Prepare to venture to venture to the darkest most haunted locations once again.

About 4 o'clock in the morning it felt like the hand of God touched the castle.

The whole thing just shook. Brace yourself for a

supernatural journey unlike any other. It felt like there were other guests go

staying with us that we could not see.

Listen to Haunted Road season five on the I Heart radio app, Apple

podcasts or wherever you get your favorite shows.

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Welcome to Aaron Manky's Cabinet of Curiosities, a production of I Heart 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. For some children in the Midwestern United States, Christmas morning begins with a scavenger hunt.

They jump out of bed, rush to the tree and start

digging through its branches. Hidden amongst the pine needles, one lucky kid finds a

treasure, a green glass ornament shaped like a gyrkin.

It's the coveted Christmas pickle.

The first child to grab it either receives a special gift

or gets to open their presents first.

But more importantly, they enjoy bragging rights for the rest of the year.

It's one of many weird and wonderful holiday traditions in America,

but what makes the Christmas pickle especially strange

is that nobody really knows where it came from.

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