Little Red Riding Hood: The Wolf in the Woods

About this episode

This episode explores the darker folklore behind Little Red Riding Hood and its unsettling origins.

Step off the storybook path and into the darker folklore behind Little Red Riding Hood. In Episode 324 of The Shadow Frequency, Matt Wilson, Juniper Ravenwood, and Chris Beach explore the tale’s brutal early versions, its roots in old European fear, and the eerie theory that the wolf may have once carried the shadow of the werewolf. From Perrault’s grim ending to the Brothers Grimm’s rescue rewrite, this episode uncovers why one of the world’s best-known fairy tales still feels unsettling in the dark. 🔗 More episodes & merch: shadowfrequencypodcast.com 🕒 Runtime: 22m 27s | 📅 Air Date: APRIL 17 2026

People in this episode

Host: Matt Wilson

Topics covered

• folklore
• fairy tales
• werewolves
• European history

Keywords

• Little Red Riding Hood
• Brutal versions
• Perrault
• Brothers Grimm

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Little Red Riding Hood: The Wolf in the Woods, Little Red Riding Hood, The Shadow Frequency

More episodes of The Shadow Frequency

• The Bell Island Boom — The Day Newfoundland Exploded · June 11, 2026 · 27 min
• The Tehran UFO Incident of 1976 · June 7, 2026 · 25 min
• The Sanitized Apocalypse — Chan Thomas, Pole Shift Panic, and The Adam & Eve Story · June 2, 2026 · 24 min
• Shades of Death Road · May 26, 2026 · 24 min
• The Mogollon Rim Hitchhiker: Stranger on the Road · May 24, 2026 · 25 min
• The Great Mull Air Mystery · May 18, 2026 · 23 min