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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Bet On It

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Dreams are tricky things. Some of them contain things we want, while others show us our biggest fears. Either way, they hold a world of possibilities.

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0:00.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:07.2

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:13.1

just waiting for us to explore.

0:16.2

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:27.9

Ask anyone to give you a list of their most sought after treasures, and they're probably

0:31.9

going to use a particular phrase about that list.

0:34.9

Everything on it would be a dream come true.

0:37.6

And that's the beauty of dreams, right?

0:39.7

They have no limits, no boundaries, and sadly, no probability of actually happening.

0:45.5

Which is why the phrase dream come true has so much power whenever someone wins the lottery,

0:50.4

or lands that promotion they work so hard for, to everyone around them.

0:54.8

Their dreams had just come true, and it can't get much better than that.

1:00.1

But not every dream come true is received well.

1:03.1

Take for example the story of John Godly, known to the history books as Lord Killbracken

1:07.8

from Ireland, because what happened to him just after World War II was both amazing

1:12.1

and at least to him, more than a little disturbing.

1:16.8

In the late 1940s, John was a student in Oxford, working hard and studying late into the

1:21.8

Knights, as most students in his position would do.

1:25.0

But when sleep did finally come to John, it sometimes filled him with the most unusual

1:29.2

ideas.

1:30.4

You see, despite the fact that John wasn't a gambling man, his dreams were filled with visions

1:35.0

of horse races.

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