The examination of classic fairy tales. Looking at the surprising and upsetting gruesomeness found in the original versions of well known tales as well as uncovering forgotten oddities.
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IV. Little Brother and Little Sister
A look at the classic Brother's Grimm fairy tale Little Brother and Little Sister - sometimes translated as simply: brother and Sister.
III. Briar Rose
Briar Rose is discussed. The origins and subtext of the famous tale of Sleeping Beauty will be a surprise to anyone failure with the Disney or other modern versions of the story.
II. How Some Children Played At Slaughtering
I look at the history of the Grimm's choices to revise and delete certain tales and discuss the tale "How Some Children Played At Slaughtering" (audio of story included) which was deleted after the first edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales.