It’s a 2-4-1 deal at Grimm Castle today as we read TWO Brothers Grimm tales: “The Hurds” and “Looking For A Bride”.

What’s the correct way to choose your spouse? What does ‘hurd’ mean? And what’s the best way to prep cheese? All this and more will be revealed as we explore two short, sweet and sexist tales from the master storytellers.

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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

Other Music: Brahms' 2 Rhapsodies, Op.79 performed by Luis Kolodin // Brahms' Hungarian Dance No.2 in D minor performed by Caroline Goulding & Shuai Wang // Brahms' String Sextet No.1, Op.18 performed by Musicians from Marlboro

Things are getting spooky at Castle Grimm as we celebrate Halloween with the story “Koshchei the Deathless”, aka “Maria Morevna”.

Prepare to be whisked into a world of immortal evil wizards, battle-loving queens, and rivers of fire. There may even feature a brief cameo from an old friend…

Happy Halloween all!

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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

Other Music: Aram Khachaturian's Masquerade Waltz // Liszt's Totentanz (Dance of the Dead) S. 126/2

We’re back for series 8!

Magic beds, secret raves, invisible soldiers - we kick things off with "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" aka "The Shoes That Were Danced To Pieces".

It’s a somewhat famous story and surprisingly magical and romantic for the Grimms, albeit overtly violent and deeply problematic.

So join us as we once more delve into the world of the Brothers Grimm, and chase this folk tale from ancient Babylon through Victorian England (via the story "Kate Crackernuts"), and ending unexpectedly at Barbie.

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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

Other Music: Strauss's Wiener Blut Op.354 Waltz // Tchaikovsky's Waltz in F sharp minor, no. 9 from Op. 40 

The series is over, but were you listening? Join us for a live quiz where we ask questions on Series 7 trivia, and three lucky winners receive prizes. 

Series 8 is coming on October 12th!

You can watch the live quiz on YouTube via this link. 

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Link to the Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/QtmQlB-g_Sk?feature=share

Come and join us this Saturday, 30th August, for our livestream quiz to mark the end of Series 7!

Play along with the multiple-choice questions that cover all of the tales we've heard this series, and there are prizes to win! So we hope you've been brushing up on your Volume 2 stories...

The stream will be live on YouTube on 30th August from:

7pm British Summer Time

8pm Central European Summer Time

2pm Eastern Daylight Time

11am Pacific Daylight Time

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Link to the Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/06yd2583kNA?feature=share

Come and join us this Saturday, 28th June, for our livestream quiz to mark the end of Series 7! Play along with the multiple choice questions that cover all of the tales we've heard this series, and there are prizes to win! So we hope you've been brushing up on your Volume 2 stories...

The stream will be live on YouTube on 28th June from:

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11am Pacific Daylight Time

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Season 7 is in the bag! But which stories were the best and worst of the bunch?

We reveal the winners and losers of the series, share some porridge updates, hear what listeners have to say, and set up the start of series 8. 

QUIZ! Saturday 28th June 7pm (BST)

Link to the Series 7 Live Quiz so you can subscribe and join in the fun.

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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

Other Music: Dvořák's String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat Major // Dvořák's Humoresque

Three friendly bachelor bears decide to take a walk while their porridge cools. Little do they suspect that an opportunistic young lady called Goldilocks will break in and help herself to breakfast.

Will the bears catch her in the act or will she get away? What’s the best way to have porridge? And where do Aristotle and Stephen Hawking fit into all this?

Join us for the series seven finale as we read Goldilocks and the Three Bears - and then share the history of how the story developed.

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Other Music: Dvorak's Legends, Op.59 - 2. Molto moderato (G major) // Beethoven's Piano Sonata no.15 in D major op.28  Pastoral - IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non tropp, performed by Karine Gilanyan

Creepy villains, elderly princesses, troublesome beards - this is not your average fairy tale.

In Old Rinkrank, a princess gets imprisoned in a glass mountain by an evil creature and given an unpleasant new name. Will she be able to save herself? And will her fiancé have waited for her? Find out in the penultimate episode of the season!

After the story, we attempt to ascend our own glass mountain and identify the tale's place in the canon of folklore, leading us to Poland and Norway where things get, you guessed, nice and weird.

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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

Other Music: Beethoven's Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - III. Presto // Beethoven's 13 Sonata No. 8 in C Minor Pathétique, Op. 13 - III. Rondo-Allegro

When a horned owl takes up residence in a barn, the townsfolk slowly lose their minds as they try to oust the intruder. Will the townsfolk come to their senses and the owl escape? Or is the owl to meet a grisly end?

From owls to algorithms, killer trains to Puerto Rican pirate vessels, this episode takes us on a wild ride through some of the stranger corners of history as we dig into what exactly this story means.

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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

Other Music: Camille Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 - I. Allegro non troppo // Franz Schubert's Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960 - IV. Allegro ma non troppo, performed by Paul Pittman