Some Dark Holler: A Murder Ballad Podcast

Episode 19: Knoxville GirlOh my word! It’s been 7 months since we recorded this! Life, theater jobs got in the way, but finally we got our frickin’ ducks in a row and we have to present to you, with many trials and errors, an episode based on my (Allison here) favorite murder ballad: Knoxville Girl. This was the first murder ballad I’d ever heard, and was horrified and fascinated all at the same time!Little did I know when researching this song, I’d fall down a rabbit hole leading all the way to England and a miller! Have a listen to our playlist accompanying this episode: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/knoxville-girl-sdh-episode-19/pl.u-gxblM4JC55rxAoMain source is www.planetslade.comThanks to Paul Slade for helping me figure out the last stanza of the Arthur Tanner version!

Welcome back!! We hope you’re enjoying the podcast - we’d love to hear from you! In yet another after hours episode, this week Amelia tells yet another outlaw story! This is becoming a habit! We look at the wild story of the incredible, elusive, mysterious Railroad Bill - both his exploits and the extraordinary story of what happened to him after death... We also announce a slight programming adjustment which we hope will ensure we’re bringing you our best every episode.Spotify Playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0kYiiTvwSKsl3fwjhbwdvV?si=18dab01f384e480fSources:Sources - ‘The Life & Crimes of Railroad Bill: Legendary African American Desperado’ by Larry L Massey, encyclopediaofalabama.com, and pancocojams.blogspot.comSend us an email: [email protected]

This time we give you 3 songs in one episode! Hear the more than unhinged story of Pearl Drew the Murderous Mississippi Poetess, and the murder ballad that inspired her! Spotify playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5QICy0rHKJYNsthGlumjHE?si=WM80i0P4QdumEcrIa0eaNwSources: Time.com Murder in RhymeNewspapers.com: “Poet from Miss confesses to Murder in poems.” The Evening Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, Fr, Jan 10, 1930“Confessed Her Fatal Love Vengence” TheOgden Standard Examiner. 19 Jan 1930Convicting the Innocent by Edwin Bouchard, published 1930. CrimeSong by Richard H. Underwood

The Murder of PC Lines, Hanging of Jeremiah Corkery and the Real Peaky Blinders!We’ve headed back to Blighty for this week’s episode and delved further into the world of the Gallows Ballad. Amelia examines the real Peaky Blinders, how they differed from the TV series’ portrayal, and looks at the tragic murder of PC Lines and the harrowing account of the hanging of the perpetrator Jeremiah Corkery. She also comes up with a rather silly suggestion for preventing this kind of violence…Sources - Paul Slade, planetslade.com, ‘Peaky Blinders: The Real Story’ by Carl Chinn, thecultural.me, and Wikipedia.Instead of a Spotify playlist this week, we’re going to direct you to Paul Slade’s fantastic Gallows Ballad Project, where you might soon see a submission from us! Head to: https://www.planetslade.com/planetslade-music02.html

It’s Some Dark Holler Day! And this episode, we bring you the sad story of Freeda Bolt! A young girl from Virginia who elopes with her sweetheart in hopes of a happily ever after. Alas, what happens next is the theme of the ballad Young Freda Bolt. We sing and tell her story and Allison rewrites history for her version of the song. Sources: Appalachianhistory.net “The Story of Freeda Bolt” posted by Dave TablerRoanoke Times, Thursday, December 19, 1929Theroanoker.com “Strange Days of Roanoke: Murder on the Mountain” by Nelson Harris, October 26, 2021Crimesong by Richard H. UnderwoodSpotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07T7TOa0lCHNJtfJk5e3l2?si=Rcbm170BS0akgx1So6nXSgLink to Planned Parenthood: plannedparenthood.org