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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Some of the most bizarre additions to the Cabinet are relics from a taboo source: the human body. Thankfully, their stories are a lot less contentious.
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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. |
| 0:27.8 | Some legends are just too mysterious to die off completely. |
| 0:32.0 | Books are still written about the Lindbergh baby, the zodiac killer, an infamous thief |
| 0:36.9 | and airplane hijacker, DB Cooper. |
| 0:40.8 | Details are scarce, or in some cases, disregarded in favor of alternative theories that present |
| 0:46.4 | claims of supernatural involvement, secret societies, or other bizarre solutions to unanswered |
| 0:52.4 | questions. |
| 0:55.2 | In such case has bewildered the world for decades, that has all the components for an enduring |
| 1:00.3 | legend, a renowned newsmaker, a grand test of endurance, and a suspicious disappearance. |
| 1:08.4 | In September of 1943, British Colonial Service Officer Gerald Gallagher moved to a patch |
| 1:14.2 | of land in the Pacific called Gardener Island. |
| 1:17.4 | He'd been put in charge of establishing a new settlement on behalf of the British Empire. |
| 1:22.5 | In his stay, Gallagher's men uncovered a strange collection of bones, as well as a human |
| 1:27.7 | skull, a shoe, an empty bottle, and a box. |
| 1:33.0 | Gallagher sent a telegram to a fellow officer explaining the discovery, as he believed he'd |
| 1:37.9 | stumbled onto something, or someone, actually, that was important. |
| 1:43.7 | He was told to keep his findings to himself though, until no one else but to send the |
| 1:47.9 | bones to British officials for analysis. |
| 1:51.2 | It was a Dr. Lindsay Isaac who conducted the examination, and determined the remains |
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