In this episode of The Grim, Kristin opens the gates to Kensal Green Cemetery in London, England—the first and original of the city's Magnificent Seven, where innovation, artistry, and royal rebellion lie beneath seventy-two acres of leaning stones. Built to relieve London's overcrowded parish graveyards, Kensal Green now faces its own crisis: caught between preservation and the relentless demands of a city desperate for space, forcing the question of whether the living and the dead can truly coexist.

n this episode of The Grim, Kristin opens the gates to Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia—a place where tragedy, memory, and history converge. Best known as the final resting place of 121 Titanic victims, Fairview offers a tangible encounter with sorrow: rows of granite markers transform distant history into something immediate and haunting. From the meticulous recovery work of John Henry Barnstead to the long-unidentified Unknown Child, the cemetery preserves lives lost at sea with dignity and care.

Descend into reflection as The Grim closes the gates on 2025, a year that saw this niche podcast defy brutal industry statistics—where 47% of shows never reach episode three and only 8.5% make it to 50 episodes. Host Kristin marks episode 73 with gratitude, looking back at the cemeteries that fascinated her most and the stories that asked to be told, while acknowledging the listeners who made survival possible in a landscape littered with abandoned feeds and forgotten voices

Descend beneath the marble floors of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, where Gothic spires pierce the winter skyline above Fifth Avenue and Christmas lights glow against ancient stone, while twenty archbishops and cardinals rest in eternal vigil below the high altar. Host Kristin guides listeners through the crypts of America's most iconic cathedral during the season when millions gather for Midnight Mass above—unaware of the voices that linger below.

Explore the snow-covered grounds of Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, where Gothic towers stand sentinel over 350 acres of American ambition, tragedy, and memory. Host Kristin guides listeners through Chicago's first private cemetery, founded in 1859 on the city's highest natural elevation, uncovering the lost Victorian tradition of Christmas festivities among the graves and the spirits that linger in the winter twilight.

Step into the snow-covered grounds of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts, where America's greatest literary minds rest among the pines. In this episode, host Kristin guides you through the historic 119-acre rural cemetery, uncovering the surprising winter connections between graveyards, ghosts, and the holiday season—from Victorian Christmas traditions to the dark December tales that shaped American literature.

In this haunting episode of The Grim, host Kristin guides listeners through Trinity Churchyard in New York City, one of Manhattan’s oldest and most storied burial grounds. Beneath its Puritan headstones rest some of America’s most influential figures—including Alexander Hamilton, Eliza Hamilton, Angelica Schuyler, Robert Fulton, Albert Gallatin, John Peter Zenger, and the enigmatic James Leeson, whose cryptic gravestone continues to lure curious visitors.

In this haunting Thanksgiving-week episode of The Grim, host Kristin unlocks the wrought-iron gates of King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston’s oldest cemetery and one of the most actively haunted sites on the Freedom Trail. Once a humble pumpkin patch belonging to Isaac Johnson, the grounds grew into the city’s first field of the dead—a place where colonial grief, Revolutionary history, and restless spirits have shared the same soil for nearly four centuries.

In this haunting episode of The Grim, host Kristin leads listeners through Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville’s most atmospheric historic burial ground. Founded in 1850 and named for poet Thomas Gray, Old Gray is a Victorian garden cemetery filled with marble angels, weathered obelisks, and stories carved deep into Tennessee’s past. This episode uncovers the cemetery’s origins, from Knoxville’s deadly cholera epidemic of 1854 to the tragic New Market train collision of 1904, both of which brought waves of grief to these 13 acres

Step beyond the veil with The Grim and explore the haunting beauty of The Ossuaries of San Martino and Solferino in Lombardy, Italy. Beneath tranquil hills and cypress groves lie the bones of thousands who perished during the Battle of Solferino and San Martino (1859), a brutal clash that forged modern Italy and inspired the creation of the Red Cross.

Grim Mourning and welcome to The Grim. In this chilling episode, host Kristin leads listeners through the haunted gates of Tolomato Cemetery — one of St. Augustine, Florida’s most historic and ghost-filled burial grounds. Beneath ancient oaks and Spanish moss, this cemetery holds the stories of displaced Guale Indians, Spanish settlers, Menorcan refugees, Cuban priests, and the restless dead who never found peace.

Grim Mourning and welcome to The Grim. On this special Halloween and Día de los Muertos episode, host Kristin opens the gate to one of Mexico’s most haunted cemeteries, the Panteón de Belén in Guadalajara. Beneath its gothic arches and jasmine-scented air lies a world where faith, folklore, and the restless dead intertwine.

Grim Mourning and welcome to The Grim. In this episode, we open the gate to Gunntown Cemetery in Naugatuck, Connecticut, a quiet, moss-draped burial ground where history and haunting intertwine. Beneath its bowed slate stones lie the early settlers and Revolutionary soldiers who shaped this forgotten corner of New England.

Step through the veil with The Grim as host Kristin guides you on a haunting walk through Salem’s most historic and ghostly graveyards. In this special episode, The Grim’s Guide to Graveyards in Salem, we explore eight of the Witch City’s oldest cemeteries, uncovering stories of tragedy, remembrance, and lingering spirits that shaped Salem’s haunted legacy.

Grim Mourning, listeners. In this chilling episode of The Grim, host Kristin unlaces the rusted gate of Old Wethersfield Village Cemetery—a forgotten gem in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where the dead still whisper beneath autumn leaves.

In this chilling October episode of The Grim, host Kristin guides listeners through the forgotten cemetery of Danvers State Hospital, once known as the “Palace on the Hill.” Located in Danvers, Massachusetts, this infamous asylum was built in 1878 on land tied to Judge John Hathorne of the Salem Witch Trials, a curse many believe doomed it from the start.

The Grim is stepping through the moss-draped gates of All Saints’ Church Cemetery on Pawleys Island, South Carolina, where history and legend intertwine beneath the Lowcountry oaks. In this episode of The Grim, we explore one of the South’s most hauntingly beautiful graveyards, an acre of romance and ruin where ghost stories refuse to rest.

Grim Mourning, and welcome to The Grim. This week, we cross deserts of time to the Tophet of Carthage, an ancient Phoenician site buried beneath centuries of ash and silence. Was it a cemetery for children lost too soon, or an altar of fire and sacrifice where innocence was offered to the gods?

Step through the rusted gates of Père Lachaise with The Grim as we wander among the haunted avenues of Paris's most legendary cemetery. Far from a mere collection of tombstones, this necropolis cradles the bones of revolutionaries, rock stars, and romantics while telling a story richer than fiction. Founded in 1804 as Napoleon's solution to Paris's overflowing churchyards, Père Lachaise initially stood empty and forgotten on the city's outskirts.

Grim Mourning, and welcome to The Grim. In this episode, The Grim opens the gate to Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina, one of the most famous cemeteries in the world and a haunting landmark of Argentine history. Often called a city of the dead, Recoleta is a gothic labyrinth of marble mausoleums, ivy-covered vaults, and narrow passageways where ghost stories and legends breathe alongside the tombs of presidents, poets, aristocrats, and revolutionaries.