Oddity Shop Kara Perakovic and Zach Palmer
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- Society & Culture
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This podcast examines the oddities of the world...Cryptids to Conspiracies, Cults to Curiosities, Myths to Mysteries, and so much more! Stop by the shop, where the bizarre is always on sale... Each week your curators, Kara Perakovic and Zach Palmer will be opening the shop and sharing stories with you.
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Peculiar Case of Elisa Lam: Lost Within the Cecil Hotel
Welcome to The Oddity Shop, Where the Bizarre is Always on Sale! This week in the shop, Zach has the strange story of Elisa Lam and her time at the Cecil HotelThe Cecil Hotel's story is as layered as the most intricate of novels, with chapters of grandeur, despair, and notoriety. We peel back these layers to reveal its transformation from a luxury establishment to a refuge shadowed by crime, introducing listeners to figures like Richard Ramirez who walked its halls. The hotel serves as ...
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Street Light Interference: Not the SLIders You'd Eat!
Welcome to The Oddity Shop, Where the Bizarre is Always on Sale! This week in the shop, Kara is taking us sliding through some streetlight weirdness! We're taking you to the edge of reason with a deep dive into the Streetlight Interference Phenomenon (SLI). Our latest chat ventures into the realm of those electrifying individuals who leave a trail of flickering lights and haywire gadgets in their wake. Ever heard of Angelique Cotton, the 14-year-old 'electric person'? We explore he...
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Time Slips and Apparitions: Exploring Temporal Anomalies
Welcome to The Oddity Shop, Where the Bizarre is Always on Sale! This week in the shop, Zach's taking us on a time warping bender.The concept of a block universe may sound like heavy stuff, but get ready for a riveting exploration of how every moment might just coexist in a sprawling cosmic map of time and space. We're not just talking theory; we're weaving in chilling real-life encounters with entities that challenge our perception of reality. Paranormal investigator Kalani share...
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1858 Garnett House Hotel: Exploring History, Hauntings, and Hidden Secrets
Welcome to The Oddity Shop, Where the Bizarre is Always on Sale! This week in the shop, Kara tells us all about the Horrific Garnett House HotelThe Garnett House Hotel's walls echoed with our footsteps as we traced its history from hotel to school, orphanage, and more, unraveling a past as colorful as the apparitions that reputedly roam its halls. Through the lens of the Garnett House's ghostly legends, we found ourselves both entertained and spooked, revealing the house's many transiti...
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Lake Superior: The Great Lake That Never Gives Up Her Dead
Welcome to The Oddity Shop, Where the Bizarre is Always on Sale! This week in the shop, Zach Brings us Shipwreck Stories from Lake Superior Have you ever pondered the eerie allure of Lake Superior's depths? We'll journey into the chilling embrace of Lake Superior, regaling you with tales of ghostly lighthouses and ships that sail into legend. Dive into eerie encounters with "Grandpa/ Old Whitey" and the spectral SS Bannockburn before coming up for air with our musings on the ...
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Howling Through The Bayou: The Legend of The Rougarou
Welcome to The Oddity Shop, Where the Bizarre is Always on Sale! This week in the shop, Kara has the legend or the Rougarou Cryptid!Hold onto your hats and your M&Ms as we take you down to the bayou, where the Rougarou lurks in the shadows. This isn't your average campfire tale – encounters with this Cajun cryptid is one for the books, with a peculiar penchant for brightly colored candy and a backstory that will make you rethink every rustle in the dark. As we dissect this sha...
Customer Reviews
New oddball and I’m obsessed
I’ve been listening to oddity shop literally every day. I 👏am 👏 obsessed 👏. Seriously, it’s so informative, funny and spooky! It really feels like hanging with friends, scaring the pants off each other. Kara and Zach have made something very special, and a podcast that is top 5 for me now 🧡. Do it, become an oddball, I promise you won’t regret it.
Hanging out with friends!
Kara and Zach are so engaging! It’s a perfect mix of fun and spooky. It’s honestly like having a weekly phone call with friends
Great listen
These two do an amazing job of digging into the facts of a story. They allow listeners to draw their own conclusions.