The Robber Bridegroom: Body Parts Flying About
A young girl, about a be married, visits the house of her fiance. She wanted to learn more about groom. However, the house is empty except for an old woman lurking about. The old woman warns her that murderers occupy the house. They hear a group of men approach. The old woman hides the bride in a barrel. The men had brought another young woman to the house.
They proceed to kill and chop her up, sprinkling salt on the dismembered pieces. When one robber had trouble getting a gold ring off the murdered girl’s finger, he chopped at it, flinging the finger into the barrel where the bride hid. She and the old woman escape. Shockingly, the bridge continues with her wedding plans. But at the wedding, she produces the severed finger. The groom and his cohorts are executed for murder.
