284-Grimm: To the Point
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser
4.8 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
I mean, if you style your beard to a point so that it looks like an enormous bird's beak, you can't really fault an insult comedy pro princess for taking some shots at it. It's "King Thrushbeard" by the Grimm brothers.
The creature is a giant whose career path involves working for kings, hermits, and, oh yeah, the devil.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Morgan Rector, host of the Human Monsters True Crime Podcast. |
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| 0:17.0 | The offenders profiled or among the most inhumane. |
| 0:20.8 | These people specialize in the unthinkable human monsters, available wherever you get |
| 0:27.3 | your podcasts. |
| 0:31.6 | This week on Myths and Legends, Jason is sick, but don't worry, he recorded the episode |
| 0:36.2 | before that, so I'm just here doing the intro. |
| 0:39.2 | We're back this week in the stories from the Grim Brothers. |
| 0:41.9 | We'll see how berating everyone and everything around you might make you a few enemies, and |
| 0:47.7 | how laughing at a guy's ridiculous facial hair might get you some new mouse roommates. |
| 0:53.0 | The creature this week is a giant from Christian folklore. |
| 0:56.5 | Who hates paying attention in church? |
| 1:05.6 | This is Myths and Legends, episode 284. |
| 1:09.1 | To the Point. |
| 1:15.1 | This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore. |
| 1:18.8 | Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know, but with surprising origins. |
| 1:23.3 | Those are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth listening. |
| 1:27.4 | This time, we're back in the Grim fairy tales, with the story of a princess who, surprisingly, |
| 1:32.9 | gets to actually make some choices about the person she marries. |
| 1:36.8 | Unfortunately, those choices end up being her deciding to try out her insult comedy on |
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