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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Washed Up

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Today's tour is all about identity. One tale is about a man without one, while the other is about a man who invented a new one. Either way, they make for great additions to the Cabinet.

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0:00.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:07.2

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:13.1

just waiting for us to explore.

0:16.2

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:27.9

There's an old joke about how everything in Australia wants to kill you.

0:32.1

From honey bees to eastern brown snakes to bullsharks, it seems every living creature was designed

0:37.8

to inflict the most damage possible on the local population.

0:42.8

But there is one death on record there that can't be blamed on the wildlife.

0:46.9

The victim's identity is still a mystery today, known only by where the police found him,

0:52.0

on a beach south of Adelaide, Australia near Sumerton Park.

0:56.0

It's unlikely though that he was killed by a snake or a shark because there were no

0:59.8

bite marks anywhere on his body.

1:03.3

When the police found him on the morning of December 1st, 1948, he was lined face up

1:08.3

in the sand with his legs crossed at the ankles.

1:11.4

At first glance, he looked to be sleeping, but as the officers got closer, they realized

1:15.8

the situation was far worse.

1:19.2

They searched the body for identification, a wallet or a driver's license, anything to

1:24.4

help their investigation.

1:26.4

What they found instead was an unlit cigarette resting on his collar, a collection of unusual

1:31.1

artifacts in his pockets, including an unpunched second-class train ticket to Henley Beach,

1:36.6

about 11 kilometers away, an unused bus ticket, an American hair comb, some chewing gum, half

1:43.1

a pack of cigarettes, and a matchbox.

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