Oddity Shop

Kara Perakovic and Zach Palmer
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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.

  1. 6D AGO

    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  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.

    33 min

  2. APR 23

    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  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.

    40 min

  3. APR 16

    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  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.

    35 min

  4. APR 9

    Oddball Guest: Jonathan Robinson on Hypnosis and Past Life Regression

    Welcome to a Very Special Episode of The Oddity Shop! In The Shop This Week we have a special guest: Hypnotherapist Jonathan Robinson of Journeys Into Past Lives !  We’re joined by Jonathan Robinson to talk past life regression, hypnotherapy, and how the theta state can open a door to memories, metaphors, and emotional roots you didn’t know you were carrying. Jonathan breaks down what hypnosis actually feels like, why it’s closer to guided meditation than Hollywood mind control, and how subconscious healing can create fast shifts in confidence, performance anxiety, and persistent phobias. If you’re curious about spiritual healing but still skeptical, this conversation keeps it practical: even if you label it imagination, the question is whether you feel freer afterward. To Contact Jonathan: Website Instagram Linktree Email - info@journeysintopastlives.com 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.

    54 min

  5. APR 2

    The Strangeness Of Superstitions: Tiny Rituals to Subdue Fear

    Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale.  This week, your Curator Zach is helping you avoid bad luck? Ever catch yourself pausing at a ladder, hesitating over a mirror at night, or flicking salt over your shoulder without thinking? We follow those tiny instincts back to their roots and find practical safety tips, ancient theology, battlefield math, and the human need to feel in control.  Through it all, we keep returning to the core question: do these superstitions and rituals change outcomes, or do they simply steady our hands? Maybe both. If this journey through ladders, mirrors, matches, and midnight whistles sparked a memory or challenged a belief, share the episode with a friend who needs a good story. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us the one superstition you refuse to test. 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.

    41 min

  6. MAR 26

    Out Of Body!: How Astral Projection Took Shape

    Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale.  This Week, Curator Kara will be separating our souls from our bodies! Astral projection didn’t just appear with candles and a playlist. We pull the thread through time to see how humans learned to imagine the self as detachable, mobile, and returnable, then tried to turn that idea into practice. From Egypt’s Ba, a bird-headed emblem of movement, to the Zoroastrian Arda Viraf’s supervised tour of heaven and hell, the early record reveals a sturdy pattern: induction, separation, journey, return, and testimony. Then Robert Monroe added method. He described the vibrational state, founded the Monroe Institute. The lab pushed back and helped, too. Neuroscientists can trigger out-of-body sensations by stimulating the temporoparietal junction, while near-death experiences across cultures repeat the same structure with different symbols. So which is it—spirit or synapse?  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.

    34 min

  7. MAR 19 ·  BONUS

    Paranormal Postcards 7: More Eerie Tales From Our Listeners

    Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale. This Week we are opening the doors and sharing YOUR stories back to you! We start off with Joe's story of his childhood house filled with monsters, shadows and so much more.  Then Danny kicks it into high gear with his recorded story of a truly haunted doll...That may have even tried to kill him. Finally, we wrap it up with a heartfelt story from Melinda where she recounts the times her passed family members have popped back into her life, spreading signs they are never far away. Have your own story you'd like to share? Email us or drop a voicemail and be featured on a future 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.

    42 min

  8. MAR 12

    Is The Earth Hollow?: Conspiracy, UFOs, and...Nazis!

    Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale.  This week, your Curator Zach is taking us to the center of the earth! We turn our attention below our feet and follow a breathtaking trail through ancient myth, Enlightenment science, wartime secrets, and modern UFO lore to ask whether an advanced civilization could be thriving inside the Earth. Greek gateways to the underworld, Mayan cenotes lined with ritual offerings, Norse craftsman-dwarves, and the powerful thread of Agartha from Hindu and Buddhist traditions all point to a living world beneath the surface.  The plot thickens in the polar night. Nazi occult expeditions to Tibet, the Arctic, and Antarctica fed persistent rumors of hidden bases and vanished U-boats. After World War II, Admiral Richard E. Byrd led Operation Highjump, a massive Antarctic push that ended far earlier than planned, fueling speculation. We unpack the controversial “Byrd diary” that describes a warm valley inside the ice, a radiant inner sun, telepathic hosts, and disc-shaped craft alarmed by nuclear tests.  Tell us, after listening to this one, Do you believe in Hollow Earth? See our website for 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.

    48 min
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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
    197
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Oddity Shop
  • Show Website
    Oddity Shop

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