Episode 86: Hans Christian Andersen's Dark Fairytales

Let's Get Haunted

Comedy

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Danish author Hans Christian Andersen penned some of the most famous fairy tales of all time; however, was there a dark side to his seemingly innocent children’s stories? This week Nat mystifies Aly with several of the REAL inspirations behind the stories we love, including some dark fairytales you have never heard before! Also who knows what elegiac means--shhh, some mysteries aren’t meant to be solved. SOURCES https://listverse.com/2017/12/22/10-obscure-and-deeply-odd-fairy-tales-written-by-hans-christian-andersen/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen https://lithub.com/charles-dickens-really-really-hated-his-fanboy-hans-christian-andersen/ https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2019/12/on-hans-christian-andersen.html https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/579239/hans-christian-andersen-facts https://people.howstuffworks.com/10-dark-fairy-tales.htm http://www.booktryst.com/2012/02/when-charles-dickens-met-hans-christian.html

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Let's Get Haunted with your host, Matt Strong.
0:18.8	And Ali, welcome back guys to episode 86.
0:22.8	86.
0:23.8	Wow.
0:24.8	Wow, I know.
0:25.8	Wow, I can't believe it.
0:27.2	We're really, we're really doing it big.
0:29.5	We're doing it so big, so larger than I thought it would ever become.
0:35.2	Right.
0:36.2	We started with episode one.
0:37.2	Yeah.
0:38.2	Now look at us.
0:39.2	And we actually have more than 86 episodes.
0:40.2	We really do.
0:41.2	We also have listener stories.
0:42.2	We have nine listener stories to be exact.
0:44.3	And we have a bonus episode at the end of every season.
0:47.1	You know what?
0:48.1	I am still thinking about those possum hands that we got.
0:51.7	Last episode.
0:52.7	Yeah.
0:53.7	I need more information.
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