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Morning Cup of Murder

The Death of A Blues Muse - December 25 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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December 25th: Delia Green Killed (1900) There is nothing more dangerous than an embarrassed man. It’s a saying heard time and time again and one that has become very familiar amongst women. On December 25th 1900 a young girl, so young she was barely a teenager, lost her life at the hands of a boy whom she embarrassed. A girl whose story, though changed overtime, became the subject of many a song.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Green, https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-poetic-death-of-delia-green-2b5d9cd800dc, https://www.savannahnow.com/news/20200307/savannahs-blues-muse-delia-green-gets-headstone-120-years-after-her-murder, https://hauntedsavannahtours.com/delias-gone/, https://dylanchords.info/36_wgw/ballad_of_delia_green.htm, https://www.countrythangdaily.com/johnny-cash-delia-gone/, https://www.countrythangdaily.com/johnny-cash-delias-gone/, http://kzfr.org/broadcasts/490 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:32.7

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:36.1

We have a weird homicide.

0:38.9

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:42.3

There is nothing more dangerous than an embarrassed man.

0:48.8

It's a saying heard time and time again and one that has become very familiar amongst women.

0:57.3

On December 25th, 1900,

1:04.7

a young girl, so young she was barely a teenager, lost her life at the hands of a boy whom she embarrassed. A girl whose story, though changed over time, became the subject of many a song. So if you like your

1:13.8

coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:22.9

Today's story is a hard one to tell and not just because it involves the tragic death of a young woman.

1:29.6

No, what makes it really difficult is the fact that, because it happened so long ago, and because of her race,

1:36.1

her story was told in so many different ways, it becomes impossible to know exactly what is the truth.

1:42.6

And I say this, having heard the story firsthand by a tour guide from

1:46.7

this area. Regardless, the story of Delia Green deserves to be told, even if her story changes

1:54.5

with each storyteller. Little is known about what exactly was going on inside the home where young Delia Green was working in Savannah, Georgia.

2:04.8

But with most sources calling it a, quote, House of Ill Repute, we do know that something happened inside that made the rumors go wild.

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