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.

In 1995, New Jersey native and West Coast transplant Craig Newmark had an idea.

He started an email distribution list to keep a few of his friends abreast of local events.

Word got around and pretty soon Craig was adding new members and new information for

his growing group of subscribers.

And the list got to be too unwieldy he pivoted into something new, a website where people

could post all kinds of things, such as classified ads, items for sale, and where their band

would be performing next.

He called it Craig's List.

And over the next 27 years, it became something of a time capsule, preserving a piece of the

internet as it once was.

Its sparse black and white and blue design has barely changed, as have the kinds of

items published to its thousands of pages.

One of the most popular categories is Mist Connections, where people post cryptic messages

to others they might have crossed paths with during their day.

The glance across a crowded subway car, or the accidental traffic jam in the supermarket

aisle, Mist Connections is where Love-Lorn hopefuls pray that special someone is reading.

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