It gladdens my heart that "Scooby Doo"-type plots have well-established precedents in old folklore.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Foreman_Calv%C3%B6r
Some headless horsemen can turn into other shapes as well...
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Rider_on_the_Pale_Horse
In Osterwieck, a theft was once solved by a Meddling Kid, and the ghosts who supported him.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Stolen_Goose
The dead tend to frown upon petty thieves.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Don%27t_Steal_from_the_Dead!
Malevolent spirits can haunt even churches.
All it requires to fall into their power is a minor act of negligence...
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Church_in_Altenau
On Good Friday, a sacred doe with a calf appears in Kleines Clausthal valley.
Hunters should leave them well enough alone.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Kleines_Clausthal
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