Folklorist Dr. Jeana Jorgensen talks about how fairy tales have a seedy underbelly that can be harmful in the real world. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Deep Dark Woods

Interview: Dr. Jeana Jorgensen

The most gruesome Brothers Grimm tale that involves a young boy and his stepmother. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Juniper Tree

A finger saves a would-be bride from death. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Robber Bridegroom

NYT bestselling author Gregory Maguire talks about the inspiration behind his adaptations and the necessity of fairy tales. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Interview: Gregory Maguire

It takes the wicked stepmother more than one try to kill Snow White.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Snow White

Not all maidens are helpless.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Rapunzel

A tale with far fewer dragons and a horrifying history.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Sleeping Beauty

The Brothers Grimm toned this story down to have less flesh eating and more clothes.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Little Red Riding Hood

NYT bestselling author Marissa Meyer talks sci-fi and fairy tales. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Interview: Marissa Meyer

Greed can lead to a bitter end.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Rumpelstiltskin

Belletristik

Gesellschaft und Kultur

Most of our childhoods were filled with Brothers Grimm tales, whether we recognized it or not at the time. Cinderella. Snow White. Even Little Red Riding Hood. However, the versions of the stories most of us grew up on are watered down. They’ve been Disneyfied. The origins of these stories are much, much darker and not for the faint of heart.