The Real Story Behind the Darkest Fairy Tale
For my Halloween special I will be telling you about the true crime stories that inspired Bluebeard. The french killers King Conomor and Gilles De Rais as well as reading the story as a refresher
#history #horrorstories #books
Additional Reading
Charles Perrault Version of Bluebeard
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault...
Blue-Beard A Contribution To History And Folk-Lore Being The History Of Gilles De Retz Of Brittany, France, Who Was Executed At Nantes In 1440 A.D. And Who Was The Original Of Blue-Beard In The Tales Of Mother Goose By Thomas Wilson, Ll.D.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/59955...
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Song List
String Quartet no. 1, Op. 7 (Sz. 40)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538