Welcome to Aaron Menke's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of IHeart Radio and grim 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 Curiosities.

Secrecy is everything. Mexican mast wrestling, also called Lucha Libre, is a world that prizes

discretion above all else. The Luchadors fight dressed as colorful, larger-than-life characters,

their true identities closely guarded secrets. But one particular Luchador spent his career, hiding, in plain sight.

As Reverend Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, he was a warrior in the church's holy fight between

good and evil.

And as the mass luchador Frey Tormenta, aka Father's Storm, he took that fight to the ring.

Frey Tormenta didn't start out as a Luchador, or even a priest.

He was born in 1945 in the Mexican state of Hidalgo and grew up with 16 brothers and sisters.

Young Tormenta quickly became a fan of Luchador films, which were low-budget action-packed films starring mass

wrestlers that became popular in the 1960s.

By the time he was 22 years old, Tormenta was looking for a new path in life.

He'd had trouble with drugs and alcohol and wanted a higher purpose to focus on.

So, he joined the priesthood.

Tormenta ended up in the city of Texcoco,

where he opened an orphanage. Remembering the way the priesthood helped him, he vowed that he would

never turn away a child in need. But he quickly discovered this was easier said than done.

Every child meant another mouth to feed, more clothes to buy and more heat to use.

The bills were piling up, and the archdiocese could only help so much, so Tormenta came

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