When you were a youngster what Fairy Tale gave you the chills. Instead of helping you go to sleep, it kept you up? Mine

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68. Der Struwwelpeter

https://folklore.usc.edu/struwwelpeter-german-folktale-to-frighten-children/
“Struwwelpeter is the villain in the story, and is about a boy that does not want to cut his nails despite his parents advice, and he is warned of the villain/demon type figure–Struwwelpeter–who has curly blond hair, at least that is what he looked like in the book. He also had very, very long fingernails, and wore this sort of tunic outfit with pants.

So basically, if the young boy refused to cut his nails, his parents told him that Struwwelpeter would come. The boy refused to cut his nails, and Struwwelpeter came in the middle of the night. He cut off not only the boy’s nails but also the boy’s fingers, so he didn’t have any fingers.”

What parent would give their kid this!!!!???? Mine did.

That and being beaten with a strap regularly for being caught reading past my ordained bedtime.
No wonder I turned into a rock'n'roller. RnR saved my life.