Welcome to Aaron Manky's Cabinet of Curiosities, a production of I Heart Radio and

Grim 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 the leaves in autumn or the ebb and flow of the ocean's tide.

But a group of people in 1917 Portugal experienced something strange,

the sun that used to sit in the sky every day,

suddenly began to dance. It all started with three shepherd children from the town of

Fatima. After a long day of tending sheep in the fields, they began their walk home.

It wasn't long before a vision appeared before them. It was the spirit of the Virgin Mary,

who told them that she would reveal herself on the 13th day of each month for the next six months.

There was just one catch, only the oldest child, Lucia, would be able to see her.

The young girl would then have to tell the others what she had witnessed.

On the 13th of October, it happened again. News spread. Newspapers published stories about

the vision and the prophecy, peeking the interest of people from all over the country,

thousands flock to Fatima to hopefully witness these miracles themselves.

Of course, not everyone was sold on the children's story.

Many, especially those in religious communities,

looked down on them with raised eyebrows and a healthy dose of skepticism.

But the church's dismissal of the prophecy did not stop 70,000 people from

showing up in the town on October 13th of 1917. They had come to see for

themselves whether it was all true.

Now the stories about what happened that day vary depending on where you read them.

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