Aaron Mahnke’s Cabinet of Curiosities
- Episodes
- 875
- Released
- weekly
- Latest episode
- Oct 22, 2026
About the podcast
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.
Get the official Cabinet of Curiosities book here.
Become a premium member for ad-free episodes: patreon.com/grimandmild
Episodes 875
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! …
Show notes
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!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 curious reading!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 curious reading!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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! …
Show notes
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!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 reading!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 to enjoy some curious reading!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 curious reading!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 some curious reading!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 reading!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 enjoy some curious reading!
Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 …
Show notes
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 Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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! …
Show notes
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 our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmild
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
These are the latest 100 of 875 episodes. You’ll find older episodes in the podcast’s feed.
