The Fairy Tales Too Dark for Disney – Explained in 15 Minutes
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Fairy tales were not always cute princesses, singing animals, and happily ever afters. Some were cruel. Some were bizarre. And some were so dark that Disney would probably never touch them. From children playing slaughterhouse, to cursed shoes, a fathers love, dead mothers, creepy shadows, and wife-murdering bluebeards, these are some of the darkest fairy tales ever told. Let me know in the comments which story YOU 🫵 think is the darkest. Timestamps: 0:01 How Some Children Played at Slaughtering – Brothers Grimm 1:21 Donkeyskin – Charles Perrault 3:34 The Juniper Tree – Brothers Grimm 6:11 The Red Shoes – Hans Christian Andersen 7:54 The Dead Mother – Russian folktale / W. R. S. Ralston 9:22 Bluebeard – Charles Perrault 10:59 The Shadow – Hans Christian Andersen 13:09 Hansel and Gretel – Brothers Grimm
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