als ▁that ▁he ▁lost ▁a ▁science ▁competition ▁and ▁Gr iss om ▁tells ▁him ▁to ▁let ▁it ▁go . ▁In ▁his ▁child hood ▁science ▁competition , ▁Gr iss om ▁was ▁the ▁kid ▁with ▁the ▁an ts . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁season ▁two ▁episode ▁" B ul ly ▁for ▁You ," ▁he ▁told ▁W arr ick ▁that ▁in ▁high ▁school ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁" g host " ▁( mean ing ▁that ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁belong ▁to ▁any ▁group ▁in ▁particular ). ▁When ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁college , ▁Gr iss om ▁fin anced ▁his ▁first ▁body ▁farm ▁with ▁his ▁w inn ings ▁from ▁a ▁high - st akes ▁pok er ▁game . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁he ▁also ▁attended ▁box ing ▁matches ▁to ▁learn ▁about ▁the ▁patterns ▁of ▁bru ise ▁form ations ▁on ▁bodies ▁and ▁event ual ▁blood ▁sp at ters ▁from ▁the ▁inj uries . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Gr iss om ▁became ▁a ▁crime ▁scene ▁investig ator ▁around ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁( Gr iss om ▁mentioned ▁in ▁" L iving ▁D oll ," ▁which ▁first ▁a ired ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁crime ▁scene ▁investig ator ▁for ▁ 2 2 ▁years ). ▁Gr iss om ▁once ▁mentioned ▁losing ▁a ▁body ▁while ▁in ▁Min ne apolis , ▁imp lying ▁he ▁spent ▁time ▁there ▁before ▁taking ▁a ▁job ▁in ▁Las ▁Veg as . ▁This ▁was ▁mentioned ▁again ▁when ▁he ▁works ▁with ▁his ▁former ▁ment or , ▁Dr . ▁Phill ip ▁Ger ard