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Philadelphia Brothels

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...

Brothels of Philadelphia

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...

The Whores of Philadelphia

Victorian Whoredom, Part II: Philadelphia and London.

Mercury: A Night With Venus

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.

A Night With Venus

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.

Whore Wars: Mercury Elixirs

"A night with Venus a lifetime with Mercury." Victorian Whoredom, Part I.

Gary Heidnik

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

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...

Kanamara Matsuri | Japanese Penis Festival

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

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.

St. Pablo

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.

Pablo Escobar

"Saint Pablo" the murderous rags to riches Columbian Robin-Hood Congressman had a humanitarian side hitherto unexplored. Cocaine wildlife, drug-lord parenting, and poverty assistance for the poor 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.

Golden State Killer

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

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 | [email protected] #NOLA #marielaveau #hoo

Marie Laveau

Black Magic Killer

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.

Black Magic: Fabulous Psychopath

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.

Lupercalia and Saint Valentine

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.

Lupercalia, Love, and Valentine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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American Vampire Story

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. grimphilly.com

Bloodbath

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.

Vampir: Archaeology, Anthropology, and Mythos

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 histori...

Benjamin Franklin's Love Stick

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

Dirty Dick Disease in 1776

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.