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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Two remarkable people and two scientific mysteries, each with an exciting journey and an unpredictable ending.

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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.

0:27.8

Most of us have had a shocking experience before.

0:30.8

Not a surprising or unexpected experience, but a shocking one.

0:35.6

If you can remember your childhood, it probably involved a balloon, some shag carpet and a pair

0:40.6

of wool socks.

0:41.9

All you had to do was drag your feet and then watch as that balloon magically stuck to

0:46.2

your head until you zapped your friend with your finger, that is.

0:50.3

But not everyone has been limited to tools such as carpet and balloons.

0:55.0

No, some people have had much more power at their disposal, and no one, it seems, had

1:00.0

more than a 14-year-old French girl named Angelique.

1:04.0

She was born in 1831 in the town of La Perryier, and as far as I can tell, her early years

1:09.4

were unremarkable.

1:10.8

But in 1845, something changed.

1:13.4

She had been working with other women in a clovier that manufactured gloves on oak weaving

1:18.0

frames, and for a very long while, things were normal and safe.

1:22.8

And suddenly, all of that changed when she reached for the oak frame, and it moved

1:27.2

away from her hand.

1:29.3

Some of the women working near her claimed that even if she simply stood near the equipment,

1:33.6

it would vibrate and rattle as if an invisible hand were thrashing it around.

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