The Grimm Mystics

<p>In this week’s episode, Amber takes a journey through miles. Reconnecting with running and rediscovering an old hobby in a new way 🏃🏼‍♀️✨ From rebuilding stamina to pushing through mental blocks 🤔 we explore what it really feels like to start again. Along the way, we talk about how movement can shift your mood, clear your mind, and reconnect you to yourself!</p>

<p>In this week’s episode, The Mystic 💃🏼 wanders through the world of books, rediscovering the joy of reading later in life 📖 From thrilling series that keep you up all night to thought-provoking novels that linger long after the last page 🤔 Lesley shares her recent favorites and what we're reading lately. Along the way, we explore how reading can boost your mood, reduce stress, sharpen your mind, and why it’s so important to cultivate a love of reading in children! 🫨 Whether you’re a lifelong bookworm or just picking up a hobby again, this episode is about slowing down, finding joy in stories, and remembering the magic of getting lost in a good book ✨</p><p></p><p>THE IMPORTANT LINKS AND CRED</p><p>📸 Cover Art by Rainbowfishdesign</p><p>🎶 The Grimm Mystics Theme Song by Bear Golden and Abby Golden</p>

<p>In this week’s episode, The Mystics unravel the eerie legacy of death masks 👹 The hauntingly accurate casts taken from the faces of the newly departed. The Gruesome Twosome dive deep into the long, strange history, from ancient funerary rituals to Renaissance artistry to the 19th-century obsession with capturing a person’s final expression 👨🏻‍🎨 Along the way, Amber and Lesley explore why people created them, how they were used, and what these uncanny memorials reveal about our fascination with mortality 💀 Amber takes us straight to the most infamous cast of them all... the death mask of Marie Antoinette. Is it really her? Why does it look so unsettlingly lifelike? And what conspiracy theories surround the mask of France’s most notorious queen? From artistic preservation to royal intrigue, these faces from the past have a lot more to say than you might expect 👺</p><p></p><p>THE IMPORTANT LINKS AND CRED</p><p>📸 Cover Art by Rainbowfishdesign</p><p>🎶 The Grimm Mystics Theme Song by Bear Golden and Abby Golden</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240209-the-lost-art-of-the-death-mask">BBC Article on Death Masks</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_mask">Death Masks on Wikipedia</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.partoflife.org/blog/death-masks-through-time">Death Masks</a></p>

<p>In this week’s episode the mystics audit their FBI agents and take a chaotic stroll through the absolutely unhinged corners of their own social media algorithms 📱 What started as a simple curiosity about what their FBI boyfriends might be monitoring quickly turned into a full-blown investigation… and unfortunately, their browsing histories are way wilder than expected. Along the way they uncover evidence of Amber accidentally joining a health and fitness cult after getting a Garmin watch and now every step, heartbeat, and life choice. They can't forget about the viral zoo drama surrounding Punch the Monkey, who is apparently being bullied by the other monkeys in his enclosure (and yes, they have a lot of feelings about it). 🙈 It’s a little bit conspiracy, a little bit algorithmic chaos, and a lot of “how did our phones think we wanted to see this?” Settle in for a very chatty, very scattered, and very entertaining deep dive into the strange digital trails we leave behind. If the FBI is listening… we hope they’re enjoying the show. 🐒📱</p><p></p><p>THE IMPORTANT LINKS AND CRED</p><p>📸 Cover Art by Rainbowfishdesign</p><p>🎶 The Grimm Mystics Theme Song by Bear Golden and Abby Golden</p>

<p>In this week’s episode The Mystics dig up Colorado’s wildest legends and chase them straight into the mountains as they unravel not one, not two, but three pieces of high-altitude weirdness 👻 Starting in the crumbling remains of Buckskin Joe, where the legend of Silver Heels still lingers in the mountain air 👠 The mysterious woman in shining shoes who captivated a rough-and-tumble mining camp and then vanished after a devastating smallpox outbreak. Was she a selfless heroine? A myth polished by time? Or something a little more ethereal? 🧚🏻 Buckskin Joe, Colorado is also home to J. Dawson Hidgepath. A man whose skeleton allegedly refused to stay buried 🦴 As if that wasn’t enough mountain madness, we climb higher to Marshall Pass 🚂 and the chilling legend of the Phantom Train, a ghostly locomotive said to have chased a terrified engineer through the snowy Continental Divide before vanishing into thin air. Buckle up for some wild tales in Train Wreck Energy.</p><p></p><p>THE IMPORTANT LINKS AND CRED</p><p>📸 Cover Art by Rainbowfishdesign</p><p>🎶 The Grimm Mystics Theme Song by Bear Golden and Abby Golden</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.legendsofamerica.com/co-buckskinjoe/#The%2520Legend%2520of%2520Silver%2520Heels">Legends of America - Silver Heels</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.legendsofamerica.com/co-marshallpass/">Legends of America - Phantom Train</a></p>