Case file · Haunting
Janghwa and Hongryeon's ghosts
Two sisters driven to death by their stepmother came as ghosts to each new magistrate of Cheolsan until one, Jeon Dong-heul, heard them and punished the guilty.
1656 CE · 39.76, 124.64 · status: legend
The account
The tale is based on a case under Magistrate Jeon in 1656 and was written down as a novel in the following century. It inspired the 2003 film A Tale of Two Sisters.