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What happened to the children of Hamlin, Germany?-Episode #11

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In the year 1284, the town of Hamelin, Germany was plagued by a terrible infestation of rats. The townspeople agreed to hire a mysterious piper who had come to town. However, after completing the job the townspeople refused to pay him the agreed upon sum. In revenge the pied piper played a tune that mesmerize the town's children and led them out of town never to be seen again. So what happened to the children of Hamlin, Germany?

 

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    • EPISODE RESOURCES

    • Ashliman, D. L. (ed.). "The Pied Piper of Hamelin and related legends from other towns". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 29 December 2017.(https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/hameln.html#grimm245)
  • Dirckx JH. The pied Piper of Hamelin. A medical-historical interpretation. Am J Dermatopathol. 1980 Spring;2(1):39-45. doi: 10.1097/00000372-198000210-00007. PMID: 7018287.
  • Kadushin, Raphael (3 September 2020). "The grim truth behind the Pied Piper". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  • Mieder, Wolfgang (11 August 2015). Tradition and Innovation in Folk Literature. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-37686-6.
  • Hüsam, Gernot (1990). Der Koppen-Berg der Rattenfängersage von Hameln [The Koppen hill of Pied Piper of Hamelin legend]. Coppenbrügge Museum Society.
  • Wolfers, D. (April 1965). "A Plaguey Piper". The Lancet. 285 (7388): 756–757. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(65)92112-4. PMID 14255255.
  • Russell, Frederick H. (1989). "Children's Crusade". In Strayer, Joseph R. (ed.). Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Vol. 4. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 14–15.

    • IMAGES

    • Episode Thumbnail: Browning, Robert (1910) [1888] The Pied Piper of Hamelin, London: Frederick Warne and Company, pp. p. 41 (Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Pied_Piper2.jpg&oldid=424583719)

    TIMESTAMPS

    • 00:00:00 - Beginning
  • 00:13:23  - Introduction to the Mystery
  • 00:31:49 - Common Theories
  • 00:49:45 - Our Theories
  • 01:09:16 - Closing

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