Crypt
The
Pirate in the Pumpkin Patch
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.
Eternal Enemies
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
Bones of the Risorgimento
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.
The Dead Watch
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.
The Vampire’s Tree
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.
The Haunting Hallow of Gunntown: Tales from a Haunted Connecticut Cemetery
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.
The Grim’s Guide to Graveyards in Salem
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.
Hungry Hill: The Ghost's of Oniontown
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.
The Asylum of Horror
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.
Unwelcomed Ghosts
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.
The Controversy of Death: The Tophet of Carthage
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?
Paris in Mourning: The Ghosts of Père Lachaise
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.
A Tango with Death: Inside Buenos Aires’ Haunted Necropolis
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.
One If by Liberty, Two If by Death
One If by Liberty, Two If by Death takes you into Boston’s Granary Burying Ground, where the dead still whisper beneath the stones. Founded in 1660, this haunted cemetery holds both patriots and forgotten voices who shaped America’s birth.
Beneath crooked willows rest names etched into liberty’s story: John Hancock, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams. Yet shadows fall over others too often overlooked: Crispus Attucks, first to fall in the fight for independence; James Otis Jr., struck down by lightning after sparking rebellion; and Samuel Sewall, the judge who condemned witches only to later repent in shame.
The Reincarnation
Season 2 is near. The Grim will be returning on Sept 2.
Coffee in the Crypt: Ghosts & Graves of St. Paul’s Cathedral
In this eerie season finale of The Grim, we're opening the gate and descending into one of the most iconic and haunted sites located in London England - the crypt beneath St. Paul’s Cathedral. Spanning 30,000 square feet, it is the largest cathedral crypt in Europe and a resting place for Britain’s greatest legends—and, some say, its most restless spirits. We uncover the story of Admiral Lord Nelson, whose body lies in a black marble tomb originally carved for Cardinal Wolsey, the disgraced advisor to Henry VIII.
Bones in Bloom
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Friedhof Ohlsdorf, a cemetery unlike any other—a sprawling necropolis located in Hamburg where grief wears a garden’s face and history rests beneath sculpted stone and owl-shadowed trees. Spanning nearly 1,000 acres of winding paths, still ponds, and towering trees, Ohlsdorf is more than a final resting place—it’s a city of the dead, where history, war, and remembrance intertwine. Join The Grim as we explore this unforgettable cemetery’s layered past: from the Commonwealth War Graves and mass burial trench from the Hamburg Firestorm, to the graves of Nazi victims, executed resistance fighters, and soldiers lost to history.
Killer in the Crypt
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Pine Grove Cemetery located in Truro, it might seem just another quiet New England burial ground—modest in size, overlooked by tourists, and far from the summer crowds drawn to nearby beaches. But appearances deceive. Since its establishment in 1799, this two-acre plot has become a repository for some of Massachusetts' darkest mysteries and most gruesome crimes.
We begin with the haunting tale of the Commerce, a fishing vessel that drifted into Truro harbor one September Sunday in 1844, perfectly intact but eerily empty
When the Vultures Circled
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Georgiana Cemetery located on Merritt Island in Florida. Step away from the tourist crowds at Cape Canaveral and walk with us along a crooked mile, where sunlight filters through Spanish moss and century-old secrets whisper on the salt breeze. Georgiana Cemetery on Merritt Island might not make the Florida travel guides, but beneath its quiet exterior lies a tapestry of tragedy, mystery, and lingering spirits that refuse to be forgotten. Discover the heartbreaking fate of the Smith sisters—Myrtle, Mary, and Martha—who perished together on June 14, 1916, when a family outing across the Banana River turned deadly during an unexpected storm.
Liberty’s Shot
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Old Hill Burying Ground, where time doesn't just slow—it folds back on itself days after the 250th anniversary of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. The weathered stones rising from the modest 1.16 acres in located Concord, Massachusetts don't merely commemorate the dead; they mark the resting places of those who shaped a nation's violent, necessary birth. The cemetery feels deceptively small until you understand its weight. Nearly 500 gravestones remain, some adorned with winged skulls and soul effigies—Puritan reminders of mortality's constant presence