Our Grim Past | Morbid, Dark, Spooky, History

About Our Grim Past | Morbid, Dark, Spooky, History

Have you ever wanted to go down a rabbit hole of messed up history but you don’t know where to start? What about hearing a weird snippet of history and wanting to learn more about it? Us too! Every Week, Our Grim Past allows listeners to take a deep dive into the weird, morbid, and messed up side of history. I’m your host Sophia, each week me and my co host Maia look forward to sharing the morbid with you. I remember feeling stuck and overwhelmed by the vastness of google in the middle of going down a rabbit hole, not knowing which sites are credible to use and over simply having a lack of sources. Hi, I’m the co-host Maia! I love morbid history, and I’m actually a history major myself, so I’m super excited to talk about all these wacky moments in time with Sophia. Between reading books and becoming more versed in internet credibility, let us help you scratch that morbid history itch! So if you want to learn more without the hassle of a google deep dive, let us do the hard work for you! Subscribe to Our Grim Past and join us in our morbid time machine and lets discuss history’s Darkest secrets. Contact us: Email: ourgrimpast@gmail.com Instagram: @Ourgrimpastpodcast

Publisher

Sophia Matthews, Maia Maxwell

Category

history · society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Nov 2024

Latest episode

23 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Dec 2025

   Shroom for Improvement: The History, Politics, Heath Care, and Controversies of Magic Mushrooms

   Join Sophia and Maia as they dive into one of Sophia's favorite rabbit holes. Psilocybin aka Magic Mushrooms! From ancient times to modern medicine, hop into our morbid time machine and let's get into the vast history of Magic Mushrooms.

2. 

   18 Nov 2025

   History of the Black Death: Outbreaks, Religion, and More!

   In this episode, hosts Maia and Sophia delve into the intricate history of Plagues, specifically the Black Death. They make connects back to their recent two part series on vampires and the undead, and compare the Black Death to other diseases during the time of its prime. Sophia makes note of religious connotation to the public's response, as well as the strange health and safety measures people took. Together, the two of them piece together bits and pieces about the history of this plague, and question the strange occurrences around it.So hop into our time machine, and lets get into it! Instagram: ourgrimpast.podcast

3. 

   11 Nov 2025

   Mythology of Death: The Illusion of the Vampire

   In the second installment of reviewing a special lecture about the undead, hosts Maia and Sophia are once again joined by special guest Cassidy to talk about their thoughts and findings on the topic. In this episode our hosts focus on how people misinterpreted body decomposition, and how that impacted rituals for the dead and burials. They also reflect on their own experiences with supernatural experiences, and look towards opening the discussion on the Undead mythology in the modern day. So hop into our morbid time machine, and lets finish talking about these spooky secrets.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

40

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32