Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

It was September 16th of 1922, and Brawls had broken out in multiple areas of New York

City, resulting in a full-blown riot before it was over.

Dozens were injured and required medical treatment.

One man had been beaten so badly that he needed hospitalization.

It started three days earlier, when thousands of teen aged boys stalked through the city,

missing citizens through the streets.

Smaller gangs of boys would wait in doorways for unsuspecting victims.

Police were dispatched, although they were greatly outnumbered.

They would just manage to break up a gang in one district, only to discover another had

formed somewhere else.

And the cause of all of it?

Straw hats.

You see, in the early 20th century, men wore straw hats during warmer months, and then

switched to felt hats when the weather turned chilly.

After a time the unofficial date was settled on, September 15th, whereby all men, young

and old alike, were expected to switch, or be ridiculed.

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