Creepy Fairy Tale Origin Stories of The Little Mermaid, Little Red Riding Hood & Hansel and Gretel

What a Creep
Season 27, Episode 5
Creepy Fairy Tale Origin Stories!

Forget everything you learned from animated films… several beloved fairy tales are far from the joyous Disney creatures we have all seen since childhood. This episode discusses the dark worlds behind Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Mermaid, and Hansel and Gretel. The sanitized versions of these fairy tales we share today keep only hints of these origins, but the eerie stories lurking beneath the surface remind us that fairy tales weren’t always about happy endings.
Sources for this episode:

• Snow White Writes
• How Stuff Works
• British Youth Music Theater
• All That’s Interesting
• East Rockaway Gull
• Wikipedia The Little Mermaid
• Wikipedia Little Red Riding Hood
• Fairy Tales with Jen
• The Resurrectionists
• The Little Mermaid Abit Frank YouTube
• Cinderella Abit Frank YouTube  

Trigger warning: Fictional Murder, Child Abduction, Werewolves, and Cannibalism
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