The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is generally known as a fun story—a court jester-looking dude in bright colored clothes, playing a flute and jauntily leading the town’s children off into the sunset. Y’know, good times. Dancing and singing and whatnot. The real story may be a lot grimmer—in fact, some historians think the Piper led the youths of Hamelin to be abducted or slaughtered. We don’t really know for sure. But we’re pretty sure about this: When a full-grown adult starts collecting troubled kids around him, telling them tall tales and making them wild promises, alarm bells ought to start ringin’.

Sources:
Orlando Sentinel: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-09-04-9009040217-story.html
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1998-04-13-9804130053-story.html
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1998-03-11-9803110636-story.html
Oxygen's "Snapped: Killer Couples," episode "Kosta Fotopoulos and Deidre Hunt"
https://medium.com/true-crime-addiction/the-hunter-killer-club-narcissist-true-crime-bb501e3854ef
https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/fotopoulos-konstantinos.htm

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