Someone Needed to Call CPS on the Brothers Grimm and Honestly... Everyone Else Too The Dark History of Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales

Someone Needed to Call CPS on the Brothers Grimm and Honestly... Everyone Else Too The Dark History of Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales

Krissy cracks open a beer and immediately starts asking the important questions: who looked at plague, famine, child abandonment, executions, cannibalism, babies falling out of trees, and literal murder forests and said, "Yep. Let's teach this to children." Because apparently that's exactly what humanity did. This week on Brews With Boo's, we're diving headfirst into the dark, weird, and completely unhinged origins of nursery rhymes, lullabies, and fairy tales. We're talking Ring Around the Rosie, London Bridge, Rock-a-Bye Baby, Humpty Dumpty, Baa Baa Black Sheep, and a whole bunch of songs that somehow made it into childhood despite sounding suspiciously like medieval OSHA violations. Then we crack open the Long Pour and head straight into the world of the Brothers Grimm, where Cinderella's stepsisters are cutting off body parts, Snow White's wedding reception turns into a torture chamber, Little Red Riding Hood gets eaten, Hansel and Gretel get clickbaited by a cannibal witch, and The Juniper Tree somehow manages to combine murder, cannibalism, bird revenge, and resurrection into what was apparently considered family entertainment. Along the way we'll discuss: 🍺 Why Ring Around the Rosie probably isn't about the plague 🍺 The theory that London Bridge involved human sacrifice 🍺 Why Humpty Dumpty may have been a cannon and not an egg 🍺 The horrifying versions of Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty 🍺 The real purpose of fairy tales before Disney got involved 🍺 Why medieval parents and modern parents might not be as different as we'd like to think And, as always, we'll be asking the same question over and over again: WHO APPROVED THIS SHIT? Grab a beer, an energy drink, a questionable gas station beverage, or whatever chaos fuel you're running on today and join us for an episode that proves humanity has been trauma-dumping on children through storytelling for centuries. Stay haunted, ghosties. 👻🍻📖 #BrothersGrimm #FairyTales #NurseryRhymes #DarkHistory #Folklore #TrueCrimeAdjacent #BrewsWithBoos #HistoryPodcast #DarkHumor #PodcastLife

Thomas Edison: The Pettiest Man in American History Plus the Dark Stories of Walter Freeman, Alexander Graham Bell, Fritz Haber & Henry Ford

Krissy cracks open a drink and immediately starts spiraling over a dead lightbulb, which somehow turns into a full-blown psychological breakdown about Thomas Edison. And bestie... the deeper we dug, the worse it got. This week we're talking about the man behind the lightbulb myth, the Tesla feud, the War of Currents, public animal electrocutions, propaganda campaigns, the electric chair, Hollywood accidentally existing out of spite, and why Thomas Edison may have been the pettiest man in American history. But that's not all. In this week's Fuckery Report, we're also dragging four other historical nightmares into the group chat: 🧠 Walter Freeman, the ice-pick lobotomist who absolutely should not have been allowed near human brains. ☎️ Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone while simultaneously trying to erase deaf culture. ☠️ Fritz Haber, the man who helped feed half the planet and also helped invent chemical warfare. 🚗 Henry Ford, whose hobbies apparently included building cars and becoming Hitler's favorite American. So grab a drink, sit the fuck down, and prepare to lose faith in several famous men you were told to admire in school. Because the more we researched this episode, the more we realized something terrifying: The scary part isn't Thomas Edison. The scary part is that we're still making people just like him. #BrewsWithBoos #ThomasEdison #DarkHistory #NikolaTesla #HistoryPodcast #TrueCrimePodcast #FritzHaber #HenryFord #AlexanderGrahamBell #WalterFreeman

The Greatest Con on Earth: PT Barnum, Topsy the Elephant & the Dark History of the Circus

Krissy cracks open a beer and immediately realizes cotton candy is basically propaganda. 🎪🍺 This week on Brews with Boo’s, we spiral HARD into the dark history of circuses, carnivals, PT Barnum, freak shows, rigged games, exploited performers, and Topsy the elephant… aka the moment we all collectively realize The Greatest Showman conveniently left out the crimes. From Joice Heth’s horrifying exploitation to carnival scams, kidnapped sideshow performers, OSHA violations with confetti, and Edison literally electrocuting an elephant for PR, this episode turns into a full chaotic rage spiral about how America built an entertainment empire on spectacle, suffering, and people not asking too many questions. So grab your emotional support beverage and step under the tent, babes… because this one gets DARK. 🎠🐘🔥 #TrueCrimePodcast #DarkHistory #PTBarnum #CircusHistory #BrewsWithBoos

BONUS: This Is NOT a Sad Girl Story | The Mackenzie Shirilla Case

BONUS EPISODE BITCHES!!!!! Krissy rage-spirals into Netflix’s The Crash, the Mackenzie Shirilla case, and the internet discourse that has completely detonated online. Because apparently we’re now giving sad piano music, soft lighting, and indie-film cinematography to a case involving 100mph, no brakes, disturbing texts, alleged threats, chaotic jail calls, TikTok brainrot, and enough red flags to qualify as a natural disaster. This emergency bonus episode dives into the details people feel Netflix minimized or glossed over entirely: the 93,000 texts, the I-71 threat allegations, the “Kim Kardashian save me” jail calls, the disturbing relationship dynamics, the online fascination with “sad girl murder aesthetics,” and the growing backlash against the way true crime documentaries romanticize dangerous people. We also talk about the part of this case that genuinely pisses people off most: the years of escalating chaos that allegedly surrounded this entire situation while adults, peers, and the internet kept treating obvious warning signs like quirky teenage drama. And most importantly: Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan were real people. Not side characters in somebody else’s Netflix narrative. So grab your emotional support beverage because this episode quickly devolves into: “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE WE DOING.” 🚨 This episode contains discussions of death, toxic relationships, reckless driving, alleged drug use, incarceration, and online speculation surrounding the case. Some claims discussed reflect public internet discourse and allegations rather than proven fact. 🍺👻 Welcome to Brews With Boo’s… where the vibes are medically concerning. #BrewsWithBoos #MackenzieShirilla #TheCrashNetflix #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #NetflixDocumentary #DarkHumor #TikTokTrueCrime #MillennialPodcast #ChaosPodcast

Don’t Eat the Tomatoes: Dorothea Puente, Backyard Burials, and Serial Killers with Gardens

Krissy cracks open a beer and immediately spirals from “my neighbor has a lovely garden” to “what if there’s a body under the zucchini?” which somehow leads us straight into one of the most horrifying grandmas in true crime history. This week’s Fuckery Report digs into backyard burials, crawl spaces, suspicious concrete work, and America’s deeply concerning ability to trust anyone holding a shovel. 🌱💀 Then in the Long Pour, we head to Sacramento for the story of Dorothea Puente, the cardigan-wearing grandmother who allegedly drugged tenants, cashed their Social Security checks, buried bodies beneath her roses, and still somehow convinced everyone she was just a sweet little old lady making casseroles. We’re talking emotional support mashed potatoes, missing tenants, suspicious gardens, system failures, and the fact that humanity will apparently ignore ANYTHING if the potato salad slaps hard enough. Grab a drink, stay haunted, and maybe don’t trust the mulch. 🍓 #TrueCrimePodcast #DorotheaPuente #SerialKillers #TrueCrimeCommunity #BackyardBurials #MurderHouse #DarkHistory #BrewsWithBoos #SerialKillerStories #TrueCrimeAddict #CreepyHistory #HauntedAmerica #CrimePodcast #GardenOfDeath #WomenWhoKill