Grimly Podcast

In 1975 in Snowflake Arizona one of the most infamous UFO abduction stories happened, or did it? The Travis Walton abduction still sits at that gray area between belief and doubt. Polygraphs, hypnosis sessions, skeptical analyses, and tabloid deals have all been analyzed and scrutinized, but none have overturned the basic testimony of the seven men who were there the night of the abduction. Des...

It is episode 90 and we are back and as unhinged and chatty as ever! Today Meg is doing her annual tradition of kicking off the new year with an episode with a perplexing and frankly frustrating missing persons case. Daniel Robinson was 24 when he disappeared from a geologist worksite in the Arizona desert. For his family, the search has lasted years through recovery efforts, lackluster police ...

In this episode, we dive into the darker roots of Christmas folklore from around the world. Where winter isn’t just cozy, it’s crawling with creatures, warnings, and ancient traditions meant to keep people in line through the longest nights of the year. From Iceland’s terrifying Gryla and the towering Yule Cat to Wales’ eerie Mari Lwyd and the restless household spirits like the Tomte, we explo...

Before Christmas was all lights and cheer, Victorians gathered by firelight to tell ghost stories. This episode dives into the legend of the Mistletoe Bride and the haunting of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, two of the most famous Victorian Christmas tales still whispered about today.

On Christmas Day 1929, the quiet tobacco fields of Germanton, North Carolina, became the backdrop for one of the most haunting family tragedies in American history. What began as a day of celebration ended in unthinkable violence when Charlie Lawson murdered his wife and six of his children before taking his own life. Nearly a century later, the question of why still lingers like a cold winter ...

A missing nurse. A desperate search to find her. And a woman who claimed she could see what no one else could. In 1980, the disappearance of Melanie Uribe spiraled into one of the most baffling true-crime stories in Los Angeles history when aerospace worker Etta Louise Smith came forward with a startling vision, one that led police directly to Melanie’s body. But instead of gratitude, Etta foun...

In January 2002, 20-year-old Christopher Carlton Thompkins vanished in broad daylight while working a surveying job in rural Harris County, Georgia. One moment he was walking along a fence line with his crew, seconds later, he was gone. His tools were left behind, a boot was hanging from a barbed wire fence, and twelve cents lay scattered on the ground. Two decades later, there are still no ans...

On Easter Sunday 2024, while Los Angeles celebrated the holiday, a team of thieves quietly pulled off one of the largest cash robberies in U.S. history. They cut through the roof of a high-security storage facility, bypassed alarms, and disappeared with more than $30 million dollars, without leaving a trace. In this episode, we break down how the heist happened, who might have been behind it, ...

The summit of Everest is called the top of the world, but in May 1996, it became a place of chaos and loss. As hurricane-force winds ripped across the mountain, climbers were stranded, oxygen was running out, and rescue was nearly impossible. This is the story of how ambition, heroism, and the unforgiving power of nature collided on the roof of the world. Listen as we dive into the 1996 Everest...

On 284 Green Street in a quiet neighborhood just North of London, a strange phenomena happened in 1977. It started with knocking and furniture moving, then small childhood items like marbles and legos flew through the air on their own. The press caught wind of the strange happenings, and soon the story spread across Britain. That’s when paranormal investigators Maurice Grosse and Guy Lyon Playf...

Wayne Nance had been hiding in plain sight for over a decade. Behind this average man was a trail of brutal, unsolved murders stretching across western Montana. Until a September night, Nance broke into the home of Doug and Kris Wells binding, stabbing, and terrorizing them in what he believed would be his next kill. But this time, his victims fought back. And their survival would finally expo...

This week, we look beyond the campfire and into stories that have lived for thousands of years. We’re honoring Indigenous People’s Day by sharing four spirits that still walk between worlds The Wendigo, Deer Woman, The Stick Indians, and Coyote the Trickster. They’re not just myths. They’re lessons about greed, balance, and the price of forgetting who we are.

Political aspirations, royal dynasties, and even the wrestling ring. Some families seem destined for greatness, yet shadowed by an unshakable curse. This week, we explore three families whose legacies were built on power, ambition, and tragedy: the Shah Royal Family of Nepal, whose monarchy ended in blood; the Von Erichs, wrestling legends haunted by loss; and the Kennedys, America’s own dynast...

After the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, whispers and sightings of a creature began to occur in the pacific northwest. It was described as over 7 feet tall, being a blueish color and having the face and wings of a bat. Is it a cryptid? Interdimensional being brought over after the eruption? Or something that we want to see? This week we are covering the creature known as batsquatch. Be ...

In April 2016, fitness instructor Terri “Missy” Bevers arrived before dawn to set up for her Camp Gladiator class inside Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian, Texas. But before her students arrived, Missy was brutally attacked and murdered. Surveillance cameras showed a mysterious figure dressed in police-style tactical gear wandering the church halls before her death which has fueled specu...

She was once the biggest and fastest ocean liner of her time, being two times the size of the Titanic. During WWII she was called the "gray ghost" and helped win the war the effort, but then she was docked for good in Long Beach California in 1967 and stories began to emerge. Apparitions, disembodied voices and even figures seeming to enjoy the pool that had long been emptied. One of the most h...

On December 29, 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing more than a hundred people in one of the worst aviation disasters in U.S. history. But the story didn’t end there. Soon after the crash, whispers began to spread among pilots, flight attendants, and passengers of sightings of the dead crew appearing on other Eastern flights. Most people believe the g...

Your home is supposed to be your safe space. It's where you kick your shoes off after a long day, pour a glass of wine and forget about the world. But what if you start feeling paranoid in your own home? Things are moving or just go missing all together, you hear footsteps or a door close but no one is there. You begin to become paranoid, is this something paranormal? Or are you just imagining ...

In an area of Colorado by the great sand dunes. A horse named Lady hadn't come back to her ranch one evening after grazing all day. Lady was a creature of habit so the ranch owner, Harry King was worried. A few days later Lady aka Snippy was found dead and mutilated in a way that still cannot be explained. Some people say natural causes, others, explain what a happen citing more unearthly culpr...

In 1968 in the Canary Islands, a fishing vessel called the El Fausto left a port bound for Tazacorte on La Palma. The ship would never make it's destination but what happened before it was lost forever is just as bewildering and confusing as it was some 50+ years ago. This week we cover the ship that was lost at sea 3 times and wonder, what the hell happened. Be sure to rate and review and as ...

Before the superhero craze of the last few decades and even before Christopher Reeves would don the iconic "S" suit. There was George Reeves, a man who had a complicated relationship with his identity as the man of steel. His name would be synonymous with the superhero, but how is life ended would also be infamous. Was his death by his own hand, an accident, or something more sinister? Today we...

This podcast episode is brought to you by Pepsi (not really but wouldn’t that be cool!) In the 1960’s in an area outside of Rio. Two men ascended a hill, they wore matching raincoats, had notebook with cryptic instructions, eye protection made out of lead, and capsules filled with an unknown substance. A few days later they would be found dead on that very same hill. Why did Miguel and Manoel g...

She was a beauty queen, model and was breaking into acting. Until she saw something that shouldn’t have seen and it caused everything to come crashing down. Soon after Tammy Lynn Leppert disappeared and she’s been missing since. This week we talk about the events leading to her disappearance and the theories that emerged from her disappearance. Be sure to rate and review, and as always, stay g...

Do you love baseball? How about beer? Or maybe a hot dog, or do you just love to be naked in public? Boy do I have a story for you. This week Meg and Missy are talking about an infamous baseball game, but this isn’t a typical baseball game. This game is absurd because of one promotion that seemed genius at the time, beers for 10 cents a piece. Go listen wherever you get your podcasts and remem...

Harvey Milk was one of the first openly gay elected officials in US History. And while he had tons of support from his constituents and community, there were others that believed he should stay out of politics and stay in the closet. But Harvey was loud, relentless and willing to put his life on the line for the good fight. His life was cut short by someone he knew and even at one time respecte...

In the early 90’s Craig Williamson went on a business trip to try to support his fish farm that he ran with his wife Christine, but he didn’t come home and seemingly vanished. Next there were confusing clues and sightings that had investigators believe Craig ran away to start a new life somewhere. Christine believed a different story and decided to go find him herself, until one day she receive...

During the holiday season in 1989, 5 year old Melissa Brannen went missing at a party. It was as if she vanished into thin air. The small Virginia community searched for weeks and a suspect was named and put on trial. But there is still so much mystery surrounding this case 3 decades later. Be sure to rate and review and as always, stay grimly curious.

Locked away behind glass in the Warrens' Occult Museum, Annabelle looks like an ordinary Raggedy Ann doll, but her story is anything but innocent. Listen as we dive into the real-life case that helped inspire the Conjuring universe, a terrifying tale of a doll said to be possessed by a malevolent force. We'll explore the origins of Annabelle, the claims of paranormal activity surrounding her, a...

In 2013 a college student by the name of Bryce Laspisa had been acting strangely for a few weeks. His friends and girlfriend were so worried about him they were contacting his parents telling them that something was wrong. Bryce then makes a fateful trip down to Laguna Niguel California to see his parents because he says they have a lot to talk about, but before that happened he disappeared and...

For decades Georgia Rudolph had been having vivid memories and dreams. The dreams and memories were of a place and time she had never been to, but they also seemed so familiar to her. This was the start of an incredible journey that some believe to be a story of reincarnation. Listen and ask yourself, is this an elaborate hoax? Or was Georgia Rudolph actually Sandra Jean Jenkins in another life...

Grizzly bears are beautiful, powerful, and dangerous. In the 90's and early 2000's there was man in Katmai National Park who took it upon himself to protect them and educate the general public about the grizzly. His methods were unorthodox to say the least, most would call them downright dangerous. In 2003 Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard met a tragic and gruesome end. This week we cover th...

In the 1870's a ship with an infamous reputation was given a new name and new ownership. This maiden voyage was supposed to be a new chapter for the ship and her crew. But then in early December, another ship find her adrift without her crew. Sailors come on board and find an eerily quiet vessel with no obvious signs or problems that would cause everyone on board to abandon ship into the dark A...

In May of 1997 Patricia (Patty) Bottarini went on a hike with her husband in Zion National Park. Then the unthinkable happened, she falls down the steep cliffs of the observation point trail to her death. Some people think it’s a tragic accident, others say that her husband, James, had a much more sinister plan in place on that day. Listen as we dive into this case. Be sure to rate, review and...

Put on your sunscreen kids, because we are heading to the desert. While watching a youtube video one day Kenny Veach left a comment that would put his life on a course that ultimately lead to his demise, or did it? This story has taken on a life of its own trying to find the answers to one big question. Did Kenny Veach find that M cave again? And did finding it cost him his life? Be sure to ra...

Are you still mad at us from last week? Let us make it up to you. This week we are diving into the investigation, coroners inquest and theories of what people think happened to Gareth Williams. Be sure to rate and review and as always, stay grimly curious.

Hello everyone and a special hello to those fine people who make dot’s pretzels. Keep up the good work. This week we are going to the UK to dive into some real spy shit. Gareth Williams was a brilliant mathematician working in international intelligence. Until his life was cut short in one of the strangest ways. Be sure to rate and review and as always stay grimly curious.

Sorry for the delay. I had to evade some weird, pasty guys in black suits for the last 24 hours. This week we are putting our kooky caps on and diving into the bizarre theories of men who have been around since the 1940’s. Are they here to protect government secrets? Or keep the truth about extraterrestrials from getting to the general public? The Men in Black is the topic for this week. Be su...

Buckle up guys because this episode is a big sad this week. Lisa Gurrieri and Brandon Rumbaugh were a sweet, young couple who decided to take an overnight camping trip for their anniversary. But instead of coming home they were killed in the night. The only clue left behind was a disposable camera that had chilling photos of their trip and last night alive. Be sure to rate and review and as al...

Put on your boot cut jeans and get ready for a history lesson. This week we are going back in time to 1881 in Atlanta Georgia where Missy tells us a story about a group of badass women. These women were able to demand a better wages and respect by standing in solidarity and not backing down. Something that I think we can learn and be inspired by in today’s world. The 1881 Atlanta Washer Woman s...

Alright guys, this episode is a weird one. But first we have to talk (and also complain) about sad movies. We then dive into one of the craziest true stories we have covered on this podcast. It’s a story about a farmer in Kentucky witnessing pieces of meat falling from the sky without explanation or reason. It also happened on March 3rd, so happy meat shower day to all of those who celebrate. ...

Is what we were for this recording, because the horrors persist but so does our work email. This week we are wrapping up our Betty and Barney Hill story. We cover the hypnosis sessions and how the story became so famous. Be sure to rate and review and as always, stay grimly curious.

Welcome back! This week for our 50th episode we are diving into THE abduction story that changed the UFO scene forever. The Betty and Barney Hill abduction part 1. We will dig into the backstory of the couple, the night of the abduction and immediate aftermath and then wrap up the story next week with part 2. Thank you so much for listening to use for 50 episodes! We appreciate and love you guys.

Thank god January is over. But the horrors continue to persist, so go buy yourself a little treat to stay sane. This week the girls dive into the very weird disappearance of 19 year old Tim Molnar. A boy who seemingly decided to pick up and left his life behind in Florida one day and left all of us asking, why? Be sure to rate, review and follow and as always, stay grimly curious.

Cue the sad trombone and get ready for another episode of Grimly. This week we are diving into another classic cryptid, the one and only goat sucker, El Chupacabra. Missy tells us the origins of the creature and how mainstream media and folklore of the creature has evolved over time to what we know today. Be sure to rate and review and as always, stay grimly curious.

On behalf of Meg and Missy, we apologize to all Gertrude's for the name slander. This week we dive in a New York house that has been around for almost 200 years and has some very active ghosts that dwell inside of it. The Merchant's house in New York. Be sure to rate and review and as always stay grimly curious. Sign the petition to save the Merchant's house here: https://merchantshouse.org/...

Sorry for the delay, I'm going to go ahead and blame the ghost siri we caught during this episode recording for that. This week we once again talk pets and Meg's deep, deep hatred for January birthdays. We then dive into the life and mysterious death of the first rockstar, a man who changed music forever with a guitar and perhaps, a deal with a devil, Robert Johnson. Be sure to rate and review...

Hello there! Welcome back to Grimly where we always have time to talk about our pets. This week we are wrapping up the infamous crimes of Robert Durst and how his participation in the documentary The Jinx unraveled everything. This includes the cadaver note and THE hot mic moment that shocked the world. Be sure to rate and review and as always, stay grimly curious.

Here we are 2025 and we are changing things up a bit. Since this is the week of Grimly’s one year anniversary, we decided to talk about a true crime case that is absolutely bonkers and shocked the world. And there is no one better or more well versed in this topic than our favorite chaotic cohost Miss Meg. For the next two weeks Meg will be telling us about the crimes of Robert Durst and the wo...

You better watch out, because it’s coming for you. Just kidding! It’s just your friendly podcast hosts. This week we are covering the Christmas Devil herself for the holiday season aka Krampus. We will dive into the origins, traditions and folklore of the most metal part of Christmas. We have loved creating this podcast for you in the last year and we sincerely appreciate all of the support you...

Happy Honda Days and Merry Toyota-thon. We are back with a new episode. This week we talk about a huge unsolved mystery case that has haunted us for 80 years. On Christmas Eve in 1945 nine people went to bed in the Sodder family home. But tragically a massive fire started in the middle of the night and took the lives of 5 children, or did it? Be sure to rate and review and stay grimly curious.