About this episode

The episode explores mysterious disappearances, signs from loved ones, and peculiar encounters while preparing for Halloween.

A stranger vanishes into a dead-end Savannah alley, leaving behind a lesson that will last a lifetime. A grieving listener receives possible signs from both her grandmother and beloved dog, while JG recalls the mysterious cab driver who appeared during his family’s desperate trip to Boston Children’s Hospital—and disappeared before he could be thanked. Also: Ghost the Great Dane and his “trotting farts,” an unexpectedly controversial use for A.1. Sauce, a nature trail shaped like an air freshener, and a listener suggestion involving the horrifying Byford Dolphin decompression accident. Plus, Kat and Jethro prepare for Halloween Quarter and invite the Freak Family to submit their own recorded stories for the annual Halloween special. It’s another Inbox of Oddities filled with strange encounters, heartfelt connections, peculiar pets, and the lingering question of whether the signs we ask for may already be all around us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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