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@@monicaperry7702 I became interested in the story from the sign at The Lump outlook on Blue Ridge Parkway back in 2000. I havexdone intensive research since 2002 and I have gained a lot of friends in Caldwell, Wilkes and Iredell counties. In 2020 I published my book "Who Killed Laura Foster?" with my suggestion of what happened. In five other videos on my channel I retell the story.

I guess that you are reading the map right, but the map is very unprecise. A few examples. The distance between Elk Creek and Linville Branch is in rewl life twice the distance between Elk Creek and Reedy Branch but is shown the same on the map. The river is shown as an almost straight line running in a southeasterly direction, but in reality is very winding here and running in a generally norteasterly direction. Many of the homes are located wrong in the map. Of the houses shown in the map (many more existed) only one exists today, the R.D. Horton home, and it's further away from the river than the map shows. Also some of the distances are given incorrectly. Contrary to you, I'm convinced that Tom was innocent and so was Ann as none of them actually had the time to kill Laura that morning. Ann could have done, but that would mean that Pauline Foster and James Melton both lied in court to protect her.

@@wncjan Thanks for the clarification on geography. Regarding Dula's guilt: all of the evidence points squarely in that direction. For example: 1) Dula told a neighbor he intended to kill the woman he thought gave him syphillis; 2) Dula told his doctor that he thought Laura Foster gave him syphillis; 3) on the day of her disappearance, Laura Foster told a neighbor she was en route to meet with Dula at Bates' place; 4) at around the same time, Dula was seen by multiple neighbors heading along a different road in the same direction, toward Bates' place; 5) the broken end of the rope that had been used to tie the mare Foster was riding on her way to Bates' place was found tied to a tree right near Bates' place along with two piles of dung, indicating that the mare had been hitched to the tree for quite some time; 6) a patch of foul-smelling earth stained with what appeared to be blood was found right near Bates' place; 7) Dula had asked a neighbor for a digging tool the day before Foster's disappearance; 8) neighbors spotted Dula digging with the borrowed tool along the path right near the spot where Foster's body would later be found buried in a shallow grave (which was also right near Dula's home); 9) Dula did not return the digging tool until a day or two after Foster disappeared; 10) Ann Melton made several statements strongly indicating that she knew Dula to have murdered Foster (and also that she participated in some way); 11) Ann knew precisely where Foster was buried; 12) during all of the possible times during which Foster could have been murdered, Dula has no alibi and there is no account for where he might have been; 13) Dula was known by at least one witness to have habitually carried around a knife whose proportions matched those of the stab wound found in Foster's clothing; 14) no other actual evidence exists that plausibly implicates anyone other than Dula, with Ann Melton as a possible accomplice. To suppose that someone else might have been Foster's killer requires building one evidence-free speculation on top of another. The most likely scenario, in my opinion, is that Dula killed Foster early in the morning of May 25th, hid her body among the bushes and trees at Bates' place, then retrieved her body and buried it at night on the 25th-26th. Some have suggested that rigor mortis, which would have set in in Foster's corpse by that time, would have made it impossible to draw her legs in in the manner in which her body was discovered, but this isn't the case. The limbs of a body displaying rigor mortis can still be bent. If enough force is applied to them, muscle fibers affected by rigor mortis will "pop" and then the limb can be moved into whatever position is desired. Had I been on the jury at Dula's trial, the only reason I _might_ have hesitated to convict Dula would be that the evidence against Dula was circumstantial and I would be uncomfortable seeing someone receive a death sentence on the basis of a guilty verdict reached on that caliber of evidence. PS - Are you a Dane? My grandfather was from Tønder and your accent reminds me of his.

@@Marmocet Buy my book Eho killed Laura Foster? But I will get back to each of your points later. There you will find all my arguments 😄 and yes, I'm Danish.

@@wncjan One thing to keep in mind when you're reconstructing the timeline of events is that back in 1866, people weren't using daylight saving time. If you aren't using DST, sunrise near Wilkesboro on May 25th is at ~5:15 and first light is at ~4:45. Another astronomical tidbit that may be of interest is that the moon rose at 14:27 (GMT-5) on May 23rd and set at 2:37 on May 24th (~75% of the disk was illuminated), then rose at 15:22 on May 24th and set on May 25th at 3:09 (~83% disk illumination). The moon rose again on May 25th at 16:16 and set on May 26th at 3:42 (90% disk illumination). In the part of the world where this murder took place, it gets profoundly dark at night if the moon isn't out. Having the moon out at night makes possible doing things like transporting a body and trapsing through the woods to bury it without needing a lamp. Another point: If the place where Laura was buried is roughly where where I think it is (36.0851436 N by 81.39850 W) and the mountains in NC are like mountains elsewhere in the Appalachian chain, then I'm not surprised whoever dug it (Tom) stopped digging when it was 2.5 feet deep. Even though those mountains are covered with trees, there's usually very little soil on them. Usually you barely have to scratch the surface before you hit rock.

If you listen carefully you will hesr me say "the best known police officer IN DENMARK" not in thd US

I'm the author of the book "Who Killed Laura Foster",

You are most welcome. Should you ever come to the area on a third Saturday between April and October, make sure to visit the Tom Doolwy exhibition at Whippoorwill Academy and Village in Ferguson, NC. And if you want my complete ttake on the case, I tell it in my book, Who Killed Laura Foster?

@@wncjan Thank you for your swift reply and the recommendations! And wishing you a happy and peaceful 2023. =)

@@EsQuizzyMusic Happy New Year to you too

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I know he's said to have written the song, but he didn't. First of all he was almost illiterate, and had to sign the affidavit for his release from POW camp with an 'X'. Second, the song is based on a poem that was not published until many years after Tom's execution. Third, even at the gallows, when no hope for avoiding execution, Tom claimed that he was innocent, and was only convicted because some witnesses committed perjury at his trial. Why would he claim this, if he had already confessed his guikt in a song?

Yeah thanx for the reply .. very few "functionally illiterate" ppl are truly illiterate, that Dula signed his release papers with an X could be because out of chagrin against his captors he like many incarcerated persons "played dumb" in the face of officialdom. At that time newspapers and newspaper barons ruled the information dissemination roost, whence the daily consumption of newsprint in the eastern United States was about 1 kilogram per adult inhabitant per day. *As well we suggest that since the case had attracted national attention dealing as it did with all sorts of sexual matters it sold plenty of papers, and say the newspaper ppl machinated the setting aside of Dula's first trial and wanted there to be a second trial to extend the life of the case, in their desire to sell more papers.* 18yo Laura Foster was allegedly intending to meet Dula for the purpose of elopement, according to the testimony of witness Betsy Scott who swore she had talked to Laura the day before she disappeared. Doc Watson recounts one of his grandparents was present when Ann Melton on her deathbed admitted murdering Laura Foster, the other Foster sister Perline had allegedly said Tom Dooley had killed Laura and that Ann had taken her to the place of burial .. we will say that when officers of the law interviewed both girls they would have given full accounts of whatever they knew. So the picture emerges of Ann and Tom blaming Laura for bringing syphilis into the community, despite the popular conception Perline was the one who had been infected with the disease, so we know the lengths ppl go to when they have "someone to blame," that Ann and Tom between the two of them decided to lure Laura into their company in the promise of matrimony and when she duly turned up they murdered her .. Tom's signed confession where he accepted full responsibility was to absolve Ann Melton, which worked since she was found not guilty in the face of mountains of evidence. So let's take another look at the song .. some of the less critical parts are written in the first person al la the lyric "you can take down my old violin and play it all you please, for at this time tomorrow, boys it'll be of no use to me," while the gory bits are in the second person "you killed poor Laurie Foster and you know you're bound to die, you took her on the hillside for to make her your wife, you took her on the hillside and there you took her life," "you dug the grave four feet long and you dug it three feet deep, you rolled the cold clay over her and tromped it with your feet." It is not unusual for killers to do that, read Morman Bishop JD Lee's account of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre .. their narratives roll along until they get to the bad bits which they are unable to countenance, so they change it around and present the material as though they were spectators not perpetrators .. Tom Dula was a quick witted individual who could play banjo and violin, despite his allegedly limited schooling he would still have obtained the basics of the 3R's and had plenty of time there after to keep up with it all, so we don't give too much credence to the "illiteracy" claim. Allegations of witness perjury from convicted ppl are not uncommon, however they are in many instances typographical errors per se rather than deliberate attempts to obfuscate facts, so we are gonna say the whole affair would have been an "open and shut" murder case except it was beaten up by the press .. as well some of my stuff probly doesn't tally with your in depth analysis, it does not mean I am deliberately presenting false information cheers from Brisbane, Australia.

@@TheDillinger22 If you want to know more about my research into the case, you should read my book, Who Killed Laura Foster? Or The Tom Dooley Files by Charlotte Corbin Barnes.

xxxMy synopsis of what transpired as to the murder of Laura Foster is as good as anyone else's .. very few "functionally illiterate" ppl are truly illiterate, that Dula signed his release papers with an X could be because out of chagrin against his captors he like many incarcerated persons "played dumb" in the face of officialdom. At that time newspapers and newspaper barons ruled the information dissemination roost, whence the daily consumption of newsprint in the eastern United States was about 1 kilogram per adult inhabitant per day. *As well we suggest that since the case had attracted national attention dealing as it did with all sorts of sexual matters it sold plenty of papers, and say the newspaper ppl machinated the setting aside of Dula's first trial and wanted there to be a second trial to extend the life of the case, in their desire to sell more papers.* 18yo Laura Foster was allegedly intending to meet Dula for the purpose of elopement, according to the testimony of witness Betsy Scott who swore she had talked to Laura the day before she disappeared. Doc Watson recounts one of his grandparents was present when Ann Melton on her deathbed admitted murdering Laura Foster, the other Foster sister Perline had allegedly said Tom Dooley had killed Laura and that Ann had taken her to the place of burial .. we will say that when officers of the law interviewed both girls they would have given full accounts of whatever they knew. So the picture emerges of Ann and Tom blaming Laura for bringing syphilis into the community, despite the popular conception Perline was the one who had been infected with the disease, so we know the lengths ppl go to when they have "someone to blame," that Ann and Tom between the two of them decided to lure Laura into their company in the promise of matrimony and when she duly turned up they murdered her .. Tom's signed confession where he accepted full responsibility was to absolve Ann Melton, which worked since she was found not guilty in the face of mountains of evidence. So let's take another look at the song .. some of the less critical parts are written in the first person al la the lyric "you can take down my old violin and play it all you please, for at this time tomorrow, boys it'll be of no use to me," while the gory bits are in the second person "you killed poor Laurie Foster and you know you're bound to die, you took her on the hillside for to make her your wife, you took her on the hillside and there you took her life," "you dug the grave four feet long and you dug it three feet deep, you rolled the cold clay over her and tromped it with your feet." It is not unusual for killers to do that, read Morman Bishop JD Lee's account of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre .. their narratives roll along until they get to the bad bits which they are unable to countenance, so they change it around and present the material as though they were spectators not perpetrators .. Tom Dula was a quick witted individual who could play banjo and violin, despite his allegedly limited schooling he would still have obtained the basics of the 3R's and had plenty of time there after to keep up with it all, so we don't give too much credence to the "illiteracy" claim. Allegations of witness perjury from convicted ppl are not uncommon, however they are in many instances typographical errors per se rather than deliberate attempts to obfuscate facts, so we are gonna say the whole affair would have been an "open and shut" murder case except it was beaten up by the press .. as well some of my stuff probly doesn't tally with your in depth analysis, it does not mean I am deliberately presenting false information, cheers from Brisbane, Australia.

@@TheDillinger22 I didn't ban it. So pls post it again.

You can contact me on email: jan@kronsell.net or on messenger: Jan Kronsell

Your'e welcome. Hope to redo this video on my next vist, whenever that may be

Most of them though I'm not sure of the precise location of them all.

I'm glad you liked the video. I'm sorry though that I only used my dashboard cam, so I will try to make a better video on my next visit to NC, hopefully around Easter of 2022, if covid allows travels. Also I learned a bit more about where Lotty Foster and Ann Melton lived, and where Bates Place was (the information in this video is a bit off) and in 2018 I finally managed to locate the graves of Pinkney Foster and his wife, who was actually the widow of Tom Dooley's older brother, William, who died during the Civil War.

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Great. Which of Tom's siblings do you descend from?

@@wncjan Selena C ( Kendall l Dula

@@wncjan( Selena kendall) Dula

@@alishataylor6017 The unknown sister 😀 who was only mentioned in one census (1840) with no name, as she married James Kendall or Kindall im 1848 and moved to Georgia. I learned her name from Jerry Kendall, who must be related to you, while I was writing my book, Who Killed Laura Foster? just in time to include the information in the book. Do you know anything about her?

@@wncjan no just that Laura was Toms lover if u r talking about Laura

Thank you. I'm in Lenoir right now and will go see the play on Friday. I will move to Ferguson on Saturday to visit Whippoorwill Academy on opening day. If you haven't been already, you should definitely go. The Tom Dooley Art Museum there is great. And if you want to knoew more about the case, visit my homepage, kronsell.net/tom_dooley_the_legend.htm. or better, get the book The Tom Dooley Files by Charlotte Corbin Barnes.

@@wncjan thank you so much whipporwill academy is really nice I have an 8 yr old son that loves history I've been wanting to take him back to the academy he was very little last time we went he don't remember it after he saw the play last yr he's wanted to learn everything about the case and all the history in wilkes have you been to the old wilkes jail Museum yet im so glad I found your channel you have been a big help I've learned so much from your vids

Oh yeah and have you visited Tom's and Laura's graves yet it's really sad to visit their graves I always sense so much sadness when I visit them to pay my respects its so sad what happened to poor Laura I may be wrong but I think it was Ann and pearline that killed Laura and Tom got the blame

Yes I have visited both Tom's and Laura's graves and also Ann Melton's as well as several others from "the cast". As late as today I visited the graves of Mary Winkler, wife of J. W. Winkler on whose property Laura wa buried and her son, Rufus, married to Ann Melton's youngest daughter, Ida.

And if you want my view on "who did the terrible deed" you should by my novella, The Doctor's Secret 😎. Just a little advertising herel

Wonderful area. Enjoy!