Grave Tidings (Three of Hearts)

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Hint 1:

Pretty straight-forward research puzzle

Question 1: Remember the rhyme: Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived

Question 2: What pets were witches thought to have?

Question 3: All of the Grimm tales are available online for free. The answer is one of the last three in the list

Question 4: This poem is also available online for free. Look at the last few lines to see which answer is wrong.

Question 5: There's more than one person present

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The Solution: The answers are: 1) BE 2) A 3) G 4) L 5) E

The keyword is "BEAGLE"