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=18dab01f384e480f

Sources:

Sources - ‘The Life & Crimes of Railroad Bill: Legendary African American Desperado’ by Larry L Massey, encyclopediaofalabama.com, and pancocojams.blogspot.com

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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

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