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listening. Terms apply. 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.

The late 19th century in Europe, often referred to as the Victorian era, was a time of rapid

scientific development. But as much as Victorian Europe embraced science, there was also a

social movement in the opposite direction, embracing spiritualism or mysticism. Seances were a popular

part of this movement. Friends and family would gather around a table and attempt to contact the dead.

They was such a commonplace practice that the lines between mysticism and science often blurred,

as researchers were attracted to seances to learn if there was any truth to them,

or if it were all just a hoax.

In 1896, 21-year-old Carl Gustav, or C.G., as his friends called him, was invited to the home of his cousin, Heli Priceburg.

She was a medium known for conducting seances.

Although C.G. was a medical student, he had an open mind when it came to the supernatural.

He was raised in a religious home and had been plagued by strange, vivid dreams from a young

age. Both science and religion had always failed to explain his dreams. They were frightening

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