Welcome to AirNmenky'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.

Architects like artists have specific distinct styles.

The open floor plans and low pitched roofs of Frank Lloyd Wright's designs are iconic

and as masterful work clearly influenced countless others in the field.

No matter what the style though, architects all over the world all share the same characteristic,

a clear vision, and John had a vision too.

Many of them, in fact.

Born in Anderson County, Tennessee, John lived a fairly standard life.

He got married relatively young to a woman named Julia Ann and together they had four beautiful

children.

Unfortunately, their daughter Ethel became sick with diphtheria when she was only two

years old and tragically passed away.

Julia Ann blamed her husband for Ethel's death as he had disciplined her with the spanking

a short time earlier, something that she believed caused her illness.

So she took her three remaining children and headed to Arkansas where she started a new

life without him.

John though had trouble moving on.

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