Ep 46 - Bluebeard Part 2 - Feat. Kailey Bray

In part two of our two part series on Bluebeard, special guest Kailey Bray talks more about this story.

In this episode the trio dives deep into the history that inspired the story, and the affects it has on audiences today.

Sources

General Story info:

Story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard

https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/68/fairy-tales-and-other-traditional-stories/4858/blue-beard/

Charles Perrault, The Complete Fairy Tales, A new translation by 

Christopher Betts (Oxford World Classics)

History:

Perrault and his “daughters”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lisabeth_Charlotte_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans

https://anecdota.princeton.edu/archives/500#footnote

https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/academic-and-educational-journals/charles-perrault

https://www.themorgan.org/literary-historical/232724

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Perrault

Conomor the Accursed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conomor

https://www.boneandsickle.com/category/conomor-the-accursed/

https://bonjourfrombrittany.wordpress.com/2020/06/28/the-breton-bluebeard-and-his-bride/

Gilles de Rais

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gilles-de-rais-bluebeard

http://gillesderaiswasinnocent.blogspot.com/

Gilles de Rais by Jean Benedetti

James Watson

https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/james-bluebeard-watson-serial-killer-14490554.php

https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2014/02/15/unsolved-secrets-of-lost-spokane-episode-2-bluebeard

https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-prolific-murders-and-marriages-of-james-p-watson-afb8216b83e7

Helmuth Schmidt

http://alenereaugh.com/passion-flower/synopsis/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmuth_Schmidt

Analysis:

The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, edited by Jack Zipes

Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and his Wives by Maria Tatar

https://blog.pshares.org/women-who-open-doors-bluebeard-and-horror/

https://theattic.jezebel.com/something-is-wrong-in-this-house-how-bluebeard-became-1829596691

https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2019/07/bluebeard.html

From the Beast to the Blonde: Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner

Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar

https://www.grunge.com/238435/the-legend-of-bluebeard-finally-explained/

Mother Goose Refigured, A critical translation of Charles Perrault’s Fairy Tales by Christine A. Jones

Pop Culture:

Magpie Games

https://magpiegames.com/bluebeards-bride/\

"Bones" by Francesca Lia Block (from The Rose and the Beast)