The Grim & Glamorous Podcast

Happy Halloween! Its the 5th year anniversary of the Grim and Glamorous podcast. We share our top 5 favorite things about the holiday, from costumes to movies, to pumpkins and corn mazes. We hope you enjoy and have a fun safe holiday this year. 

Happy Halloween! Our 2023 Halloween episode reviews a documentary called "The Unbinding" following Dana and Greg Newkirk and a Reddit user's haunted statute found in the Catskill mountains. After two individuals go hiking and take home a strange wood carved figurine, troubling paranormal activity ensures. When posting their concerns on reddit goes viral, paranormal experts Dana and Greg step in and attempt to resolve the haunting. Reddit "No Sleep" meets real life, in a highly entertaining, informative, and frightening documentary. 

Taking a look at modern horror classics, starting with a review of Ari Aster's Midsommar (2019). Described by Aster horror drama meets breakup revenge plot. Dani Ardor and company travel to a rural Swedish commune, with shocking events unfolding at the hands of a pagan nature cult. Listen to find out why this is one of my favorite horror films of all time. 

Christmas gift shopping can be crazy - we look back at the tickle me elmo craze of 1996.

8 years running, my friends from college and high school come together for our NFL Fantasy Football league. So what is fantasy football? How do the teams and scoring work, and what can make or break a season? I share a few stories about how an entire season can come down to one play, one yard, or one point on the way to the championship (and the prize money!) Cheers to another great season of American football. 

Memes are funny - But can a computer create better memes than humans? We explore the controversial online meme generator and the hilarious results.  Spongebob, Yoda, The Most Interesting Man Alive, Drake, Kermit, Facebook... We share some of our favorite memes and laugh through both the hits and misses. Enjoy! 

December 25th 2021- A short holiday episode with some personal observations about Christmas and the holiday season. Answering the questions - how long should you keep up your tree? And why is shopping so exhausting? We hope you enjoy. And happy holidays. 

Halloween urban legends: true or false? We take a look at myths, legends, and true news stories surrounding our favorite holiday! 

We revisit a popular and trending topic: UFO's, aliens, and recent government public disclosures. We also talk about Virgin Galactic taking Richard Branson to space this week, Jeff Bezos with Blue Origin next week and Elon Musk with Space X in the future. And on July 4th, we review one of the all-time great alien movies: Independence Day w/ Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. 

We look at recent controversies surrounding YouTubers Shane Dawson & Jeffree Star (and why Jenna Marbles de-platformed herself). We sift through the drama in the wake of 2020 events. Are they cancelled for good? And is it time to elevate new voices on YouTube and other social media.

We reflect on life under quarantine, share shopping lists, and look back at the moments when it all became much too real for us. (Reminder: These are just our views and opinions; please follow the directives of your local, state, and federal health mandates).

What is the Mardi Gras holiday about? Despite the perception of partying in French Quarter, there are more traditions that even go beyond New Orleans to other parts of the South. Listen to learn more about an interesting, hidden history of a holiday that goes back centuries (Note: we are not experts. But listen, share and we can learn more!)

Deja Vu is a creepy enough experience, feeling like you been somewhere or lived through an event before (even though you haven't). What happens when two different people have the exact same experience? Another true scary story. Happy Halloween!

Halloween is coming up fast, so we wanted to share some of our true scary stories. This episode details my real-life encounter with a mysterious flash of light witnessed by several people over 10 years ago...

The Berenstein Bears, Star Wars, Pokémon, and Shazam: what do these have in common? These things aren’t exactly as we remember them. Did the past change? How can so many people be wrong? This conspiracy looks at the mysterious effect of collective memories, where the devil is in the details.

Social media allows us to scrutinize stars and hold them accountable. But does the punishment always fit the crime? We spill the tea on haters and Youtube drama.

A dive into 5 hidden conspiracies, including the 1985 Coca-Cola controversy, the creepy Denver airport, black holes at CERN, and hollow earth vs flat earth. And did Stanley Kubrick help fake the moon landing?

We discuss the college admissions scandal that has rocked Hollywood youth at several top schools, looking at the details of the case and the impact on students, parents, teachers, and campuses, while raising issues of fairness, privilege, and entitlement in education in America.

Hendrix. Cobain. Joplin. Winehouse. We talk about the famous 27 club and rock and roll conspiracies. We deep-dive into mysterious celebrity deaths and cover-ups, and how the modern-day Illuminati conspiracy began with an American blues legend in 1938, who sold his soul to the devil for a guitar. And are white lighters unlucky?

Part 2 of our holiday series: we summarize the year that was 2018 and look toward the year ahead in 2019. We offer our predictions in style and social media, and debate what makes a good new year's resolution (or if there even is such a thing).

Looking back at 2018, we talk about the best Christmas gifts of the year and family holiday traditions.

We talk about Andrea's favorite show "Law and Order SVU" and how it stays relevant after so many seasons. We compare it to some of our other favorites in drama, true crime, and mystery (like House M.D. and True Detective).

We share our favorite Thanksgiving traditions and Black Friday shopping stories as both consumers and working retail. Is Black Friday really the best day of the year to shop?

We discuss our favorite holiday festivities, Harry Potter costumes, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix, Hereditary, and review the new Halloween movie.

In part 2 of our Halloween episode, we share our own ghost stories and personal encounters with the paranormal, discuss the Ouija board, poltergeists, and haunted college campuses.