Episode 6: Poor Ellen Smith
*AUDIO NOTE: there is a mildly annoying rattle of our mics throughout that Allison only noticed after recording and could not be edited out. My apologies. Lesson learned. Thank you for your patience
In our 6th episode we stay in Good Ol’ North Carolina in the late 1800’s as we sing and tell the story behind the ballad of Poor Ellen Smith. Another good gal lead astray with the promise of romance and love. We tell her story and Allison rewrites the tragedy making Ellen “get a bit of her own back” as Amelia likes to say in a song entitled “Hell Hath No Fury”. Also we go on a few ridiculous tangents that are of upmost importance 🤪.
Sources: Unafraid To Die by Paul Slade, Hear My Sad Story by Richard Polenberg, and an article in the New York Times: “Across Generations, Traces of a Poor Maid’s Murder” by Dan Barry
Link to “Ellen Smith” by Henry Whitter: https://youtu.be/83TW_crEcjg?si=3Dpa76JHIL1M_Zp2
Spotify Playlist of Other Versions: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6C8w0EWxSXp5GmB7BUe8UN?si=jszdxWYRTdq3iXTGKXj1Qw
