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
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