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The Grimm Mystics · September 29 · 8 min

Fowl Play

Who killed Cock Robin? 🐦 In this episode, 1/2 of the Gruesome Twosome investigates one of the strangest nursery rhymes around: a little bird is murdered with a bow and arrow, and somehow the entire animal kingdom immediately gets involved in his funeral. But who (or what) does Cock Robin actually represent? We'll dig into the rhyme’s history, the theories connecting it to William Rufus and the Norse god Balder, and the possibility that this innocent little nursery rhyme has some seriously dark roots. Spoiler: childhood was weird.

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Who killed Cock Robin? 🐦

In this episode, 1/2 of the Gruesome Twosome investigates one of the strangest nursery rhymes around: a little bird is murdered with a bow and arrow, and somehow the entire animal kingdom immediately gets involved in his funeral. But who (or what) does Cock Robin actually represent?

We'll dig into the rhyme’s history, the theories connecting it to William Rufus and the Norse god Balder, and the possibility that this innocent little nursery rhyme has some seriously dark roots.

Spoiler: childhood was weird.

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