Extraordinary Cases in psychology: Part 4 of 4 - Little Hans and the oedipus Complex

The oedipus Complex - Dr Sigmund Freud's unusual theory that children desire their parent of opposite sex, and want harm to come to the other - has provoked much controversy. Head back to 1904, and it was a little Viennese boy's phobia of horses who became the unlikely evidence for Freud's thinking. A curious tale of castration anxiety, penis envy and the plight of poor Little Hans. NB: The All in the Mind podcast edition is a different program from the broadcast edition this week for copyright reasons. And, the streaming audio is on the BBC's website here.