Boos & Beetches & Booze

Ep 19: Creepy Fairy Tale Origins


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Once upon a time in Minnesota…2 beetches recorded a podcast episode about some super creepy fairy tales (spoiler alert: It’s us!) Join us as we dive in to history and the dark origins of some of your favorite fairy tales. From cooking your children for supper to chopping off your own feet, these tales are not as innocent as we have been led to believe. Not everybody always gets to live happily ever after. Stay spooky, beetches!

Rachel's Sources:

https://childrens-books.lovetoknow.com/History_of_Fairy_Tales
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty
https://sunmoonandtalia.weebly.com/analysis.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Juniper_Tree_(fairy_tale)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_(fairy_tale)

Sam's Sources:

https://www.factinate.com/things/scary-facts-nightmares/
https://www.bustle.com/p/6-gruesome-origins-of-fairy-tales-that-will-ruin-your-childhood-forever-2467542
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel#:~:text=The%20story%20is%20set%20in,children%20of%20a%20poor%20woodcutter.&text=After%20the%20parents%20have%20gone,God%20will%20not%20forsake%20them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin
https://riealfilms.com/dark-origins-behind-disneys-most-beloved-fairy-tales-cinderella-rapunzel-brothers-grimm/

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