Shop. This Month, While we start to make new episodes for 2026, please enjoy some of our Favorite Guest Episodes that got buried in with the backstock! Up This Week: Our Conversation with  Exie Smith Get All Your Spiritual Supplies From Mystic Moons On Etsy, or Check out their Facebook 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.

    1h 18m
  7. Oddity Archives: Sam Baltrusis Reprise

    JAN 15

    Oddity Archives: Sam Baltrusis Reprise

    Welcome to the Oddity Shop. This Month, While we start to make new episodes for 2026, please enjoy some of our Favorite Guest Episodes that got buried in with the backstock! Up This Week: Our Conversation with the Sam Baltrusis!  Get All Your Spiritual Supplies From Mystic Moons On Etsy, or Check out their Facebook 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.

    1h 3m
  8. Oddity Archives: Lauren Haunts Reprise

    JAN 8

    Oddity Archives: Lauren Haunts Reprise

    Welcome to the Oddity Shop. This Month, While we start to make new episodes for 2026, please enjoy some of our Favorite Guest Episodes that got buried in with the backstock! Up This Week: Our Conversation with the amazing, Lauren Haunts Get All Your Spiritual Supplies From Mystic Moons On Etsy, or Check out their Facebook 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.

    1h 36m
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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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  • Creator
    Kara Perakovic and Zach Palmer
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    188
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Oddity Shop
  • Show Website
    Oddity Shop

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