This episode was recorded directly from my bed. Hansel and Gretel is a timeless classic bedtime story terrifying children all over the world. The story starts with a terrible widower replacing his love with a person that hates his kids. Compound that with man's love for this woman's evil ways and lack of trust for his children to tell the truth about domestic violence and abuse. The kids have enough and get lost in the woods just to find another evil lady. This one tries to eat them but she's kinda dumb. 

Sleep tight!

American Fairy Tales - 1901

The Enchanting Types - Episode 22 is the fifth story in the American Fairy Tale book published in 1901.

This story is basically an observation of the human need to stay in fashion mixed with an environmental freedom theme.

Stay tuned for the rest of the stories including:

Also, check out Deconstructing Aesop's Fables on Anchor.fm or wherever you get your podcasts and other fun narrations by Jon Wilkins at jonwilkinsreads.com

Information regarding the book from booshop.org:

"Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author widely known for his children's books. Baum was born Chittenango, New-York into a devout Methodiste family He had German, Scots-Irish, and English ancestry, and was the seventh of nine children of Cynthia Ann and Benjamin Ward Baum, only five of whom survived into adulthood. "Lyman" is the name of his father's brother, but he always disliked it and preferred his middle name "Frank".American Fairy Tales is the title of a collection of twelve fantasy stories published in 1901. The stories, as critics have noted, lack the high-fantasy aspect of the best of Baum's work, in Oz or out. With ironic or nonsensical morals attached to their ends, their tone is more satirical, glib, and tongue-in-cheek than is usual in children's stories; the serialization in newspapers for adult readers was appropriate for the materials. "The Magic Bon Bons" was the most popular of the tales, judging by number of reprints."