The Three Little Men in the Woods
Belching up toads, paper dresses, beheadings and murder, this story has them all. I love this Grimm fairytale from the Philip Pullman collection, and ...
Dark and Twisty Tales: folk stories and fairy tales for the unafraid.
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This is a bi-monthly podcast featuring songs and stories from some lesser known fairy tales and folk stories. Stories which lean toward the grisly and unnerving, stories which might help us deal with the ogres and wicked step mothers in our own lives.
The Old House
An old man in velvet pantaloons is befriended by a little boy with a toy soldier, however the soldier is NOT happy about this, has a tantrum and finds...
The Marriage of Mrs. Reynard
Reynard the Fox is a bit tricky and tricks his wife that he's dead to see if she'll marry again ... never a good plan.
Tamlane
Childhood sweethearts Tamlane and Janet were all set until he 'disappeared' before their wedding day. He was off with the fairies (that's what you get...
The Dog and the Sparrow
A very clever and vengeful sparrow gets his own back after his buddy the dog comes a cropper. Many things get chopped with an axe by accident and many...
The Blinded Giant
A very short story about a boy called Jack, a bone bread eating giant and his favourite dog ... shame about the dog.
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs
A 'lucky' boy escapes death is helped by two old ladies (because he was so polite and good looking) is very courageous ... and also a bit of a know it...
Snowdrop
So there's a narcissistic cannibalistic witch Queen, a Prince who thinks it would be cool to have a pretty dead girl in a glass coffin for a trophy an...
The Old Witch
Independently wealthy senior citizen robbed by teen and locked in oven. Harsh.