Folklore Forensics

The Rusalka Haunting: The Deadly Secret Beneath a Slavic Legend

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A young man disappears from a riverboat after dark.

His lantern is still warm. His coat remains folded on the bench. And in the bottom of the boat, investigators discover a woman's carved horn comb.

The villagers already know who took him.

The Rusalka.

You've heard the story. Now hear the case.

Across Slavic folklore, she is the restless spirit of a young woman who died an unnatural death,…