Episode 1: Hansel and Gretel

Explicit

You know the story. You’ve seen it on television, on the silver screen, you’ve probably even heard a spoof or two. But have you heard the original version? Who would’ve thought a story about an old witch luring children with a candy house in order to eat them could get any darker?

Sources:

Zipes, Jack, translator. “Hansel and Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel).” The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition. By Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, Princeton University Press, 2014, pp. 43-49.

Performed by Jennifer Mori and Stacy Smith

Edited by Jennifer Mori

Opening and closing music: “Danse Bacchanale from Act III of Samson et Dalila, Op. 47.” Composed by Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns. Performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conducted by Eugene Ormandy.