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 hospital became a symbol of overcrowding, neglect, and experimental treatments—earning notoriety as the birthplace of the lobotomy. Though most of the complex was demolished in 2006, the asylum’s ghosts linger in its tunnels, ruins, and overgrown burial ground. Nearly 800 patients lie in numbered graves, their names erased by stigma, their voices silenced by time.Kristin explores both the history and the hauntings of Danvers: disembodied voices, phantom footsteps, shadow figures, and chilling EVP recordings captured by paranormal investigators. The asylum’s legacy has seeped into horror culture—from H. P. Lovecraft’s Arkham Sanitarium to films like Session 9.Through the Danvers State Memorial Committee’s efforts, fragments of identity are being restored to the forgotten dead. But the asylum’s cemetery remains one of New England’s most haunted places—where whispers drift among the stones and sorrow hangs heavy in the air.Support The Grim by buying a cup of our next Grave Grind!https://buymeacoffee.com/kristinlopesFind All of The Grim's Social Links At:https://linktr.ee/kristinlopes
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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.Beneath weathered stones lie the names of Carolina’s planters, patriots, poets, and governors, their legacies etched in marble and memory. Yet it is the ghosts of Pawleys Island that draw travelers and storytellers alike. From the cloaked figure of the Gray Man, said to appear before hurricanes as both omen and protector, to the tragic tale of Alice Flagg, whose restless spirit still searches for her lost ring, the cemetery’s legends echo through salt air and shadow.We trace the church’s origins from the 18th century to its fiery rebirth in 1917, uncovering stories of Southern history woven with grief, resilience, and Gothic beauty. As autumn deepens and the veil thins, the graveyard becomes more than sacred ground. It is a stage where mourning, faith, and folklore converge.Whether you come seeking Lowcountry history, haunted cemeteries, or the timeless allure of Southern Gothic ghost stories, All Saints’ Cemetery is a place where the past lingers and the dead are never truly silent.Support The Grim by buying a cup of our next Grave Grind!https://buymeacoffee.com/kristinlopesFind All of The Grim's Social Links At:https://linktr.ee/kristinlopes
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The Controversy of Death: The Tophet of Carthage
The Grim is opening the gate to the Tophet of Carthage, an ancient Phoenician site buried beneath the soil of modern Tunis and steeped in centuries of mystery. Here, archaeologists uncovered thousands of urns filled with the ashes of infants, children, and animals, alongside dedications to the gods Baal Hammon and Tanit. Was this sacred ground a cemetery for the young taken too soon, or an altar of fire where lives were sacrificed to appease divine wrath?Ancient writers described flames devouring innocence, while modern scholars continue to debate whether these were acts of grief or offerings of blood. Within these charred remains, history has left behind one of its most haunting enigmas, a place where archaeology, legend, and sorrow converge. Step carefully, for in Carthage, the past still burns.Support The Grim by buying a cup of our next Grave Grind!https://buymeacoffee.com/kristinlopesFind All of The Grim's Social Links At:https://linktr.ee/kristinlopes
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Paris in Mourning: The Ghosts of Père Lachaise
The Grim is opening the gate to Père Lachaise, Paris’s most legendary and haunted cemetery. Step through its rusted gates and wander the shadowed avenues of a necropolis that cradles the bones of revolutionaries, rock stars, and romantics, whispering stories richer than fiction.Founded in 1804 as Napoleon’s answer to overflowing churchyards, Père Lachaise began as an empty hillside at the city’s edge. Only after the ceremonial reinterment of cultural giants like Molière did it transform into the most coveted final address in Paris. Today, more than 3.5 million visitors each year thread between its marble monuments, seeking ghosts both famous and forgotten.Along moss-lined paths, we visit the graves of Jim Morrison, Héloïse and Abélard, Édith Piaf, Honoré de Balzac, and Eugène Delacroix. Yet Père Lachaise holds darker seams as well: the Paris Commune executions at the Communards’ Wall, the bloodshed of the 1814 assault, and echoes of the city’s violent past. Between chapels and catacombs, five thousand trees turn this cathedral of the dead into a living refuge for foxes and birds, where nature and mourning entwine.Join The Grim as we descend into this cathedral of memory, where Paris wears its decay like perfume, old, intoxicating, and impossible to forget. The gates stand open. Will you step inside?Support The Grim by buying a cup of our next Grave Grind!https://buymeacoffee.com/kristinlopesFind All of The Grim's Social Links At:https://linktr.ee/kristinlopes
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A Tango with Death: Inside Buenos Aires’ Haunted Necropolis
Grim Mourning, and welcome to The Grim. In this episode, we open 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 the city of the dead, Recoleta is a gothic labyrinth of marble mausoleums, ivy-cloaked vaults, and shadowed passageways where legends and ghost stories breathe alongside the tombs of presidents, poets, aristocrats, and revolutionaries.To walk through Recoleta is to step into a realm where history and myth converge. Ornate French and Gothic mausoleums rise like palaces, their elegance sharpened by decay. Angels and Madonnas keep watch at iron gates, stained glass windows glimmer with shifting light, and silence hums with a restless energy. This is not merely a burial ground but a haunted cemetery in Buenos Aires where the past refuses to rest.Here lie names etched in memory, including Eva Perón (Evita), whose tomb still draws mourners and skeptics alike. Yet beyond the famous graves linger darker tales: whispered tragedies, phantom lights behind sealed tombs, cold spots in the summer heat, and the Lady in White, drifting at dusk through narrow corridors.Recoleta Cemetery is a paradox of beauty and ruin, a place where grief lingers and ghosts endure. For travelers, it is a must-see destination in Buenos Aires; for believers, it is one of the most haunted cemeteries in the world.Step carefully into Recoleta Cemetery, where myth, memory, and the supernatural converge. Join us on The Grim as we descend into the hauntings of history.Support The Grim by buying a cup of our next Grave Grind!https://buymeacoffee.com/kristinlopesFind All of The Grim's Social Links At:https://linktr.ee/kristinlopes
About The Grim: Haunted Cemeteries & Graveyard Tales
Welcome to The Grim, a haunting podcast exploring paranormal encounters, haunted cemeteries, and graveyard legends from around the world.Each week, we uncover ghost stories, forgotten tombstones, and eerie mysteries hidden in the world's most chilling burial grounds. Through vivid storytelling and deep historical research, our host brings cemetery folklore and supernatural history to life.So pour yourself a warm cup of coffee, cozy up with the whispers of the past, and step beyond the veil. If you’re fascinated by the paranormal, cemetery lore, and ghost-filled history, you’ve found your new favorite podcast.Subscribe to The Grim and step into a world where ghosts linger, legends rise, and the past refuses to stay buried.
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