Folklore Forensics
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.
Folklore Forensics
The Bluebeard Serial Killings (Case File #247)
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A nobleman with a blue-tinted beard. Four wives vanished. A locked chamber at the end of a corridor—and a final bride who opens the door.
In this first investigation, Folklore Forensics revisits the story of Bluebeard as a cold case—reconstructing timelines, centering the victims, examining motive, and analyzing the evidence hidden within the folktale.
Content warning: themes of domestic violence, murder, and disturbing imagery. Listener discretion advised.
Folklore Forensics presents narrative reconstructions inspired by myth, legend, and historical context, examined through an investigative lens.
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Folklore Forensics is written and hosted by Danielle Christmas and produced by Audio Ellis.
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Case suggestions and research inquiries: folkloreforensicspod@gmail.com
