Selects: Is the Pied Piper About a Real Historic Tragedy?

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 26 February 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In the German town of Hameln a tragedy that took place on a specific date in 1284 and befell specifically 130 children is commemorated every year. Aside from those two details, the event is cloaked in mystery. What about the Pied Piper fairy tale is real? Find out in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.9	Hey everybody, it's your buddy Josh.
0:33.0	I am for this week's Select.
0:34.6	I've chosen our May 2018 episode on the Pied Piper, one of those rare fairy tales that
0:42.3	actually may be rooted in fact and history.
0:46.2	And it's a good one.
0:47.2	It's got a weird start for some reason.
0:49.4	I almost sound like I'm mad at Chuck, but rest assured I wasn't.
0:53.4	We finally catch our feet a few minutes into it and then the episode really takes off.
0:59.1	So I hope it takes you on a wild thrill ride like it did me listening to it again.
1:04.1	And either way, just sit back and enjoy as I know you will our episode on The Pied Piper.
1:14.3	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.
1:24.1	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
1:25.4	I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and there's Jerry over there.
1:29.8	This is Stuff You Should Know, Fairy Tale Edition.
1:33.9	Jerry is supposedly on vacation.
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