My Inquiring Mind Podcast

S2 E3: Dark Origins of Children's Nursery Rhymes

Kate Croom Season 2 Episode 3

Mother Goose is the fictional sweet old lady who wrote the nursery rhymes that many of use grew up hearing and maybe some of you have even passed them on to your own children… but most of those nursery rhymes actually come from very dark origins.

You have been warned... THIS EPISODE MAY RUIN YOUR CHILDHOOD! In this episode I expose the backstories of 11 popular nursery rhymes and songs. I'm talking murderers, sexists, racists, plagues... ya know, all the good stuff that you want to teach your children about.


ALL SOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE:
https://reginajeffers.blog/2014/09/23/rub-a-dub-dub-nursery-rhyme/
https://www.bustle.com/life/nursery-rhymes-with-bizarre-hidden-meanings-because-peter-pumpkin-eater-is-a-murderer
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55035/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymes
https://the-line-up.com/creepy-backstories-nusery-rhymes
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muffin-man-song-serial-killer/0

EPISODE MUSIC BY:
https://pixabay.com/music/happy-childrens-tunes-baby-game-mane-without-laughter-8779/
https://pixabay.com/music/epic-classical-epic-darkness-469/

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