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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
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300 episodes
From Aaron Mahnke, the creator of the hit podcast Lore, Cabinet of Curiosities is an audio tour of the unbelievable, the unsettling, and the bizarre. Each episode features two short tales about the most amazing things found in the pages of history.
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Trick of the Treat
Let's tackle some spooky rumors today on our tour through the Cabinet. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for ad-free…
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All Hallow's Love
Health and love are on the schedule for today's tour. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!:…
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Heart of the Matter
Life and death can be curious challenges for us. These two predicaments led to some truthly revolutionary ideas. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some…
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Tail End
Our inventiveness doesn't always bring us good things. To prove that, here are two curious stories of human failure. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some…
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Odd Ball
Humans are curiosly inventive, as these two tales will tell. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!:…
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About Time
Getting lost, whether in time or space, is the core of many curious stories. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for…
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Love Heals
Love and hate can both be curious ingredients for any story, as these two tales should prove. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join…
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Dairy Air
Sometimes life doesn't go as planned, and you have to make adjustments. Often with curious results. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading!…
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Crossed Signals
Some crimes are so unusual they require a special approach. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading!…
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Self-Made
Two men who set out to change their world—one for himself, and one for others. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for…
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The Party Planner
When people get together, curious things can happen. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!:…
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Drawing Fame
Death is on the schedule for today's tour, just not in any way you might have predicted. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our…
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Ablaze
Two legendary topics, each with their own tales to tell. Get ready for a curious journey. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our…
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The Beacon
Today's tour through the Cabinet includes some particularly shocking stories. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for…
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Debatable
Two tales from the top and bottom of the social order of yesteryear, both with something to be amazed by. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious…
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Vanishing Act
The passing of a legend is never an easy moment to wrestle with—whether it's one person or hundreds. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading!…
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Grainy
We often take for granted just how important some pieces of our world are. Today's curious tales should shed a bit of light on that. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready…
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Storied Past
Childhood can often be curious, as these two amazing tales should prove. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for…
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Burial Bits & Bites
Curious objects have always left legendary tales in their wake. These two stories should serve as powerful examples. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some…
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Family Feud
Two curious topics we've all heard about before, unpacked for easy consumption. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for…
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A Heated Rivalry
One of the more curious sides of any competition is how people attain success. And, of course, how they react to defeat. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy…
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Take the Wheel
The known and the unknown are front and center in the Cabinet today. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for ad-free…
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Killer Chic
Today's tour through the Cabinet involved two deadly topics that require a curious change in our perception. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious…
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Underground Giant
Two curious men, both thrust into curious situations. Character, though, isn't a mask you can put on; it's found deep in the heart of the story. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today,…
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Love Letters
Two pranks that had massive impacts beyond what anyone could have expected. That makes them the perfect additions to the Cabinet. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to…
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Star Tours
Wonders and woe are the centerpieces of today's stories. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!:…
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Unstable
Imports and exports sound like boring topics, but sometimes they can involve curious things. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join…
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Weight of the World
Two universal ideas, two curious tales, and one heavy tour through the Cabinet. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for…
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Space Canals
Strange journeys make for curious tales, as today's tour shall demonstrate. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for…
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Dead Reckoning
Some curious tales are purpose-built to tell a very specific story—for better or for worse. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our…
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Paper Trail
Putting things down on paper can have curious consequences, as these two stories make clear. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join…
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Underfoot
On today's tour through the Cabinet of Curiosities, some things become lost, while others are found Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading!…
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Accidental MVP
When the tides are turned against you, what matters most is how you respond. These two tales show the curious difference between success and failure. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here…
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Badge of Honor
Two curious tales of unorthodox tactics during a time of war. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for ad-free…
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Boom & Bust
It's amazing how one curious individual can lead a bunch of people into strange times. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our…
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Bagged & Tagged
Two curious tales of the delightly lost. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!:…
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A-Peeling
Humans have always been wildly inventive, but sometimes that characteristic gets us in trouble. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join…
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A Grand Tour
These curious tales might span from the heat of Africa to the frigid Antarctic, but they both teach us about the resilience of human beings. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and…
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Rafters
Sometimes it's the little things like a lone individual or a tiny county that find a way to stand tall amidst the pages of history. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready…
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Dressed for Failure
Two strange occurrences that defy logic. One, the fault of nature. The other, the product of human stupidity. Both, however, left us very curious tales to learn from. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by…
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Seconded
Often times, people are curious because of what we don't know about them--whether intentionally or not. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious…
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Lucky Charm
Fear can be a curious motivator. These two stories show the variety of directions our fear can take us. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious…
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Rock the Boat
One curious aspect of history is that people oftem change the world by making some noise. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our…
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Irregular Joe
Sometimes the world needs a risk-taker to step into the gap and make the future a little safer. These two individuals did just that, with curious consequences. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by…
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Survivalist
Two travelers, both far from home, doing very curious things. Enjoy today's tour through the Cabinet. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading!…
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Political Pork
Some tales are clearly legends due to their fantastical elements, while others bring the fantasy right into real life. either way, the story is worth the ride. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by…
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Generational
Two tales from history that highlight curious parallel lives and achievements. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for…
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Planting the Future
These stories might seem very different, but there are a lot of ways for curious people to leave their mark on the world. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy…
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Night Lights
If the present day is a path we are all traveling, we can learn a lot by looking out at the land beyond. These two tales should help you do just that. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here…
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Prized Possession
A pair of tales about seemingly boring objects with curious pasts. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for ad-free…
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