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Folklore Forensics

Danielle Christmas

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

Every culture tells stories about violence, betrayal, revenge, disappearance, obsession, grief, and power. Over time, those stories become myths, legends, and folklore, passed from generation to generation long after the original events have been forgotten.

Humanity's oldest stories preserve humanity's oldest crimes.

Folklore Forensics reopens humanity's oldest cases, investigating myths and legends from around the world as if they were real crimes. We reconstruct timelines, examine evidence, question witnesses, and follow the trail wherever it leads. Along the way, we ask not only what happened, but why cultures chose stories as the way to remember it.

Because folklore is more than entertainment. It is a record of the fears, desires, anxieties, and transgressions that societies could not stop talking about. A way of preserving difficult trut

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  1. The Black Annis Mystery: The Child-Stealing Hag of English Folklore 27:41
  2. The Rusalka Haunting: The Deadly Secret Beneath a Slavic Legend 33:30
  3. The Cerridwen Manhunt: The Stolen Wisdom and Deadly Chase of Welsh Mythology 36:45
  4. The Case Against Morgan le Fay: The Woman Blamed for Camelot's Fall 36:54
  5. The Bell Witch Murder: Who Killed John Bell? 34:37
  6. The Case Against Lilith: The Child-Killing Demoness of Grief 35:10
  7. The Hansel & Gretel Witch-Killing : The Crime Behind the Fairy Tale 32:22
  8. The Baba Yaga Murders Reopened: Russian Folklore's Most Famous Witch 37:15
  9. Season 3: The Wicked Women Docket 1:30
  10. The Lamia Curse: Mother or Monster in Greek Mythology? 42:34
  11. Scylla Made Monster: Before She Haunted the Odyssey 45:16
  12. Antigone's Defiance: Greek Mythology's Deadliest Decree 35:47
  13. The Death of Heracles: Love, Poison, and Betrayal in Greek Mythology 43:50
  14. The Philomela Cover-Up: Greek Mythology's Unspoken Crime 46:16
  15. Orestes and the Furies: Greek Mythology's Most Famous Trial 35:19
  16. Hecuba's Revenge: Justice or Murder in Greek Mythology? 45:09
  17. Medusa’s Persecution: Greek Mythology's Most Misunderstood Monster 33:32
  18. Season 2 Trailer: The Crimes of Greek Mythology 1:20
  19. The Crimes of Clytemnestra: Murder and Justice in Greek Mythology 38:50
  20. Rumpelstiltskin: The Child Trafficker of Fairytale Lore 41:33
  21. The Wendigo Murders: Indigenous Folklore and True Crime History 34:58
  22. Boudica: The Warrior Queen Who Burned Down Rome 34:06
  23. Snow White: A Fairytale's Dynastic Poisoning 55:14
  24. The Oracle of Delphi: Mass Conspiracy in Ancient Greece 50:53
  25. The Changeling Panic: The Dark History of Irish Folklore 45:12
  26. Little Red Riding Hood: Folklore's Most Famous Predator 1:05:42
  27. The Minotaur: Monster, Victim, or Murderer of Greek Mythology? 51:59
  28. Baba Yaga: The Cannibal Killer of Slavic Folklore 46:27
  29. La Llorona: The Weeping Woman of Mexican Folklore 54:51
  30. The Pied Piper: Folklore's Greatest Mass Disappearance 48:22
  31. Medea: The Most Infamous Child Murders of Greek Mythology 39:48
  32. Bluebeard: The Serial Killer of French Folklore 51:32
  33. Trailer 1:36