Don't Mind | Cruxmont | Ep. 2

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Speaker 1 Previously, on Don't Mind Cruxmont, Dr.

Speaker 1 Gwen Kingston found her patient miraculously recovered from late-stage neural degeneration with the only possible clue being a mysterious visitor who brought gifts from the small village of Cruxmont in northern England.

Speaker 1 While driving late at night in hopes of reaching Cruxmont, Dr. Kingston nearly hit American Neil Mitchell on the narrow single-track road into the village.

Speaker 1 Neil, she found out, was in search of his missing brother Colin, who was last heard heading to Cruxmont.

Speaker 1 Continuing on, they were stopped before reaching the village by the appearance of a body lying in the dark country road.

Speaker 1 Don't mind Cruxmont.

Speaker 5 I can't imagine you intended to be hiking on these narrow roads at night without a light nail.

Speaker 8 No, I didn't want to wait to get to Cruxmont, but I don't have a car, and I couldn't find a bus that was going out that way.

Speaker 7 Uh-huh.

Speaker 5 But uh, why is an American heading to such a tiny place?

Speaker 13 There are hundreds of far more interesting things to see nearby, unless, of course, you're a plum connoisseur.

Speaker 7 What?

Speaker 8 No, I'm looking for someone.

Speaker 3 Stop!

Speaker 3 Do not move.

Speaker 10 This is too, too many suspicious things in one night.

Speaker 7 One wrong move, and I will hurt you.

Speaker 8 Don't threaten me. I haven't done anything.

Speaker 7 I thought you were a doctor.

Speaker 8 There's a body in the road, Gwen.

Speaker 8 Oh my god.

Speaker 7 Okay, uh

Speaker 16 yes, yes, uh, I.

Speaker 5 Uh, I know. I know.
Running into two men on this road this late at night is not impossible, no, but uh,

Speaker 5 Neil, get out and check on him. Uh, if he needs medical assistance, I will get out and uh I'll prepare an emergency call.

Speaker 7 Sure, fine. Mm-hmm.

Speaker 7 Stop!

Speaker 7 What?

Speaker 7 Over there.

Speaker 3 In the hedgerow. Hedgerow? I saw something moving in the underbrush.
What?

Speaker 7 I don't see anything.

Speaker 15 Was it a squirrel or something?

Speaker 8 England doesn't have any dangerous animals, right?

Speaker 15 Like bears or cougars? No, no, no, no, nothing that big. This looked like a person moving between the trees.
You saw someone?

Speaker 15 I saw something that could have been a someone.

Speaker 15 Okay,

Speaker 15 keep the car on.

Speaker 15 If there's any shit, I'm gonna run back to the car.

Speaker 15 Don't lock the door.

Speaker 13 I will most certainly be locking the door.

Speaker 8 I have to say, as far as your reputation as a doctor stands with me, hitting me with a car and leaving someone face down in the road is really not putting you in a good light.

Speaker 13 As an intelligent woman driving alone at night in an unfamiliar place, I am already stepping outside my normal level of risk tolerance by giving you, a stranger, a lift into town.

Speaker 13 Now, I agree we should check on a person in need, but as you are available to do so, do so.

Speaker 11 I'm here and ready to assist if needed.

Speaker 11 Does that body look normal to you?

Speaker 11 It's difficult to tell in this light.

Speaker 11 It looks small.

Speaker 11 And the legs are really flat.

Speaker 11 Keep an eye out.

Speaker 8 And tell me if you see anything again.

Speaker 8 And honk if you see something. No, don't.
It'll scare the shit out of me. Just.

Speaker 15 Do you see anything? Nothing.

Speaker 15 Okay.

Speaker 15 Alright.

Speaker 7 Hello. Are you okay?

Speaker 7 Hello?

Speaker 8 On the road, sir.

Speaker 17 Are you okay?

Speaker 8 Ma'am?

Speaker 8 Can you hear me?

Speaker 8 This is such a freaking stupid idea.

Speaker 7 Hello?

Speaker 15 Sir?

Speaker 8 Are you hurt?

Speaker 8 Do you need any help?

Speaker 8 Hey, I'm gonna feel for a pulse, alright? There's a doctor in the car, and we can call an ambulance if you're hurt.

Speaker 15 You little shits!

Speaker 15 What?

Speaker 7 Get back here!

Speaker 7 Where are you?

Speaker 7 Hey, are you alright?

Speaker 8 It's just some stupid teenagers.

Speaker 15 What?

Speaker 8 Some kind of dummy or doll thing on a rope?

Speaker 8 They could seriously get someone hurt. What if we had been.

Speaker 8 What if we'd been driving faster, like you were earlier? If you tried. If you tried not to hit that dummy, you would have smashed in a tree or a boulder or some.

Speaker 7 I'm fine.

Speaker 5 But you are bleeding on my car.

Speaker 7 Oh, really?

Speaker 18 Crap. I'm sorry.

Speaker 8 I scratched my palm when I fell.

Speaker 7 It doesn't look bad.

Speaker 16 Um, open the door and rinse the scratch off with uh with water.

Speaker 5 And there are some some plasters in that glove box.

Speaker 7 Some what?

Speaker 5 Uh, some small bandages for your hand.

Speaker 8 Thanks.

Speaker 6 You know, they took a picture of you when you fell on your ass.

Speaker 7 Yeah,

Speaker 8 I saw the flash. I'm sure they found it super entertaining.

Speaker 8 Let's get to the village.

Speaker 18 Please.

Speaker 10 Why did you go after them?

Speaker 10 To get them to delete the photo?

Speaker 8 No.

Speaker 8 I thought I saw something that belonged to my brother.

Speaker 7 Your brother?

Speaker 17 Yeah.

Speaker 8 He has this corduroy jacket and ugly green thing. It's just a bit reflective, and I thought I saw it in the headlights.

Speaker 18 And when the flash went off.

Speaker 8 No.

Speaker 8 Not really. Hmm.

Speaker 8 Maybe it could have been a possibility, but that's not the kind of crap he pulled.

Speaker 8 I'm here looking for him, and when I saw the jacket, I didn't really think anything. Just follow the jacket.

Speaker 16 So,

Speaker 14 uh, your brother isn't here.

Speaker 14 Yeah,

Speaker 14 he's missing.

Speaker 5 I'm sorry, so uh, he's supposed to be in Kruxmod.

Speaker 7 Yeah, uh,

Speaker 8 he always checks in every day. What?

Speaker 8 Stupid photos, video clips, weird ideas that pop up into his head.

Speaker 8 He generally leaves messages because of the whole time zone thing.

Speaker 8 Cruxemont was the next place he told me he was headed. Heard about it from this short podcast show he listens to and wanted to check it out.

Speaker 7 That was

Speaker 7 about a week ago.

Speaker 7 What's his name? Colin. Huh.

Speaker 7 Um, yeah, uh, he looks like this. A lot like like me, really.

Speaker 8 Younger. Though he doesn't look it.

Speaker 5 Yeah, yeah, show it to me when I'm not driving.

Speaker 7 But uh,

Speaker 7 yeah, I hope you find him.

Speaker 19 And um,

Speaker 15 welcome to Cruxmont.

Speaker 7 It's uh

Speaker 8 really dark.

Speaker 10 Yeah, they don't seem to have street lighting.

Speaker 13 That's peculiar.

Speaker 8 Looks quaint

Speaker 8 and small. small.

Speaker 8 Do

Speaker 13 people live in these, or are they just shops?

Speaker 8 I'm not sure.

Speaker 16 Bit of both, possibly. Uh.

Speaker 11 Do you have somewhere I should drop you off?

Speaker 16 Um,

Speaker 8 no.

Speaker 8 I couldn't find anything to book online.

Speaker 8 So maybe a hotel or a hostel?

Speaker 8 If we see one.

Speaker 8 I hope.

Speaker 16 I'll just keep looking.

Speaker 7 There.

Speaker 5 There, the lights are still on.

Speaker 18 Fox in bloom.

Speaker 8 I think it's a pub.

Speaker 19 Well, pubs sometimes have some

Speaker 16 rooms available.

Speaker 10 Should we give it a try?

Speaker 10 Yeah.

Speaker 10 Okay.

Speaker 21 So, so when did you get to England?

Speaker 8 Just this morning. It's been a long day.

Speaker 8 Yeah.

Speaker 8 Okay.

Speaker 11 Hello?

Speaker 12 Is anyone here?

Speaker 8 Someone's taking really good care of this place.

Speaker 8 All this woodwork and no dust.

Speaker 16 Meticulous.

Speaker 10 I wouldn't have noticed.

Speaker 7 Clean freak.

Speaker 7 Hello? Oh!

Speaker 8 Jesus!

Speaker 7 You scared me.

Speaker 8 Where'd you come from?

Speaker 9 Just round the corner. But at my age, I've shrunk a bit, and it can be tricky to see me coming.

Speaker 7 Can I help you?

Speaker 9 Bit late to be rolling into town, isn't it?

Speaker 7 Car trouble?

Speaker 16 Uh, no, uh, nothing like that, but I am sorry for the late hour. If possible, I'd like a room for this evening and maybe the next few days as well.

Speaker 8 And a room for me, too, please. Um, at least for tonight.
But possibly more.

Speaker 9 Give us a moment, dears. Uh,

Speaker 9 we have four rooms available, all clean and tidy.

Speaker 9 After tomorrow evening, everything is booked up, so only tonight and tomorrow.

Speaker 9 Rooms are sixty a night paid up front, and I will need to see some identification to take down information in case of damages.

Speaker 8 Yeah, sure.

Speaker 7 Ah, right.

Speaker 16 That should be the exact amount for two nights.

Speaker 19 Thank you.

Speaker 9 Miss Kingston, you can have room four, up the stairs and on the left. Mr Mitchell, yours is room three, up the stairs and on the right.
Sinks are in the rooms, but the loo and showers are shared.

Speaker 9 The door has a sign on it. All clean, no worries.

Speaker 7 And I'm Mary.

Speaker 9 I'll be heading to sleep after this, but if you need any extra bedding, the linen cupboard is the first door at the end of the hall, and I wake up when the service bell rings.

Speaker 9 Everything seems to wake me up these days. Oh, breakfast is not included in your room rate, but we do have a breakfast service starting from seven, down here in the pub.

Speaker 10 Fill you up for the day.

Speaker 9 And what brings you to Cruxmont?

Speaker 15 Uh different things.

Speaker 8 I'm sorry. I'm about to crash.

Speaker 7 Uh

Speaker 8 Here's the cash, 120 pounds.

Speaker 9 Well, just remember, you can only be here tonight and tomorrow night, if needed. Not after.

Speaker 7 Here.

Speaker 19 Thank you, Mrs.

Speaker 15 Birch.

Speaker 9 But Mary is perfectly fine.

Speaker 7 Hmm. Then

Speaker 5 thank you, Mary.

Speaker 12 Have a good evening, and I'd love some breakfast in the morning.

Speaker 11 Sweet dreams.

Speaker 16 You two, dear.

Speaker 10 Stairs are just over there.

Speaker 8 Good night.

Speaker 8 Thank you for the ride into town.

Speaker 19 Sorry?

Speaker 15 Uh thank you for the ride.

Speaker 5 Oh, yes, you're um you're welcome.

Speaker 10 And I I apologize again for the near miss.

Speaker 8 Well, I'm alive. No harm done.

Speaker 8 Not by you, anyways.

Speaker 7 Good night.

Speaker 12 Night.

Speaker 7 Christ, these keys are big.

Speaker 12 Yes, yes I know.

Speaker 9 I've been running this place for decades. You don't have to remind me.

Speaker 12 I told them.

Speaker 9 They'll be out after tomorrow night.

Speaker 19 Festival has us booked up regardless.

Speaker 9 It won't be any kind of problem at all. But one of them's American.

Speaker 9 Yeah, come by tomorrow. I'll put kettle on for you.

Speaker 9 Night

Speaker 9 small town

Speaker 9 sweet sleep.

Speaker 8 Colin, you didn't answer my text

Speaker 8 Colin!

Speaker 7 Colin!

Speaker 7 Colin, open the door!

Speaker 22 Colin!

Speaker 7 Colin, open the door!

Speaker 8 You know you're not supposed to lock it!

Speaker 7 Colin!

Speaker 8 I don't even hear the water running.

Speaker 7 Colin, answer me, please!

Speaker 8 You said you had a job interview.

Speaker 8 Did you even have a job interview?

Speaker 7 Answer me.

Speaker 7 You don't.

Speaker 8 You don't have to lie to me.

Speaker 8 You don't have an interview.

Speaker 7 I don't care. You can't lock this door.

Speaker 7 Colin.

Speaker 7 Colin.

Speaker 7 Colin.

Speaker 7 Don't do this.

Speaker 7 do this!

Speaker 7 Gwen,

Speaker 8 it's like 4 a.m.

Speaker 8 Yes, sorry.

Speaker 8 No worries.

Speaker 8 Wasn't sleeping great anyways. What's up?

Speaker 13 I saw something strange out of the window in the bathroom. You should be able to see it from your window.

Speaker 15 There,

Speaker 7 follow the fence and look up a bit further back at the hilltop. The lights!

Speaker 7 What's weird about it?

Speaker 10 They started closer and have been moving over the hills.

Speaker 23 You said you were looking for your brother, and one of those teenagers may have had his jacket. Well, I believe that that is them.

Speaker 23 I saw a teenager running over the hills toward the lights.

Speaker 7 Possibly better to catch up with them.

Speaker 8 How could you tell it was a teenager?

Speaker 13 Listen, no one but a teenager would wear what I saw. Ah, yes.

Speaker 8 The time of conspicuous poor life choices. I remember them well.

Speaker 8 Are you going after them?

Speaker 8 I'm already awake. And finding Colin is the whole reason I'm here.

Speaker 8 If I find him tonight, that's great. Seeing that jacket, or at least thinking I saw that jacket, was the best lead I've had so far.
At least until I can ask around town tomorrow morning. Okay, okay.

Speaker 8 I'll come with you. What?

Speaker 8 Why?

Speaker 15 I'm already awake, and I have my own schedule to keep to. I won't find what I'm looking for in my room.

Speaker 15 Fine.

Speaker 8 Works for me.

Speaker 15 You ready to go? Yes. Okay.

Speaker 15 So, what are you looking for?

Speaker 8 Think those teenagers will have it?

Speaker 17 No.

Speaker 7 Well, perhaps.

Speaker 7 The pub landlady, Yeah. How did you find her?

Speaker 15 Find her?

Speaker 15 Uh

Speaker 6 how did she seem to you?

Speaker 15 Oh

Speaker 8 fine.

Speaker 7 Old?

Speaker 8 I wasn't really paying attention.

Speaker 8 She seems nice enough.

Speaker 15 Maybe a bit weary.

Speaker 8 Since it was midnight and everything.

Speaker 8 So, um,

Speaker 10 is it possible your brother gave away his jacket?

Speaker 10 Maybe.

Speaker 7 He has.

Speaker 8 If he was out of money, he tends to pawn things.

Speaker 8 But he was pretty prepared for this trip, and he's not a big spender.

Speaker 7 Not anymore.

Speaker 10 And if that's the case, that he pawned it.

Speaker 8 Then at least someone saw him. Maybe more recently than I have.

Speaker 3 Not maybe, certainly.

Speaker 8 And anything helps.

Speaker 7 Yeah.

Speaker 10 I owe you an apology.

Speaker 15 About the car? You already apologized? No, no, no, no, no.

Speaker 16 About sending you out to check on the body on the road alone.

Speaker 16 It's it's fine. It's done.

Speaker 8 Totally normal to be mistrusting in a situation like that.

Speaker 7 Very, uh...

Speaker 8 Hills have eyes set up.

Speaker 16 Hills have eyes?

Speaker 8 The hills have eyes?

Speaker 15 A horror movie?

Speaker 8 West Craven in the 70s. Redone sometime in early 2000s.

Speaker 16 I don't like horror films.

Speaker 8 That's not the point.

Speaker 8 I just meant that it makes a lot of sense that you wouldn't want to get out of the car to check on a body in the road when you've already got a stranger in your car.

Speaker 8 All very understandable. Besides, no one was actually hurt.

Speaker 10 Well, thank you.

Speaker 16 And I'll keep an eye out for Colin.

Speaker 10 Can I see that picture from earlier?

Speaker 7 Yeah, yeah, of course.

Speaker 8 He looks a lot like me.

Speaker 11 Well, yeah, but he looks.

Speaker 15 You said he's younger than you?

Speaker 8 Yes, but

Speaker 8 he's had a hard life. Hmm.

Speaker 10 Yeah, you can see it in his eyes and cheeks.

Speaker 7 Look a bit hollow.

Speaker 8 This is from a few months ago.

Speaker 8 He looks a lot better now.

Speaker 8 He filled out a little once. He discovered the joy of cooking.

Speaker 11 You're a good brother.

Speaker 6 Not everyone has someone who would come looking for them.

Speaker 15 Yeah?

Speaker 15 Well, thanks.

Speaker 16 We're getting close to the lights.

Speaker 11 But where should we hide or?

Speaker 8 No, with teenagers, never show fear.

Speaker 7 They'll pounce.

Speaker 8 Approach with confidence and determination.

Speaker 7 Okay then.

Speaker 7 Shit.

Speaker 22 That is Colin's jacket, no doubt.

Speaker 8 Hey, Blondie, where did you get that?

Speaker 8 Who?

Speaker 8 It's you.

Speaker 15 Want the dummy or the photo?

Speaker 17 You know, we got your best side.

Speaker 24 Yeah, you're right.

Speaker 15 Dummy's not here, so fuck off.

Speaker 5 Where did you get all of this alcohol?

Speaker 24 The village shop.

Speaker 7 What? You want some?

Speaker 7 No.

Speaker 12 But your terrible friend, if you haven't even noticed, your friend over there is blackout drunk.

Speaker 10 She's completely out of it.

Speaker 23 Hello, love. Hello?

Speaker 23 Can you hear me?

Speaker 12 Neil, grab her shoulder and roll her over.

Speaker 23 Yeah, sure.

Speaker 7 Mm-hmm.

Speaker 11 She's a lightweight anyway. She.

Speaker 21 How much did she drink?

Speaker 7 I don't know.

Speaker 17 We're not responsible for her. She can do what she wants.

Speaker 14 Just hand her half a bottle of voddie, maybe's more. Is she gonna be okay?

Speaker 12 Do you have any water?

Speaker 8 Come on, you prick, give it to her.

Speaker 7 Whatever.

Speaker 17 Fine.

Speaker 12 What's her name?

Speaker 14 Amy.

Speaker 7 Amy?

Speaker 12 Amy, can you wake up?

Speaker 11 Can you hear me? Amy?

Speaker 12 Okay, yes, I now I need you to wake up, Amy,

Speaker 10 how long has she been out?

Speaker 7 I don't know.

Speaker 24 Yeah, maybe like half an hour. We're walking around setting the dummy up until she has to sit down.
After a while, I guess she had too much.

Speaker 13 I'm gonna be sick.

Speaker 5 That's it. You lean over.
Mm-hmm. Keep your head up.

Speaker 7 All right.

Speaker 21 All right. All right.
Now try to drink some water.

Speaker 21 Do you know where she lives?

Speaker 14 Mom. Yeah, she's she's me cousin.
She's she's just over there in the yellow house.

Speaker 6 You take her home and you tell her parents to keep an eye on her.

Speaker 12 I can't believe you just sat here laughing while your cousin was in such a state.

Speaker 13 Sorry.

Speaker 7 Yeah, come in.

Speaker 14 Yames, let's go. Mike.

Speaker 1 Mike, how are we supposed to do this?

Speaker 7 It's so warm.

Speaker 7 What are we supposed to do?

Speaker 2 It'll be okay.

Speaker 8 Imes,

Speaker 14 let's get home, eh?

Speaker 16 Drink the water.

Speaker 8 Now that's much more doctorly.

Speaker 10 I can't stand the stupidity of it.

Speaker 12 You should be ashamed of yourselves. You could have hurt someone with that dummy, and your friend was right next to you, suffering, and you did nothing.

Speaker 10 She should take care of herself.

Speaker 17 If she can't handle the drink, she shouldn't take the bottle.

Speaker 24 Shut up, Jeff. Amy isn't.

Speaker 24 Well, you should care. I'm leaving.
And you better return the dummy, you prick.

Speaker 7 Bitch.

Speaker 21 Wanker.

Speaker 8 Jeff, then, right?

Speaker 8 Where did you get the green jacket?

Speaker 7 Why?

Speaker 8 Where did you get it?

Speaker 7 Let go!

Speaker 8 The jacket. Tell me.

Speaker 6 Did you see this guy?

Speaker 7 Yeah, and?

Speaker 8 You saw him?

Speaker 7 When?

Speaker 17 Where?

Speaker 7 Where?

Speaker 8 How did you get the jacket?

Speaker 17 Why should I tell you? What are you gonna do?

Speaker 8 Listen, you little shit. That's my brother.
If you saw him, you tell me. Now.

Speaker 8 And after all that shit with the dummy, I'm sure no one would mind if you got a few bumps on the way home.

Speaker 16 Got a few bumps?

Speaker 17 Okay, skinny rumble.

Speaker 10 Neil, you can't frighten kids.

Speaker 5 Where did the other girl go?

Speaker 13 She didn't walk toward town.

Speaker 7 What was that?

Speaker 7 Knob End.

Speaker 7 Shit!

Speaker 15 Get back here!

Speaker 22 You!

Speaker 15 You said you saw him!

Speaker 7 Good! Good!

Speaker 15 Oh! Shake! Listen!

Speaker 8 I don't care about the drinking.

Speaker 8 You being a shitty person overall. I just want to know where my brother is.
So again, where did you get it?

Speaker 15 Fine.

Speaker 16 Get the fuck off me.

Speaker 17 Wasn't it already, old man?

Speaker 15 Maybe.

Speaker 8 It takes a lot of energy to put up with your bullshit.

Speaker 7 And I'm what?

Speaker 8 Maybe ten years older than you?

Speaker 8 If you think that's old, I've got some bad news for you about the majority of your life.

Speaker 2 So, where did you see Colin?

Speaker 8 And the jacket?

Speaker 17 I saw him here in Crooksmont.

Speaker 8 Don't make this like pulling teeth. Just tell me the whole thing.

Speaker 15 Fine.

Speaker 8 Jesus.

Speaker 17 It was last week, maybe.

Speaker 17 Maybe less. I don't know what day, but it was in the middle of the night and I was heading up this hill with a pack of smokes I'd nicked off me dar.
And I went to sit on that wall over there, right?

Speaker 17 And then coming over the hill, while I'm having a drag, runs this bloke, American. I can tell because he was yelling.

Speaker 8 What was he yelling?

Speaker 7 I don't remember anymore.

Speaker 17 Like, maybe, what do you want?

Speaker 15 It wasn't important to me.

Speaker 17 I would remember that.

Speaker 17 A lot of drinking nights between then and now, man.

Speaker 8 You need a hobby.

Speaker 8 So, what happened next?

Speaker 7 Nothing.

Speaker 17 He disappeared over the hill. I didn't go after him.
I smoked and then I went home.

Speaker 7 Why lie?

Speaker 8 Why now?

Speaker 8 If you just went home, how did you get the jacket?

Speaker 17 Fine. I smoked and then I went up the hill to look around.

Speaker 8 Which direction was he coming from?

Speaker 17 That way. It was running up the hill from the tree line over there.

Speaker 8 And the jacket?

Speaker 17 Yeah, so I went up the hill, looked around, walked down the other side, didn't see anyone, but the jacket was lying on the ground. Green's my colour.
So I took it. Yeah, great.

Speaker 8 So now you can give it back.

Speaker 7 Not happening.

Speaker 8 Do you really not understand how stupid that jacket looks? How could I have possibly picked you out from the trees without you wearing that hideous thing?

Speaker 15 Fine, take it.

Speaker 17 Things too tight round the shoulders anyway. Your brother's a right skinny runt needs to fill out a bit.

Speaker 7 He's working on it.

Speaker 10 Where did she go? She didn't seem as drunk as Amy.

Speaker 10 What?

Speaker 10 Hey!

Speaker 11 Excuse me!

Speaker 12 Where are you going?

Speaker 12 Amy's friend!

Speaker 12 Wait!

Speaker 12 Throw off!

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Speaker 18 You might think you know fairy tales, and you might think that they are cute and sweet and boring. But the real Grimm fairy tales were not cute at all.

Speaker 18 They were very dark and they were often very grim. On Grim, Grimmer, Grimmest, we tell a grim fairy tale to a bunch of kids.
Perfect for car rides or screen-free entertainment.

Speaker 18 Grim, grimmer, grimmest activates kids' imaginations and instigates fun conversations.

Speaker 18 Because fairy tales speak to all of us at a very deep, primal level, and they raise interesting topics and questions that are worth chewing over together as a family.

Speaker 18 Every episode is rated Grim, Grimmer, or Grimmest, so you, your kids, your whole family can choose what is the right level of Grimm for you.

Speaker 18 Though if you're listening with Grandma, she's just gonna go for Grimmest. Trust me on this one.
Tune in to Grim, Grimmer, Grimmest, and our new season available now.