Seriously, the original versions of classic fairy tales sound like they were written by Jack The Ripper while high on mushrooms. Reading these fairy tales and deciding, "Hey, you know what?

The stories behind these Disney movie fairy tales are surprising. With many based on the Grimm Brothers version, you'll be surprised by their dark origins.

If anyone wants to argue with that, let's see them take it up with these 10 fairy tales that are way more gruesome in their original form than in the Disney movies: "Aschenputtel" ...

Central NY News New Grimms' fairy tales 1st edition translation restores gore, horror of original Published: Nov. 14, 2014, 7:47 p.m.

While Disney fairytales entertain and move us, the original fairy tales and folklore have much more horrific endings.

If you've only come across fairy tales courtesy of Walt Disney, or some other sweetened retelling, the dark culinary themes in the 19th-century versions told by the two German brothers, Jacob and ...

Disney's "The Little Mermaid" is a story about love conquering all, but Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale is much, much darker.

The original versions of some of our most beloved fairy tales are blood-thirsty horror stories where even cute little kids slit old ladies' throats.