Prepare to venture to the darkest most haunted locations once again.

Season 5 of Haunted Road premieres November 15th.

About 4 o'clock in the morning it felt like the hand of God touched the castle.

The whole thing just shook.

Brace yourself for a supernatural journey unlike any other.

Haunted Road has something for you.

Listen to Haunted Road Season 5 November 15th on the I Heart Radio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your favorite shows. Welcome to Aaron Manky's cabinet of curiosities, a production of I-Heart Radio and

grim and mild. Our world is full of the unexplainable and if history is an open

book all of these amazing tales are right there on display, just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosities. realities. no reward. Crack open any history book and you'll find the stories of people who were willing

to gamble everything to achieve their dreams.

One of those people was Jean Bére.

He was born in rural France in 1740 and was fated to become a farmer just like his dad.

But Jean didn't want to grow plants. He wanted to study them. He dreamed of

becoming a botanist and although the cards were stacked against him, Jean had enough bravery and determination to break away from the farm and find work as a botanist assistant in Paris.

He worked alongside Philibert Commerson, a more established botanist who collected and cataloged new plant species.

Commerson was so famous that in 1767 he was hand selected by King Louis the 15th for an exciting expedition.

Two government-funded naval ships were about to take off for a trip around the globe.

The King appointed Commerson as the head botanist on a ship called the Etole and Comerson asked Jean Bore to come along as his botanical assistant slash cabin boy.

At 27 years old, Jean wasn't exactly a boy, but he also wasn't in any position to turn down such a big offer.

He happily accepted, and that same year he and Commercein boarded thetole and took off on the adventure of a lifetime.

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