The Kindred Spirit Mailbox
6/2/202615 min
Nestled on North Carolina’s southern shoreline, the Kindred Mailbox keeps countless secrets and confessions left in the sand. This episode tells the story of mailbox and its dedicated keepers.
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First 90 secondsJack DeGroot· Guest0:11
I think sometimes if you have to work for it, you have to walk down there or get down there, you appreciate it more. It's magical. It's always magical.
Jerome Campbell· Host0:21
If you walk south along the coast of North Carolina, past the vacation rentals of Sunset Beach, past the last of the sunbathers and ice cream carts, the world starts to feel empty. You'll have crossed an invisible line into Bird Island, a coastal reserve set aside for the wilds. And there, standing against the dunes, you see it, a single black mailbox on a wooden post. No house, no street address, no mailman. But there are letters.
Jack DeGroot· Guest0:57
Dear Kindred Spirit, I am here with my kindred spirits from high school. We are all 60 now, but the bond and the friendship continues. Sally.
Jerome Campbell· Host1:08
Dear Kindred Spirit, praying for my friend Melvin and Janice. They have a long road ahead and I pray for them to find strength. Jaron Z. This is the Kindred Spirit Mailbox. For nearly 50 years, it has sat on the edge of the world, gathering the prayers, confessions, and heartbreaks of a revolving door of