Welcome to Erin Mankie'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.

In the fall of 1929, the effects of the roaring 20s literally came crashing down.

Americans had left their farms and rural towns for the promises of wealth and excess only

found in big cities.

Unfortunately, the stock market, which had been on a meteoric rise, finally fell from

the sky and took with it the fortunes of countless investors.

This kicked off a period of time known as the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929

until 1939.

And during those 10 years, people lost their jobs, their homes, and even their lives.

But one man refused to let the depression get him down.

Instead, he channeled his sadness, his anger, and the last of his money into some prime

swamp-front property in New Jersey.

His name was George Daener, and he believed that he had been led to New Jersey by an angel.

This same angel allegedly gave him a vision of what he would build on the four acres of

land that he purchased for $4.

And so George walked for 10 days and 112 miles to the south Jersey town of Vinland.

Once he arrived, he got to work building himself a house with whatever he could find around

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