Episode 9: Tom Dula (part one)
Dula? Dooley? Potato? Potahto?
Amelia and Allison dive deep into the real story behind one of the most popular songs responsible for the big folk boom of the 50s and 60s.
This one is SCANDALOUS! Fetch your smelling salts and clutch your pearls as Allison tells the true story of the “round-heeled” Tom Dula!
Sources: The True Story of Tom Dooley by John Edward Fletcher PhD, Unprepared to Die by Paul Slade, and The Ballad of Tom Dooley by John Foster West
Spotify Companion Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jxcETWFugDvyVdELTyTK0?si=zo4nSGFeQ2yqdYhNzYc5TA
