Grimming It Up

Welcome to Grimming It Up, we are glad you stopped by. This is where we share our passion for things like cemeteries, legend tripping, urban legends, weird history, cryptids, and true crime. We are happy to share the things that go bump in the night with our friends and family like you. We also share some of our creative endeavors from time to time as well. So if you like dark and spooky and the strange and obscure with some history mixed in we have some stories for you.

Tag: Colorado

Colorado’s Other Cannibal

Colorado had a man who clearly liked the taste of human flesh. This man was a career criminal, prone to violence and made headlines across the United States even though he was from Italy. This story was so wild even the Wild West of Colorado wasn’t having any of it.

Grim Mama

May 16, 2022

Strange or Weird History, true crime

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High Flying Murder

On a cool night on November 1st, 1955 the skies over Longmont, Colorado were briefly aglow with a strangeness that would grip not only the small farming community but also the nation. The United Airlines Flight 629, taking 39 passengers and five crew members from Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado to Portland, Oregon, was […]

Grim Mama

December 11, 2021

true crime

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