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Dark and Twisty Tales: folk stories and fairy tales for the unafraid.

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 ... Read more

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The Juniper Tree

The Juniper Tree

This story has it all, beheadings, cannibalism, and my favorite, deep appreciation of a good dark folk song. Enjoy and I... Read more

21 Mar 2019

22mins

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The Snow Child

The Snow Child

by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Maksimovich 1874.

24 Feb 2019

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The Tinder Box

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Iron Hans - A folk story with added hair!

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Catskin

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The Three Snake Leaves

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The Monkey's Paw - Part 1

The Monkey's Paw - Part 1

"The Monkey's Paw is a supernatural short story in 3 parts by WW Jacobs first published in England in the collection The... Read more

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Jorinda & Joringel - A folk tale about caged birds, magic flowers & an old witch

Jorinda & Joringel - A folk tale about caged birds, magic flowers & an old witch

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The Little Match Girl

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A short story by Hans Christian Anderson about a little girl dying of cold in the streets on New Years Eve. This was ano... Read more

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The Monkey's Paw - Part 3

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The Tell-Tale Heart

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Hansel and Gretel - A Fairy Tale about being lost in the woods.

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The Lady and the Lion

The Lady and the Lion

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The Snowman

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The Elves and the Shoemaker

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