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.

Salvador Dali had a bit of an unconventional streak about him.

He enjoyed surprising people, he liked thinking and painting outside the box.

And if his mustache is any testament to his temperament, you can assume just by looking

at him that he was quite the interesting character to have a conversation with.

Wanted among his lack of convention, was his undying quest to upset the status quo,

to do something a little different.

And he received just such an opportunity when US Department of Corrections Commissioner

Anna Moskowitz cross approached Dali's manager and invited the artist to give an art

lesson to inmates at Riker's Island prison in New York.

The manager must have pinched himself.

Of course his client would want to take the commissioner up on this.

He was after all, Salvador Dali.

And true to form, he did intend to give the lesson, but unfortunately became sick before

his visit and had to cancel.

A shame too, as he had planned on bringing Babu, his pet Asalot.

But Dali wasn't just going to call it quits.

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