The VERY Messed Up Origins of Bluebeard | Fables Explained - Jon Solo 

Blue Beard: Marry me Girl: No I don't like your beard Blue Beard: I have a limited edition holographic dark charizard Girl: Alright I will

Honestly Jon's sense of humor is so underrated

On the toilet be like: I feel like solving a mUrdEr!

“What’s the moral of the story” Me: “Trust your family then pay them back for their help?” “Curiosity leads to regret” Me: “well okay then”

Moral of the story: If literally every woman in town says a guy is creepy and weird, he's probably creepy and weird.

Jon Solo's channel makes me realize that there are many fables I've never heard of.

I swear you’re so much funnier than you initially appear.

Annie: No. Penelope: Now? Annie: Yes! Wait... Oops, those are sheep.

"What's the moral of the story?" Me: Hide your dead bodies better?? "Curiosity leads to regret" Me: oh that makes more sense

“Blue beard may have been inspired by a real killer” *excitement and interest intensified*

Beast: Stay away from the westwing Blue beard: stay out my closet Fluttershy: Stay out my shed

What I want to know is, why did he give his wife a key to his corpse closet? If he didnt want anyone to find it he should've kept it secret, but these stories are always left on the side of chance so I guess

Moral of the story: Don't get pressured into marrying a dude you don't really know and are only really marry him for his wealth.

The term "curiosity killed the cat" really came through in this one.

Think Bluebeard knew exactly what he was doing. You think he would’ve held onto the one key of the door he “didn’t” want Penelope getting access to if he didn’t want her to discover his secret but it’s all a giant cat and mouse game for him since he treats his previous wives like trophies

Please do the origins of the wild swans, about a girl whose brothers are turned into swans!

*_Let's not forget the fact that Bluetooth is actually invented by King Herald who has an actual blue tooth._*

So, Lady Mary was like, "Talk to the hand!" I would love to see Disney try to clean up this story. The dead wives would probably still be alive and the new wife would rescue them.

"What's the moral of the story?" Me: That if a guy got married seven times, maybe something fishy is going on and you shouldn't marry him? "Curiosity leads to regret." Me: .....what?

Is this where the phrase “skeletons in the closet” comes from?

You have to stop everything you’re doing for messed up origins.

Seems to me like the moral of the story is “curiosity leads to discovery.” For if Penelope didn’t open the door, she would have never known that her husband was a murderer, and he might have killed her later on in the story because of some other reason. I feel like all turned out for the best, as Blue Beard got what he deserved. Love this story by the way, thank you for doing an episode on it :)

"the brothers jumped out of their seats and chopped him into bits..." *Smiles* _thee end_

i can’t help but notice the slight similarities between bluebeard and king henry the eighth. henry had six wives. he divorced his first and fourth ones. he had his second and fifth ones beheaded because they gave birth to daughters instead of sons. the third one died from childbirth, and the sixth one survived for his death. i’m not even sure if the years line up in my favor but it’s just something i noticed.

"Brought to you by Hunt A Killer" Considering the story, this is very appropriate And I do feel like solving a murder on occassion. Though, I don't remember ever being on the crapper when getting the urge

As a child, I had a book called “Not One Damsel In Distress” which was a book of fairytales, but in all the stories it is the women’s skills, brains, and brawn that saved them from whatever evil villain was trying to cause them misery in whatever way. Why I mention this is because there is a story in that book that sounds incredibly similar to the Bluebeard story, but instead of a man with a blue beard, it is the devil instead. Also, the prior victims were not just various women, in this story they were the main character’s two sisters who the devil had kidnapped, convinced them to marry him, then killed them once they went into the room of the mansion that they were instructed to not enter

the story never really talks about why bluebeard came so early my theory is that he knew how curious his wife was, he probably knew she was going to open the closet, so he came home early to kill her because he has a big desire for killing. which is a very messed up but could happen.

Moral lesson : Don't marry a dude having a weird colored beard!

When he said "guess the moral" I said "Don't kill people?"

He missed the part of the story where the the reason is given for all the dead wives. Every single one had not been able to stop themself from entering the room against his wishes.

"Limited edition holographic dark charizard" I see your a man of culture as well.

When we were children, our French grandparents use to read 'Barbe Blue' to my siblings and I every night per our request (I know, don't ask), and our grandmother always said the story was a very loose, and very exaggerated, spin on King Henry VIII's six wives.

Bluebeard: "its time to die, " "Ok give me a second, Annie do you see them" "No I just see 🐑 sheep " Bluebeard; I said it's time to die come downstairs "Coming, Annie do you seem them now? " "Yes there here, " 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂I'm laughing so much, your really funny Jon

My dad told me this story WHEN I WAS 7. I thought it was a story he made up from his mind UNTIL I HEARD IT ON "YOU" AND WAS LIKE "What the heeee-"

There's a similar story by the Brothers Grimm where some sorcerer asked a woodcutter for his daughter's hand in marriage. The woodcutter had two daughters and multiple sons. For some reason he agreed and gave the creepy sorcerer dude his daughter. So he took her back to his home and gave her a key to his "basement of dismembered women". He told her not to go there and gave her a magic egg and told her not to get it dirty. If she did that, he'd be completely under her control. So he left and the girl immediately went to the cellar and opened the door. She saw the bodies, panicked, and dropped the egg which got a permanent bloodstain on it. The sorcerer came back, saw the bloodstain and murdered her. So he went back to the woodcutter and asked him for his other daughter. The sorcerer told the girl same thing as her sister before he left for some other journey. However, she put the egg in a safe place before going down to the cellar. Using some weird Grimm's brother magic, she put her sister back together and they devised a plan to get rid of the sorcerer. When he came back, he saw that the egg was intact and that she obeyed him, so he now was forced to do as she said. The girl told him to carry a package for her back to her father in a basket. She told him not to look inside or stop for a rest because she'd be watching him. So he did as she said, but instead of a package, her sister was in the basket.Anytime the sorcerer stopped, the sister in the basket would yell at him to get back up, and keep running. So he ran all the way back to the dad, who called his sons to chase down and kill the sorcerer. The sisters were freed, the end.

Jon: I'll give you a second to think about it *ad appears* Me: If that's not perfect timing I don't know what is

I got a little too excited at that toilet shot. Them thighs are lovely. LMAO

As always, thank you for watching everybody! I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did. I’ve really been digging the less common/more messed up fairytales you’ve all been suggesting lately so keep ‘em coming!

I've always really liked the Women that Run with the Wolves reading of it that even though the moral is 'don't be curious' he was still a murderer either way. She found out, and tbh I'd rather know if my husband was a serial killer too. So the moral should be 'trust your gut'.

Okay, so what did Jon tweet 10 years ago that people are supposedly judging him for? 😂

Jon: I feel like solving a murder! Me: I feel like --- murder - ing!

That forbidden room should have reeked of corpses throughout the whole residence.

i’m so glad you went into this story because i have known Bluebeard since i was 6 or 7 years old and it’s a very intriguing and interesting tale that’s basically like a horror film.

When I was a child, someone once was reading me story of Bluebeard. The girl had a sick mother, and she was forced to marry a Bluebeard. But in the banned room was fountain with healing water, and the girl took some water from it, and gave it to sick mother, and then Bluebeard took a girl by force to castle to kill her, but her brothers saved her, and killed Bluebeard. Huh. Whoever made a book with this story must have tought the room full of corpses would be too gruesome for kids.

i love this mans comedy. Jon’s sense of humour gives me lifeeee

When you're doing your homework and just dump it to watch messed up origins 😉👍

This story terrified my grandma, and there was a version of it in one of the fairytale book my family had, and she absolutely refused to let anyone read it to me

I knew this tale from the anime series 'New Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics'. In that version everything is similar except that on the night Bluebeard tries to kill his wife (who I believe was called Josephine in this version) there was a huge storm. Lightning struck a tree which had been next to Bluebeard's castle and the tree caught on fire. The tree has fallen in one of bluebeard's windows and lighted the castle on fire. Josephine's 3 brothers were nearby and saw that the castle on was fire and went there to see what was happening. They managed to get in the building, save Josephine and kill Bluebeard (I don't remember if they killed him with their axes or left him there to burn to death). And because Bluebeards whole property was destroyed they just decided to go home. And in the Hungarian Opera 'Bluebeard's Castle' by Béla Bartók Bluebeard "shows her" (actually just gives her the keys but knows that she will see) his past wives. Then when they enter the chamber the 3 wives are in together, Bluebeard talks about how beautiful they were and how much he adored them. And then kills Judit (the one wife that was still alive) and says that he will never have another wife because he has found the most beautiful woman (Judit).

There is a Hungarian opera called "Bluebeard's Castle" that is a very interesting variation of the story. There is much more focus on the rooms of the castle and what they might symbolize.

5:46 is my favorite part of this episode. “A weird interaction that I can only see in the following way…” This is my favorite episode of VERY Messed Up Origins. Jon’s sense of humor makes me laugh every time. So many weirdly-humorous moments.

These days, if a guy has blue hair, anime fans would probably go crazy

I thought that Bluebeard was inspired by King Henry the VIII

Gunther: "Face. Faaaaaace! FACE! I need your face!"

The story of Tryphine is similar to the story of Saint Winifred in Wales, though it was that rather than marrying the chieftain, she chooses to run off to become a nun, he finds her, lops off her head, which is then reattached by Saint Bueno and she lives, becoming a saint herself.

“I’m having Gabagool” omg these references are getting hilarious

11 minutes into the video and I just realized Jon is sitting in a chair, not on the couch. I'm oblivious lol

*The messed up origins of Popeyes* 🍗

"Annie how about now?" "I think so... No those are just sheep" 😂😂😂 (PS I'm sorry if it sounded like I was teasing you, I wasn't trying to sound rude)

Tell me is this you🚽⌨ "I feel like solving a murder"😂😂

Fun fact for anyone who would like to know. Bluebeard became a verb at some point in time and has two meanings. The first pretty obviously is to go on a killing spree and second is to seduce a lot of women and be generally promiscuous. I ended up studying the bluebeard story a long time ago for college and there was also a theory he was based on the Marquis de Sade as well! Thanks for the great videos Jon, they make my evenings more interesting!!

Jon: "I'll give you a second to think about it" Ad for movie: "nope I'll give you 15 more" Jon's ' a second' screen ends Jon: "if you guessed this..." In other words, RU-vid gave me extra time lol

Jon: "I'll give you a second" *ad plays* Me: What?

Could you do Messed Up Origins of The Red Shoes? That one really got me when I was little.

This man turned a horror murder story into a comedy show

Omg. Sitting in the toilet with a laptop..."I feel like solving a murder!" I freaking lost it!!🤣🤣🤣

7:50 - My God, I knew women were sometimes burried in their wedding dresses, but I didn't know they were sometimes exicuted in them! Depending on the method of execution, wouldn't that be likely to get a lot of blood on the dress, making it unfit to be burried in?? 10:44 - If she had this dinner with him a few days later, wouldn't the hand have begun to decompose and be getting pretty icky? 13:44 - Just don't let there be any murders who kill adorable little pug puppies!

"Weird... Didn't happen though." LMAO 😂😂😂

When I was a child I read the children's book version of this and it had graphic images of hanging women in that closet and a VERY detailed description of what happend there.

I was studying late at night while listening to this and jumped in my seat by the sound effect at 12:23. It freaked me out, man

Do "All Kinds of Fur," "Donkeyskin" "The Juniper Tree," and "The Robber Bridegroom." There are TONS more morbid fairy tales I could suggest, but those are the ones that come to mind the most.

It’s so AWESOME that you are making your sponsors/ads funny....it totally makes me actually want to try the things you say.....it is a much more “Ryan George” (Screen Rant...Pitch Meetings....and his own actual channel) style now and I think it’s totally working! GOOD ON YOU JON! 🤩🥳💝 Edit: 8:12 DUDE I THOUGHT I COULDN’T LIKE YOU ANYMORE AND THEN YOU GO AND DROP THIS BOMB! I’ve been with you since like 30k subs and I gotta tell you, you just keep getting funnier and funnier! Preach brother, preach! 🙌🙌🤣🥰🥰

"Half…. Of a quarter..... Of an hour....?" Lmaoooooo

The Bluebeard story is VERY interesting. One thing I like in the animated version from Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics, the key that leads her into his murder chamber almost seems to be cursed in that it almost lures Josephine into opening the door - at least according to Penelope's narration in the short. I found that interesting since it could imply Blue Beard could have been more than a murderous rich man. He could have been a murderous rich demon, or even a man who like Gilles de Rais got involved with dark magic somehow and has a cursed key that lures people into morbid curiosity. Would make for some cool Bluebeard lore lol

I'm here from the song Eve, Psyche, and Bluebeard's Wife. Since I already know the Eve and Psyche story, in learning about this

"I feel like solving a murder" 🤣🤣👌

Marg Helgenberger: *Exists* Jon: Lethal Vows, starring John Ritter and Marg Hamburger.

It's odd how Eve ate the apple, but men are the ones that has a so-called Adam's Apple 🤔🤔🤔

From what I can remember, Blue Beard was supposed to have been the antagonist originally in Disney's The Haunted Mansion, but they ended up scraping the idea because it was too dark.

The murder story was great, but can we take a moment to appreciate the cuteness of Gunter pawing at Jon’s chin? *Adorable!*

I still remember this story because it is different from that I used to read ( fairy tales) and it got stuck with me. It's a really cool story and when I got the notification I was genuinely so excited.

This old story sounds like the modern story in the book: “women who run with wolves” by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Now I found out She also covers myths and stories. Thnks!

I always get so excited when I see he posted a new video!

"I feel like solving a murder" me on the toilet watching this with a laptop: *How do you know where I live?*

As soon as he said serial killer I was like "I'm intrigued tell me more"

I learned about this story through a Korean drama called Strong Girl Do Bongsoon The serial kidnapper in the show was inspired by the play based on this story.

No body: No one anywhere: ABSOLUTELY NO ONE: Jon Solo: I feel like solving a murder

"Real, live, fake muderer" not bad Edit: "I think so, wait those are just sheep" Don't play with me like that Who else wants to see the messed up origins of Gunther

When I was a kid, I always thought Bluebeard was a pirate in the story (like Blackbeard)

I love how the moral is ‘don’t be too curious’, as though she would have fine if she had just never discovered that her husband was a murderer who kept his wives’ heads as trophies...

Come for the storytelling. Stay for Jon's humour. Squeal for the adorable pup Gunther😍

Fun fact i found the original story in my house and my mom said i have wierd taste in fariy tales

Jon, can you do Snow White and Rose Red from Grimms fairy tales? It's a really messed up story. Awesome video as Always!

The fact this story was told to us when we were like 5 -7 in the Netherlands, even had pictures of the darn book

The second tale actually reminds me of a German Grimms' tale "The Robber Bridegroom", which goes like this: A princess is being wooed by a prince, who continually asks her to come visit him. She keeps refusing, because he's living in a dark, ominous forest, which creeps her out and she worries, that she might get lost. In response he promises to tie colourful ribbons to the trees along the way, so she can't miss it. But she's still spooked and makes excuses. However, she eventually runs out of excuses, so she has no other choice than go on her merry way to visit her groom in the spooky forest. After several hours of walking, she arrives at his home in the early evening, but her future husband isn't home yet. Instead she comes across an old woman, who informs her, that she's lucky he isn't, because he and his evil lackeys were planning to kill, cook and EAT her for dinner, hence the water the woman is currently boiling. As soon as she's finished her sentence, the prince and his companions return, so the old woman hides the princess behind a cask in the cellar. Once the girl is hidden, the psychos come down, dragging with them a captive the girl recognises as her own grandmother. Then she has to witness, how her grandmother gets murdered, then stripped of all her jewellery. But the grandmother was wearing a golden ring and it won't come off her finger, so they cut the finger off. It flies through the air and right into the princess's lap, but the robbers don't see and keep searching for a while. One suggest checking behind that specific cask, but another objects, because it's late, they're all tired and it's not like the finger can run away. So they all fall asleep right then and there and the princess has to climb over the sleeping murderers carefully, knowing that waking one up would be her doom. The princess runs almost the entire night to get back home, guided by the moonlight and the bright ribbons. Once home, she informs her father about what happened and he immediately orders his troops to surround the castle, as soon as the bridegroom arrives. About noon the bastard and his evil entourage show up, they all have lunch and he asks the princess, why she looks so pale. She goes on in telling her about a terrible nightmare she had (probably wishing it had been just that), and recounts all the events of the previous evening, as if she had dreamed them. Then she ends her account with: "... so the finger flew through the air right into my lap and HERE I HAVE THE FINGER!" and pulls out the severed finger with the golden ring, like a badass. The prince and his murder-happy band try to get away by jumping out of the window, but get caught by the guards. Then they are hung for their crimes. Yay. Personally, I think it's really gross and never understood, why the Grimms left this one in. And this isn't even the worst version of it, this one is taken from the first edition published in 1812. Look it up and you'll see what I mean. -_-

"Weird...didn't happen tho'." Wasn't me. But, i saw... Wasn't me. But... Wasn't me. Case Closed.

When you're so early there are barely any comments

they always say your best ideas come while you’re on the toilet

My mother read that to me as a child....it was in a children's book! I had nightmares for weeks! I didn't know what was worse, her finding the corpses of his previous wives or the anxiety I felt when he found out and what would happen to her. But I do remember that she only screamed for help to her brothers, there was no one else there since they promised to help her if she creamed for help.

I had Zero plans to subscribe until that toilet scene " I want to solve a murder." I was sold!

I geeked out at "I feel like solvin' a murder!"