Listen "The Ghost of the Scorned Woman"
Episode Synopsis
One of the most famous ghost story in Iceland is based on real life events that occurred less than a century before the tale was published. We have the tale but also more grounded accounts. Though the story is quite short it does reveal much about Icelandic society, the class system and the religious authority. The story also lingers in the consciousness of the people and a century and a half after the events took place there were still people searching for justice.
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