Eye Witness

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The curiosities on display today are wonderful remnants from the late 19th Century.

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0:00.0	Welcome to AirNManky'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.
0:30.1	When history is made, the bystanders tend to get forgotten.
0:40.4	We remember Abraham Zapruder because he filmed the most famous 26 seconds ever captured
0:45.2	on camera, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
0:48.5	But what about Gene Boone?
0:50.6	The name might not ring a bell, but Boone was the sheriff's deputy who found Oswald's
0:54.4	rifle in the book depository.
0:56.8	And then there's Fred Caps.
0:59.0	He wasn't witness to a presidential tragedy, just a missed opportunity.
1:03.4	Caps was fairly well known among professional magicians, but very few people today remember
1:08.0	his appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964.
1:11.7	Why?
1:12.7	Because he had the unfortunate luck of following up America's first glimpse of a brand new
1:16.9	rock band from England.
1:18.8	The Beatles.
1:20.2	Samuel also seemed like just another bystander.
1:23.6	However, he had one heck of a story to tell.
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