People are only just realising sinister truth about the Muffin Man nursery rhyme

The Muffin Man nursery rhyme was archetypal recorded astir 1820 and tells the communicative of Frederick Thomas Lynwood, who lived connected London's Drury Lane successful the precocious 16th century

The Muffin Man - a 16th period horror communicative oregon a specified urban myth? Either way, radical are lone conscionable realising the information surrounding the nursery rhyme successful his name.

In a video shared to TikTok, a British historiographer (@notmrspock_fact) began by reciting the archetypal verse: "Do you cognize the Muffin Man who lives connected Drury Lane?" He went connected to uncover the Muffin Man's existent identity, Frederick Thomas Lynwood, who was said to beryllium a serial slayer successful the 1500s.

"He killed children and his method of doing truthful - being a baker - was tying bits of drawstring astir a beautiful, tasty muffin and drafting the children successful earlier helium killed them," the TikTok idiosyncratic explained alternatively gruesomely.

"Thanks for the story," penned 1 TikTok idiosyncratic successful response. "I'll ne'er sing this opus again." Another added: "I lone recovered retired astir the acheronian references to nursery rhymes from a transgression publication I work recently."

A 3rd exclaimed: "Wow that truly freaked maine out, fact." A 4th admitted successful shock: "Oh my God I ever work that to my God Son." And a 5th explained: "Most nursery rhymes were scary erstwhile you decipher them and marque my tegument spell cold."

"There is speculation helium ne'er existed," wrote different responsive hoping to allay others' fear. "His bakery store nary longer exists (obviously) and his burial spot whitethorn person been moved fewer times. So it's hard to find immoderate records of him."

London Museum says of the myth: "The muffin antheral successful the rhyme lives connected Drury Lane, which is close adjacent to Covent Garden successful London. In the 18th century, it was a precise mediocre country and had a unspeakable reputation.

"Many radical went determination to drink, gamble and sometimes adjacent perpetrate crimes. The Muffin Man would've sold his muffins to galore of the radical who lived and worked nearby."

According to The White Hart pub, meanwhile, which is situated connected Drury Lane successful London's West End, the Muffin Man reportedly lived connected the aforesaid thoroughfare betwixt 1589 and 1598. The website explains: "The communicative goes that Linwood killed arsenic galore arsenic 15 children by luring them into acheronian alleys with a muffin tied connected a string.

"He was besides said to person killed 7 rivals pastry chefs with a sharpened woody spoon. While it's accepted that the origins of the Muffin Man communicative is present astir apt an municipality myth, who doesn't emotion a bully aged 16th period British fearfulness story!"