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Interview with a Serial Killer – Happy Face Killer Keith Jesperson Speaks with Grim Philly

info@grimphilly.com (Happy Face Killer, Keith Jesperson, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Celebrity Serial Killer portrayed by Denis Quad speaks with Grim Philly about murder, prison, motive. WARNING/ADVISORY: this is an uncensored psychopath in his own words. Do not listen to this if you are sensitive, a victim, know a victim, or easily triggered. Part I of others that will not be made publicly available.

Jersey Devil: Origin and Roots, Part V

Mon, 6 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

With a ghost story or two, the mythical cryptid of the New Jersey Pine Barrens’ historical and literary origins are explored from colonial settlement to modernity – and retold through research and banter in this previously unreleased audio from our Jersey Devil series. Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, Tim Collins, and Lauren Krupinski discuss The Devil of Leeds, Daniel and Titan Leeds, early colonial settlements and the governments of New Jersey and New York, the supposed cross-dressing governor Edward Hyde (Lord Cornbury), and how a series of historical personalities and events converged to inform our modern conception of the mythical monster of legend commonly understood as The Jersey Devil.

Bedlam Asylum - Interview on-Location in London - Highlights

info@grimphilly.com (David Luck, Gayle Davis, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 4 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Professor 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.

For your friendship and support these many years we are ever so humbled and grateful and can not wait to bring to you more global and local true crime and history stories when we return next fall.

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Witches – with Dr. Kristine Rabberman, University of Pennsylvania

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000

From 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 facet of this same topic with Dr. Tom Webster on English witches, demonic possession, and exorcism in the British Isles recorded on-location in Scotland at University of Edinburgh where he is a tenured professor and widely published expert in the field.

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Ghost Hunting with Dr. Anya Shultz

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Dr. Anya Shultz) — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Dr. 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.

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The Devil's Tree and Mary Jo's Haunted Dolls

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000

From 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.

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Haunted Philadelphia: Fort Mifflin, Pennhurst, and Byberry with Psychic Medium Brandi Van

Mon, 7 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Ghost 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.

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For your friendship and support these many years we are ever so humbled and cannot wait to bring to you more recorded material here with the personalities from our tours and special the guests who join us; and to see you for live events with us every night this fall and year-round here in Philadelphia!

Al Capone - Interview in Chicago with Author, Adam Selzer

info@grimphilly.com (Adam Selzer, Joe Wojie) — Thu, 3 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000

On-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 earlier discrepancies with sound quality and plosives herein – as the interview content is good. The sound quality less-so. The recording is complete also with an earlier introduction and pilot-name, (World History X) before the official launch of Grim Philly studio podcast in 2019.

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Old Rum River - Smedley "Batman" Butler Comes to Philadelphia

info@grimphilly.com (Favian Martin, Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco) — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000

From 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 and a thirsty citizenry joined to thwart federal attempts at enforcement throughout the Garden State and it’s capital city in kind.

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The Philly Phanatic is Machine-Gunned Down in the Streets

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, Favian Martin) — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Hughie 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.

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The Wild Woods

info@grimphilly.com (Ted Sisco, Favian Martin, Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith) — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000

A 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 Wild Woods.

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Jersey Devil III - Freakshow

Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000

A 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 interview material recorded at Bedlam Asylum in London this winter. Visit https://www.grimphilly.com/ for live entertainments in Philadelphia nightly this fall.

Shades of Death Road: a short-story horror reading

Fri, 6 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Celebrity 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 all activities across the entire city of Philadelphia and our Dark Philly Adult Night Tour: the 14th BEST of ALL activities across the entire United States for 2024! https://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-ThingsToDo-cTopExperiences-g191#25

Jersey Devil II - Lenapehoking

Tue, 3 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The 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.

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Mermaids and the Lockness Monster of New Jersey: Lenape Short-Story of the Makeriskhickon (Delaware River) and Shatemuc (Hudson River)

info@grimphilly.com (Anya Shultz, Joe Wojie) — Tue, 3 Sep 2024 01:55:00 +0000

Professor Joe Wojie and Dr. Anya Shultz read and banter a folkloric short-story describing the mythical water women described in Lenape tales of the Makeriskhickon (Delaware River) and Shatemuc (Hudson River) – as well as Hoppie the Lockness Monster of the Garden State’s most expansive lake: Hopatcong.

Available to patrons only on Grim Philly Podcast | Dark Histories & True Crime for Mature-Audiences | Patreon - where we will continue to post weekly short stories of folklore and ghosts there throughout the fall.

We hope to see you there and thank you for your support and friendship, both there, and for our nightly Dark Philly Adult Night Tours guided by the personalities on this podcast on Grim Philly History and Ghost Tours in Philadelphia – live and in person every night this fall too!

Jersey Devil I – Introduction

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Legend 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 legend as well as entertainment and educational value in their own right.

Through multidisciplinary research and creative story-telling we hope to bring greater awareness to this local legend that is older even than is The United States.

We don’t ever take for granted how blessed we are for the amazing patrons who support our free content for you and will be for you giving back something special by way of additional and behind the scenes content on our patreon there, at patreon.com/grimphilly. And will see you for our nightly dark histories walking tours also this fall! - join us with admission tickets every night through this fall season there on grimphilly.com for that too and to meet some of the personalities you’ve heard on this season’s podcast episodes! We are so blessed and thank you for your support and friendship of our podcast and dark histories walking tours both!

Jersey Devil Season Trailer - Coming Fall 2024

Mon, 1 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Grim Philly Presents: The Jersey Devil, A Full Season of episodes dedicated to Investigating every aspect of folklore and myth about the New Jersey Cryptid - including witches, ghosts, prohibition, freakshows, Native-American Lenape Lore, Pine Barrens and New Jersey and Pennsylvania colonial and aboriginal histories, and more in a full season of episodes dedicated to stories about the official demon of the state of New Jersey. Grim Philly's Jersey Devil Season begins Fall 2024.

Frankfort Slasher I - True Crime Philadelphia - Philly's Unsolved Serial Killer

Mon, 6 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000

1 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, and profiling experts in the respective fields.

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Frankfort Slasher II - True Crime Philadelphia - Philly's Unsolved Serial Killer

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000

2 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.

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Abduction - Danielle Ottobre and Richard Patrone - South Street, Philadelphia - new perspectives

info@grimphilly.com (Britnee Smith, Joe Wojie, Ted Sisco, Tim Collins) — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000

South Street, Philadelphia disappearance of Danielle Ottobre (Imbo) and Richard Patrone, 2005. New perspectives and evidence are introduced and debated by scholars. Sensitive Content WARNING: the connection to a then-active serial killer--Israel Keyes--is presented and deliberated in great detail to establish hypothesis victimology.

Jack the Ripper Museum Interview, London. (introduction)

info@grimphilly.com (Sam Peters, Jack the Ripper Museum London, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000

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.

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Israel Keyes Serial Killer Documentary VIII - Suicide Poetry Psychoanalysis

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Dr. Kim, Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco) — Mon, 9 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000

8 of 10. Episodes 9 and 10 available exclusively on Patreon.com/GrimPhilly.

Dr. Kim's first psychoanalysis of the Israel Keyes suicide note.

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Israel Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary VII - Mr. Murder on South Street, Philadelphia

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Ted Sisco, Britnee Smith, Dr. Kim) — Mon, 2 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000

7 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.

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Israel Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary VI - Love and Razorblades

info@grimphilly.com (Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, Dr. Kim, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000

6 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.

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Israel Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary V - Chasing Hurricanes

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Dr. Kim, Ted Sisco, Britnee Smith) — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000

5 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.

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Israel Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary IV - Pictures in Blood

info@grimphilly.com (Dr. Kim, Joe Wojie, Ted Sisco, Britnee Smith) — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000

4 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 paperclip. The dotting serial killer father maintained loving relationships, rave-reviews for the business he owned; and family, neighbors, and friends were in disbelief that he could have maintained a secret-life as a coldblooded killer, bank-robber, and serial sexual predator until the very end. Brutal details are revealed about victim murders including in Keyes’ own words in this fourth installment of Grim Philly’s Serial Killer Documentary. Part-four of ten: Pictures in Blood AKA “Mommy and Me.”

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Israel Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary III - Mother

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, Tim Collins, Ted Sisco, Dr. Kim) — Mon, 4 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Part 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.

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Israel Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary II - Squirrels

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Part 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. Conversion to Atheism. And, burning to the ground a drunk Mormon’s church, and murdering the want-to-be true-crime novelist slowly to show her “what true-crime really is up-close.”

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Israel Keyes - Serial Killer Documentary I - Enigma

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0000

1 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 communities where he lived. And was remembered most of all as a good friend, successful businessman, a good husband, and dotting father by those who knew him. Professor of World History Joe Wojie is joined by American Historians Britnee Smith and Ted Sisco; Psychologist and Criminal Profiler Dr. Kim, Ethics Professor Tim Collins, and Historian Morgan Haller in this first of ten parts comprehensive mini-series that pulls together 5,000 pages of FBI files; multiple-state’s sheriff, SWAT, and marshal reports, as well as forensic evidence, eye-witness, and tip-line transcripts to paint a picture of the most secretive and dangerous contemporary killer of our time. Israel Keyes’ own words from FBI interrogations are used. Psychoanalysis, victimology, and methodology are pieced together. This is amongst the most comprehensive and thought-provoking analysis of the killer to be ever compiled.

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Benjamin Franklin VII - Bonus Banter and Story Conclusion

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Ted Sisco, Antoinette Levitt, Britnee Smith) — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000

7 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. grimphilly.com - To support Grim Philly History and Ghost Tours live history tours of Philadelphia patreon.com/grimphilly - To support Grim Philly Podcast in Philadelphia on Patreon grimphilly.com/podcast - For back episodes of Grim Philly Podcast in Philadelphia

Benjamin Franklin VI - Hellfire

info@grimphilly.com (Ted Sisco, Britnee Smith, Joe Wojie, Antoinette Levitt) — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000

6 of 7. Secret Societies, Masons, and The Hellfire Club.

Benjamin Franklin wrote the bylaws for the Masonic Lodge in Philadelphia and initiated Voltaire in to the Masons Lodge in Paris. He also stayed often in the guest cottage on the Dashwood estate and joined Sir Francis Dashwood in pagan debauchery in the man-made Hellfire Caves of West Wycombe. Orgy, drink, and pagan-esq ritual with parliamentarians and lords: John Montagu, John Wilks, and others helped form useful connections. And it was fun. Professor of World History Joe Wojie is joined by American historians Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, and Madam Toni Levitt.

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Benjamin Franklin V - Criticisms

Mon, 29 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000

5 of 7 Grim Philly's Benjamin Franklin Documentary Series continues with critical documentary analysis of The Founding Father's relationship with his wife, daughter, and son. His views and actions with regard to enslaved persons. And numerous obscure and surprising details on the life and times of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin on Grim Philly Podcast.

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Benjamin Franklin IV: Open Relationships

Mon, 15 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000

4 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 Philadelphia. Podcast home: https://www.grimphilly.com/podcast Support this show: https://www.patreon.com/grimphilly Tags: Benjamin Franklin woman. Madame Helvetius. Madame Brillon. Ann-Catherine de Ligniville. Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy.

Benjamin Franklin III: Mistresses

Mon, 1 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000

3 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 Independence with British Commander General William Howe over a game of chess. 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 Philadelphia. https://www.grimphilly.com/podcast - podcast home page. https://www.patreon.com/grimphilly - support this show.

*Episode Corrections:

(1) Former Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died both on the 4th of July, 1826 on the 50th anniversary of adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

(1) William Temple Franklin, the grandson of Benjamin Franklin, received a letter of advice on selecting a mistress from his grandfather as private correspondence prior to the bequeathment of additional papers for publication left to him in his grandfather's will.

Benjamin Franklin II: William

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000

2 of 7. AKA Traitor William. Benjamin Franklin’s illegitimate son William was dragged from New Jersey by Revolutionary authorities, locked away for treason, and exiled after the war. Ben wrote him out of his will twice, refused him reconciliation, and raised his illegitimate son’s illegitimate son: Temple. Join Grim Philly historians as we flesh-out everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Benjamin Franklin’s illegitimate son William Franklin: soldier, son, politician, loyalist. And, a little on the importance to Franklin of the game of chess. Historians Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, and Ted Sisco are joined by Neil Ronk, Director of Christ Church Preservation Trust, Philadelphia. And joining remote from Boston is Lauren Krupinski, NPS Historian from Franklin sites there.

Benjamin Franklin I: Bones

Mon, 3 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000

1 of 7. The bodies of dozens of dead woman, men, and children stolen from their graves were discovered hidden in Benjamin Franklin’s basement in 1998 sparking modern inquiries and investigations. World-famous for his lightning experiments; contemporaneous anatomists and scientists were inspired to electrify the bodies of hanged criminals attempting to charge the dead with life. Inspired by Dr. Franklin; Mary Shelly has Dr. Frankenstein in her novel do the same. Join historians from Grim as we open our three and a half hour audio-biography on Philadelphia’s own Benjamin Franklin: including the young founder’s arrival to Philadelphia at the age of seventeen, falling smitten with his future common-law wife Deborah Reed, and stories of the most riveting body-snatching and electrical experiments you may just have ever heard. Historians Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, and Ted Sisco are joined by Neil Ronk, Director of Christ Church Preservation Trust, Philadelphia. And joining remote from Boston is Lauren Krupinski, NPS Historian from Franklin sites there.

Ethically Impossible II

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Part 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. For your kind support of this show please visit patreon.com/grimphilly For our schedule of live events in Philadelphia visit grimphilly.com For free back episodes and to subscribe please visit grimphilly,com/podcast

Ethically Impossible I

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Human 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. Consider supporting this podcast on Patreon: patreon.com/grimphilly See our calendar of live events in Philadelphia grimphilly.com Back episodes available free at grimphilly.com/podcast

Rasputin V: Penis and Prophecy

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Cassie Coxon, Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco) — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The 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 be an awesome cool friend of the show at patreon.com/grimphilly See our schedule of live events in Philadelphia including history and ghost tours at grimphilly.com Listen to back episodes at grimphilly.com/podcast

Rasputin IV: Killing Rasputin

info@grimphilly.com (Cassie Coxon, Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 5 Dec 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Source 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. Support the show on patreon.com/grimphilly Live event information at grimphilly.com

Rasputin III: A ClusterF#k of Alliances – Causes of The First World War – Bonus Banter

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, Cassie Coxon, Ted Sisco) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Schlieffen Plan, Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, and the complex system of European alliances leading in to World War One and the height of power and eventual downfall of Grigori Rasputin are discussed; with both serious and lighter moments of reflection. Historians Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, and Joe Wojie are joined by Historian Cassie Coxon of Penn State University. Support the show on patreon.com/grimphilly Live event information at grimphilly.com

Rasputin II: Evil Genius

info@grimphilly.com (Ted Sisco, Britnee Smith, Cassie Coxon, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Part 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. Support the show on patreon.com/grimphilly Live event information at grimphilly.com

Rasputin I: Mad Monk

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Part 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 powerful, revered, ultra-sexy, and hated figures in late imperial Russia. Of the socio-political backdrop of World War One, the Russian Revolution, and myths and truths of the complexities of the period. And of the man: Grigory Rasputin, and his enduring mark on the Romanov Dynasty; on Russia; and on history. Historians Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, and Joe Wojie are joined by Historians Cassie Coxon (Penn State University) and Morgan Haller (Villanova University). Support the show on patreon.com/grimphilly Live event information at grimphilly.com

Iceman II – Richard Kuklinski – New Jersey Assassin - The Real Tony Soprano

Mon, 7 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Assassin 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. Support the show on patreon.com/grimphilly Live event information at grimphilly.com

Iceman I – Richard Kuklinski – New Jersey Assassin - The Real Tony Soprano

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000

The 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/grimphilly Live event information at grimphilly.com

Dracula – Interview – Dr. Rebecca Hayes – London

info@grimphilly.com (Dr. Rebecca Hayes, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Halloween 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. Support the show on patreon.com/grimphilly Live event information at grimphilly.com

Corpse Collector II – Harrison Marty Graham – Philadelphia Serial Killer

info@grimphilly.com (Dr. Kim, Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, Jon Crider, Ted Sisco) — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Part 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 current prison life of Harrison Graham, the serial killer’s prison art, and The Corpse Collector as a Prison Minister. Hypotheses surrounding the trial and case are introduced. Support the show on patreon.com/grimphilly Live event information at grimphilly.com

Corpse Collector I – Harrison Marty Graham – Philadelphia Serial Killer

info@grimphilly.com (Jon Crider, Dr. Kim, Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Part 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 more comprehensive deep-dive of the case; trial scrutiny and analysis, and psychoanalysis of Philadelphia’s Cookie Monster Killer in Part II. Support the show on patreon.com/grimphilly Live event information at grimphilly.com

Pirates of Philadelphia

Mon, 3 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Black 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. Support the show on patreon.com/grimphilly Live event information at grimphilly.com

Marie Antoinette Execution III – BONUS BANTER – Trial and Exécution

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Bonus 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. Support the show on patreon.com/grimphilly Live event information at grimphilly.com

Marie Antoinette Execution II – Lovers

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Grim explores The French Queen’s relationship with her lover Axel Von Fersen, her imprisonment, and escape attempts. Newly decoded secret letters between lovers using x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy from the French National Archives are discussed. As is The French King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette’s political and social ineptitude leading up to the Reign of Terror and French Revolution. Historians Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by historians Ted Sisco, Cassie Coxon, and Morgan Haller in a discussion of the final days of Marie Antoinette. And, love-interests of The French Queen before her 1793 execution by guillotine.

Marie Antoinette Execution I – Guillotine

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000

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.

Satan II

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

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.

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Satan I

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

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.

The Barber Surgeon

info@grimphilly.com (Ted Sisco, Britnee Smith, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

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.

Medieval Sex Court

info@grimphilly.com (Adam Iessi, Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 4 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

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.

Saint Olga: bad-ass murderous saint

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco) — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:30:00 +0000

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

Napoleon's Penis and Love Letters

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Ted SIsco, Britnee Smith, Adam Iessi) — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:30:00 +0000

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.

Exorcism

info@grimphilly.com (Laurie Hull, Britnee Smith, Dustin Cushman, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:00:00 +0000

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.

Bicycle Day (LSD)

Mon, 6 Sep 2021 06:00:00 +0000

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

Artificial Intelligence

info@grimphilly.com (Mike Hammer, Ted Sisco, Britnee Smith, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:00:00 +0000

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

Scandalmonger: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson Affairs

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco) — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:00:00 +0000

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.

Philadelphia Brothels

info@grimphilly.com (Britnee Smith, Joe Wojie, Sara McDonnall, Ted Sisco) — Mon, 9 Aug 2021 06:00:00 +0000

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.

A Night With Venus

info@grimphilly.com (Britnee Smith, Joe Wojie, Sara McDonall, Ted Sisco) — Mon, 2 Aug 2021 06:00:00 +0000

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.

Gary Heidnik

info@grimphilly.com (Britnee Smith, Joe Wojie, Tim Collins, Ted Sisco) — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 06:00:00 +0000

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.

About Grim Season II

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie) — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 06:00:00 +0000

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

Kanamara Matsuri | Japanese Penis Festival

Wed, 7 Apr 2021 10:52:47 +0000

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

Saint Pablo

info@grimphilly.com (Ted Sisco, Adam Iessi, Britnee Smith, Joe Wojie) — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:51:55 +0000

Pablo Escobar as humanitarian: cocaine wildlife, drug-lord parenting, and housing subsidies for the poor. Narco-Terrorism, Narco-Populism, and the rags to riches rise and fall of Columbia's sinful saint are examined.

Golden State Killer

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:00:00 +0000

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

Voodoo Queen

Mon, 8 Mar 2021 00:34:18 +0000

Learn 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 #hoo

Black Magic Killer

info@grimphilly.com (Britnee Smith, Joe Wojie, Adam Iessi) — Mon, 1 Mar 2021 01:08:37 +0000

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 Iessi. grimphilly.com/podcast for more.

Lupercalia and Saint Valentine

info@grimphilly.com (Britnee Smith, Adam Iessi, Joe Wojie) — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:44:27 +0000

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.

Bank Heist

info@grimphilly.com (Adam Iessi, Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith) — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 05:01:48 +0000

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

Christmas

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie) — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:13:09 +0000

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

Ted Bundy

info@grimphilly.com (Ted Sisco, Joe Wojie, Britnee Smith) — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:28:03 +0000

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

Aghori Sadhus

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie) — Mon, 7 Dec 2020 04:38:48 +0000

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/

Zombi

info@grimphilly.com (Joe Wojie) — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:32:02 +0000

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.

Pirate Queen

info@grimphilly.com (Adam Iessi, Britnee Smith, Joe Wojie) — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:10:43 +0000

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.

Whore

info@grimphilly.com (Ted Sisco, Britnee Smith, Joe Wojie) — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 16:59:01 +0000

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.

Halloween: Ritual of Death and Lust

Wed, 4 Nov 2020 09:30:00 +0000