The grim truth behind the Pied Piper
The grim truth behind the Pied Piper3 September 2020ShareSaveRaphael KadushinFeatures correspondentShareSaveKate Greenawayduncan1890/Getty ImagesEntranced by his flute, the transfixed children of Hamelin followed the Piper out of town (Credit: Kate Greenawayduncan1890/Getty Images)Writers like the Grimm Brothers and Robert Browning may have shaped the Pied Piper legend into art, but it turns out the story is likely based on an actual historical incident.(This year, we published many inspiring and amazing stories that made us fall in love with the world – and this is one our favourites. Click here for the full list).Every working morning for the last 26 years, Michael Boyer has slipped into a pair of neon-bright, multi-coloured tights, tied on his lipstick-red cape, grabbed his flute and…
