The 13 Grisliest Murder Ballads of All Time
By Vijith Assar, eMusic Contributor
Beyond death and taxes, a further list of life's constants would have to include music, storytelling and, unfortunately, violence; perhaps we find murder ballads so thrilling because they cleverly mash them all together. Or maybe it's just a relief to get away from the tired tropes of the love song — or at least to refashion them so that dashing suitors become angry, jilted lovers, abusive husbands and destructive obsessives. Either way, there's perhaps no… more »
