Episode 227: Bloodlines (ad-free) (Patreon)

Some of the most popular stories in our culture are far older, and more dark, than we could ever imagine. And what makes them even more frightening is that some of them might be true.

Written and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with research by GennaRose Nethercott and music by Chad Lawson.

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Further Reading

1. “Archaeologists may have found Egypt's oldest mummy,” CNN.com, Jan 2023, https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-oldest-mummy-uncovered-intl-scli-scn/index.html
2. “Blue Beard—Charles Perrault.” Pitt.edu. Accessed September 8, 2022. https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault03.html
3. “Fairy tale origins thousands of years old, researchers say.” BBC. January 20, 2016. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35358487
4. “French Knight Gilles de Rais Inspired the Folktale “Bluebeard.” The Archive. October 27, 2021. https://explorethearchive.com/gilles-de-rais
5. Green, Roger Lancelyn. Tales of ancient Egypt. (Puffin Books, 1976). Pp 180 – 184. https://archive.org/details/talesofancienteg00gree/page/180/mode/2up
6. Kroó, Gy. “Duke Bluebeard's Castle.” Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. T. 1, Fasc. 3/4 (1961) Pp. 253-262. https://www.jstor.org/stable/901511
7. Lidov, Joel B. “Sappho, Herodotus, and the Hetaira.” Classical Philology, Vol. 97, No. 3 (2002), pp. 203. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1215522
8. “Little Snow-White—Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.” Pitt.edu. Accessed September 8, 2022. https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm053.html
9. Ruddick, Nicholas. “Not So Very Blue, after All": Resisting the Temptation to Correct Charles Perrault's Bluebeard.” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. Vol. 15, No. 4 (2004), P. 346 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43308720
10. “Sappho, Rhodopis and Delphi.” The Delphi Guide. Accessed September 9, 2022. https://thedelphiguide.com/sappho-rhodopis-delphi
11. “Strabo Geography.” University of Chicago. Accessed September 9, 2022. https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/17A3*.html#ref178
12. Tehrani, Jamshid J. and da Silva, Sara Graca. “Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales.” R. Soc. open sci.3: 150645. 150645. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.150645
13. “The 2,200-year-old Tale of the Chinese Cinderella.” Ancient Origins. July 29, 2015. https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-myths-legends/fish-wish-your-heart-makes-2200-year-old-tale-chinese-cinderella-003506
14. “The Bloody Baron of Brittany.” Bonjour From Brittany. May 3, 2020. https://bonjourfrombrittany.wordpress.com/2020/05/03/the-bloody-baron-of-brittany
15. “The Breton Bluebeard.” Mike Dash History. December 28, 2015. https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/12/28/the-breton-bluebeard
16. “The Disturbing Origins of 10 Famous Fairy Tales.” Flavorwire. November 8, 2012. https://www.flavorwire.com/344667/the-disturbing-origins-of-10-famous-fairy-tales
17. “Ye Xian.” Storytelling for Everyone. March 19, 2021. https://storytellingforeveryone.net/ye-xian