Welcome to AirNManky'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.

Even if you don't think of yourself as superstitious, you've probably knocked on wood.

Or uttered a casual, bless you when someone sneezes.

It's in our nature to want to control the uncontrollable, and superstitions are just

one way that we exert that desire, even if they don't really do anything at all.

Triscodecrophobic architects often leave buildings without a thirteenth floor, while some

commercial airplanes don't have a thirteenth row.

Athletes even have their own rituals and superstitions.

They may not change their socks during an entire season, or eats a bit of grass off

the field before each game.

Whatever it is, it's clear everyone does something to put good fortune in their favor,

and presidents are no exception.

William McKinley was a civil war veteran and a lawyer before he became the 25th president

of the United States.

He worked his way up in politics, earning a seat in Congress in 1877.

He had run against the Democratic nominee, Levi Lamborn, beating him by over 3,000 votes,

a solid win, but one that had left him earning half of what he was making with his law practice.

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