Mystery of the Talking Skull: Family Secrets in Southern Appalachia

IF 0.4 4区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

SOUTHERN CULTURES Pub Date : 2024-01-20 DOI:10.1353/scu.2023.a917568

Stephen Simmons

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Abstract

Abstract:

When an out-of-town merchandiser goes missing in 1930s rural Southern Appalachia, whiskey and foul play are suspected. The small town of Woodbury, Tennessee, soon forgets and moves on, until the man's skeletal remains are uncovered three years later by two boys digging for mayapple root. Two men are immediately charged with the murder, though only one would be convicted. The trial would attract newspapers from across the state and beyond through the end of the decade. The story was lost to time and largely unknown to the descendants of those involved. The tale might have stayed buried in the past if not for a pulp fiction magazine that made its way back to the family some seventy years later.

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会说话的骷髅之谜：南阿巴拉契亚的家庭秘密

摘要:在 20 世纪 30 年代的南阿巴拉契亚农村，一名外地商人失踪，人们怀疑他喝了威士忌并犯了谋杀罪。田纳西州伍德伯里小镇很快就忘记了这件事，并继续前行，直到三年后，两个男孩在挖苹果根时发现了该男子的骸骨。两名男子立即被指控谋杀，但只有一人被定罪。这场审判吸引了全州和其他地方的报纸，一直持续到十年结束。这个故事随着时间的流逝而消失，涉案人的后代大多不知道这个故事。如果不是 70 多年后一本纸质小说杂志让这个家庭重见天日，这个故事可能会一直埋藏在过去。

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