Some Dark Holler: A Murder Ballad Podcast

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  • Welcome to “Some Dark Holler”: a murder ballad podcast! What’s a murder ballad? Well, it’s a song that tells a story about… you guessed it… murder! They started before radio, television, and was an original way to tell true crime stories, and chill its listeners to the bone with their darkly intriguing stories! Join folk singers, Broadway and tv actors Amelia Cormack and Allison Guinn as they sing the traditional murder ballads, tell their true crime origin, and then write their own ballad about each story! If you love true crime, folk music, and spooky folklore, this podcast is for you!
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Episodes
  • Episode 17: Jealous Lover in a Lone Green Valley

    Episode 17: Jealous Lover in a Lone Green Valley
    Feb 18 2025


    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=WM80i0P4QdumEcrIa0eaNw

    Sources:

    Time.com Murder in Rhyme


    Newspapers.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 1930


    Convicting the Innocent by Edwin Bouchard, published 1930.


    CrimeSong by Richard H. Underwood
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    54 mins
  • Episode 16: Corkery’s Farewell

    Episode 16: Corkery’s Farewell
    Feb 4 2025


    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
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Episode 15: Young Freda Bolt

    Episode 15: Young Freda Bolt
    Jan 21 2025

    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 Tabler


    Roanoke Times, Thursday, December 19, 1929


    Theroanoker.com “Strange Days of Roanoke: Murder on the Mountain” by Nelson Harris, October 26, 2021


    Crimesong by Richard H. Underwood


    Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07T7TOa0lCHNJtfJk5e3l2?si=Rcbm170BS0akgx1So6nXSg


    Link to Planned Parenthood: plannedparenthood.org
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    49 mins

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