The Most Gruesome Dark Fairytale: The Robber Bridegroom

Is this perhaps the most gruesome fairytale, even for the Brothers Grimm? As far as macabre old stories go, is very much in the same vein as Bluebeard, although with a lot more murders in this murderous den! The girl looked up and saw that the voice came from a bird hanging in a cage on the wall. Again it cried: ‘Turn back, turn back, young maiden fair, Linger not in this murderers’ lair.’ "Magic Forest, Teller of the Tales"by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This episode originally aired on 10/07/2024 on YouTube This tale is collected by the Brothers Grimm, and is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, my animated illustrations, videos, and Creative Commons music (above). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .