Episode 128 The Kentucky Tragedy

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 918 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The murder of Solomon P. Sharp by Jereboam Beauchamp is known as The Kentucky Tragedy. It’s a complicated story of seduction, politics, love and execution. Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive podcast, Audacious: Tales of American Crime and more when you become a patron of the show. You can immediately access exclusive content now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.comFacebook: Southern Mysteries PodcastTwitter: @southernpod_Instagram: @shannonballard_Email: [email protected] Episode Sources Southern Literary Messenger. Encyclopedia of Virginia. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/southern-literary-messenger/ The confession of Jereboam Beauchamp "(written by himself) who was executed at Frankfort, Ky., for the murder of Col. Solomon P. Sharp, a member of the legislature, and late attorney-general of Ky. To which is added some poetical pieces written by Mrs. Ann Beauchamp, who voluntarily put a period to her existence on the day of the execution of her husband, and was buried in the same grave with him. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sat1109 The Kentucky Tragedy in American Literature: From Thomas Holley Chivers to Robert Warren. Jack Edward Surrency, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Accessed May 30, 2023. ttps://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5389&context=utk_graddiss Jereboam O. Beauchamp. Murderpedia. Accessed May 29, 2023. https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/beauchamp-jereboam.htm Episode Music I Am A Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor by Chris Zabriske and No. 7 Alone with My Thought by Esther Abrami. Licensed under Creative Commons; Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use

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0:53.7	Virginia's Southern literary messenger was one of the most influential literary magazines in the South.
1:08.0	Editor James Heath wrote in the first issue, the magazine was meant to serve as a kind of pioneer to spy out
1:16.1	the land of literary promise in the South and report whether the same be fruitful or barren.
1:24.1	The Southern Literary Messenger was, for a time, edited by Edgar Allan Poe.
1:31.0	In 1835, Poe published the first installment of Polition in the messenger.
1:37.0	Polition was the only play ever written by Poe, who had been inspired by events in Frankfurt, Kentucky that made national headlines in 1825.
1:49.0	The murder of Solomon Sharp by Gerra Boham Beacham is known as the Kentucky tragedy.
1:55.3	It's a complicated story of seduction, politics, love, and execution.
2:05.0	Welcome to Southern Mysteries, exploring the history and mysteries of the American South.
2:11.0	I'm your host Shannon Ballard. This is the story of the
2:17.0	Kentucky tragedy. The final resting place of Solomon Sharp is marked by a large marble stone in Frankfurt Cemetery.
2:29.0	The inscription reads,
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