Welcome to AirNenky'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.

We never really know how the people in our lives will affect us later on.

As kids, we pick up things from parents and siblings, aunts and uncles and even our grandparents.

Whether it's a love of old movies or the way we hold a pencil or how we say certain words,

our families and friends leave their marks on us in so many ways.

And for the more artistic of us, they become fodder for our creative endeavors.

That's what happened to Elsie Siger.

Siger was born in the small town of Chester, Illinois in 1894.

His father worked as a handyman, and when Elsie was older, he often brought him along

on the jobs.

When he wasn't painting houses or hanging wallpaper, however, the young Siger could

be found playing the drums, which made him popular with local theaters and movie houses

in need of musical support.

His early days were spent accompanying Vodville acts until he eventually took a job running

the projector at the Chester Opera House.

The owner of the Opera House was a man named William Schuchert, who often sent Siger out

to fetch him hamburgers at mealtimes.

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