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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Great Escape

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The world is full of clever individuals, and some of them are featured on the tour today. One group crafted a language no one else can understand, while the other seems to speak one that's incredibly universal.

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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

Walls are meant to be protective.

0:30.0

Four walls in a roof are part of a person's basic needs, along with food and clothing,

0:34.3

of course.

0:35.3

However, walls can also be confining.

0:38.1

The stone walls of a prison, for example, aren't seen as protective to the people inside,

0:43.3

even if they are meant to protect those of us on the outside.

0:47.9

Food didn't see walls as a shelter.

0:50.6

He saw them as a hindrance, something to be overcome.

0:54.2

Fortunately, food was resourceful.

0:56.8

He'd been locked up since the early 1960s, back before security cameras and sensors adorned

1:02.5

every corner and corridor.

1:04.6

He learned the guard's schedules.

1:06.2

He knew when they patrolled his cell and when no one was in the vicinity.

1:11.3

The first time food escaped, he got as far as the treeline before he was captured and thrown

1:15.5

back in.

1:16.6

The guard in charge, Jerry Stones, was furious.

1:19.9

He threatened to fire anyone taking shortcuts and not doing their job.

1:24.3

Security was of the utmost importance.

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