The Dark and Gruesome Origins of Fairy Tales

Classic fairy tales were never the wholesome stories Disney sold us. In this episode we dig into the original dark and gruesome versions of 10 of the most famous ones — kids drowning, wolves eating girls, queens dancing to death in red-hot iron shoes, and far worse.We cover the real Pied Piper, Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Mermaid, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Goldilocks, Hansel & Gretel, Rapunzel, and Cinderella. Some of these origins are legitimately disturbing.