The VERY Messed Up Origins of The Pied Piper | Disney Explained - Jon Solo

[@JonSolo]

WOW! This episode has really blown up over the past week! Thank you to everyone who's liked and shared and WELCOME to anyone new to the channel! I hope you like what you've seen so far and consider checking out more of the Messed Up Origins! (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

[@groenfan851]

Ahoyhoy there, Fellow KZbinrino! There was also a children's television program with Burl Ives, a man who was in fact, in a Disnee film ( So Dear to My Heart ) the series was actually called" Pied Piper "

[@nickparsons337]

There used to be a series on CBS that ran on Saturday mornings called CBS: Storybreak, when I was a kid. There was an episode entitled "What Really Happened In Hamelin" that put forth the theory that after the Piper rid the town of rats (by having the citizens put out their salted meats and covering up all sources of water aside from the river,) the rats were so thirsty they drowned themselves. When denied payment, the Piper befriends the local bakers apprentice (a child) and convinces him to bake a batch of honeybuns with rye infected with Ergot, (which contains LSA; a less potent form of LSD.) The Piper instructs the apprentice that the honeybuns are only for the children in the town; that the adults are to have none. The children hallucinate, along with the other symptoms of Ergot poising, known as St. Elmo's Fire. The Piper convinces the parents of the town that he can cure the children; but must take them elsewhere in order to do so. The parents, feeling they have no other choice; allow the Piper to take the children away. Pretty fucking dark, right? Yeah, this was on a Saturday morning series for kids, lucky me.

[@Humbilly]

Interesting. 1284. in 1212 there was the Children's crusade. many ended up being sold into slavery. dark as well!

[@rex02244]

Jon i read a version once where the pied piper leaded the mice into a river then when they wouldn't give him money he later led the children to the river and drowned them.

[@chadcastagana9181]

The version of the original I heard about is the Piper entranced the kinder to drown in the river just like he did to the rats

[@treshurchest]

Jon: "I would love to dive deeper into this but it would take a few hours-" Me: "I DONT CARE I HAVE TIME"

[@men_del12]

Not just hours. It takes decades to take deepest

[@zibahdi2790]

Maybe he said that cause editing may take time

[@Danae78]

Yes please !! Take all of my time!! Lol

[@4Just1Girl]

me too!!!

[@brookmcbrookerson7802]

Does he?

[@thecybersecurityprofession8958]

MOST children stories are horrible if you pay attention. They are more like horror stories.

[@moneyhungryA]

Exactly. I used to play ring around the rosy........ I never knew it was actually about a plague, and that the "we all fall down" phrase stood for their death, until I got older.

[@cookielove8174]

Grimm Brothers were basically the original Disney - fables & tales (tell-tales😉)

[@tracyharris225]

True

[@mollyscores]

Making our children aware of the horrors of reality

[@thelittlebrightcrown6775]

KLYV3 exact 😊

[@thedavisfamily6555]

I know a magical flute that hypnotize children it’s the ice cream truck

[@weirdface3838]

that has candy

[@beetlejooce3658]

@@weirdface3838 that has food

[@beetlejooce3658]

@@weirdface3838 yummy sausage

[@johntiggleman4686]

I thought it might have been some kind of drug given the kids...but the last two theories sound plausible.

[@boredweegie553]

That's why I've cream trucks feature in creepy movies involving kids.

[@davidshelton7104]

6:34 - 7:00 🤔 Makes Sense. Remember the Saying, Though: 🙉 HEAR NO EVIL - Deaf Child 🙈 SEE NO EVIL - Blind Child 🙊 SPEAK NO EVIL - Mute Child 👣 FOLLOW NO EVIL - Disabled Child 😒....👤

[@daysiajones5111]

How fortunate for all of them

[@jhopson4733]

Wow...this has me in deep thought 💭!

[@moistsquish]

Oh shit

[@demontefoxx8143]

Overthinking

[@davidshelton7104]

@@demontefoxx8143 Ok, then it's just a Story to You.😕😏

[@Tsumami__]

Imagine, a story about a dude leading children away from their parents and homes with a magic pipe having a creepy backstory

[@quantum6400]

FBI OPEN UP

[@brianbadonde9251]

Asian AND Latina??? 😍 God damn do you have a snap? Lol

[@user-gr3mc8uw3u]

Hey little boy Wanna see magic COME INTO MY HIDEY HOLE *MUSIC NOISE*

[@anthonyjoefield1205]

You are cute asf

[@mr.outlaw231]

What? He has candy. Don't you trust a guy with CANDY?!

[@sunnie7418]

Okay but that kid that ran home to get a coat and missed everything is literally me ☠️

[@kittyythecat]

"Grew up to be kind-hearted adults with terrible teeth and type 2 diabetes. They lived in candyland ya'll. I don't know what else would you expect." That part made me nearly choke on my water.

[@ewilldothanks3401]

Diabeetus

[@kaylarichardson3854]

In 1967, the Pied Piper was reincarnated into an actual human form. His name was Robert Sylvester Kelly.. He has been playing music, and taking away teenage girls to his village never to be seen again.

[@ThatGirlNamedCici]

This

[@69bigwhip]

Kayla Richardson facts 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣😂

[@takijahrichardson4569]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@latebloomer177]

I wonder if he name or persona was given to him by Hollyweird..

[@_A.Trader]

False. The Pope has him beat a hundred fold.

[@tinywow344]

I once heard a twisted version where the pied piper wanted a place in the town or something and what happened was when he led the rats elsewhere, and came back waiting for his prize, the townspeople didn’t give it to him, so, in front of the townspeople, he led the children of the town off the edge of a cliff. It’s really freaking twisted, but that’s a version I’ve heard.

[@kadeshnelson1740]

It was made into a cartoon but he took the kids to heaven all except one who was wheel chair bound.

[@h0rriphic]

Me too

[@pieseldatches]

Despite the alteration it's still pretty messed up.

[@aaronrebolloso2028]

Kind of like Satan

[@ginogatash4030]

I thought that in the original tale the piper drowned the kids in a river like he did with the rats before watching this video and seeing no mention of that, now I'm not sure there even is a version like the one I described but I wouldn't be surprised if there was.

[@Whistlesonthewind]

R. Kelly calls himself “The Pied Piper of R&B”. Think about that.

[@markbrigandi7497]

mincy poo Are you sure it’s not “The Peed Piper”? Sorry... that was bad...

[@mrvirgo-yp5mz]

It's sad that he acually calls himself that 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@stormyj14]

i came here to say exactly what you said!

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

And he pees on underage girls. He's a creepy guy.

[@TheeKingRayzor]

Yet people still buy his music and go to his concerts. 😔

[@minervaloves]

I remember as a little girl, this story made me feel very uncomfortable.

[@shaktiashok07]

Me too ..

[@humantrash7548]

Oof 123 likes 1 2 3

[@starry7027]

Lol I’m yeah, Im uncomfortable now.. im 10

[@starry7027]

Yuki James Who isn’t?

[@satanlovesu]

Yuki James bruh this is 2019 anyone can be on youtube

[@LJ-rv5jh]

The version I read was different from all of these. The town's people were all greedy, but the mayor still promised a reward for anyone who could rid them of the rats. One resident actually knew the piper and sent him a letter for help. The next day, he arrived in town and hypnotized the rats, leading them to a river where they all drowned. Upon returning to the town though, they only gave him one gold coin instead of the promised 90 silver coins and 9 gold ones. He shamed the people for being greedy and led the children away right that second, instead of waiting for all the adults to leave. They followed him and were hidden as the piper went back to the town. By the time he got back, the town's people had learned their lesson and payed the piper in full. The piper actually returned the children in this version, and the greedy town of Hamelin turned into a town of generosity and hospitality.

[@gipsymelody1268]

Probably the original is he downed the kids… And my theory he was wo send the rats too feom the start…

[@charlesnelson9560]

On R. Kelly's song, "STEP IN THE NAME OF LOVE." there is a FLUTE SOLO in the beginning and I can't help but to start dancing.

[@shammaravirgem1917]

Baltimore TURK , Omg, you’re right!! I just listened to it to hear if I could catch it. Wow never noticed it before. I never liked that particular song by him, and I’m not gonna lie about liking most of his other music because I did. But anyway, like you said, one can’t help but to move to it... Nice observation.

[@TeeMonique803]

The piper also got all the KIDS to follow him... This theory can go sooooo many ways...

[@stellabellafontay9366]

"It's the Pied Piper of R&B. Anything you need, just come to Daddy." 😳

[@ozavionstripling2803]

He started calling himself the pied piper because he started using the flute sound in his music

[@NetsH08]

Disney has some creepy themes

[@babyt556]

Netitia Henry he was a creep and 33rd mason himself so of course

[@NetsH08]

Taryn tooHonest like how did they decide this should be a children's book? Kids kidnapped never to be seen again should never be a story a young child should read. It didn't sit well with me at 7 when I read ut

[@jason4750]

they all had hidden meanings to keep us 'aware'. but honestly just confusing and your right creepy. lol

[@northstar2621]

Disney has nothing but more or less creepy stories...

[@Jay-jb2vr]

They turn horror stories into kids movies

[@adamiller2526]

I always heard that the origins of this story was the “children’s crusade” when there were a group of children led off to fight in the crusades.

[@christinanoor7562]

Ada Miller heard that too

[@polarisjoe2]

Same here, then to slavery in Constantinople.

[@adamiller2526]

Joe Browning II terrible! ☹️

[@polarisjoe2]

@@adamiller2526 most in the children's crusade were. It was a scam.

[@hollyhilpert9417]

That's also a possibility. Elsewhere have mentioned a ghost story from my great grandmother's family about a bar of light. In any case , the path way they walked where the family encountered the light, was a path actually used during the Childrens Crusade.Took place near Gambach, Bavaria. Hard to really say what happend to these children.

[@Hacksaw37]

To all those people who laugh at the idea of a magic flute luring children away, remember when this story is set, they don't have radio, TV, Etc. A minstrel would have been a big deal back then, kids would have flocked to see what was happening and to hear the music. But I think the last idea was more likely.

[@fatearamines6848]

@PUBG TEAM No Sleep I don't know how you got lost in what George said. But, he didn't mention not in damn thing about the situation of r.kelly. He's actually talking about the story that Jon just explained. That children could have been mesmerized by the idea of something new and wanting to hear it, and wanting to follow him.

[@jwrides1232]

great observation mr. morgan.

[@emberhermin52]

Because that doesn't explain why the rats would follow him 😛

[@nonameherself1302]

I think also it could've been someone the children trusted, and spent time with daily & the pipe could have been a dog whistle. Some degree of deafness was a very common ailment in the middle ages. Especially since they never treated ear infections, and when they did it was with pouring breast milk, coriander, and other odd concoctions down the person's ear. It could've been an earlier version of today's dog whistles. It was common for rat catchers to train animals to kill rats. It wouldn't be unusual for that person to have a whistle like that.

[@katmaw5910]

Oh Silly Symphony... My childhood. I distinctly remember the wolf in the Three Little Pigs dressing up as a mermaid.

[@kenhollis6197]

I had a couple of those on tape when I was a kid.

[@imalms4111]

Me and my little sister always laugh of that scene

[@katmaw5910]

hello how are you? (yes I played on your name xD) they were my sunrise days...

[@katmaw5910]

Ken Hollis me too!! Now I've no idea what happened to them.

[@katmaw5910]

Imalms oh I should show that to my sister! Show her what I had for entertainment than her endless music.ally's etc. Honestly Silly Symphony is better ;}

[@EmeraldEyes1776]

I looked it up and yeah, this story is in fact where the saying "pay the piper" came from. I had never realized that either until you mentioned it.

[@julienichols5490]

you are right my mom used to tell me all the time 'you always pay the piper even tho you didn't like the song ' i asked mom where she got that saying and she told me about the pied piper really creepy story

[@cxffee3336]

The sad thing is that whenever he shows the pied piper playing the flute I hear step in the name of love by r Kelly

[@jessimarim_m9387]

Seems legit.

[@kinetiqqq7598]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 facts

[@roxiejojo3758]

Damn 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Resourcia88]

Whelp

[@nmoney6655]

😂😂😂😂🤣

[@appetite4chic878]

All the theories are equally horrifying, but the fact that R. Kelly openly refers to himself as The Pied Piper Of R&B says it all.

[@Gimmithat491]

🤮

[@tahirax4645]

FACTSS

[@drawingdoritu]

What😃

[@redblushinrose]

​@@drawingdorituhe molested a bunch of teenage girls

[@ambriahughes2855]

My pastors ex wife referred to her oldest son as the pipe piper 😐🙄😬

[@joyin9852]

I was brought up on the version that the pied piper led the children into the river, like the rats, and drowned. And to be honest, both is terrifying and why I will never follow a stranger no matter how charming or how musically talented he may be. XD

[@zackreynolds21]

I’ve heard a different version. The Pied Piper was Satan or at least a representative of him. He came to a town that was suffering,and offered his “services”. He made a deal with the towns leaders to rid them of the plagued rats who were spreading disease and overtaking the towns food storage. Starving and sick,they were desperate. Obviously,he wanted their souls,and they,facing certain death,reluctantly agreed for the sake of the townspeople. He then led the rats away with a high pitched instrument,much like a dog whistle that only the rats could hear,that drove the rats AWAY... and no one else in the town knew. The rats didn’t FOLLOW him. He chased them out. When he returned to collect,the leaders suddenly were overcome with fear and regret. They begged and pleaded for a new deal. He replied,”The only thing that I will accept is a sacrifice of great worth in your place...your children.” They,overcome with fear,selfishness,and self preservation agreed. While the townspeople were at church,the leaders gathered the towns children,and brought them to him. He led them away,to an obviously gruesome fate. When the townspeople returned home,they were horrified to see their children missing. When they asked the town leaders what had happened,they made up the Pied Piper story to deflect blame from themselves. Ironically enough,by sacrificing their own innocent children in their place,the towns leaders had unknowingly forfeited their souls to Satan anyway. When they went to Hell,Satan told them that it was he who brought the plague of rats to their town in the first place. Instead of turning to God like the children’s parents were doing in church,they turned to their own wicked schemes and brought suffering on many....including eternal suffering to themselves. The only “happy ending” to the tale is that none of the children,though surely dying in unspeakable ways,went to Hell. They were innocent and Satan had no eternal hold on them. Sadly,if the leaders would’ve simply joined in with the rest of the townspeople in church to pray,Satan would’ve fled,and God would’ve commanded the rats to leave. The crops would return,and sicknesses healed. If not for the wickedness,schemings, and lack of faith of the few leaders,the suffering of the many could’ve been completely avoided......

[@yusefdelacruz4811]

This is an underrated comment. Thanks for sharing the story bro

[@mysteryniggadel491]

interesting man

[@nickdominic9103]

Of all comments this one seems the most logical

[@damnybk5719]

Thank you

[@ambergathings7160]

@@queserasera1674 I guess your grandma shouldn't have gotten the polio vaccine either. Bye bye grandma

[@panda-sz3hb]

I love how he tells jokes but never smiles or laughs!! It makes it funnier!!

[@michaelswann9227]

It is called dry wit.

[@cmilliones]

Will we ever get a *”Messed Up Origins Of; Jon Solo”* the man himself? Lol

[@hadbetterdays8118]

Emily Oberg wonder what he's truely hiding😑😑😑

[@JonSolo]

Lmao someday ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@luxama111231]

The “VERY messed up Origins of Jon Solo.

[@donuttheturtle2.070]

The VERY VERY VERY EXTREMELY messed up origins

[@KaylaJohnson1995]

Emily Oberg I'm here for it :)

[@benjamingoldstein1111]

I'm German and "das Rattenfänger" is grammatically incorrect. It must be "der Rattenfänger" like you wouldn't say "Las Angelos", "Los Vegas" or "El Casa".

[@ninodino8040]

Ich wollte was ähnliches kommentieren, aber dank dir muss ich das nicht xD

[@katziliaf]

Danke! Hab genau das gleiche gedacht, als er es gesagt hat XD

[@MetalHeart668]

wollte mich auch schon einmischen :))

[@rara_mente2623]

Das hat mich so hart getriggert😂😂😂

[@stacy7996]

i was ready to throw hands when he said that-

[@Terramater1954]

I lived in Germany from 1978 to 1984. I was told there is another story behind the Pied Piper: The Bubonic plague that killed 130 citizens in the small town of Hamlin in 1284. As the story goes, people were very superstitious of cats at that time. They believed witches used cats as their familiars, or imbodied cats to secretly put curses on people around them. So, they gathered every cat they could find and killed them. Without the cat population to eat the mice, the mice population grew. The mice had fleas, which are carriers of the bubonic plague still today. When the fleas bit people, they got sick and died. The ones who the fleas had no effect on, were people who worked closely with horses. Mice fleas avoid the scent of horses, thus only they and their households survived. In this story, the Pied Piper is death, the children are the village citizens that death took with him. That year Death (The Pied Piper) came twice: First for the cats, which are the natural rat killers, then for the citizens.

[@amysbees6686]

Now this is plausible!

[@middleeasternforhire8985]

Crazy how religious superstitions always bring doom and tragedie

[@masterppants2]

Everyone who came here after 'Surviving R. Kelly' stand up!!!

[@sunfire5790]

🙋🏾‍♀️

[@fatearamines6848]

Inwas looking for this comment!!

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Present

[@raczgreen6053]

Exactly! Learning something new everyday..very interesting though..lol

[@rubyoxg5373]

Omg

[@micahlowhoy7645]

jon solo... messing up childhoods since 2017 😂😂 jk i love this series

[@breannaledbetter6864]

micah lowhoy ITS TRU THO. but the series is great

[@KaylaJohnson1995]

micah lowhoy lol well you are right hahaha.

[@daviddrew4741]

Have u seen game theory if, matpat and jon will work together theyll destroy everyones childhood

[@g.n.a4871]

Him and game theory were be best friends are ruined childhood

[@jayb715]

There’s this show on Netflix called The Society, which is honestly a modern day version

[@patriciawoolfolk3515]

Daniel J yup great show

[@sssunni2549]

Shiii now I have to definitely watch it

[@liampatrick3110]

And it got canceled :/

[@esyphillis101]

Wait I haven’t seen it but know a bit about it. How is it a retelling of the pied piper?

[@user-tz7jp1ci5r]

Crazy how it's talking about how it's been so many years after their kids left and parents didn't start really taking notice until so many started disappearing. Just reminds me of the whole R Kelly situation, how no one barely even blinked an eye, or either turned a blind eye to him and Aaliyah being together. He already has all these allegations against him and has for years. More girls get involved then NOW, people are taking notice, protesting, and talking about how long it's been since they've seen their child and yada yada.

[@charlesnelson9560]

R. Kelly also calls himself the Pied Piper of R&B. FACTS, look it up.

[@user-tz7jp1ci5r]

@@charlesnelson9560 I know man. Crazy how this all played out. It's just so accurate which is why it's so creepy.

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Its just so creepy how things actually played out

[@ocky88]

I will never understand people who can clearly see dozens of comments saying the EXACT same thing they were about to contribute and then still add the same comment. Guys, we KNOW that the R Kelly documentary ignited your interest. We don't need 100 ppl to all say that in succession .

[@MarcosCompost]

Is it really that hard for u to imagine that some if not most people comment before looking at comments or dont even look at comments at all? Most ppl aint bout this yt life dawg

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

Thank you OJay88

[@gargoyles9999]

OJay88 this in succession

[@riannadominguez396]

OJay88 right? Get off the damn bandwagon already🤦🏻‍♀️

[@lindaallen9409]

If people didn't do that there wouldn't be a comment section 😂.

[@suonicslice]

"das Rattenfänger OW THE GERMAN IN ME JUST GOT SEVERELY INJURED!

[@caramelhuney]

I am here now after watching #survingrkelly 😭 this is so disgusting. He called himself the pied piper.. how did he get away with it for so long. He was shoving it in our faces. All his songs, lyrics, nicknames. This information hurts me a lot more than I expected it to. Thanks for the video!

[@carlastockdale9623]

He never hid it calling himself the Pied Piper so blantant he believes he untouchable

[@carlastockdale9623]

God is able and R Kelly and those around him who enable will pay for all the hurt he has caused for so many lives.I feel bad for all involved and will pray for them healing and restoration esp for those girls still trapped and for them to be reunited with their families and loved ones

[@Ericatheinspirer]

So disappointing to see his secret evil lifestyle. I went to his concert a few years ago with no idea he had kids locked up in his mansion...That makes me wanna vomit

[@LilithTheAquarian369]

Candy Apple Hiding in Plain Sight 👁

[@ReppinRoach]

i dont think he hid anything. i mean aliyah's album was called "age aint nothing but a number" and you can clearly see R kelly in the bakcground. and plus he was peeing on people wayyy before peeing on people was cool.

[@jenneacoleman-cubero2365]

Jon Solo: What if I told you that the "Pied Piper" was a real thing? Me: Of course he was, Jon! Have you seen LovelyTi's videos on R Kelly? Jokes aside, I wasn't introduced to the Pied Piper through Disney. I was introduced to it through the Peanuts' take on it, "It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown".

[@TheHoneyb91]

Jennea Coleman-Cubero 🤣🤣 I love when Ti has the tap dancing flautist!

[@jenneacoleman-cubero2365]

Katheryne Michelle That flautist is awesome!!

[@janestaton5626]

I love when she has that flautist shown! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jenneacoleman-cubero2365]

Jane Staton Who doesn't?

[@epohbelle3767]

Jennea Coleman-Cubero lol pissy pied piper

[@candacelee3974]

Ok but the kid who went back because he forgot his coat and it was cold was relatable af

[@shadow759]

If this was real then damn. I wonder how many trial and error he had to do to get it to work.

[@RealsGs]

Hello shadow

[@kannakamui2334]

shadow759 Eyyy. I didn't expect to see you here.

[@alexandrahulett5742]

shadow759 I didn't expect to see you in the comment section

[@Sonikku-mx7bj]

shadow759 didn't expect you to be here

[@lovenoeli]

DUDEEEEEEEEEEE

[@ivahall999]

You should do a messed up origins for the snow queen

[@ivahall999]

The Firegod, yeah sorry I meant frozen, but its only loosely based on the snow queen

[@scribble71891]

She’s malevolent in that right?

[@allye4228]

Iva Hall he should do both

[@gracehaven5459]

I mean she wasn't really a villain in the original story if I remember right

[@bellsy4622]

The snow queen was a great story...

[@marcosmith3108]

This is most definitely a true story that happened because in Hamln til this day, people aren't allowed to play music in the streets.

[@newdaysamebathtub716]

It’s actually „Der Rattenfänger“. That’s actually funny, because I‘m from Germany and always thought that the English version was called „rat catcher“ too. And I never found the English version xD

[@Gallantheart98]

Newday Samebathtub Haha 😂 geht mir genauso.

[@timdecoursey287]

Die Deutschen sind verrückt.

[@sebastianb.3978]

first, it's ,,Die Deutschen," second, I'm not crazy :(

[@hannahpayr6197]

Der Rattenfänger hat mich als Kind so verstört!

[@_the_]

Ich bin mir nicht sicher aber gibt's zum Rattenfänger nicht auch ein Lied oder denk ich grad an was anderes?

[@jet4557]

...so, i'm the only one who came from Shrek: Forever After?

[@myfootisfuckdupiunderstand9661]

Nope

[@mrbunniesedits]

Nope

[@flwrden]

i came LMAO

[@Mikey-em8hs]

No I’m here

[@windyhead7960]

I'm here because of a Jethro Tull song. Hmmm, actually, generally because of figures who play flute.

[@lexismart100]

I’m here from the R. Kelly story.. this some crazy shit

[@donaldchesser157]

Me too

[@Brokeasweat]

Same

[@jay_marley_mallz7350]

Factz

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Yep

[@CoolGent87]

Lolol

[@margaretjeannemoore]

What I love about the pied piper is that it's real and isn't really a story. It's one line that someone actually wrote in the town's chronicles, "It's been 100 years since our children left." But there isn't anything else. I'm assuming that whatever happened they thought it was true.

[@Aristocratic13]

Perhaps plague or disease? It dies involve rats

[@a_lethe_ion]

kinderkreuzzug possibly (childrens crusade. messed up shit btw)

[@aprillynx_]

the lyric "it may be a little dangerous" has a whole new meaning now '_'

[@gullydeluxe]

Nice video! Id like to add a viewpoint. Usually folklore & mythology have basis in real world events and are explained in story form to help more ppl understand it. This is leaning more towards the emigration view of this story. Possibly, the pied piper could be another country (Transylvania, Prussia, etc) with multi-colored attractions (jobs, alternate lifestyles) that lured the children (towns people) away.

[@Thirst4Knowledgeonly]

Wow, I never knew the origin of the story. Your last theory just brought the whole buzz around surviving r Kelly full circle for me. Thank you

[@neltonslittlesibling2880]

Great video, very interesting! 👍 BTW it's "Der Rattenfänger (von Hameln)" in german. ;) Greetings from germany!

[@paulwilkinson4073]

Greetings my German friend!

[@seangreen4227]

Even deeper. According to William Manchesters book, A World Lit Only By Fire, on page 66 he describes the pied piper as a real person. On 20 June 1484 he led 130 children from the village and used them in unspeakable ways and mudered them. Their dismembered remains were found scattered around the forest and hanging from tree branchs, creepy stuff.

[@FudgeymanSOS]

Shouldn't it be 1284?

[@dtester]

I always wondered if there was a morbid/dark version of this story.

[@LuciferXFallen290]

There are many tales of it

[@MikeJBeebe]

Hi Sean -- Manchester apparently made that story up whole cloth. There's no historical evidence for what he describes and his telling of the fate of the children appears only in his book. That said, the book is a damned good read and is worth the time of anyone interested the history of the Middle Ages.

[@seangreen4227]

@@MikeJBeebe Awesome, thanks

[@NilasJunkyard]

5:00 It's "Der Rattenfänger." I know our articles are very confusing. :/ I'm no linguist, but let me try to explain it. Germans use gendered articles and all our words are sorted into such. *"Der", "Die"* and *"Das."* *- Die =* female or plural for groups. Like in "Die Frau" (the woman) or "Die Frauen/Die Männer" (The women/ The Men). While "Die Gruppe" (the group) is also female. But only if you start the sentence with this word. "Die Gruppe ist in der Kneipe." (The group is in the pub.) *- Der =* male. As in "Der Mann" (The man). When you're part of a group or describe something IN the group it's "Der". ... germans have to make everything complicated. _>

[@JonSolo]

Thank you for the explanation! I've seen about twenty "it's *der* rattenfanger dumbass" comments but no one's taken the time to break down the correction to me lol. Appreciate it :)

[@NilasJunkyard]

No problem Jon. :) German is a mean language. I mean, how should you know if nobody explained it to you. And thank you for your videos. I really enjoy them.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Nilas JunkYard nicely put TIL!

[@glumbigrashalm1026]

@@NilasJunkyard Damn, now I saw, that I wrote the same thing, but later and not quite as good as you... This really sucks. 😂

[@NilasJunkyard]

@Glumbi Grashalm Hey, it's okay :D Usually happens to me all the time.

[@miltonroberts7948]

I once read that it may have been related to the infamous "Children's Crusade."

[@knowledge5676]

Love ur videos and ur so underrated

[@ieatzebraarah]

That diabetes pic I'm dead. That guy used to say diabetes so weird in the commercials 😂

[@Agent_3141]

Arah Davis Diabetuss

[@rainpooper7088]

Arah Davis My name is Wilford Brimley and I have an unquenchable thirst for power.

[@mr.j1104]

Arah Davis He was a fantastic actor named Wilford Brimley.

[@junghoseok1726]

Now it explains why bts said “Follow the sound of my flute” in their song called Pied piper

[@aprillynx_]

@@romana9283 and when hobi said "guilty pleasure you can't escape, never" representing the rats and children being so intrigued and hypnotized by his music not getting enough of it until they die

[@myalove08]

Yea this is why I’m watching this

[@avs.12_]

ikr?! i feel dumb cuz i didn't make the connection back when i saw the crypt fables one 🤦‍♀️

[@usedtoknow2494]

This is why I am watching this , their song!!

[@usedtoknow2494]

@@aprillynx_ that deep and soo true!

[@clivebby4877]

The kid that ran to get a coat and came back and everyone is gone and everything's gone... hahahaha... but that's honestly some ish that I'd do...

[@allykat5899]

The moral of the story always play your debts, keep your promises and for God's sake don't trust a stranger with a freaking magic flute.

[@curtisdavis2891]

Even If He Does Go Into The Exterminator Business?

[@allykat5899]

@@curtisdavis2891 yes, especially then because they'll Exterminate you and everyone you love.

[@RubberyCat]

Well, the guy with the magic flute can be trusted ... as long as you pay him what you promised. If YOU are not to be trusted, neither is he.

[@allykat5899]

@@RubberyCat True but to be fair I said that in my comment "always play your debts, keep your promises" but I would be somewhat wary of a stranger with a magic flute and probably wouldn't trust them completely

[@TheDragonfriday]

Ally kat but but but he play my favorite song Happy birthday

[@zeusathena26]

I went to highschool there in the mid 1990's. The people there really believe it happened. Many but ldings of the era still exist. They have a flutists dressed in a wild outfit lead tourist around the city. The actual documents show the loss of the children. The mountain & the cave is there. My closest friend lived on the mountain. It is considered historical fact in this town. The town hall in the photo is still there in the center of town

[@amysbees6686]

Somehow the facts behind the story make it creepy AF.

[@youngbounty1394]

It is possible that there could have been a piper of some sort that kidnapped 130 children. Maybe not through magic, but through music. Music was popular at the time and if the children heard it, with their parents gone, they could have been curious and led away. It’s like how children are led away by strangers. Strangers aren’t going to kidnap children by revealing their intentions. They will offer candy and look friendly with how they talk. Children will trust and follow them. I have no doubt this is probably what happened, if this tale is true.

[@curtisdavis2891]

I Have Seen A Mighty Mouse Cartoon Where The Wolves Had One Of Them Dress Up As Lil' Bo Peep And Played A Jazz Trumpet To Lure Some Sheep.

[@wyvernquill2796]

A top theory is a Herald with pipes or a horn was with the kings immigration recruiter who took 130 volunteer and conscripted colonist to land captured after the christian crusades against the eastern pagans

[@kenhollis6197]

Welcome back, Jon. I hope you enjoyed your vacation. You mentioned a Pagan connection with the Pied Piper. I once read a theory that the story may have been influenced by the Greek god Apollo, who, as a god of healing, was said to lure away rats, as they spread disease.

[@stink6394]

Ken Hollis have I found another Greek geek?

[@kenhollis6197]

@@stink6394 Not exactly. I actually honor some Greek gods.

[@wyvernquill2796]

The crusades against the east Germanic and Slavic pagans meant newly captured land for the christian Germans to colonize

[@ethanlogsdon2564]

"Just like the Peid Piper Led rats through the streets We dance like marionettes Swaying to the symphony of Destruction"

[@Sawrattan]

Did anyone else think of the Children's Crusade? Also happens to be one of the creepiest crusades in terms of what (allegedly) happened to the children.

[@katiest.vincent4283]

Nope you are not the first to postulate that it may be referring to the Children's Crusade. More then a few scholars have suggested it might be the origins. It makes sense.

[@rachelbrenner4092]

That was the hypothesis that was postulated during my time in school. Stephen's Children's Crusade. John's explaining a modern hypothesis.

[@z69b]

They got murdered

[@skwills1629]

It was also not an official Cruade as the Pope did not sanction it. In fact, he condemned it.

[@EFsuffolks]

Omg I just posted the same thing

[@dorderre]

Just a little nitpicking here: it's really "Der" Rattenfänger. "Das" is a neutral article, while "Rattenfänger" (rat catcher) is a male noun. And bcs the article always has the same gender as the noun it refers to, it's "Der Rattenfänger". Otherwise great video, keep it up =)

[@straci7823]

@Elijah Falvey well I grew up in germany and never heard anyone saying "Das Rattenfänger" cause... that is simply wrong. And I also don't think that the language was different back then. It could be possible that "Das" was used by non german speakers. But I highly doubt that any german person would say "Das Rattenfänger" anyways, you might still be right. But well, when you look up the story the first things popping up say "Der Rattenfänger"

[@wolfzmusic9706]

@@straci7823 Well it was in the 1200s so the language was definitely different back then

[@angelicart.6]

@Elijah Falvey go away. You probably don’t even know the language.

[@ariahjames4340]

@@angelicart.6 Damn. That's mean 😅

[@angelicart.6]

@@ariahjames4340 and so?

[@arayasunsh9]

Lol one rat was deaf so it didn’t drown

[@056561022]

*all the rats* "WHOA THIS TUNE IS SO G- BARARAGUHAURHAAHRRBLRBRLBRL!!" *DeafMaus* "Wut?"

[@p0wnagepkerftw]

Happy now KZbin? I watched it now leave me alone

[@autumnhomer9786]

GrandMaster Goof Same. That’s why I’m here 😹.

[@Nicknack988]

🤣😂

[@michaelsharpe6603]

Thank you

[@DUDEDRUNK]

😂 Exactly, KZbin kept recommending it

[@lalalaura4382]

Sad is it keeps recommending it after u watch it

[@tenzinpaldon7253]

The fourth kid, did nothing but get cold.

[@mrstzeed]

Your background music really is a whole bop. I catch myself dancing while listening lol

[@kearstinivory4038]

Omg The Pied Piper led the children to Candy Land, and R. Kelly leads them to "The Chocolate Factory", coincidentally the name of one of his albums...

[@pagedeogracias1459]

And the tune he played is snake lmfao

[@kearstinivory4038]

@@ScroogeyTheGod ...which is why I said "coincidentally". Smh

[@darnellthomas4747]

Crazy ain't it

[@ezdoesit2926]

And he had had an album called Loveland that was supposed to come out before Chocolate Factory.. But they had to shelve it because of the trial

[@kearstinivory4038]

@@darnellthomas4747 Gross is more like it lol

[@yv3sussy]

"im takin over you~" Pied piper : Bts

[@zahrakazmi3870]

So I’m not the only one 😭✨

[@yv3sussy]

@@zahrakazmi3870 ummm ofc

[@itssanity4322]

Pied piper bts was very lit it made me fall alseep everytime i listen it

[@amalie869]

I was looking for this comment 😂😂

[@brib0306]

LOL

[@ukulos]

it's "der Rattenfänger" not "das rattenfänger" because german has three different translation of "the" which explain the "gender" of the word. Easier said in german a word can be male, female or neutral. The word "rattenfänger" has two different parts put togheter to one word "rat" and "catcher" while rat is a female word in german and catcher is a male word the new founded word always has the same type as the last word what makes "Ratcatcher" a male word. Why google said it's a neutral word leaves me clueless but that's not a big problem. In general I just want to make sure that a missinformation won't lead to more missinformation and stuff :D But the video was really nice researched.

[@neltonslittlesibling2880]

Ich nehme mal an, du bist Deutsche/r, also hier eine Antwort auf deutsch: ich freue mich sehr, dass du die Grammatik erklärt hast. Korrigieren können (und machen) viele und manchmal habe ich den Eindruck kaum jemand weiß überhaupt, welche grammatikalische Regel dahinter steckt. 👍

[@emmanuellejosephinelevy337]

“Where the rat problem has gotten out of control, these nasty creatures...” *me looks at my rat Lola* “You’re not nasty baby, you’re a blessing”

[@LuzzysCartoons]

When I was in 6th grade I had to re-write the Pied Piper from one of the children’s point of view. And I’ve never even heard of this story before. Since I didn’t know about it, I asked my dad and he told me that it’s about a guy who gets paid to kill rats. And after I heard that I was annoyed how I got a really boring story to re-write. But my teacher gave me the real book story and all I can say is... that really ruined me

[@demidevil666]

Native German here. It's "Der Rattenfänger", not "Das Rattenfänger". Otherwise nice video.

[@michellefuhrmann7675]

DANKE!

[@allesneumachtdermai8212]

German native backing you up. Also, the town "Hammeln" would be pronounced like "Huh-meln"

[@SamanthaBartonYAY]

@@allesneumachtdermai8212 he could just be pronouncing the english name for the town, "Hamelin"

[@nathanbugg3221]

I smashed the like with all my heart. Good work Jon. Keep it up!

[@emscrapposting5749]

Nathan Bugg I smashed the like WITH my heart

[@MaryJaneBurns]

I cannot express how much I thoroughly enjoy your videos! Thank you for all you do.

[@enathanielg]

R Kelly calls himself the pied Piper 😂

[@TheeKingRayzor]

Yet people still buy his music and go to his concerts. 😔

[@YoshiXO]

enathanielg cause he rapes children

[@lydiascarlet8584]

"Follow the sound of the flute, follow this song it my be a little dangerous but I'm very sweet" I'm sorry I had to. For all the ARMY you know the song 😉

[@strwberrytrash]

Lydia Scarlet 😉☝️💜

[@destiny5171]

Lydia Scarlet ARMYYYYYYYYYYYY❤️❤️❤️💜💜💜

[@Cosmicpunkfelix]

YES YES YES AYEEEE

[@yeetisfetus5367]

AYEEEE I LOVE YOU OMG

[@sohaahmed5265]

Uggh I can't lol

[@smize252]

I’m only wacthing this b/c I wanted to know what the BTS “Pied Piper “ song meant 😂😂❤️❤️thx it helped

[@mckayla5747]

I need a whole video of just theories on this. I honestly think that it did happen and happened exactly as it said but instead of the pipe being magically, the kids just liked the tune of the song he was playing and decided to follow him because if It was magical they wouldn't be able to snap out of It and go grab their coat and the blind kid would still be in a trance so his mind would be souly focused on following that music.

[@vanzen9686]

Look at how kids are lead to drugs, clubs and gangs through music. Music has real power.

[@what-mv8yp]

Truth Saved ok boomer

[@nix1355]

Its not about the music, music has nothing to do about those, its the kids/teenagers fault because listening to music cannot lead u to those things its the person's mind on how they take the music and on how they will use it in life

[@arabella8439]

Your a boomer he’s a boomer I’m a boomer we’re all got damn boomers lmao your PARENTS boomer powder fell upon you 😂 we all have boomer style in us because our parents or grand parents raised us with their boomer brains you boomer

[@kawaiigirl6281]

...

[@destaabigael9004]

@@nix1355 well its hard to say its the kids fault, our brain grows and mature gradually so...

[@HunterSlayer2727]

I'm really surprised as I had heard of the dc villain ratcatcher from batman arkham asylum as a comic character entry. Didn't realise he was actually inspired by the pied piper/rat catcher until you mentioned the second name. Makes sense since many of batman's comic villains are inspired by stories. Very cool Jon.

[@scottsthots6880]

Love the “once upon a time” rendition of the pied piper

[@lizanna6390]

Gonna have to rewatch am drawing a total blank on pied piper

[@AM-nc5tg]

I don't remember either... I remember some of the similar-ish Grimm episode though... loved it.

[@dumbdude5301]

Why dislike a video for which a person had worked hard to gather the info and present it before us in the most suitable way

[@SquidneyGames]

I love how he's talking about the piper leading children to a mountain while wearing a shirt that says "Mountain Destination"

[@cheyennesmitlopez4309]

I'm so happy you made a video i had so much fun watching it i can't wait to the next one

[@lindajohnson4204]

In some version of the story, a friendship of the piper and the crippled kid is vitally important to the tale. The irony of the crippled boy, previously the piper's only friend (maybe an exaggeration, but that's how the story was told), being the only one who was left behind, was a big part of the story, as I heard it.

[@buttercupkat]

Rats: *CHEESE* People: Uh, what? Rats: *CHEESE, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!* Pied Piper: *Well yes, but actually no*

[@EinTagedieb]

Stumbled across this video and I was stunned! Good job, keep up the good work! There is also another very interesting fact about the Rat-Catcher of Hameln (or Hamelin, as I have sometimes seen). A part of my family "originates" from Romania and actually they came there in the 16th century from southern Germany. They were recruited as they were probably lower nobility to supervise a progress of setteling down in the lower Danube area in Hungary and Romania (my family does not really have much records from that time, just stories passed down and fragments of town history where they used to live so everything is kind of blurry). After WW II they emigrated back to the southern regions of Germany again (in the area my family lived German or at least some form of German was commonly spoken, more like an own language as the Amish German people speak than the usual high German probably due to the language development over centuries afar from actual Germany). BUT in the town where I live now there have been (and this is proven fact) a lot of crusaders coming through and by the 12th century they started recruiting children to come to the so called holy land. Those child-crusades never really went to Jerusalem or at least most of the recruited children were either sold on slave markets or simply died on the almost yearlong journey, so they have developed a simplyfied form of the tale that is commonly known as the rat-catcher of Hameln. You want to be a rat and blindly follow, go and die so to say… tl; dr: It is really really cool to hear research about that topic. IMHO I think that there are more factors about this that lead to the story we know today. Probably all of them have some truth to it! Anyways very nice channel! Keep up the good work!

[@Orphen42O]

In Victorian times, children were recruited to work in mines because they could work in tight spaces, Is it possible that someone abducted children to work as slave labor in mines? Such a theory would explain the "disappearing into the Mountain" aspect of the story? There have been, over the years, disasters that wiped out a certain portion of an area's children. In Wales, the Aberfan disaster buried the village school in tons of coal slag. With 116 children killed, a large portion of the village's children were victims. Also, rats carry disease. It is possible a hantavirus wiped out all the children of the village? For there to be 130 children, the overall population of the village would have to be at least 500-600. What German villages in the area had that dense a population during the 13th century?

[@savagegyalliyah5508]

When you’re an ARMY and you’re here from listening to pied piper😂😂💜💜💜💜

[@yeontansguardian7238]

I'm taking over you~

[@melodysooyaa1370]

Im gonna ruin you~

[@wtfismarydoing7978]

are you stalking me dude...... How did you know....

[@peachhyun]

I'm scared how did you know

[@daydreamer0798]

Yarl me too!!!

[@chibikittykatpurrpurr921]

I want an extended video where you go into full detail. Loved this video

[@Navykids89]

I had gone on a tour of Europe and we actually went to Hamlin, and it was insane on how many things they had relating to the pied piper, including plays, musicals, and a bell show connected to the church

[@makiroll218]

That's funny, I never heard of the piper getting locked out then taking the kids to candy land and the rats to cheese. I only had heard of the piper taking the rats to the river where they drown and the children away to the river to drown.

[@fireranaurion]

JON: "...instead of attracting rats, this time he attracted a swarm of bees which proceeding to sting him until he died." ME: ...HUH? JON: "I'm just kidding. I just want to make sure you were paying attention." ME: Oh, I am paying attention alright *laugh*

[@queenlele6193]

Rkelly called himself “ The Pied Piper of R&B “ for a reason. 👀

[@AKilahVamp]

The type 2 diabetes joke made me laugh way too hard

[@ichmeiner4531]

Had one of your vids in my recommendations (every once in a while they really do recommend good stuff apparently), got hooked, binged and subscribed. The amount of research you put in and info you give out (not only about the tale itself, but also the time, place, events and people that shaped it) is great! Sidenote: you pronounce German words very good, only one little mistake, it's 'DER Rattenfänger' not 'DAS' 😋 but apart from such minor mishaps, your videos are just amazingly well done.

[@livly9]

r kelly is the pide piper of rnb

[@TheeKingRayzor]

Yet people still buy his music and go to his concerts. 😔

[@DreamFactories]

That was actually a self appointed title. But I like how you made it sound like you made up a joke.

[@thedarkknight4956]

Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kevin Spacey and Brian Singer are all pied pipers too.

[@04ohgolly1]

@@TheeKingRayzor damn you on every post, long as you don't listen too him that's all that matters..

[@TheeKingRayzor]

@@04ohgolly1 Thank You Kind Sir! 😁👍

[@vanzen9686]

I just now realized your shirt says Mountain Destination. You know which mountain the kids were in!😉

[@shannonvienneau]

Just wanna day I love all these stories I’ve been binge watching the last 2 days so glad I found your channel

[@a.j8309]

Can we see a messed up origins of red riding hood

[@lt.patterson6081]

A. J doesn't it end with the wolf and the girl eating the grandmother?

[@galaxyspice5805]

I think it was based on a french serial killer and he made the girl drink the blood of her grandmother or something ...

[@lorivaldez4839]

I would like to see a messed up origins of Red Riding Hood. It sounds interesting

[@stuartnicklin650]

I read a article about this and it was claimed it was a story to warn young girls about old men. The red hood represents her starting her period. The grand mother represents the age of the people for whom you should be wary. The wolf is in disguise because you don't know who the wolves are. Being eaten is a common euphemism for sex and she is heroically saved by a younger (more suitable) man. I don't know if it's a fact or a person's opinion but it was a academic journal

[@rushokim]

It is a porn movie

[@iyahnah1854]

The r Kelly scandal brought me here

[@GraceLeo-mc4rr]

Then you're an idiot

[@DerpDerp27]

@@GraceLeo-mc4rr and you're a bitch.

[@Zeldarw104]

@@DerpDerp27 I guess you ought to know who's a bitch?? 🤔

[@cloud6812]

I found you on yt now I’m binge watching 😭