Grim Philly

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/po...

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.

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. grimphi...

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 Cush...

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 powerf...

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.