Criminal, one of my favorite podcasts, did a recent episode on the 1929 Lawson family murders in Stokes County, NC.
Like many others of the era, the Lawson murders became the subject of a murder ballad, originally by the Carolina Buddies, and later covered by the Stanley Brothers.
They didn’t mention it on the podcast, but it turns out there was a documentary made about the murders. I haven’t seen it, but the Amazon reviews, while few in number, seem reasonably positive.
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