Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

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 Curiosity's.

For children, a dark and bedroom can be one of the scariest places on Earth.

There is a reason popular culture is rife with stories about inanimate playthings coming

to life.

The Twilight Zone's Talking Tina, Bart Simpson's sentient crusty The Clown Doll on a Halloween

episode of The Simpsons, and perhaps the most famous of all, the murderous Chucky from

the popular child's play Film Franchise, all of which have haunted the nightmares of

children and adults alike.

But where did our fear of evil dolls come from?

Is it the cold black void of their unblinking eyes, the rigid movements of their arms and

legs, or could it be the tinny, robotic voices emanating from deep inside their chests?

Thanks to Thomas Edison, it was all three.

Back in 1890, Edison saw how technology was changing.

In fact, he was responsible for a lot of those changes, and he believed that there was

no better place to explore its benefits than within the home.

He had already made history with the phonograph 12 years earlier, but its lack of success in

the market had led him to abandon the project.

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