
A ballad of the murder of Ellen Smith in North Carolina, 1892. Lyrics from The Mudcat Cafe.
The story: Poor Ellen Smith
Greed, jealousy, revenge, obsession – the motives of America’s gas-lit murders are universal and timeless. Yet their stories are tightly bound to a particular place and time; uniquely American, uniquely 19th Century.
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