Robert Johnson: The Man at the Crossroads

In the 1930s Mississippi Delta, a young blues musician vanished and returned transformed.

This episode of Dead Notes explores the life and legend of Robert Johnson, a man with just twenty-nine recordings, no confirmed grave, and a story that refuses to settle. From the crossroads myth to the eerie lyrics that followed him, Johnson's music feels less like ambition and more like a warning.

Did he sell his soul or did the legend come later because there was no other way to explain what people heard?

If you enjoy atmospheric, narrative storytelling, you may also like Ben Cooper's other podcast, The Unremarkable which are fictional stories about ordinary places where something feels off.

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