The Homicide Squad 1: The Banks of the Ohio
Ipse Dixit
English - November 27, 2018 03:58 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsNews Society & Culture Philosophy law legal scholarship jurisprudence scholarship academia Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Homicide Squad is a special segment of Ipse Dixit devoted to murder ballads, those delightfully grisly folk songs that tell stories about the ultimate sin.
Most murder ballads are based on true stories, more or less. And many of those true stories took place in Appalachia.
Each episode of the Homicide Squad will focus on a different murder ballad. I will explain the true story behind the song, when it has survived. And I will explore how the song has evolved over time, sharing several different versions to illustrate different interpretations.
The subject of this first episode is one of my very favorite murder ballads, The Banks of the Ohio.
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