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Murder Ballads. Ep. 2 Stagger Lee
Sep 26, 2023 ·
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Murder Ballads. Ep. 2 Stagger Lee
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Today on This Quiet-Please Podcast on Murder Ballads we are going to talk about one of the most famous murder ballads of all time: Stagger Lee/ The song "Stagger Lee"...
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Today on This Quiet-Please Podcast on Murder Ballads we are going to talk about one of the most famous murder ballads of all time: Stagger Lee/ The song "Stagger Lee" is based on a real-life murder that took place in St. Louis, Missouri, on Christmas Eve, 1895. Stagger Lee Shelton, a pimp and gambler, shot and killed Billy Lyons, a friend of his, after an argument over a Stetson hat. Shelton was arrested and tried for murder, but he was acquitted.
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