Grim Podcast

The Queen of France shat herself and was dragged to her execution in a rope leash; watched friends ripped limb from limb in front of her eyes; and endured a 24-hour trial for treason accused of masturbating her son. So many heads rolled during The Reign of Terror of the French Revolution that the entertainment of death and souvenir heads to take home by jeering peasants ceased to fulfill crowds. Knitting clubs met at the Guillotine. Crowds copulated and fought over the blood. Historians Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, and Ted Sisco are joined by Cassie Coxon (of Penn State), and Morgan Haller (of Villanova) to discuss the cult of public execution, the guillotine, Louis XVI not being able to make a decision to literally save his life…and other fineries of intrinsically educational value and entertainment.

Contemporary 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 horror writer Frank Jakoweicz. Listen to Satan Part I on our Patreon exclusives.Grim is creating podcast episodes | PatreonGrim Podcast - Dark Histories | True Crime (grimphilly.com)

The historiography of Satan. The earliest Mishnaic and Aramaic writings of The Sa'Tan, Diabolis, Eblis were much different from the devil of modern imagination. Grim investigates the dead sea scrolls and other so-called lost books of the bible through dark age poetic and artistic expression; and influence from Hades through Dante's Inferno.

Medieval barber shops bled and performed surgeries on patients between hair dressing and a shave while operating as a tavern. Join Grim for the lost wonderous and terrifying world of the barber-surgeon with dark history stories of George Washington and medical tobacco enemas to educate and entertain.

Penis' were inspected and evidence given by family, neighbors, and friends in gawking sex-court proceedings around allegations of love-making deficiencies by medieval wives. Spectators attended and placed bets. Trial details were published. And it became an entertainment mainstay throughout the sixteenth-century. Grim investigates: medieval sex-court. As well as love, lust, and love-making in the middle ages. 

The most badass saint butchered, boiled, buried, and burned her enemies alive. This is her story.

The conqueror of Europe was a passionate little fellow. Enjoyed oral sex. Wrote a host of love, sex, and amorous letters of torment to his love. And his penis now lives in New Jersey, by way of Philadelphia. Grim historians read and discuss the emperor's love letters, love life, and the strange and wonderous journey of Napoleon's penis from the hands of collectors, priests, and party-goers following his death. Background on the Napoleonic era is given; with token comparisons to the personal lives of other conquerors, and auctioned goods.

Demonic possession and ghosts are investigated including Vatican Secret Archive documents and protocols for Catholic exorcism rites. Cross-cultural analysis for spirit possession also is explored.

Scientist Albert Hoffman's synthesis of LSD-25 in 1938 was hailed as a miracle psychopharmaceutical throughout the 1950s and studied by Harvard University and others for use in psychiatric treatment.Grim's candid investigation of the controversial chemical includes CIA, counter-culture, and medical interest and contention through the present. Explores Native-American shamanism, psylocibin, and ayahuasca. And the intellectuals and institutions behind its renaissance.Marker 1- 25:40. Ayahuasca. DMT. Religious Use.Marker 2- 40.07. Cptn Tripps. CIA. Timothy Leary. Rose of Paracelsus

Grim 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

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/podcast

The Founding Fathers' first scandals of blackmail, sex, and betrayal involving George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson were all published by a Philadelphia journalist whose body washed up in the James River amidst the scandals he created. Grim Investigates. This is the story of Hamilton's marital infidelities with Maria Reynolds. Of Jefferson's children with his slave Sally Hemmings. And, of the scandalmonger: James T. Callander, who uncovered and published it.The Reynolds Affair.The Hemmings Affair.

Part 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.

Part 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.

Philadelphia's real-life Buffalo Bill cannibal killer was more gruesome than the moth-raising dungeon murderer he inspired in Silence of the Lambs. True-crime historians examine the life, crimes, and psychological complexities of the tortured genius and his cellar of horrors.

A 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 guests- Ted Sisco, Adam Iessi, Tim Collins, Dustin Cushman, and others. grimphilly.com/podcast

Vagina’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 #kanayamashrine

The murderous rags to riches Columbian Robin-Hood Congressman had a humanitarian side hitherto unexplored. Cocaine wild-life, drug-lord parenting, and poverty assistance are discussed by true-crime historians Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, and Adam Iessi of Grim about Pablo Escobar: better known to the world for waging open war against the governments of Columbia and the United States.

The most terrifying serial killer psychopath home-invaded with military precision and was uncaught by FBI for 45 years. True-crime historians Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by Psychologist Jennifer Murphy, Ethics Professor Tim Collins, and Historian Ted Sisco for a deep-dive in to the M.O. and psychopathy of Joseph DeAngelo who evaded conviction until 2019

Protected 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 Lessi. grimphilly.com/podcast for more.

Love. 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.

A 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/podcast

Join 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/podcast

Join 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/podcast

Cannibalism 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/

Voodoo witchdoctors, black magic hexes, and Harvard University’s research on zombie powder, bokurs, shadow societies, secret courts, and the undead. Grim traces the syncretization and diaspora of Vodoun religiosity and cultural beliefs from Benin to Haiti; unravelling the anthropological phenomena of real zombies, including medical case studies. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith and Dustin Cushman.

The most bad-ass pirate to ever live was a girl. She commanded 70,000 pirates, 1,800 ships, and brought an emperor to his knees; even with the help of foreign aide against her. She was ruthless, disciplined, honorable and meticulous, level-headed, and employed wit and cunning in piracy and war. A true Cinderella-pirate story of rags to riches: she was sold in to a brothel at 13, and retired powerful, wealthy, and untouchable at 35. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith and Adam Iessi.

The wildest king England has ever known, his whore friends, and the history of whoredom in the world. Notorious London madams Mother Cresswell and Demarose Page, whorehouse riots, and Poor Whore’s Petition are discussed. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith and Ted Sisco.

Blood-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.

30,000 suspected werewolves were prosecuted in courts of law in often highly publicized trials before attorney’s, expert witnesses, medical doctors, and gawking public crowds. Grim investigates diverse werewolf origin stories, and explores variegated notions of the preternatural blood-thirsty magical creatures to modernity; and murderous midnight rampages of the nocturnal hell-hounds that terrorized populations under the Grim moon light. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith, and Dustin Cushman.

Vampire ghosts. Vampire graves. American vampire panics are investigated by historical detectives at Grim, identifying archaeological evidence, locations, and historical analysis for early American vampire phenomenon, and tracing its cultural diffusion from pre-Slavic Babylonian origin stories to the new world. Joe Wojie is joined by American Historians Britnee Smith and Ted Sisco.

Lesbians, Satan, midgets, BDSM sex dungeons, and the Countess of Blood. Historical detectives at Grim investigate fact from folklore about Lady Dracula’s quest for virgins, blood, immorality, and immortality. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith, Dustin Cushman, and Ted Sisco.

Vampire-hunting was real. And Van Helsing style hunters drank and anointed themselves in the blood of vampyes; hunting them to their crypts in the thralls of darkness in esoteric rituals that struck common people with shrill fear. Through forensic archaeology, anthropological mythos, and science: historical detectives at Grim uncover real vampires; discerning fact from fiction- and uncovering the origin, evolution, and spread to modernity of terrifying tales of legend-lore through the historical evidence of real vampires. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith, and Dustin Cushman.

The love-life, mistresses, and Hellfire Cave ghost and sex stories of Benjamin Franklin. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith, and Dustin Cushman.

America's wildest founding father had a pegleg, a diary full of secret sex-capades, married a baby-killer, and battled STD's until his untimely death due to self-surgery on his own penis. The wording: "We The People." Yeah. He came up with that. Joe Wojie is joined by Britnee Smith, and Dustin Cushman.