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.

People are more than just what we see every day.

They're made up of successes and failures.

Books they've read, films they've watched, music they've listened to, and schools they've

attended.

Under a comedian's jokes might be pain and anguish.

Behind a teacher's quiet demeanor could reside someone outgoing and spontaneous.

In other words, people have layers to them.

Benjamin Kubellsky, for example, was full of layers.

Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1894, Kubellsky was raised by Jewish immigrant parents who

wanted the best for him.

They got him started on violin lessons when he was just 6 years old, with a dream of him

playing professionally as he got older.

Kubellsky loved the violin.

He just hated practicing.

In fact, any kind of mental work was off-putting to him.

To the point that when he was a teenager, he was expelled from high school for doing so

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