Cold Start
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Traditions can be curiously weird. Some were created to help us improve ourselves, while others are in place to save lives. And today's tour through the Cabinet should explain why.
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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. |
| 0:37.0 | A New Year usually means new beginnings. |
| 0:39.7 | It's a time for reinvention, rebirth and resolutions. |
| 0:43.6 | Those with aspirations to shed some weight or learn a new language might join a gym or |
| 0:48.9 | take classes. |
| 0:50.4 | But if you're Bernard McFadden, you might try to completely reinvent yourself and how |
| 0:55.2 | we celebrate the New Year in the process. |
| 0:59.0 | Bernard McFadden was born in Mill Spring, Missouri in 1868. |
| 1:03.3 | He had a tough childhood, both physically and emotionally. |
| 1:06.6 | His parents were often sick, and their illnesses eventually claimed their lives while he was |
| 1:10.9 | still just a boy. |
| 1:12.5 | The young McFadden himself also faced health troubles, but he was able to overcome them |
| 1:16.8 | with the help of a farmer who took him in after the deaths of his parents. |
| 1:21.8 | The manual labor strengthened his frail form, and the hearty farm food nourished him. |
| 1:27.1 | It had been the perfect cure for his meager body, until he left a few years later to work |
| 1:31.8 | behind a desk in St. Louis. |
| 1:33.7 | It didn't take long for McFadden to revert back to his old self. |
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