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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Dead and Loving It

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Whether it's their words or actions, some people can be more than a little irritating. Today's journey through the cabinet will introduce you to both situations.

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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.

0:27.4

Look at the laws of any state in the US and you'll find more than the usual ones geared

0:32.2

toward punishing criminals.

0:34.0

For example, in Wisconsin, it's illegal to throw rocks at trains.

0:38.6

In Vermont in 2009, the state banned the banning of clotheslines.

0:43.2

You heard that right.

0:44.4

You cannot stop someone from using a clothesline on their property there by law.

0:49.6

And if you're a boxer in Utah, you can forget about biting your opponent unless you want

0:54.6

a visit from the cops.

0:58.1

But perhaps the strangest case of a broken law occurred in New York in 1913.

1:03.1

A woman named Johanna Voch lived at 110 Magenta Street with her son Armando.

1:08.7

Armando had a bad habit of running his mouth first thing in the morning, screaming things

1:13.0

like, go to hell and scaring the neighborhood cats and dogs.

1:18.2

Voch's neighbors, Mrs. Orm's B. Gendro and her husband, couldn't stand Armando's constant

1:23.5

yelling, especially since Mr. Gendro worked nights and slept in the mornings.

1:28.4

Right when Armando was beginning his daily shouting sessions, and public obscenity was definitely

1:33.5

not tolerated at the time.

1:36.6

Mrs. Voch tried, but she couldn't control Armando and the Gendro's didn't care.

1:42.1

Something had to be done and so the angry neighbors took Mrs. Voch and Armando to court.

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