Storytime with MrBallen | Rosie Grant
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Time slowed down as I'm watching this grenade hit my shoulder. As it hit my shoulder, I actually actively thought, okay, you're about to die. There's no escaping it. And I was told it was maybe 30 seconds from death.
From my experience growing up, death is a pretty taboo topic. Now I'm around people talking about death all the time. Are you a big cemetery person yourself?
I don't know if I'm a big cemetery person.
That's a weird way to phrase it, yeah.
I do think about death. I want to do more with my life with the second chance. I do have that feeling, but it's not nearly as pronounced as I don't have a fear of death. On today's episode of Storytime with Mr. Ballin, we have a truly unique guest. You'll see in a minute what I mean when I say unique, because what they do, I didn't even know this was a thing, but it definitely is, because when she made her first post back in 2021 about sort of what she does, it went super viral. And sure enough, what she's discovered really is a phenomenon, but it's one that I promise most of you have never heard of. It's fascinating. Not only do we cover what she does, but it also sort of led us to this really deep discussion around death, mortality, and what happens when you die.
I didn't expect the conversation to go that way, but that's the way it went. And it was great. It was an amazing conversation. I think you're really going to enjoy it. Also, side note, my voice is terrible, but I was just so excited to get this interview in that we decided to push forward. So I apologize for my voice, but it's because I love all you fans of The Strange, Dark, and Mysterious. And so without further ado, let's get into today's episode.
I am Rosie Grant, aka Ghostly Archive, and this is Storytime with Mr. Ballin'.
All right. So Rosie Grant, I know what you do. I mean, what you do is one of the more unique things I've seen, certainly on the Internet or just at large. You find recipes on gravestones and you make those recipes and you post about it online and you get in touch with the families and the relatives and it's gone super viral. But I guess now I've explained what you do. But tell me how the heck you got here. How did you start doing that?
Well, I got started with this when I was trying to become a librarian. I was living in D.C. and I went to library science school.
What unique project does Rosie Grant discuss in this episode?
It was pretty much, I think, 2020 is when I started the program. In 2021, I had to do an internship. So it was early days of COVID. All libraries were closed to new people. And so I interned at the only place that I could find, which was in a cemetery. Of course. Of course, yeah. When you're trying to become a librarian. Hot internship. Yeah, really. Yeah, they were busier than ever. And, I mean, it was wonderful. And I should say my parents are both ghost tour guides. So, like, being in a cemetery wasn't that weird from things that I did growing up as a kid. Are you a big cemetery person yourself?
I don't know if I'm a big cemetery person.
That's a weird way to phrase it, yeah.
I do Uganda cemeteries. I frequented cemeteries. You frequented.
I think I was very similar going into this. I frequented cemeteries. But I didn't know anything about the death industry or how that worked. And so I got to basically do digital archives with their archivist. And I would take photos and I'd go on these site visits to geolocate different gravestones. And I made this sort of online tour of the cemetery. And in the process, I started a TikTok of like, what's it like to intern in a cemetery? Yeah. And pretty much everything came from there. I didn't learn about my first gravestone recipe until maybe five or six months after starting the account. It was just at first different gravestones and memorials. And then I found a spritz cookie recipe on a gravestone in Brooklyn, New York.
And so you actually brought me some of your spritz cookies. Yeah. And in full candor. I've already tried them and they're quite good. And actually, as I'm tasting this, so did you know it was like a thing that people literally engrave recipes on gravestones?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:35
2
What unique project does Rosie Grant discuss in this episode?
2:35–7:33
3
How did Rosie Grant's background influence her gravestone recipe project?
7:33–14:16
4
What was Rosie Grant's first gravestone recipe and how did it gain popularity?
14:16–19:47
5
What personal stories do gravestone recipes evoke for families?
19:47–26:34
6
How does Rosie Grant connect with the families of those behind the recipes?
26:34–30:40
7
What does Rosie Grant's cookbook reveal about death and food traditions?
30:40–37:25
8
How does Rosie Grant's perspective on mortality evolve throughout the episode?
37:25–42:48