Kelly Kazek reviews seven Southern folk songs based on real crimes here, for AL.com. Among them: "Tom Dooley" and "Frankie and Johnny." For more about murder ballads, check out Harold Schecter's Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment (St. Martin's Press, 2005).
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