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 Medea Revenge Murders (Case File #129)
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A spring morning in Corinth should have ended in a royal wedding. Instead, it becomes a multi-victim homicide scene: a princess, a king, and two young boys —while the primary suspect disappears without a trace.
For our second episode, we reopen the cold case of Medea: a foreign-born priestess with expertise in pharmakeia, a husband who trades her for power, and a city whose laws offer her no protection.
Content warning: child murder, domestic violence, poisoning, and disturbing imagery. Listener discretion advised.
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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
