Dead and Loving It
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K 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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