WEBVTT - Introducing Grim & Mild Presents

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<v Speaker 1>It was a grim scene. Two enormous whales, boiled alive

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<v Speaker 1>in their tanks by the fire that gutted their home,

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<v Speaker 1>had collapsed through the walls and spluttered onto Broadway. Everyone

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<v Speaker 1>passing by just stared in horror, unsure of what they

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<v Speaker 1>could possibly do and who could blame them, because the

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<v Speaker 1>most famous building in New York City was engulfed in flames,

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<v Speaker 1>and the animals inside it, both dead and alive, were

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<v Speaker 1>escaping in start contrast to all the chaos and noise

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<v Speaker 1>and heat of that disaster. At that very same moment

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<v Speaker 1>in eighteen sixty five, the owner of the building was

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<v Speaker 1>stepping onto a stage in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and as he did,

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<v Speaker 1>someone slipped him a note with the news. He unfolded it,

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<v Speaker 1>read it, and then tucked it away and continued speaking.

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<v Speaker 1>This man wasn't the sort to be rattled. He was p. T. Barnum,

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<v Speaker 1>after all, but the news of the destruction of his

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<v Speaker 1>great American museum hit him hard, and he knew things

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<v Speaker 1>would never be the same. What he didn't know, though,

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<v Speaker 1>was how much it would change America. Welcome to Grim

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<v Speaker 1>and Mild Presents, an ongoing journey into the strange, the

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<v Speaker 1>unusual and the fascinating. For our inaugural season, we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>giving you a backstage tour of the always complex and

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<v Speaker 1>often misunderstood cultural artifact that is the American Side Show.

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<v Speaker 1>So come along as we visit the shadowy corners of

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<v Speaker 1>the stage and learn about the people who were at

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<v Speaker 1>the center of it all in a place where spectacle

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<v Speaker 1>was king. We will soon discover there's always more to

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<v Speaker 1>the story than meets the eye, So step right up

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<v Speaker 1>and get in line. Grim and Mild Presents premiers Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>January seven. Subscribe today on the I Heart Radio app,

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