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Dating back some 4,000 years, the story of Rumpelstiltskin is one of the earliest surviving tales in Western literature. The legend is savage in parts and reminds readers that spinning a web of lies may cost you everything. Much like the maiden in our fairy tale, Megan Fieramusca became so caught up in her own deceit, that she was willing to kill in order to get what she wanted-a child that wasn't hers.



Sources:

-https://www.pookpress.co.uk/project/rumpelstiltskin-history/

-https://original.newsbreak.com/@true-crime-mysteries-megan-1588233/2706727311654-bestie-killer-magen-fieramusca-arrested-for-murder

-https://www.sjaakvandergeest.socsci.uva.nl/pdf/anthropology_and_literature/rumpelskin.pdf

Happy New Year, everyone! This week Lacie brings you the twisted history behind NYE's  biggest fans, Father Time and Baby New Year. To be honest, we kind of forgot these guys existed but will be incorporating their stories into future celebrations (fast forward to our husbands dressed up as big ole babies on December 31st, 2023). To start off the new year with a chill, we then bring you the story of a family massacre that ensued right as the ball was dropping in 2017. 

Sources:
-https://www.halloweenartistbazaar.com/father-time-death-and-the-new-year/
-https://www.waggish.org/2013/father-time-chronos-and-kronos/
-https://www.escalontimes.com/209-living/origins-baby-new-year/
-https://www.oddmurdersandmysteries.com/scott-kologi-murders-family-on-new-years-eve-2017/
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-https://patch.com/new-jersey/longbranch/i-just-kept-firing-long-branch-teen-describes-killing-family

Merry Christmas from the girls at Scarytales! To celebrate, we are bringing you several dark theories to help explain WHY the Grinch stole Christmas. Lacie then brings you the story of a father who makes the Grinch seem like Mother Theresa. Some might say that Charlie Lawson's soul was an appalling heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable, mangled up in tangled up knots!

Resources:

-https://www.cracked.com/blog/the-genocide-plot-you-never-noticed-in-grinch

-https://www.looper.com/99290/things-grinch-stole-christmas-notice-adult/

-https://www.looper.com/88038/critically-hated-movies-actually-awesome/

-https://southerncalls.com/article/the-lawson-family-tragedy/

-https://www.thestokesnews.com/news/23397/90-years-gone

We're coming home for the holidays! This week we sit down to bring you a few spooky stories from around Alabama. 

In honor of Hannah's birthday month, we are discussing her favorite this week, The Jungle Book! While most of us are familiar with the happy-go-lucky Disney version of this story, its origins are much darker. Feral children have fascinated and frightened people for centuries, raising questions about what it truly means to be human. 

Sources:

-https://www.livehistoryindia.com/story/living-culture/the-jungle-book-the-untold-story

-https://www.biography.com/writer/rudyard-kipling

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-https://historydaily.org/oxana-malaya-story-girl-raised-dogs

-https://allthatsinteresting.com/marina-chapman

-https://strangelife.in/sujit-kumar-a-human-raised-as-a-chicken/

-https://allthatsinteresting.com/feral-children/7

-https://cvltnation.com/genie-wiley-the-feral-girl/

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an American classic that often resurfaces around Halloween. While it is considered one of America’s first ghost stories, Washington Irving didn’t invent the idea of a headless rider. Unsurprisingly, this character has sinister origins that can be traced all the way back to The Middle Ages. Speaking of headless beings, we also discuss the gruesome murder of Pearl Bryan and how eerily similar her story is to the legend. 

Sources:

-Dullahan

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-https://allthatsinteresting.com/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow

-https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/history/irving-legend-sleepy-hollow/

-https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-gruesome-murder-of-pearl-bryan-492eb83a859e