The Dark Tale of The Little Mermaid

We all, or at least most of us know and love Disney's The Little Mermaid, right? Well, the story we all know is in fact not the original version of this fairytale and the original is much darker. In this week’s episode Carrie tells the real story of Ariel before Disney made it fluffy and family friendly.

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