The Grim: Haunted Cemeteries & Graveyard Tales
Kristin Lopes 102 episodes Nov 10, 2026
The Grim is a podcast hosted by Kristin Lopes that explores haunted cemeteries and forgotten burial grounds around the world. Each episode blends ghost stories, historical mysteries, and research into subjects such as New England witch trials, European ossuaries, Victorian mourning customs, and modern hauntings. It also examines the art and symbolism carved into centuries-old gravestones. The show is aimed at listeners interested in graveyard folklore, paranormal encounters, dark history, and cemetery tourism.
Episodes
Sea of Flames | Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia
The Grim is opening the gate to Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb, Croatia, which marks its 150th anniversary this month. Behind its long wall of arcades and green copper domes lie an estimated 322,000 people. On this episode, we trace Mirogoj from the debts of Ljudevit Gaj, the Croatian National Revival leader whose ruined estate became the city's burial ground, through architect Hermann Bollé&apos
Tardis, Nutkin & The Chelsea Football Club | Brompton Cemetery, London, England
The Grim is opening the gate to Brompton Cemetery in London, England, one of the Victorian Magnificent Seven cemeteries, nestled between Kensington and Chelsea. Born from a city that had run out of room for its dead, Brompton holds more than 205,000 souls beneath its lime-lined avenue, domed chapel, and sealed catacombs. In this cemetery history episode, we explore London's Victorian burial c
The Boiled Heart | Museo Panteón de San Fernando, Mexico City, Mexico
The Grim is opening the gate to the Museo Panteón de San Fernando in Mexico City for a special Día de Muertos episode. Once the most exclusive cemetery in Mexico, this nineteenth-century burial ground holds presidents, generals who fought one another to the death, and the forgotten dead of the city's cholera epidemics, all within the same walls. Its gates closed to burials in 1871, then opene
Horror Within Mount Hope | Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor Maine
The Grim is opening the gate to Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor, Maine, during the week of Halloween. Founded in 1834, it is one of America’s oldest garden cemeteries, and it sits in the city that shaped Stephen King’s darkest fiction. On October 12, 1937, Public Enemy Al Brady and his gang walked into downtown Bangor and into an ambush by the FBI. When the gunfire on Central Street stopped, Brady l
The Upiory & Strzygi Burying Ground | Poland’s “Vampire” Grave at Pień Cemetery
The Grim is opening the gate to Pień Cemetery, a forgotten 17th-century burial ground in northern Poland where the dead were locked into the earth. In 2022, archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University uncovered Grave 75: a young woman with an iron sickle across her throat and a padlock fastened to her toe. They named her Zosia. She was buried among outcasts on unconsecrated ground, yet she
Dead Men Do Tell Tales | Goat Island, Newport, Rhode Island
The Grim is opening the gate to Goat Island’s Pirate Graves, an unmarked burial ground on the shore of Newport Harbor in Rhode Island. In July 1723, twenty-six pirates captured from the sloop Ranger were hanged at Gravelly Point in the largest single execution of pirates the American colonies ever carried out. They were then rowed to Goat Island and buried between the high and low tide marks, deni
The Empty Tomb | Crown Hill Cemetery, Indiana
The Grim is opening the gate to Crown Hill Cemetery, the largest cemetery in Indiana and the third-largest non-governmental cemetery in the United States. Spread across 555 acres above Indianapolis, it holds more than 225,000 graves, among them a president, three vice presidents, and Public Enemy No. 1. On this episode, we trace Crown Hill from its 1863 founding on Strawberry Hill through the Civi
The Bloodless Royals | Hohenzollern Crypt
The Grim is opening the gate to the Hohenzollern Crypt, Germany's largest dynastic burial vault. Hidden beneath Berlin Cathedral, it holds 91 members of the family that ruled Prussia and later Germany for nearly a thousand years. On this episode, we trace the Hohenzollern dynasty from its 11th-century origins in the Swabian Alps through the rise of Prussia, the reign of Frederick the Great, a
Paris in Mourning: The Ghosts of Père Lachaise, Part 2
Paris in Mourning, Part Two — and the gate is open again. The Grim returns to Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France for the season two finale, and the dead still have stories left to tell. We walk the haunted avenues of one of the world's most famous cemeteries to meet the figures history left unfinished. We begin with Molière, whose monument may rest over bones that were never truly his. W
Mortsafes & a Mean Man | Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh, Scotland, one of the most storied burial grounds on the Royal Mile, where the dead have never quite stopped making noise.A young poet dies in an asylum at twenty-four, buried without a stone, forgotten by the city that once read him, until the man who owed him everything walks through these gates and refuses to leave him na
Silver Souls | Silver Terraces Cemeteries, Virginia City, Nevada
The Grim is opening the gate on Silver Terrace Cemeteries in Virginia City, Nevada, a sprawling collection of eleven distinct burial grounds established on a windswept hillside in 1867. Built at the height of the Comstock Lode silver boom, Silver Terrace was no frontier afterthought. It was a Victorian garden cemetery carved into the Nevada desert, complete with imported trees, marble headstones,
The Trail Ghost | Norton Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Norton Cemetery, tucked off the Ghost House Trail inside Big Ridge State Park in Union County, Tennessee. Small, mossy, and slowly sinking back into the earth, the cemetery rests quietly in the trees while the forest works to reclaim it. The park itself was born from displacement, rising out of the 1930s Norris Project and the communities it erased. Traces
The First Decoration Day | Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina
The Grim is opening the gate into an American holiday that isn't as old as time. Memorial Day feels timeless, as though it has always existed on the American calendar. But the holiday is younger than most realize, and its true origins are far stranger and more powerful than the version history chose to remember.This episode opens the gate to Beaufort National Cemetery, a forty-four-acre Civil
Tombstones Under The Trees | Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, Oregon
The Grim is opening the gate and entering the oldest cemetery in the Pacific Northwest. Portland was built by people who survived impossible journeys, and Lone Fir Cemetery holds nearly all of them. Established in the 1850s on land where a pioneer father was buried as a condition of sale, Lone Fir became the final resting place for more than 25,000 souls: founders and frontier figures, poets and p
A Garden in the Gallows | Msida Bastion Cemetery
The Grim is opening the gate into a haunted garden hidden under the Mediterranean sun. Perched within centuries-old bastions overlooking Marsamxetto Harbour, Msida Bastion Cemetery in Floriana, Malta is one of Europe's most hauntingly beautiful historic cemeteries — and one of its least known. Once the site of the Knights of Malta's gallows, the grounds were transformed into a Protestan
Live Free, Die Haunted | New Hampshire
In the quiet hills of New Hampshire, two small burial grounds hide some of the most persistent and unsettling folklore in all of New England. This episode of The Grim opens the gate on Pine Hill Cemetery in Hollis, known to locals as Blood Cemetery, and Gilson Road Cemetery in Nashua, where the stories go deeper and stranger than any single legend can contain.Pine Hill was established in 1769 on l
Light Above, Silence Below | The Old North Church Crypt, Boston, MA
Beneath one of America's most iconic landmarks lies a crypt holding more than 1,100 souls — and stories most visitors never hear. In this episode of The Grim, we descend beneath Old North Church in Boston's North End, past the lanterns and the legend, and into the underground tombs that have held the dead since 1732.Featured StoriesBuilt in 1723 as Christ Church, Old North was Boston&apo
Reap What You Sow | Picpus Cemetery, Paris France
Hidden behind a plain residential gate in Paris, unmarked on most maps and open only a few hours a day, Picpus Cemetery holds a silence unlike any other. Beneath its unassuming garden lie more than 1,300 victims of the Reign of Terror — and above them, nearly two centuries of unbroken prayer.Featured Stories:The Mass Graves of the Reign of TerrorFor six terrifying weeks in the summer of 1794, the
Graves of the Confined | Manzanar Cemetery, California
In this episode of The Grim — a podcast exploring cemetery history, dark history, and the stories the dead leave behind — we open the gates of Manzanar Cemetery, part of the Manzanar National Historic Site near Independence, California. Set against the stark backdrop of the Sierra Nevada, this windswept burial ground stands on the grounds of one of America's most sobering WWII Japanese Americ
The Marbled Whispers | Staglieno Cemetery, Italy
Step through the iron gates of Staglieno Cemetery, one of Europe's largest and most extraordinary burial grounds, nestled on a hillside above the Ligurian port city of Genoa, Italy. Stretching across more than a square kilometer, Staglieno is no ordinary resting place — it is an open-air museum of marble, grief, and artistry, where some of Italy's most gifted sculptors transformed mourni
The Forest of Sorrow | Aokigahara, Japan
Grim Mourning and Welcome to The Grim. This week, Kristin opens the gate on one of the most haunted and heartbreaking places in the world — Japan's Aokigahara Forest. Known as the Sea of Trees, this dense wilderness sprawls across 13.5 square miles at the base of Mount Fuji, less than 100 miles from Tokyo. Ancient volcanic eruptions carved the land beneath it, leaving roots tangled across a m
Graves in a Ghost Town | Odd Fellows Cemetery, Centralia PA
Where the dead are remembered and the earth still burns. Beneath the quiet rows of Odd Fellows Cemetery in Centralia, Pennsylvania, a fire has been burning since 1962 — and it shows no sign of stopping. In this episode of The Grim, we open the gate on one of America's most unsettling burial grounds: an active cemetery inside a ghost town, maintained by a church miles away, visited by families
Ireland's Three Saints | Down Cathedral Graveyard, Ireland
In this episode of The Grim, Kristin opens the gates to Down Cathedral Graveyard in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland — a hilltop burial ground sacred since the Bronze Age, where centuries of pilgrimage, legend, and quiet reverence converge on a single unadorned stone.One of the oldest continuously sacred sites in Ireland, Down Cathedral Graveyard sits atop a hill that has drawn the faithful for thous
The Ghoul of Plainfield | Plainfield Cemetery, Wisconsin
In this episode of The Grim, Kristin opens the gates to Plainfield Cemetery in Plainfield, Wisconsin—a modest Midwestern burial ground rooted in pioneer history, where the quiet rows of headstones conceal one of the most disturbing legacies in American true crime.Home to the earliest settlers of rural Wisconsin, the cemetery is perhaps best known today as the final resting place of Ed Gein—a body
The Final Haven | Old Church Cemetery, Cobh
In this episode of The Grim, Kristin opens the gates to Old Church Cemetery in Cobh, Ireland—a hillside burial ground stretching back to Ireland's Celtic past, where maritime catastrophe, extraordinary lives, and restless spirits converge above one of the world's great natural harbours.Home to victims of the RMS Lusitania, a celebrated Irish boxer, a surgeon who stood beside Napoleon&apo
The Black Hope Curse | Black Hope Cemetery
Descend into Black Hope Cemetery in Crosby, Texas, where an entire post-Civil War freedom colony was swallowed by fire, forgotten by history, and buried beneath a modern subdivision — and where the dead refused to stay silent. Host Kristin uncovers Charlie and Betty Thomas — formerly enslaved people exhumed from a family's backyard still wearing their wedding rings — the Haney family's n
Phantoms of the Track | African Cemetery No. 2
Descend into African Cemetery No. 2 in Lexington, Kentucky, where the first Kentucky Derby winner rests in unmarked ground alongside Civil War heroes, Buffalo Soldiers, and the grooms and trainers who built America's thoroughbred empire. Host Kristin uncovers Oliver Lewis—who won the 1875 Derby at nineteen and died laying asphalt—journalist Robert Charles O'Hara Benjamin, murdered for de
Pickett's Souls | Gettysburg National Cemetery
Join host Kristin as The Grim descends into Gettysburg National Cemetery — where blood-soaked Pennsylvania earth became the birthplace of America's first national cemetery and a monument to the true cost of war.Before national cemeteries existed, soldiers were buried where they fell. The Civil War changed everything. At the Battle of Gettysburg — the deadliest battle in American military hist
The Erasure of Death | African American Burial Grounds
Join host Kristin as The Grim opens the gate on one of America's most erased and overlooked histories — African American burial grounds and enslaved persons cemeteries across the United States.Records are heartbreakingly scarce. By 1860, nearly four million people were enslaved in America, yet their burial grounds remain largely undocumented, destroyed, or entirely lost. In a system that valu
Blood on the Irons | St. Philip's Graveyard & Cemetery
Descend into the moss-draped grounds of St. Philip's in Charleston, South Carolina, where the nation's oldest Anglican congregation has buried its dead since 1681. Host Kristin explores a city built atop graves, uncovering the Revolutionary War heroes, Vice Presidents, and enslaved protectors whose legacies—and spirits—refuse to stay buried.Featured Historical Figures:John C. Calhoun – T
A Garden Built on Bones | St. James Cemetery, Liverpool
What happens when a cemetery built to honor the dead becomes their greatest indignity? St. James Cemetery in Liverpool was designed as a modern answer to Victorian burial chaos—but instead recreated every horror it promised to solve. Now 57,000 souls lie beneath what's officially called a public park, their gravestones cleared away, their names reduced to lists on communal stones.Host Kristin
The Rebel Royal | Kensal Green Cemetery, London
In this episode of The Grim, Kristin opens the gates to Kensal Green Cemetery in London, England—the first of the city's Magnificent Seven, where innovation, artistry, and royal rebellion lie beneath seventy-two acres of leaning stones. Built in 1833 to relieve London's overcrowded graveyards, Kensal Green now faces its own crisis: caught between preservation and a city desperate for spa
The Harbour of Corpses | Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax
In 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 H
2025 | A Grim Review
Nearly 47% of podcasts never reach episode three. Only 8.5% make it to 50. The Grim just published episode 73 — and this week, host Kristin closes the gates on a year of graveyards, uncomfortable histories, and stories that asked to be told.This isn't a typical episode. No single cemetery. No one ghost. Just an honest look back at the places that fascinated her most, the stories that lingered
A Gothic Yuletide | St. Patrick's Cathedral Crypt
Every December, millions pass through St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue — drawn by Gothic spires, Christmas lights, and the echo of Midnight Mass through marble vaults. Almost none of them know what lies directly beneath their feet.In this episode of The Grim, host Kristin descends into the crypts below St. Patrick's high altar, where more than twenty archbishops and cardinals rest
Blood & Marble | Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery
In 1900, Chicago families spent their Christmas inside a cemetery. Sleigh rides, carolers, children playing among snow-covered monuments — all of it unfolding across 350 acres on the city's north side. It sounds like a Hallmark movie. It was Rosehill Cemetery.In this episode of The Grim, host Kristin explores Chicago's first and grandest private cemetery — a Gothic fortress of ambition,
Snowbound Souls | The Literary Dead of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
December and graveyards have always belonged together. The Victorians knew it — they laid evergreen wreaths on the graves of their loved ones on Christmas Day, symbols of eternal life enduring through the cold. And nowhere does that connection feel more alive than Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts, where winter wraps 119 acres of literary history in snow and shadow.In this episode o
Legacy Within Trinity | Trinity Churchyard, New York City
Step through the wrought-iron gates of Trinity Churchyard and the roar of Wall Street disappears. What remains is one of the oldest and most storied burial grounds in America — a quiet half-acre in the heart of Manhattan where thousands of souls have rested since the 1660s, and where the history of a nation is etched into weathered stone.In this episode of The Grim, host Kristin walks the grounds
The Pumpkin Patch Burying Ground | King's Chapel, Boston MA
Before Boston was Boston, there was a pumpkin patch — and a grieving man who asked to be buried in it. That quiet wish became King's Chapel Burying Ground, the city's oldest cemetery, and one of the most haunted stops on the Freedom Trail.In this episode of The Grim, host Kristin traces nearly four centuries of history buried in less than half an acre. We begin with Isaac Johnson, whose
Eternal Enemies | Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville TN
Step through the iron gates of Old Gray Cemetery — Knoxville, Tennessee's most atmospheric Victorian burial ground, where Appalachian ghost lore, Civil War grudges, and marble angels have kept uneasy company since 1850.In this episode of The Grim, host Kristin traces the full haunted history of Old Gray: how a fear of epidemic drove Knoxville to build a garden cemetery beyond its city limits,
Bones of the Risorgimento | The Ossuaries of San Martino & Solferino, Italy
Step beyond the veil with The Grim as host Kristin explores the haunting ossuaries of San Martino and Solferino in Lombardy, Italy—where thousands of bones rest in solemn tribute beneath cypress groves.The Battle of Solferino and San Martino (1859) was a brutal clash that forged modern Italy and inspired the creation of the Red Cross. Here, in sacred charnel houses, skulls and bones are arranged i
The Dead Watch | Tolomato Cemetery, St. Augustine FL
In America's oldest city, beneath sighing oaks draped in Spanish moss, lies a cemetery that opens its gates to the living only three hours a month. The spirits, however, keep their own hours.In this episode of The Grim, host Kristin walks the grounds of Tolomato Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida — one of the oldest planned cemeteries in the United States, and one of its most restless. Long b
The Vampire's Tree | Panteón de Belén, Guadalajara Mexico
Join host Kristin as The Grim opens the gate on All Hallows' Eve, crossing into Panteón de Belén — Guadalajara's most haunted cemetery, where Gothic arches, marble crypts, and centuries of legend wait beneath the Mexican sun.Originally built as part of the Hospital of Belén, a charitable sanctuary established by royal decree in 1751, the grounds were transformed into a burial site in 184
Gunntown's Haunting Hollow | Gunntown Cemetery, Naugatuck CT
Join host Kristin as The Grim opens the gate to Gunntown Cemetery — one of Connecticut's oldest and most haunted burial grounds, tucked into the quiet folds of Naugatuck where history and the paranormal collide.Established in 1790 on a modest hill above the Naugatuck River, Gunntown Cemetery holds the remains of the men and women who carved a community from New England wilderness. Among them
The Grim's Guide to Salem | 8 Haunted Cemeteries in Salem MA
Join host Kristin as The Grim opens the gate on a guided walk through Salem's most historic and haunted graveyards — eight burial grounds, each carrying its own dark legacy from the witch trials to the present day.Charter Street Cemetery, also known as the Old Burying Point, is Salem's must-see — one of the most haunted burial grounds in America, where judges Bartholomew Gedney and John
Hungry Hill: The Ghosts of Oniontown | Old Wethersfield Village Cemetery, CT
Here's the refined, SEO-optimized episode summary in flowing prose:Join host Kristin as The Grim unlatches the gate to Old Wethersfield Village Cemetery — one of Connecticut's oldest and most haunted burial grounds, where colonial history, witchcraft trials, and restless spirits converge on a hill older than the nation itself.Long before English settlers arrived, this land was Pyquaug, h
The Asylum of Horror | Danvers State Hospital Cemetery, Massachusetts
Join host Kristin as The Grim steps into the forgotten field of Danvers State Hospital Cemetery — where nearly 800 souls lie buried beneath numbered stones in the woods of Danvers, Massachusetts, their names erased and their stories locked away by decades of silence.Built in 1878 on Hathorne Hill — land tied to the family of Judge John Hathorne, whose name is stained by the Salem witch trials — Da
Unwelcomed Ghosts | All Saints' Church Cemetery, Pawleys Island SC
Join host Kristin as The Grim unlatches the wrought-iron gate of All Saints' Church Cemetery on Pawleys Island, South Carolina — a romantic gothic acre draped in Spanish moss where Southern antebellum charm meets some of the most enduring ghost stories in the American South.Founded in 1739, All Saints Parish holds a central place in the history of Georgetown County. The church that stands tod
The Controversy of Death | The Tophet of Carthage, Tunis
Join host Kristin as The Grim crosses deserts of time to step onto the sands of Carthage — where the ancient Tophet waits, steeped in ash, controversy, and one of archaeology's most haunting unsolved debates.Unearthed by smugglers in 1921 just beyond the modern streets of Tunis, the Tophet of Carthage is the oldest and largest of its kind ever discovered — established within two generations o
Paris in Mourning | The Ghosts of Père Lachaise, Paris
Join host Kristin as The Grim unlatches the rusted gate of Père Lachaise — Paris's most iconic necropolis, where over 3.5 million visitors a year wander among crumbling angels, marble crypts, and the restless dead of centuries past.Established in 1804 under Napoleon's order on land once belonging to the confessor of King Louis XIV, Père Lachaise began as a practical solution to a city ov
A Tango with Death | Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
In the heart of Buenos Aires, tucked behind neo-classical gates and Doric columns, lies a city built entirely for the dead. Fourteen acres of marble mausoleums, shadowed corridors, and iron doors that groan in the wind — where over 4,600 vaults rise like frozen cathedrals and some descend three levels underground, each drawer holding a casket, each casket holding a story that refuses to end.In thi
One If by Liberty, Two If by Death | Granary Burying Ground, Boston MA
It doesn't haunt with spectacle. It broods. And when the last tourist passes through the gate and the city exhales into sleep, the ground stirs once more.Granary Burying Ground is one of the most visited cemeteries in America — a Freedom Trail landmark, where over 5,000 souls rest beneath crooked elms in the heart of Boston, though barely half that number have a name above ground. Founded in
The Reincarnation
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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
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, an
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 grues
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
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, ne
The Eternal Tetsuya
The Grim is opening the gate deep in the forested mountains of Wakayama Prefecture lies a sacred realm suspended between worlds. Entering Okunoin Cemetery located at Mount Koya isn't merely Japan's most hallowed burial ground—it's a living testament to 1,200 years of unbroken spiritual devotion where the boundary between life and death seems remarkably thin.The journey begins where
The Redcoat Skeleton
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Bennington Centre Cemetery located in Bennington Vermont. Like bones catching the last light after sundown, the white marble gravestones gleam with an otherworldly brightness. Founded in 1762 beside Vermont's Old First Church, this extraordinary burial ground transcends its purpose to become something far more profound – a cathedral of carved mortalit
Ghosts in the Asylum
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Medfield State Hospital Cemetery located in Medfield Massachusetts. Revealing a haunting landscape where 841 former psychiatric patients lie buried beneath small numbered markers – their identities erased even in death. What began as the "Medfield Insane Asylum" in 1892 evolved into a sprawling mental health facility that operated for over a cent
Beneath Southern Stone: Atlanta's Haunted Soul
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Oakland Cemetery. Atlanta’s sprawling 48-acre Victorian garden of stone, where the South’s layered past lies buried beneath twisting paths and timeworn monuments.Founded in 1850, Oakland holds more than the remains of the dead—it preserves the social orders, injustices, and triumphs of a changing city. In the Original Six Acres, you’ll find the cemetery’s
Meet Me at the Gravediggers
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Glasnevin Cemetery located in Dublin, Ireland. Beyond the green beer and shamrocks of St. Patrick's Day lies the true soul of Ireland – a complex tapestry of triumph and tragedy woven through centuries of struggle. There's no better place to uncover this authentic history than Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin's sprawling necropolis where 1.5 milli
Marble, Myths & Mourning
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Green Mount Cemetery located in Montpelier, Vermont—a historic burial ground rich with stunning gravestone art, mysterious legends, and intriguing stories from the past.Nestled in Vermont’s picturesque capital, Green Mount Cemetery is more than just a final resting place; it’s a 19th-century rural garden cemetery featuring breathtaking Vermont marble, Goth
Where the Crosses Were
The Grim is opening the gate and entering El Campo Santo Cemetery located in San Diego, California. Known for its eerie atmosphere and fascinating past, this cemetery tells the story of a city that paved over its dead in the name of progress. From ghostly sightings to forgotten graves, El Campo Santo offers a glimpse into San Diego's darker side.The Grim is taking listeners on a journey throu
The Gravestone Maker’s Haunting
The Grim is opening the gate and entering the notoriously haunted Cobb’s Hill Cemetery, one of Cape Cod’s most haunted locations. Nestled in the historic village of Barnstable this coastal burial ground is more than just a scenic New England landmark—it's a place where the past lingers, and the dead refuse to rest.In this chilling episode, uncover the legends of Death’s Door, the mysterious s
The Lost Town of Ghosts
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery, a forgotten graveyard located in Colton, California, where the dead refuse to rest.Once part of the thriving Agua Mansa settlement, this land was home to New Mexican colonists who carved out a life along the banks of the Santa Ana River—until disaster struck. The Great Flood of 1862 wiped Agua Mansa off the map, leaving behind
Capela dos Ossos
The Grim is opening the gate to Portugal’s Capela dos Ossos, where the dead do not rest—they remain, watching, waiting.Behind the grand facades of Portugal’s most beautiful cities lie macabre sanctuaries built from human remains. We begin in Évora, where 5,000 skeletons were woven into the walls of the Capela dos Ossos, their empty sockets staring in eternal silence. From there, we descend into Fa
The Black Veil of Montmartre
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Montmartre Cemetery located in Paris, France, a hauntingly beautiful necropolis hidden beneath the bustling streets of Paris. While the City of Light is often celebrated for its romance and art, its cemeteries tell a darker, more revealing story.This episode explores the history of Montmartre Cemetery, once an abandoned quarry and later a mass grave during
Eternal Heroes & Dark Rituals
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Presbítero Matías Maestro Cemetery located in Lima Peru. Step into the shadowed corridors of history in one of Latin America's most stunning and enigmatic burial grounds. Nestled in the historic Barrios Altos district of Lima, Peru, this neoclassical masterpiece, inaugurated in 1808, was the first civilian cemetery in the Americas. Designed by Spanis
The Haunted Mist of Ross Bay
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Ross Bay Cemetery located in Victoria, one of Canada’s most storied burial grounds. Nestled on the edge of the Pacific Ocean in Victoria, British Columbia, this Victorian-era cemetery is home to nearly 30,000 graves, where tales of pioneers, artists, and forgotten souls are etched into weathered stone.Discover the remarkable life of Isabella Mainville Ross
Graves on Bloody Hill
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Big Horn County, Montana. Known as the site of "Custer's Last Stand," this infamous battle marked a devastating chapter in the Great Sioux War of 1876. The Grim unpacks the events surrounding the conflict, where the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors triumphed against the ill
2024: A Grim Review
In this special episode of The Grim, host Kristin reflects on the incredible journey of the podcast’s debut year. With 33 episodes and an astounding 58,000 downloads, Kristin recounts how The Grim began as a love letter to graveyard tourism, blending history, hauntings, and legends from cemeteries around the world.The episode highlights fan-favorite cemeteries like the lush Victorian Highgate Ceme
The Gothic Graveyard of Battle Hill
The Grim is opening the gate and entering historic and hauntingly beautiful Green-Wood Cemetery located in Brooklyn, New York. From its Gothic Revival entrance to its snow-covered grounds, Green-Wood holds centuries of stories, both inspiring and grim.Learn about the pivotal role the cemetery's grounds played in the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Brooklyn and its transformation into a 478-acre
Grim Tidings From The Abbey
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Westminster Abbey located in London England. Exploring its roots as a Benedictine monastery founded in 960, the Abbey emerges as a Gothic masterpiece and a centerpiece of British history. From hosting coronations to becoming the final resting place for over 3,330 individuals, including monarchs, poets, and war heroes, Westminster Abbey's halls are ste
Graves in the Gulch
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Benton Avenue Cemetery located in Helena, Montana. Established in 1870, this historic burial ground offers a glimpse into the lives of early settlers, gold rush pioneers, and those who shaped Helena's frontier past. The cemetery, located near Carroll College and the old rail lines, was built on land sold by sisters Rachel and Elizabeth during Helena&a
Ghosts with Grit in the Wild West
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Old Tonopah Cemetery located in Tonopah, Nevada—a resting place steeped in Wild West lore and ghostly tales. Cozy up with your favorite mug as The Grim takes you on a chilling journey through this forgotten frontier graveyard.Discover how the Wild West’s promise of fortune led to tragedy and triumph, from boomtowns rising and falling to the eerie tales of
The Haunting of The Scarlett Lass
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Glendalough Cemetery located in County Wicklow, Ireland. A site steeped in history, spirituality, and haunting lore. Known as the "Valley of Two Lakes," Glendalough is celebrated for its tranquil beauty and the ruins of a 6th-century monastery founded by St. Kevin.The episode delves into St. Kevin’s life, from his noble beginnings to his retreat
A Grim Thanksgiving
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Burial Hill located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, uncovering the history and eerie lore of Burial Hill. Once a colonial fort, this historic cemetery is the resting place for Mayflower passengers and Plymouth Colony founders. The Grim dives into tales of resilience, sacrifice, and tragedy, including the mysterious Pukwudgie of Wampanoag legend, chilling haunt
a Arte da Morte in Lisbon
The Grim is opening the gate and entering Prazeres Cemetery located in Lisbon, Portugal, that stands as a unique blend of history, art, and eerie beauty. As one of Lisbon’s most significant cemeteries, it serves as the final resting place for many of Portugal’s prominent figures, including renowned poets, political leaders, and cultural icons. The cemetery’s grand mausoleums, intricate sculptures,
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