86. Charlie and Frankie Silver: Tragedy in Western North Carolina

Days before Christmas in 1831, Charlie Silver went missing from his home, leaving behind a young wife and baby. In the mountains of Western North Carolina, his family searched to no avail. Unfortunately, Charlie was eventually found but not all in one piece.

Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Narrator of The Ballad Of Frankie Silver excerpt - Lily Hildreth

Sources:
You Tube Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ6DViANMIc

McCrumb, Sharyn. The Ballad of Frankie Silver. The Penguin Group 1998
https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/capital-punishment/biographies/silver
https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/silver-frankie
https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/silver-frankie.htm
https://www.google.com/search?q=what+was+appalachian+life+like+in+the+1800s&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS1055US1057&oq=what+was+appalachian+life+like+in+the+1800s&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORigAdIBCTExMDcxajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7ec1b597,vid:liDtcY_NbWI,st:0
Lyrics to the Ballad: https://www.ncanchor.org/printpdf/13728 (authorship attributed to Thomas Scott)

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