Folklore Forensics is a solo, narrative-driven podcast where myth meets true crime. Each episode reinvestigates mythology and folklore from around the world as unresolved cases—reconstructing timelines, examining motive, and analyzing the evidence hidden within the myth.
From familiar gods to lesser-known folktales, these stories are put under the same scrutiny as modern crimes. What details were exaggerated? What facts were lost to time? And what truths might still be buried beneath centuries of storytelling?
You’ve heard the story. Now hear the case.
Folklore Forensics presents narrative reconstructions inspired by myth, legend, and historical context, examined through an investigative lens.
Danielle Christmas holds a doctorate in literature, with a longstanding focus on myth and folklore and a parallel interest in true crime and narrative investigation. Her work centers on close reading, archival research, and the cultural afterlives of stories shaped by violence and power.