Darling Roland

Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest

Pinna

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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A kind girl uses her courage and cleverness to escape danger, find true love, and choose her own happy ending. On a scale of Grimm, Grimmer Grimmest this episode is Grimmest Want more episodes now? Listen to this show—and many more—on the Pinna app! Start your 7-day FREE trial at pinna.fm and use code GRIMM for a special discount on your subscription.

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0:00.0	PINNA
0:02.0	PINN
0:05.0	PINN
0:06.0	PINN
0:08.0	Hi, my name is Adam Gidwitz.
0:18.0	I'm an author. I'm also a storyteller. I like telling all kinds of stories,
0:23.6	but I especially like telling grim fairy tales. You may think you know grim fairy tales, and you may think that they are sweet and boring.
0:32.6	But listen, those tales you heard were the cute, happy little kid bedtime versions of the grim tales.
0:39.3	The original grim fairy tales aren't like that at all.
0:43.3	They're weird, and sometimes gross, and often scary.
0:48.3	In other words, they're grim.
0:51.3	And I'm about to walk into a classroom and tell one of the original grim, grim tales,
0:58.2	to a bunch of kids.
1:00.8	Do you want to join me?
1:02.7	Do you want to hear a grim fairy tale?
1:06.1	Let me help you decide.
1:07.8	On a scale of grim, grimmer and grimist, this episode is grimest. It is frightening and
1:16.2	scary and bloody. Be prepared. If I get to a part of the story and you start to feel scared or
1:23.9	uncomfortable, this is what you could do. You could turn down the volume and count to five.
1:30.6	Then turn the volume back up.
1:32.9	If it still seems like a part you don't want to hear, just turn the volume down and count
1:37.5	to five again.
	...

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