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.

Time as many have said is like a river.

It is constantly flowing, carrying moments away on a current never to be seen again.

And like a river, time changes everything it touches.

It erodes mountains and topples civilizations.

Eventually, much of what we know today will be gone and replaced with something else,

all thanks to the passage of time.

But every once in a while, time misses something, like an island whose people have been isolated

from the rest of the world, or a box buried for future individuals to unearth and learn

about an era they weren't around to see.

And once in a while, these overlooked pockets of time are brought to the surface, giving

us a glimpse into a past once thought to be lost forever.

France's La Belle L'Epoche was a period of great significance.

Between 1871 and 1914, Europe saw a boom in scientific and cultural breakthroughs, and

at the center of it all was Paris.

The city of lights became the birthplace for groundbreaking movements in arts and music.

Around this time, lived a woman named Mart Duflorien.

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