It’s another day in the country side. Cock and hen decide to have an advendure and subsequently enslave a duck, talk to pins and torture a landlord. Yes, the landlord gets poked, and… not in the head.And why not? What’s wrong with being cruel?

The twelve brothers

Apr 15th, 2016

With birth control being somewhat rudimentary in 18th century Germany, a king finds himself saddled with 12 sons. Once his beloved daughter arrives, he takes a rather drastic approach to ensuring she gets her share of his fortune.Fast forward

Oldtales.org is on YouTube

Apr 14th, 2016

Hi fairy tale lovers,Oldtales.org is now on YouTube. All the latest tales will be uploaded as videos for your enjoyment. Why not start with The Frog King?If you want to get the latest YouTube updates, subscribe to the playlist: https://www.y

The Wonderful Musician

Apr 1st, 2016

A musician wanders into a forest and gets bored. Animal cruelty ensues.Well, what can you do when all these wolves, hares and foxes are constantly clinging to your genius. After all, man is cleverer than beast, so why not demonstrate this by s

Sooo sorry for the delay

Mar 31st, 2016

Hello readers and listeners,I have not posted for a long time – I’ve moved house three times in the past 6 months and had a lot of othe upheavals to deal with. Posting will resume in the coming days.My sincerest apologies!

Faithful John

Aug 26th, 2015

Aaah, Faithful John! A story about true love, in all its wonderful forms. And how do you prove true love, Grimm-style? Well, shooting a horse, burning a bridal gown and beheading some babies might be a good start.I’m serious – the amount of vi

The Wolf and the Seven Kids

Aug 17th, 2015

And then there were none. Well, one. But hey, a visit from the big, bad wolf can be devastating, especially when he is armed with chalk and flour.Fortunately one of the seven little kids is clever enough to hide in a clock. Oh, for the good ol

The story of a boy who went forth to learn far – part 2

Aug 5th, 2015

Hello fellow fairy tale lovers!Sorry it has taken so long. I’ve been beset by technical difficulties and a looong holiday.Here is the second part of The story of a boy who went forth to learn fear. Here we discuss the meaning of this story, a

Technical update

Jun 18th, 2015

Sorry all!The podcast feed disappeared for a while. This is because I was playing around with WordPress post formats, and some of these don’t read in Feedburner.It should all be back to normal now. If your Old Tales podcast does not show any

The story of a boy who went forth to learn fear – Part 1

Jun 15th, 2015

Afraid of ghosts? Ghouls? Cats? Then this story is not for you. Or maybe it is. Because our hero this week sure knows how to deal with all of them. Because he’s the boy who knows no fear.And boy, is he having some adventures. I am so excited –

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