Grim Philly

Nov 04 2024 78 ep. 44 mins 98
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Grim Philly Podcast in Philadelphia is a history podcast and true crime podcast for mature audiences by historians and PhD’s; and is not for those easily offended. Our history and true crime podcast in Philadelphia comprises three regular historians and a revolving caste of a dozen psychologists, museum curators, and college professors of various fields, and is presented in non-prudish colloquial terms, with an eye to factual accuracy and entertainment macabre on unique topics that have been well-researched. Grim Philly Podcast in Philadelphia airs seasonally with new listening every fall.

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Bedlam Asylum - Interview on-Location in London - Highlights

Nov 04 2024 18 mins  
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

Witches – with Dr. Kristine Rabberman, University of Pennsylvania

Oct 28 2024 129 mins  
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

Ghost Hunting with Dr. Anya Shultz

Oct 21 2024 34 mins  
Dr. Anya and Professor Joe talk ghost hunting, paranormal investigative technique and equipment, and ghost 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

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

Oct 14 2024 19 mins  
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

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

Oct 07 2024 19 mins  
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 f

Al Capone - Interview in Chicago with Author, Adam Selzer

Oct 03 2024 25 mins  
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 dispe

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

Sep 30 2024 21 mins  
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

The Philly Phanatic is Machine-Gunned Down in the Streets

Sep 23 2024 17 mins  
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 mixo

The Wild Woods

Sep 16 2024 22 mins  
Prohibition Wildwood New Jersey. 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 liquo

Jersey Devil III - Freakshow

Sep 09 2024 83 mins  
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, a