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Grim PhillyBedlam Asylum - Interview on-Location in London - HighlightsProfessor Joe visits London on-location inside Bedlam Asylum in England with Curator David Luck, in person. Then, visits on-location in Scotland to interview Dr. Gayle Davis, Deputy Head of the History Department at University of Edinburgh about her research in to sex and the asylum where-as applicable to Bedlam and The British Asylum System. Please enjoy here highlight clips from the both in-person interviews in The British Isles, from our larger archive recorded back in 2019. Visit https://www.patreon.com/grimphilly this winter for the three-part Bedlam interview in full (with an earlier introduction), and become a patron, there.2024-11-0418 minGrim PhillyWitches – with Dr. Kristine Rabberman, University of PennsylvaniaFrom Germany to Philadelphia evil magic and witches have frightened, fascinated; been studied, and characterized from King James and Shakespeare to modernity in the popular imagination. Join historians from Grim as we discuss belief in magic and witchcraft from The Old World to The New – and everything you’ve ever wanted to know about witches, in a scholarly sense – from the Germanic territories and British Isles through Philadelphia and Salem. Numerous academic voices join our long-form conversational exploration with a mild comedic nugget at the end.Visit https://www.patreon.com/grimphilly for a scholarly follow-up interview on a f...2024-10-282h 09Grim PhillyGhost Hunting with Dr. Anya ShultzDr. Anya and Professor Joe talk ghost hunting, paranormal investigative technique and equipment, and ghost-hunting investigations from Batsto in the Jersey Pines and The Jersey Devil to New Hope Pennsylvania.Visit https://www.patreon.com/grimphilly for more weekly short-story extras on ghost tales and the paranormal this spooky season—for our patrons. And to be a friend of this podcast.https://www.grimphilly.com/for Dark Philly Adult Night Tours live every night this fall. Not a Ghost Tour but Better! Ranked nearly the highest rated ghost tour in the entire country on Trip Ad...2024-10-2134 minGrim PhillyThe Devil's Tree and Mary Jo's Haunted DollsFrom the Jersey Devil’s haunted home in the Jersey Pines to one of the most infamous haunted dolls on television today. Penn Paranormal’s Mary Jo Chudley joins in-studio to talk paranormal investigation and ghost hunting at The Devil’s Tree, demonic presences, and about her collection of haunted objects. Ghost story readings by Celebrity Historian Britnee Smith. And joined by Dr. Anya Shultz, Psychic Medium Brandi Van, and World History Professor Joe Wojie.Visit https://www.patreon.com/grimphilly for more weekly short-story extras on ghost tales and the paranormal this spooky season—for our patrons...2024-10-1419 minGrim PhillyHaunted Philadelphia: Fort Mifflin, Pennhurst, and Byberry with Psychic Medium Brandi VanGhost Stories, Ouija, and Necromancy from Philadelphia to Salem. Professor Joe Wojie and Celebrity Historian Britnee Smith are joined by Dr. Anya Shultz, Penn Paranormal’s Mary Jo Chudley, and Psychic Medium Brandi Van for true tales of haunting and the paranormal around Philadelphia and Pennsylvania’s most famously haunted locations.Visit https://www.patreon.com/grimphilly for more weekly short story extras on ghost tales and the paranormal—for our patrons. And to be a friend of this podcast.https://www.grimphilly.com/for nightly Dark Philly Adult Night Tours with a spattering of the pa...2024-10-0719 minGrim PhillyAl Capone - Interview in Chicago with Author, Adam SelzerOn-Location interview in Chicago: Professor Joe Wojie interviews Author Adam Selzer about The Rise and Fall of Scarface Al Capone. Specific street addresses for assassination attempts by and against the gangster, beer wars, bloodshed, how the gangster got his scar, to Capones love-life, family, and public relations with local press and more are discussed…including fallacies dispelled and urban legends in Chicago about Al Capone. This interview is part of the larger interview library compiled before Grim Philly existed yet in podcast form outside of the original walking tours from which studio recordings later sprung. Please forgive the...2024-10-0325 minGrim PhillyOld Rum River - Smedley "Batman" Butler Comes to PhiladelphiaFrom poisoned liquor to mass bribery and criminal activity among Philadelphia police and the mayor – failing attempts to curb the death rate and corruption in Prohibition Philadelphia are brought in to the light by Criminologist Dr. Favian Martin, Professor of World History Joe Wojie, and Historians Britnee Smith and Ted Sisco. Bartender mixology in the era of prohibition period cocktails are mixed in to a more serious sociological mix of The Mayor's Office to thwart reform efforts of Smedley Darlington Butler, Grim Philly’s so-called Batman in 1920’s Gotham Philadelphia. Neighboring New Jersey’s similar sentiment among corrupt public servants...2024-09-3021 minGrim PhillyThe Philly Phanatic is Machine-Gunned Down in the StreetsHughie McLoon, Boardwalk Empire, and other politically incorrect stories from Prohibition era Philadelphia to the Jersey Shore are revealed within the larger geo-political climate of the period. World History Professor Joe Wojie is joined by Celebrity Historian Britnee Smith, Historian Ted Sisco, and Arcadia University Criminologist Dr. Favian Martin to discuss everything from mixology to Molly Hatchet in Grim Philly’s Prohibition Part II.Join the personalities from this podcast every night live this fall for a Dark Philly Adult Night Tour, on https://www.grimphilly.com/And join us for weekly extras—short story tale...2024-09-2317 minGrim PhillyThe Wild WoodsA criminologist, two historians, and a history professor reveal everything from moonshining and speakeasies at the boardwalk and beach, to New Jersey and Pennsylvania’s outright refusal to enforce national prohibition at their respective state levels. The surprising lawlessness of Wildwood and the Jersey Shore saw everything from the illicit liquor trade on boats, barges, and inlets; gangster shoot-outs - to even a mention of The New Jersey Devil or two. Join Britnee, Ted, Joe, and Favian for this storied journey down the shore back to the New Jersey beaches of yesteryear, for Grim Philly’s, Prohibition: Part I: The...2024-09-1622 minGrim PhillyJersey Devil III - FreakshowA living Jersey Devil caged exhibit was displayed at the 9th and Arch Street Dime Museum in Philadelphia following national headlines and a thousand witness statements claiming to have seen the beast in 1909. Join Grim Philly for a peak inside the gothic world of Philadelphia Victorian entertainments including freak shows, trance lectures and necromancy, mummy unwrapping parties, and the performers whose traveling freak exhibits graced the city of brotherly love. Grim Philly original interview clips from Bedlam Asylum and University of Edinburgh on location highlight entertainments of the era. Visit https://www.patreon.com/grimphilly for additional 2 hours original...2024-09-091h 23Grim PhillyShades of Death Road: a short-story horror readingCelebrity Historian Britnee Smith reads us a short-story tale of murder and ghosts from New Jersey’s infamous Shades of Death Road. Available only to our patrons at https://www.patreon.com/grimphilly. We hope to see you there for exclusive weekly short-story readings in folklore and ghosts throughout this fall. And, live in Philadelphia each night with the personalities from this podcast. Dark History tour tickets available at https://www.grimphilly.com/. Just a humble thank you to our patrons and friends who have supported our podcast and tours and helped us to become the highest ranked of al...2024-09-0601 minGrim PhillyJersey Devil II - LenapehokingThe Jersey Devil's story begins as we explore Native-American and Anglo cross-cultural pollenization, Quakers, Penn, Anglo settlement of "The Jersey's" and Philadelphia, and banter long on Jersey Devil story seeds of influence. This first episode lays the foundational basis for numerous Jersey Devil side story episodes to come and introduces our full Fall 2024 Jersey Devil Season on New Jersey's cryptid demon.grimphilly.com for true crime and ghost tours this fall and to check out back episodes of Grim Philly Podcast in Philadelphia. patreon.com/grimphilly for exclusive material and to be a friend Grim Philly Podcast...2024-09-031h 31Grim PhillyJersey Devil I – IntroductionLegend dates The Jersey Devil’s birth to 1735; though historical roots are much older amalgamating Anglo, Lenape, and later literary sources. Exploring etymological evidence and retelling primary and peripheral tales Grim Philly brings together close to 20 scholarly voices to retell stories of history, folklore, and ghosts to deliver a more rich understanding of The Garden State’s infamous monster. Occasional episodes will deal with the cryptid full-on or as a throughline within. Others being inspired by the legend and retelling aspects of historical eras such as the prohibition or witch hunting periods to give context to portions of the lege...2024-08-2615 minGrim PhillyFrankfort Slasher I - True Crime Philadelphia - Philly's Unsolved Serial Killer1 of 3. True Crime Philadelphia serial killer The Frankfort Slasher was never apprehended and butchered victims in multiple neighborhood's from 1985 through 1990 including from North Philadelphia to South Philly: in Pennsport, Northern Liberties, Kensington, Port Richmond, and Frankfort. Join three historians, three psychologists, and a criminology professor; former police commander with detectives under him in profiling the killer and mapping this case that has never been solved. This is the most comprehensive investigation and analysis of The Frankfort Slasher case to be ever compiled and introduces profiling and analytics never before made public for the first time with criminal justice, investigatory...2023-11-0638 minGrim PhillyFrankfort Slasher II - True Crime Philadelphia - Philly's Unsolved Serial Killer2 of 3. Grim Philly brings together 3 Psychology Professors and Criminal Profilers, a Criminal Justice Professor and authority on DNA evidence, and 3 True Crime Historians to analyze and offer new insights in to this True Crime Philadelphia Cold Case never solved and dubbed by the Philadelphia Press: The Frankfort Slasher. Listen to the conclusion of this 3 part investigative series on patreon.com/grimphilly with additional bonus and exclusive episodes, and to be friend.grimphilly.com - to support Grim Philly History and Ghost Tours live history tours of Philadelphiagrimphilly/podcast - for back episodes o...2023-10-3054 minGrim PhillyJack the Ripper Museum Interview, London. (introduction)On-location Interview, Whitechapel England with Sam Peters of the Jack the Ripper Museum. These are 15 minute highlights of our one hour and a half talk there in person about Jack The Ripper, poverty in Victorian England, and politics in the United Kingdom. *Patreon.com/grimphilly to listen to the full length interview with Sam Peters--out in November--and to support this show. *GrimPhilly.com for live daily and nightly history tours, ghost tours, and true crime tours in Philadelphia. And for additional back episodes of this podcast.
2023-10-1617 minGrim PhillyIsrael Keyes Serial Killer Documentary VIII - Suicide Poetry Psychoanalysis8 of 10. Episodes 9 and 10 available exclusively on Patreon.com/GrimPhilly.Dr. Kim's first psychoanalysis of the Israel Keyes suicide note.*GrimPhilly.com for live events in Philadelphia including daily and nightly history tours, ghost tours, and true-crime walking tours in Philadelphia. *GrimPhilly.com/Podcast for back-episodes of Grim Philly Podcast in Philadelphia and to listen to more True-Crime Philadelphia Podcast Episodes and dark histories stories. *Patreon.com/GrimPhilly to access Israel Keyes episodes 9 and 10--the last two episodes in this serial killer research series--and for your kind support of this podcast.
2023-10-0932 minGrim PhillyIsrael Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary VII - Mr. Murder on South Street, Philadelphia7 of 10. AKA, " Would anyone miss you if you were dead? Serial Killer Israel Keyes' reading list, memorial service, and a kill-kit dug up from his New York property in 2019 are discussed. Danielle Imbo and Richard Patrone, missing from South Street Philadelphia in 2005 are named as potential Serial Killer Israel Keyes' victims: and are extensively fleshed-out in full; exhaustively researched, contemplated, and debated in a Grim Philly Podcast episode all of their own following the conclusion of this serial killer research series. Our full, thoughtful, and dedicated Imbo-Patrone missing persons episode airs in 3 weeks, on 10/23/2023.*GrimPhilly.com for l...2023-10-0227 minGrim PhillyIsrael Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary VI - Love and Razorblades6 of 10. Grim Philly's Serial Killer Israel Keyes Documentary continues as we delve further in to the FBI files to uncover the secret life of the serial killer. Joe Wojie, Professor of World History is joined by Historians Britnee Smith and Ted Sisco, and Psychology PhD Dr. Kim.GrimPhilly.com for live events in Philadelphia including daily and nightly history tours, ghost tours, and true-crime walking tours in Philadelphia.GrimPhilly.com/Podcast for back-episodes of Grim Philly Podcast in Philadelphia and to listen to more True-Crime Philadelphia Podcast Episodes.Patreon.com/GrimPhilly to access I...2023-09-2531 minGrim PhillyIsrael Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary V - Chasing Hurricanes5 of 10. Serial Killer Israel Keyes reveals his long-term plans for construction of a victim holding facility dungeon. Three historians and a psychological profiler delve deep in to the Israel Keyes' FBI files for clues.GrimPhilly.com for live events in Philadelphia including daily and nightly history tours, ghost tours, and true-crime walking tours in Philadelphia.GrimPhilly.com/Podcast for back-episodes of Grim Philly Podcast in Philadelphia and to listen to more True-Crime Philadelphia Podcast Episodes.Patreon.com/GrimPhilly to access Israel Keyes episodes 9 and 10--the last two episodes in this serial killer series--and...2023-09-1831 minGrim PhillyIsrael Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary IV - Pictures in Blood4 of 10. Serial Killer Israel Keyes’ suicide note was written in his own blood; and blood-painted skulls and cryptic bloody words adorned his super-max prison cell walls that he sprawled as he lay dying. Three Grim Philly historians and a criminal profiler psychoanalyze and dig deep in to FBI files to uncover patterns to emerge from the killer’s childhood to his 2012 death in custody. Ransom text-messages sent from murder victim phone’s, white-supremacist traveling hippie parents, Keyes’ time in the United States Army, sneaking over country boarders, and breaking out of leg-irons in a crowded courtroom with dental-floss and a paperc...2023-09-1150 minGrim PhillyIsrael Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary III - MotherPart 3 of 10. Skulls, cats, white supremacist traveling hippies, Insane Clown Posse, and the long dick of the law are discussed in the context of psychoanalysis and murder with serial killer israel keyes. Cults old and new. Text messaging ransom notes. Breaking out of leg-irons with dental-floss and a paperclip. And the serial killer grappling with feelings of homosexuality and desires to f#k and kill mother. Patreon.com/grimphilly to access Israel Keyes episodes 9 and 10--the last two episodes in this serial killer series--and for your kind support of this podcast.GrimPhilly.com for back e...2023-09-0438 minGrim PhillyIsrael Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary II - SquirrelsPart 2 of 10. Plastic-Wrap and Draino: the Serial Killer on LSD and in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.How many people has Israel Keyes murdered? The secretive serial killer was driven to be the most effective killer possible. But not for notoriety. In part 2 of 10 we explore FBI interviews with former friends he’d served with in the military- in Egypt, Israel, Panama, and the United States. His so-called killing code of not harming children or mothers. The serial killer’s experimentation with LSD, exploration of homosexuality, and fashioning himself more as a bank robber than murderer. His double-life. Conv...2023-08-2827 minGrim PhillyIsrael Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary I - Enigma1 of 10. The most enigmatic modern killer the FBI has yet to encounter is: Israel Keyes. Funding secret killings with money from his bank robberies; Israel Keyes maintained fake passports, snuck over the Canadian and Mexican borders for killings there, and stashed kill-kits with silencers, weapons, plastic-wrap, and restraints across the continental United States that he would wait a decade to return to - flying throughout the country and internationally to kill for thrill in meticulously planned locations thousands of miles from one-another. Israel was married, was entrepreneurial and owned a business, maintained friendships and an upstanding reputation in the...2023-08-2136 minGrim PhillyBenjamin Franklin VII - Bonus Banter and Story Conclusion7 of 7. Scandal in the Hellfire Caves creates a rift between Hellfire members in the Houses of Parliament as we conclude our 4-hour biography of the life of Philadelphia Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Our story concludes with what has become of the Franklin home in Philadelphia following The Founder’s death; his last will and testament; his Philadelphia and London families. Finally: Franklin’s Philadelphia funeral, legacy, and epitaph penned in his own hand that sits at his grave site today.
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2023-05-2945 minGrim PhillyBenjamin Franklin IV: Open Relationships4 of 7. We discuss Benjamin Franklin’s primary female love-interests in France and read direct correspondences including propositions for open relationships and proposals of marriage. Importantly- Ann-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvetius and Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy are discussed. Amorous letters from and to Benjamin Franklin are read directly and discussed. Benjamin Franklin discusses with a lady-friend his penis and the blue-balls she is giving to him, in stylish prose. Professor of World History Joe Wojie is joined by American historians Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, and Toni Levitt. With guest Neil Ronk, Chief Historian and Director of Christ Church Preservation Trust Ph...2023-05-1539 minGrim PhillyBenjamin Franklin III: Mistresses3 of 7. Secret Franklin papers unpublished by the State Department are read directly. Woman and men paid money to watch Benjamin Franklin just walk down the street; smothered him with kisses: and he advised his own grandson on the most pleasing attributes to look for in a lady he would choose to make his mistress. We discuss wildly different reactions of notables like Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson to Franklin’s behavior around the ladies, and: of their behavior around him. The master diplomat secures open French military support and attempts to negotiate an end to the American War for In...2023-05-0139 minGrim PhillyEthically Impossible IIPart 2 of 2. Doctors on the payroll of The United States government infected thousands of patients in a mental health asylum secretly in off-shore black-ops experiments that they'd built a hospital and laboratory specifically for in the jungles of Guatemala. World History and American History Professors Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith investigate primary source materials and are joined by Ethics Professor Tim Collins and Historians Ted Sisco and Adam Iessi in this, second part 2 of Ethically Impossible.
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For...2022-12-2623 minGrim PhillyEthically Impossible IHuman experiments by the U.S. government on orphans, lepers, and in a foreign mental asylum saw doctors smearing gonorrhea puss in patients eyes', vaginas and rectums; forcing them to drink ground up chancroid from glass beakers, and forcibly restraining them when they ran away. John's Hopkins University, Bristol Meyer Squibb. Johnson & Johnson, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the government of the United States now face billion-dollar lawsuits, currently. Historians Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by Ethics Professor Tim Collins and Historians Ted Sisco and Adam Iessi.
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See our calendar...2022-12-1933 minGrim PhillyRasputin V: Penis and ProphecyThe most famous willy in Russia was worshiped in Paris and traded hands after his death; finding a new home in the Erotica Museum in Petersburg as a fertility talisman today. The visions and prophecies of Rasputin are examined through primary source material in his own hand and that of others. The Russian Revolution, abdication of the Tsar Nicholas II, last days and death of the royal family, and the end to the 300 year reign of the Romanov Dynasty are discussed. Historians Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by historians Ted Sisco and Cassie Coxon.
Join our Patreon to...2022-12-1230 minGrim PhillyRasputin IV: Killing RasputinSource material on the murder of Rasputin are scrutinized within the context of what has become a larger folklore surrounding the man who could not be killed. Rasputin’s murder, autopsy, funeral, burial; and memoirs of his daughter Maria and the assassin Felix Yusupov are examined. As are conspiracies to kill Tsarina Alexandra and Tsar Nicholas II within the backdrop of a burgeoning Russian Revolution and Return of Vladimir Lennon in the final days of The First World War. Historians Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, and Joe Wojie are joined by Historian Cassie Coxon of Penn State University.
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Live event information at grimphilly.com2022-11-2822 minGrim PhillyRasputin II: Evil GeniusPart 2 of 5. Man with the Dragon Tattoo.
Rasputin displays his private parts at a Moscow restaurant feeding rumors of espionage and an affair with Tsarina Alexandra Romanov amidst anarchy, assassination, royal incest, and Bloody Sunday according to Ochrana secret police reports at the dawn of WWI as his political power grows. Tsar Nicholas II begins his reign in blood and mediocrity as his hatred of The Japanese grows. Historians Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, and Joe Wojie are joined by Historian Cassie Coxon of Penn State University.
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Live event information at grimphilly.com2022-11-2131 minGrim PhillyRasputin I: Mad MonkPart 1 of 5. BDSM Church of the Sacred Whip.
The name Rasputin stirs often images of a dark evil wizard; a gothic monk in black with powers of necromancy and the devil. Or more often; a mystic—stabbed, shot, beat, poisoned, and drowned—who could not be killed.
The wandering holy man captivated the last tsars of Russia. Led a sex-cult of sorts. Woman adored him. Most hated him. Journalists, assassins, and the secret police followed him, everywhere, he went.
This is the comprehensive 5-part story of the illiterate stinky peasant who defied every odd to become one of the most powe...2022-11-1442 minGrim PhillyIceman II – Richard Kuklinski – New Jersey Assassin - The Real Tony SopranoAssassin School: Cyanide and Ice Cream. Join us for a storied journey down murder-lane as Richard Kuklinski balances home and family life in New Jersey with murder and cold-blooded assassin contract killing. Christmas with the Kuklinski's. Mr. Softee (also a hitman). Media exposure. And death in Trenton State Prison. Historians Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by Historian Ted Sisco, Ethics Professor Tim Collins, and Psychologist and Horror Writer Frank Jakoweicz.
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Live event information at grimphilly.com2022-11-0742 minGrim PhillyIceman I – Richard Kuklinski – New Jersey Assassin - The Real Tony SopranoThe Real-life Tony Soprano
Tony Soprano’s real-life New Jersey prototype was a frightening hitman who separated business and suburban family life perfectly. Was a freelance assassin and international contract killer with a wife, 3 children, Swiss bank accounts, a businessman cover, and 200 bodies to his name. This is the rags to middle-class-ish Jekyll-Hyde, murder for money, family-man, contract-killer story of The New Jersey assassin known as The Iceman: Big Richie Kuklinski. Historians Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by Historian Ted Sisco, Ethics Professor Tim Collins, and Psychologist and Horror Writer Frank Jakoweicz.
Support the show on patreon.com/gr...2022-10-3135 minGrim PhillyDracula – Interview – Dr. Rebecca Hayes – LondonHalloween Episode interview in London with Dr. Rebecca Hayes (tenure faculty at University College London) on Bram Stoker’s use of sources and influences for his novel: Dracula. Including modern-day vampire and werewolf lore, and recommended ghost story readings.
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Live event information at grimphilly.com2022-10-2439 minGrim PhillyCorpse Collector II – Harrison Marty Graham – Philadelphia Serial KillerPart 2 of 2. Following a manhunt when body parts were found strewn around the home of Philadelphia’s Cookie Monster Serial Killer; testimony was given that the lovable handyman and drug dealer was a necrophiliac sex addict who enjoyed playing with local children and coloring with crayons. Historians Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, and Ted Sisco are joined by Dr. Jon Crider of Texas Tech University and a Psychologist Dr. Kim for the most comprehensive deep-dive psychoanalysis; and scrutiny of the trial and case of Philadelphia Serial Killer Harrison Marty Graham that has been ever done. Including a look in to the cu...2022-10-171h 03Grim PhillyCorpse Collector I – Harrison Marty Graham – Philadelphia Serial KillerPart 1 of 2. Philadelphia’s Cookie Monster Killer staged corpses in his kitchen, fingerpainted his living room with their blood, danced in the streets, and signed autographs and played with finger-puppets during his sentencing. Historians Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, and Ted Sisco are joined by Dr. Jon Crider of Texas Tech University and Psychologist Dr. Kim for this most comprehensive deep-dive ever done on Philadelphia serial killer Harrison Graham whose sensational and interesting case has been all but overlooked by mainstream media sources. Part I of The Philadelphia Corpse Collector will give an introduction and overview of the case before a mo...2022-10-1026 minGrim PhillyPirates of PhiladelphiaBlack Beard, Captain Kidd, and numerous pirates frequented Philadelphia’s brothels and markets; kept girlfriends and close company with government officials, buried treasure, and operated from the port of Philadelphia. Historians Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, and Joe Wojie are joined by Ted Maust, Director of Elfreth’s Alley Museum; and Neil Ronk Historian Emeritus of Christ Church Philadelphia for this most comprehensive survey of The Pirates of Philadelphia ever done.
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Live event information at grimphilly.com2022-10-0341 minGrim PhillyMarie Antoinette Execution III – BONUS BANTER – Trial and ExécutionBonus Banter and story conclusion. We discuss the treason trial and last moments of the life of the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette before her beheading. Banter and speculation are indulged. Historians Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by historians Ted Sisco, Cassie Coxon, and Morgan Haller.
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Live event information at grimphilly.com2022-09-2636 minGrim PhillySatan IIContemporary Satanism. Part II of our Satan series moves from historical analysis of Satan in the Dead Sea Scrolls and so-called Lost Books of The Bible through Dante Alighieri to investigate Lucien Greaves and the political protest movement of the Satanic Temple with “After School Satan,” Satanic coloring books for children, and explores key differences from Anton Levey's Church of Satan, including study for the Satanic priesthood and everything you ever wanted to know about: Satanism today. Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by historians Ted Sisco and Adam Iessi, Ethics Professor Tim Collins, and special guest psychologist and...2021-10-2546 minGrim PhillyArtificial IntelligenceGrim explores scientific progress in artificial super-intelligence, futuristic cyborg technologies and robotics. And discusses the work of Stephen Hawking, Nick Bostrom, Sam Harris, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk including the potential positive and negative impacts of developing technologies of the future on humanity and the human race. Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, and Ted Sisco are joined from the J Edgar Hoover Building in Washington DC by AI and Information Technologies Contractor and Cyber Securities Analyst for the FBI: Chief Michael Hammer. grimphilly.com/podcast
2021-08-3025 minGrim PhillyElon Musk: Space X, Mars (pt.I)The real-life inspiration for Ironman’s Tony Stark is a self-made rocket-scientist, actor, spy-satellite-making billionaire playboy technological entrepreneur who’s on a mission to colonize Mars. Historians Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, and Ted Sisco are joined from the J Edgar Hoover Building in Washington DC by AI and Information Technologies Contractor and Cyber Securities Analyst for the FBI: Chief Michael Hammer. grimphilly.com/podcast2021-08-2348 minGrim PhillyPhiladelphia BrothelsPart II of II. Victorian brothels in Philadelphia and London are discussed within a wider secret underground world of sensually themed bordellos, sporting guides, brothel-menus for prices and services, and clandestine fetish communities. Photography, homosexuality, the connection of sex-work and the theater industry (including The Chestnut Street Theater in Philadelphia); and moral and legal issues are discussed through a lense of modernity and historiography. Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by Historians Ted Sisco and Sara McDonall. Explicit language. Mature-audiences. grimphilly.com/podcast for more.
2021-08-091h 02Grim PhillyA Night With VenusPart I of II. The dark world of esoteric sex moments treatment in Philadelphia and Victorian society is examined. Brothels, syphilis, sex-workers, and Victorian and historic medicine are investigated. Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by Historians Ted Sisco and Sara McDonall. grimphilly.com/podcast for more.
2021-08-0233 minGrim PhillyAbout Grim Season IIA dark history; true-crime podcast for mature-audiences for your r-rated educational intellect. Grim is recorded in Philadelphia and is a dark sarcastic; sometimes comedic, sometimes scholarly dive in to impactful and little-known topics the world-over by historians in often vernacular form. Our language and topics are not suitable for children or those of prudish disposition. Grim is a global podcast. But, will dedicate a portion of season II highlighting topics of regional significance with global impact. World Historian Joe Wojie and American Historian Britnee Smith are joined each week by a revolving cast of mature-audience historians and professors and occasional...2021-07-1903 minGrim PhillyKanamara Matsuri | Japanese Penis FestivalVagina’s of fire and penis swallowing demons mark the four centuries old Festival of the Steel Phallus which has become the Marti Gras of The East. Dragons, sex-demons, and a world-class penis parade mark this once solemn occasion curated by Shinto monks. Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by Cultural Anthropologist Dustin Cushman, and Historians Adam Iessi and Ted Sisco. grimphilly.com/podcast for more. #elizabethmikoshi #kawasakijapan #lgbtq #kanayamashrine2021-04-0729 minGrim PhillyVoodoo QueenLearn Voodoo dolls, gris-gris, love spells, and authentic hoodoo conjure with anthropologists and historians from Grim. And flesh out fact from folklore about the extraordinary life of New Orleans’ Patron-Voodoo-Saint: Marie Laveau. A comprehensive and exhaustive look in to the Voodoo Queen of NOLA.
Joe Wojie and Brit Smith are joined by Dustin Cushman, Adam Iessi, and Ted Sisco. grimphilly.com/podcast | info@grimphilly.com #NOLA #marielaveau #hoo2021-03-081h 23Grim PhillyBlack Magic KillerProtected by politicians, police, Interpol, and drug lords; all of whom purchased human-sacrifice black-magic spells: this is the true-crime rags to riches story of the most murderous, drug trafficking LGBTQ psychopath: Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo. The Godfather. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith and Adam Iessi. grimphilly.com/podcast for more.2021-03-011h 30Grim PhillyLupercalia and Saint ValentineLove. Dating. Romance. And soulmates have been searched by love-sick singles from time-immemorial. But did you know February 13th, 14th and 15th were originally an annual singles-fest mixer to find love and meet people for a thousand years? Historians Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, and Adam Iessi discuss love and Lupercalia, including what romance, dating, and soul-mates meant for the ancients. grimphilly.com/podcast, for more.2021-02-1342 minGrim PhillyBank HeistA criminal mastermind pulled-off the bank robbery of the century that has inspired Hollywood movies. Join true crime historians Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, and Adam Iessi for the most comprehensive true-life story of Albert Spaggieri told in English language; complete with jealous lovers, jailbreaks, and international intrigue.
grimphilly.com/podcast2020-12-311h 10Grim PhillyChristmasJoin world historians to discover the roots of our modern Christmas celebrations, both pagan and Christian, including Santa Clause and Saint Nicholas. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith and Ted Sisco. grimphilly.com/podcast2020-12-211h 32Grim PhillyTed BundyJoin true-crime historians for a deep-dive psychoanalysis of the necrophilia, dismemberments, prison escapes, fan-girls, and celebrity serial killer status of Ted Bundy. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith and Ted Sisco.
grimphilly.com/podcast2020-12-161h 26Grim PhillyAghori SadhusCannibalism and black magic ritual sex with corpses mark the extreme life-style of these contemporaneous Indian peoples who are both feared and sought after for their purported powers to cure cancer, AIDS, and other miracles in Varanasi and Nepal. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith and Dustin Cushman.
https://www.grimphilly.com/2020-12-0734 minGrim PhillyHalloween: Ritual of Death and LustBlood-ritual sacrifice, necromancy and the spirits of the dead, divination magic, and true-love’s first kiss marked Samhain (Halloween) festivals around which sacred flames burned a thousand years. Historical detectives at Grim peel back layers exposing the roots of Halloween superstitions that pre-date Christianity including esoteric, lost, and secret practices. Grim reconstructs divination games, communing with magical creatures and the dead, Americanization, and Devil’s Night into modernity in this comprehensive investigatory history of the holiday. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith, Dustin Cushman, Ted Sisco, Sara McDonell, and Jennifer Murphy. grimphilly.com/podcast2020-11-0457 min