Thought fairy tales were all pampered princesses and happily-ever-afters? Think again. The original versions of some of our best-loved fairy tales are a far cry from their Disney-fied incarnations ...

Before Disney sprinkled them with some pixie dust, fairy tales were dark, twisted and sometimes ... Hans Christian Andersen’s original Little Mermaid is a straight-up tragedy.

The original Grimm’s version being so violent, the brothers themselves changed it during their lives. “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” are infamous for their dark content. Originally, the brothers wrote the ...