Hi. To celebrate the new season of Grim Grimmer, Grimmist, I am uploading another Adam's

Secrets episode. This is an episode that we put out a couple of years ago, but I re-listened to

and sort of took a walk down memory lane, remembering how it was recorded, the experience of

recording it, and some little tidbits about

the story and the experience of making this episode. So, enjoy this episode, and at the end,

stay tuned for a little director's cut, walk down memory lane with me. And don't forget,

if you want to hear all the episodes without ads, you can subscribe at pina.fm and use code Grimm with 2Ms for a discount.

I hope you enjoy the episode.

Hi, my name is Adam Gidwitz. I'm an author. I'm also a storyteller.

I like telling all kinds of stories, 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.

But listen, those tales you heard were the cute, happy, little kid bedtime versions of the Grim Tales.

The original Grim Fairy Tales aren't like that at all.

They're weird, and sometimes gross, and often scary. In other words, they're

grim. And I'm about to host a virtual storytelling session and tell one of the original

grim, grim tales to a bunch of kids. Do you want to join me? Do you want to hear a grim fairy tale? I don't know if you said

yes or no, because I can't hear you. So let me help you decide. On a scale of grim, grimmer,

and grimest, the story I'm going to tell today is grimaced. There is death, and it's pretty gruesome, and we just might visit the worst place on earth.

Well, not on earth.

If I get to a part of the story and you start to feel scared or uncomfortable, this is

what you could do. You could turn down the volume and count to

five. Then turn the volume back up. If it still seems like a part you don't want to hear,

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