The Dark Origins of Fairy Tales

In 2014 a ferry carrying hundreds of South Korean high school students on a field trip sunk, killing almost everyone on board. Hauntingly, their deaths were fully avoidable: everyone from the dock inspector to the Coast Guard to the president failed them.See omnystudio.com/listen ...  عرض المزيد

The Japanese Cherry Blossom is a sight to behold. But how did they get to Washington D.C.?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Irish folktales tell of stolen children, whisked away in the dead of night by the fairies. These children were taken to act as servants, to sate the curiosity of fairies curious about human children, or as an act of revenge. In the stolen child's place, they would leave a fairy c ...  عرض المزيد

Was the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel - the story of a woodcutter’s children abandoned in the woods and left at the mercy of a witch - in fact, early true crime? A hit book - The Truth About Hansel and Gretel - said that historical records pointed to the story being based on fa ...  عرض المزيد

A boy named Aiden and his family had a series of unexplainable events occur in their Virginia home which seem to be somehow tied to his sister’s childhood obsession with fairies. This episode is part 1 of a 2 part series. Subscribe to Otherworld on Patreon for exclusive content a ...  عرض المزيد

Step into the magical world of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the famous brothers who collected some of the coolest fairy tales ever! In this episode, we'll discover how they found these stories and why they loved sharing them. We’ll also learn about what life was like in Germany back ...  عرض المزيد