1 1. “Frankie and Johnny,” 1912, recorded by Gene Greene, in the first known recording of a popular American murder ballad that likely traced back to a real murder in St. Louis in 1899 [1]   ...

1 1. “Frankie and Johnny,” 1912, recorded by Gene Greene, in the first known recording of a popular American murder ballad that likely traced back to a real murder in St. Louis in 1899 [1]   ...

1 We begin in medias res , approaching our location from above, an air raid siren slowly warbling up in volume to warn us of something or to warn others of us – such is the ambiguity of attributi...