We often think of nursery rhymes as comforting, soothing, or playful. But many of the most well-known children’s songs we grew up hearing actually have creepy backstories and dark origins. The lyrics ...

If you grew up in the English-speaking world, chances are you’ve heard this nursery rhyme before (probably while you were in ...

Chances are, most of us have at least once in our childhood sung the classic nursery rhyme "It's Raining, It's Pouring." But what many people don't know is that it has really dark and grim undertones.

The Algonquin Area Public Library will host a variety of programs this month, including a program on "The Dark History of Nursery Rhymes," "Genealogy 101," a Women's History Month Trivia Contest, and ...

"Ring a Ring o' Roses" is a nursery rhyme many of us remember fondly from childhood, often sung while holding hands and ...

Something can start off dark, even heinous, written hundreds of years ago, and by the time it hits modernity, it’s as soft and fluffy as a cloud. Or it can have rumors attached to it that seemingly ...