Ghosted
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2019
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Our trip through the Cabinet today will explore ghostly houses and dusty libraries, two places were curious stories are born. Enjoy the tour!
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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. |
| 0:27.5 | William Kent was a humble inkeeper in mid-1700s England. |
| 0:32.3 | During the many months when he and his wife Elizabeth were expecting the birth of their |
| 0:35.6 | first child, the woman's sister Fanny came to stay with them and help around the house. |
| 0:40.5 | Sadly, Elizabeth died giving birth to their son, and the frail little infant passed away |
| 0:45.1 | a short while later. |
| 0:47.6 | William was in turmoil, having lost both his beloved wife and his newborn son just days |
| 0:52.8 | apart. |
| 0:53.8 | Fanny decided to stay and help him, and eventually the two fell in love. |
| 0:58.2 | He wanted to marry her so he set out for London to seek counsel on how to proceed, but |
| 1:03.0 | there was a problem. |
| 1:04.2 | The church wouldn't let William marry Fanny, as can in law forbade it. |
| 1:09.6 | William was, again, heartbroken and decided to get away. |
| 1:13.1 | From his job, from his old house, from every bad memory he had, he and Fanny parted ways, |
| 1:19.1 | and then he moved to London where he started a new life for himself. |
| 1:22.9 | Fanny, however, couldn't forget William. |
| 1:25.1 | She wrote him letters professing her love for him, and he wrote back each and every time. |
| 1:30.2 | Eventually, William could no longer hide his feelings, and he invited her to come stay |
| 1:34.2 | with him. |
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