In this three-part documentary, pioneers of a new discipline, the 'archaeology of the folk tale', set out to track down the events that engendered these beloved tales. Part two travels to Hamelin in Lower Saxony to discover whether overpopulation, lack of hygiene, plagues and mass migration were the reasons behind the legendary exodus reflected in the quaint children's story, The Pied Piper Of Hamelin. Who was the Pied Piper, and did he really seduce those children into marching to their deaths?