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...
Nov 04, 2024•18 min•Season 5Ep. 12
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 convers...
Oct 28, 2024•2 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 11
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. 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 bu...
Oct 21, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 10
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. Visit https://www.patreon.com/grimphil...
Oct 14, 2024•19 min•Season 5Ep. 9
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. 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. ...
Oct 07, 2024•20 min•Season 5Ep. 8
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 bef...
Oct 03, 2024•26 min•Season 5Ep. 7
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 Da...
Sep 30, 2024•22 min•Season 5Ep. 6
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. Join the personalities from this podcast every night liv...
Sep 23, 2024•18 min•Season 5Ep. 5
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 th...
Sep 16, 2024•22 min•Season 5Ep. 4
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 c...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 3
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 a...
Sep 06, 2024•2 min
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. grimphilly.com for true crime and ghost tours this fall and to check out back episodes...
Sep 03, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 5Ep. 2
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...
Sep 03, 2024•3 min
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 in...
Aug 26, 2024•15 min•Season 5Ep. 1
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.
Jul 01, 2024•15 min
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 mo...
Nov 06, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 18
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. 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 supp...
Oct 30, 2023•54 min•Season 4Ep. 19
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.
Oct 23, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 17
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 ad...
Oct 16, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 16
8 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 Isr...
Oct 09, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 15
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 ...
Oct 02, 2023•27 min•Season 4Ep. 14
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. 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 Phil...
Sep 25, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 13
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. 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 Podc...
Sep 18, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 12
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...
Sep 11, 2023•50 min•Season 4Ep. 11
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. Patreon.com/grimphilly to access Israel Keyes episodes 9 and 10--the last two episodes ...
Sep 04, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 10
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,...
Aug 28, 2023•28 min•Season 4Ep. 9
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 planne...
Aug 21, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 8
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....
Jun 26, 2023•44 min•Season 4Ep. 7
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 fu...
Jun 12, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 6
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. patreon.com/grimphilly to support Grim Philly Podcast in Philadelphia grimphilly.com for back Grim Philly Podcast episodes and to book a live Gr...
May 29, 2023•45 min•Season 4Ep. 5
