Barrel of Fun
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Soem people leave their mark on the world during their own lifetime and then fade away. Others might still find their names on the lips of people generations later. Either way, they make great additions to the Cabinet of Curiosities.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm |
| 0:08.7 | and Mild. |
| 0:13.0 | Our world is full of the unexplainable. |
| 0:16.3 | And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display, |
| 0:22.2 | just waiting for us to explore. |
| 0:25.4 | Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's. |
| 0:30.0 | A Great King does more than just rule. |
| 0:40.0 | Being a successful king is about compassion and unity. |
| 0:43.0 | It's about bringing together disparate groups of people under one banner so that the |
| 0:47.2 | kingdom can flourish. |
| 0:49.8 | Denmark had flourished under kings before, but its very first superstar king was often |
| 0:54.4 | considered gorm the old. |
| 0:56.3 | He and his wife, Tira, ruled from the village of Yelling for about 20 years between 936 |
| 1:01.4 | and 958, and they had three sons, Knut, Toki and Harold. |
| 1:07.7 | Now these young men were warriors in the truest sense. |
| 1:10.8 | Every summer they would leave Denmark and travel to a new land which they would pillage |
| 1:14.6 | and conquer. |
| 1:16.0 | One night in Dublin, after the gormsons had spent the day battling, Knut was killed by |
| 1:20.6 | a vengeful Irish archer. |
| 1:23.3 | Harold was heartbroken over his son's death, but it wouldn't be the last in the family. |
| 1:28.2 | After Gorm's own passing in 958, Harold took his father's place on the throne, and |
| 1:33.5 | Harold had grand plans for Denmark too. |
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