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Oddity Shop

De : Kara Perakovic and Zach Palmer
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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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    • The Anthill Kids: Roch's Cult of Pain and Punishment
      Feb 19 2026

      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.

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      44 min
    • The Black Death: A Journey Through the Medieval Bubonic Plague
      Feb 12 2026

      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

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      45 min
    • Origin Of "The Ring": Yurei Vs Onryo and Okiku's 10 Plates
      Feb 5 2026

      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.

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      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.

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      39 min
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