Episode 5171: Dark Enigma - Can Fairy Tales Be Based On A True Story – Or Is Snow White Based On An Actual Historical Figure
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Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained. I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and together, we will be investigating stories about the things that go bump in the night, frighteningly imagined creatures, supernatural beings and even some unsolved mysteries but I promise all sorts of weirdness. So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma....
And on today’s Dark enigma well, ! So, with that said, we will still be playing our drinking game and as you know, the drinking game is only for those of us that are at home and have nowhere else to go tonight. The choice of libation, as always my darlings, is yours, so choose your poison accordingly… Alright, now for the game part how about every time I say fairy that will be a single shot and every time I say Grimm, that will be a double shot. Now that the business end is out of the way we can jump headfirst into today’s dark enigma… so don your best lederhosen or dirndl, crank up the Volksmusik and grab a beer as we dive into today’s offering of Can Fairy Tales Be Based On A True Story – Or Is Snow White Based On An Actual Historical Figure?
Margarete von Waldeck was a beautiful Bavarian noblewoman who lived in the 16th century. She was the daughter of Philip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen and his first wife, Margarete of Ostfriesland. She was born in 1533 and lived near the picturesque town of Wildungen – in northwestern Germany. She was the second daughter of the couple, but her mother died when she was only four years old.
