Recommended additional reading, listening, or watching:

• The Kingston Trio's 1958 cover of "Tom Dooley" via Youtube.

• Gangastagrass's gender-reversed Banks of the Ohio cover via Youtube.

• Dixie Chicks video for Goodbye to Earl via Youtube.

• Criminal podcast episode on Pearl Bryan, another popular murder ballad victim.

• "Infectious: Tom Dooley" by Paul Slade via Planet Slade.

• "Why do we love to sing murder ballads? Tradition, feminism and bluegrass" by Miriam Jones via Overland.

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