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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

I Feel the Earth Move

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Storytelling will do a big of heavy lifting today, but the effort will be worth it—as long as you stay curious.

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0:00.0

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

0:08.7

and Mild.

0:13.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.3

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

0:22.2

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.4

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:36.7

Marriage is a strong bond, and many cases it can be the strongest.

0:41.3

John Adams may have been one of the architects of the United States and the country's second

0:45.5

president, but he always found time to write to his wife Abigail back in Massachusetts.

0:50.2

The two corresponded often, and when he entered the presidency in 1797, Abigail wasn't

0:55.3

just his first lady.

0:56.7

She was also an advisor and a confidant, as trusted to him as any Cabinet member.

1:02.5

Poet Robert Browning had to marry his true love Elizabeth Barrett in secret because her

1:07.0

father did not approve of their courtship.

1:09.8

Barrett had been sick for a while, and the two wrote letters to each other for months

1:13.2

before finally meeting in 1845.

1:16.3

After their wedding, Barrett's health improved so much she gave birth to a son Robert

1:20.1

Wideman Barrett Browning.

1:21.8

She lived out the remainder of her life with her family in Italy, dying in her husband's

1:25.9

arms at the age of 55.

1:28.5

These were, obviously, couples who would go to great lengths for each other, in sickness

1:33.0

and in health for richer or for poorer, until parted by death.

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