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.

Parents will do anything for their children, especially if they're sick or in danger.

A child in need triggers a fight response in mothers and fathers that is not to be trifled

with.

We see it all the time in nature.

When an animal feels it's offspring or threatened, it will attack, whether it's an alligator

or an angry goose, and human parents are no different, just ask Liam Neeson.

But what happens when a parent can't fight the enemy hurting their child?

Where do they turn?

Over 15,000 children each year are diagnosed with cancer in the United States.

Another 1,800?

Die from unknown causes.

It's up to doctors and specialists to help them fight what's killing them, but sometimes

even doctors need a little help.

And in 1977, one little girl got the treatment she needed from a very unexpected place.

Someone's attempted murder.

The girl was from Qatar, only 19 months old.

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