I am the victim of a mean husband! I put up with it for 5 years and 4 months. I snapped one day, he had put me in a corner and was very mean and hurtful! Something snapped in my head and I spun him into that corner and lifted him off the floor! I told him that if he ever touched my children or me that I’d kill him! He packed up his land rover and left! I’m so great full for God removing him from us! I never married again, I got my divorce and raised my children by my self with God’s help! I’m old now and enjoying grandchildren and great grandchildren!
Bless Your Heart I too had a mean husband and my parents were alcoholics who didn’t protect me I am now 68 and still suffering from my parents neglect and a 25 year relationship with my 4 children’s dad but for God there go I I could have been Frankie. One day I just up and called it quits My children to this day are messed up cause they saw things they shouldn’t have and I stayed in the abuse too long. Feel very Blest you got out early
Physical abuse can be a tragedy and a very traumatic experience good for you turning the tables on him so he could see what his abuse was doing to you and your children 👍🏻 My ex husband was abusive also but it was mental abuse and the thing’s he said to me made me feel less then anything at all although I didn’t have your courage he did leave us in a very sneaky way he moved us to Wisconsin from Illinois because my parents lived there he stayed for a year and then came home packed his stuff as I’m asking him why and went back to Illinois moved in with his mistress and her 3 kid’s ( we have 2 ) and then they got married right after our divorce. I found out that his lawyer told him to do what he did and to make sure I’m not pregnant when he left I dated again after that and each guy left me I don’t know why which made me even more insecure I’m old now too ( 65 ) my kid’s are in their middle 40’s and I have 4 grandchildren and I’m doing ok without a man in my life I don’t have to tell anyone where I’m going what I’m doing I don’t have to tell anybody anything ( except my kids because I’m old ) Lol and it’s nice that way‼️💯👍🏻
God didn't remove him, you did - nothing wrong in having pride for standing up for yourself before it was too late! If you want to, you can give your god credit for other things, like the sun shining on a cold winter day, the gentle rain on a mild spring night. But this wasn't your god, it was you - and you deserve the credit for that....
My mother came from Stoneville, NC, near the end of WWII. She never heard anything about this event until reading Sharon McCrumb's book "Ballard of Frankie Silver". I have heard the old song "Frankie and Johnny" many times. However, the song has been changed by each recording artist. I have often wondered if that song was based on the story of Frankie Silver? Her husband's remains (those that were found) ended up buried in two graves; and, those graves are pictured on the hardback dust covers of Sharon McCrumbs book. I was also an abused wife and mother of two children. However, before my husband got drunk enough to kill us, I took both children and rode a Greyhound bus back to Kentucky (and to my people). I divorced him, used my GI Bill to go to College, and took a good paying job after college. I left my ex-husband in Tennessee. I later had to move to West Virginia to hide from him and his parents. Poor Frankie was trapped. She did what she had to do. My children are now senior citizens that live in different states. The last I heard, my ex-husband is in a Nursing Home somewhere; and, his parents are dead. I never wanted to be trapped in another marriage again. I raised both children by myself with no child support; and, they both finished high school and went to college.
@@MsShep55Nancy was raised by family and married a Parker. She has descendants living today. I'm a descendant of Frankie's brother Lt. Jackson R. Stewart. Franky admitted she killed Charlie in defense of Nancy & herself. Our Stewart's are fairly certain my 5th GGF Isaiah "Ice" Stewart ( Frankie's father ) and her brother Blackstone helped dispose of Charlie's remains after the fact. Incidentally; Charlie has 3 graves, not just 2, all were laid at rest as parts found remaining of him they had not burned in the cabin. As for a curse...I don't agree. Just a couple accidents with my 5th GGP's. As for Blackstone; he caused his own demise with making bad decisions.
Frankie Silver is my 3x great grandmother. I love to see this video about her. My family has always said her brother helped her, this story has kept the same in my family since the horrific day happened.
I've lived in Burke County my whole life. I'm almost 66 years old. We studied this story in 6th grade and had to do a report. The history museum in morganton, which is in Burke County has a Frankie Silvers room. The tour guide covers this story. Very informative.
That's a pretty gruesome story for 6th graders to do a book report on. But then again, today's 6th graders do book reports on hero homosexuals and brave transgenders. I guess public schools have always been demented.
In 1980, my dad me and my brother in a real good friend of his we went to the Frankie Silver's grave. I was born and raised in Morton and heard the story many many times and her name is very well known throughout our community and growing up, TY4SHARING this story. Her gravestone is up at Lake James on the Burke County side. For some reason it is way down into the woods and there's no more Graves around it was just hers.🤟🏻🌞❤️🎩
yup, her father was trying to take her body to the family cemetery, but the hot July heat had the corpse stinking something bad on the back of the wagon. Finally, he pulled over to the side of the wagon trail and buried her, thats why she is located in the middle of nowhere.
@@theKrausmanHave you ever heard the old saying that it is bad luck to speak in ill judgement of the dead? There is a ton of research laid out which suggests Frankie did it in self defense, she even admitted as such. She was given poor council & the trial was only 2 days. Until you have walked in their shoes....
Well, I tell u what, that's absolutely best mountain story I've ever heard. And the video of the cabin,snow and etc, with your voice, just blew me away....it was a memerizing tale, beautiful yet sad. Hey from South Carolina again...
Read The Ballad of Frankie Silvers by Sharyn McCrumb. She did lots of research on the lawyers and governor of NC at the time. Beautifully written. She also wrote about Tom Dooley. Sir your a wonderful storyteller. Thanks for tellin Frankie’s story.
I read and enjoyed that book. She described the cabin and stated its size in paces. I gave the book away, so I can't recheck the information, but by my calculations, her figures would make the cabin as big as a gymnasium. Just sayin'
Excellent tale my friend. I wasn’t sure if I should mention this, but back in my family tree there had been two Holbrook boys arrive in the early 1700’s. One was my fifth or sixth great grandpa and the other was his brother. Grandpa settled in Menlo, Georgia while the other settled in Carter county, Ky on the West Virginia line. It’s quite a tale of you want to look it up. It happened not too far from the Hatfield/McCoy feud.
Okay. I have heard this story and it occurred nearby to where I grew up. There are many ballads and similar cases from other places, even as far away as St. Louis. The story of Frankie and Charlie Silvers happened in Mitchell County, NC (Appalachia), in a small community called Kona. The oldest residents being Silvers and the oldest home hailing back to the late 1700s (a log home that has been renovated over the years and is still lived in). Frankie "went on trial" in Burke county and was hanged there, as the courts do murder trials in nearby, but separate places to avoid bias (or in an attempt to). In this situation, Frankie Stuart was an attractive girl from a poor family and the Silvers were wealthier landowners. Hypergamy at its finest, Frankie married Charlie Silver. However, Charlie was a "cat-a-bout" (seeking love in other places) and was known to become drunken and hostile. This being the case, he beat Frankie on multiple occasions and was unfaithful. It has been told that he almost beat her to death a few times. In the version I heard, Frankie's father and brother were the ones to kill Charlie, being tired of the beating of their sister/ daughter and in fear for the wellbeing of Frankie's child. They tried to cover it up, clumsily, to start with. When that did not work, they encouraged Frankie to take the blame thinking the court system would never convict and hang a woman, especially for self defense. The court was wise to their ploy however, and convicted her anyway, hoping for a confession from Frankie or the real killers. Frankie's father encouraged her to keep quiet, for reasons unknown, and "take the truth to her grave", which unfortunately she did. Not sure why so many different versions exist or why facts get left out. My guess is that the pride that is inherent in the people here make them want to "cover" for ancestors, even hundreds of years past the event in question.
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@@Jefe-qh8kdnah a lot of people knew it was abuse most likely I doubt she just killed her husband for no reason because she had a baby and needed a man in those times
those replying to your comment are wrong. God wants us to pray, even for the little things. Even if we think it wont help. Pray. In the end, its all you have.
My ex does folk ballads. His grandfather handed down his music to him in different versions and there’s a Frankie and Albert, Frankie and Johnny and several other ballads about Frankie. This is a very interesting story for sure and well told.
I read a book some years ago. It was a tragic story of fiction about a young couple, new baby, isolated in the Morganton area when the nearby state lines were different. The isolation, alcohol, colicky baby,and postpartum depression resulted in murder. I can't say this is the same. It was a haunting read, very descriptive and vivid.
@Shannon Sheridan I'm almost certain it's Sharyn McCrums book, the Ballad of Frankie Silver. I was working in a restaurant in Banner Elk around 2000. I had read the book and Mrs. McCrum was a guest one night. I had to see her name to jar the memory.
Frankie had put up with enough of her husband's abuse, and unfortunately never got to tell her side. So much for the justice system years ago. Who knows what is right or wrong in this case! Thanks for the story❣️
The justice system hasn't really changed that much if you really watch and listen. If HER family had been affluent she would never have been prosecuted.
She cut her husbands body apart and burned it! That is next level crazy! Supposed abuse or not! Disgusting evil next level crap! She got what she deserved! Karma is a bitch!
@Maria No one knows for sure..don't be the judge and jury..if you were abused back in those days, you would not have any rights one way or another...Definitely was a man's world in those times.
I have lived in NC since 93 and about 2 hours from black mountain or the NC- tenn line and never heard these stories.. I really enjoy hearing these I love learning historical stories about NC ..
Did she Murder him because of the abuse? Or was it Post-partum depression? A vitamin Deficiency? Was she Schizophrenic? We'll never know what went on in their lives. Truly a sad story. Thank you for sharing it.
Just dreadful if they forced Frankie to take the fall for it all. Her silence throughout the trial, her lawyers opting for a not guilty plea rather than a self defense smells of some back room dealings. Jury mingling and even the silencing of her last words- all of it wears the stench of a lifetime of abuse. A true horror.
Frankie didn’t have a chance. She cleaned it up the best she could and had to of waited hundreds of years to be able to binge CIS marathons for help. Great story! ……. A quick edit, why would the court ever let the jury mingle during recess to talk about the case? That’s insane.
Because in the US, "justice" has never been about true justice! And it was even worse back then! She probably wouldn’t have had much chances if she had pleaded Self Defense either, just my guess…
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller oh yeah lol being back then I don’t doubt that at all. If I was on trial, I would be pretty bummed out if I saw my jury mingling with the crowd. Especially a crowd that loves to watch a good hangin’.
I don't think you're seeing this for what it is, even if her family did murder her husband it was not of protection because the father told her to let it die with her so they obviously didn't care about her well-being if they are willing to let her hang for a crime she didn't commit
My neck of the woods. Charlie actually had 3 graves, as it took several days to find all the body parts that didn't burn. Never understood how such a little woman could cut up a big man with only an axe.
@@josephbrandt6778 I'm sure that time and societal norms have changed feelings and theories of what happened. Most now think that she was an abused wife that got tired of it. However, there's still the belief that she didn't do it all herself. It's one of those things where the only folks that ever knew what happened went to their graves long ago.
Where's proof of alcohol ? What if that's why she murdered him because she was drunk ? You only took her side because you women have absolutely zero accountability. You blame every single thing on others. Typical. No doubt you're a criminal.
Thank you JD for sharing this story. Seems like the jury being all male and allowed to talk about the case on breaks didn’t help Frankie’s case. Have a blessed day!
My first husband, who turned out to still be married to his first wife, slapped me in front of all his kids. I calmly went in the kitchen and washed my face in cool water. Then took down the biggest, sharpest knife from the knife rack. I laid it carefully on the counter and said, "If you touch me in anger one more time, I will cut your throat while you sleep and darlin', everybody's gotta go to sleep sometime." Then I put that knife between the box springs and mattress of our bed with the handle sticking out, just so he'd remember. He never touched me with anger again and when he died, years after I left him, it was by his own hand, not mine.
Another fascinating story JD, albeit very sad and slightly mysterious. I love the way you tell it with the use of the amazing scenery, quaint cabins and the amazing photos of the folks of wayback. I feel that I've missed out never having visited the Appalacias which look so beautiful
Amazing story full of anticipation but it’s your voice that’s captivating. So happy I found your channel. Blessings to everyone with health and happiness 🥰 Tom 🤔
Thank you 🙏 it’s a true story, but there’s lots of different theories, and centuries have past, Frankie is viewed more as a victim in this story. Most likely - we will never know the full details
I was a victim of domestic violence as a child & an adult. My Mom left my biological father when I was 3 yrs old. I still remember him holding a knife on us. Unfortunately I too married a violent man. I stayed too many years with him. Frankie was protecting herself & her child. We will never know the full details of why she killed her husband ~~ hind sight she should have just left. Many women & men try to leave abusive relationships ~~ but the abuser keeps them from doing so. Thank you JD for telling us this story!
My first wife used to try to fight me all the time and hit me and pull my hair and bite me and all kinds of crap. I never saw my parents act like that so I really wasn't sure what to do about it until one day she punched me in the face for the last time and I knocked that b**** out. And I got a divorce and kept my kids and received child support. Booyah🎉
@@Dubhain dude....that's nothing. This chick thought she was Roy Jones Jr. I didn't think it sounded so unbelievable. It sure would be silly to try to make up a lie about something so weird like that? What part is unbelievable? I wish I could send her to your house to prove what I say. 😂
I was in family court one day. A man was there, cause his wife knew judo. And he spoke, about how he was afraid, and locked himself in the bathroom from her. I'm sure, they divorced and he got a restraining order. She was the aggressor, so it seems.
This saddens me to hear. What ever become of their child ? I hope the child was raised with love and not to blame either side , but to know all grandparents.
I know my phone can read my mind! After listening to 1&2 of Molly's story, and hearing so many others of yours..I thought..he should fo 1 on Frankie Silvers. Next morning..there it was! Ty he Ballad of Frankie Silvers" is by 1 of my favorite authors..Sharon McCrumb.😊
Hell hath no furry like that of a woman scorned. After reading most of the comments for the most part they assume she did it. Me I'm not so sure. For a woman to strike a man with a loaded shotgun and her an axe and he didn't even get a shot off seems a bit odd to me.
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller - Yet, dear friend, you and James Deen should consider how even a tiny woman has been known to lift a car off somebody underneath all by herself, especially if it's her child. So never underestimate what we can do if we must. I've said before that my ex never lifted his hand to me - but that was only because he knew if he did, he wouldn't have to worry about my relatives since I'd get him first. He was a violent man by nature, and a classic malignant narcissist as I learned too late. But when we were finally divorcing at long last, I overheard him telling one of his friends that I was the only person he ever feared. It was one of the few sensible things I ever heard him say. He knew what I could and probably would do if such an emergency ever arose. While I appreciate the intent of your generous attitude toward the fairer sex, I also owe it to you to mention that in many cases at least, it may be somewhat misplaced. :) Ziva David was not completely fictional, or if so was still realistic. I spent over 20 years in L.A. (you know it's a company town) and my best friend there was so much like her it was almost spooky.
@@LandLadyCatHerd yep,theres that 2 letter word again (if) and you know the ole cleuqche, (if a frog had wings he bumb his ass when he jumped) technically speaking that is say. But what do I know I'm not a gynecologist. 👍
I remember seeing this on ID. I always thought it was self-defense. What she did after he was dead was horrific, and that's probably what sealed her doom. In the end Frankie managed to get her revenge on her family, but I don't remember what happened to her baby.
I am the victim of a mean husband! I put up with it for 5 years and 4 months. I snapped one day, he had put me in a corner and was very mean and hurtful! Something snapped in my head and I spun him into that corner and lifted him off the floor! I told him that if he ever touched my children or me that I’d kill him! He packed up his land rover and left! I’m so great full for God removing him from us! I never married again, I got my divorce and raised my children by my self with God’s help! I’m old now and enjoying grandchildren and great grandchildren!
Bless Your Heart I too had a mean husband and my parents were alcoholics who didn’t protect me I am now 68 and still suffering from my parents neglect and a 25 year relationship with my 4 children’s dad but for God there go I I could have been Frankie. One day I just up and called it quits My children to this day are messed up cause they saw things they shouldn’t have and I stayed in the abuse too long. Feel very Blest you got out early
Physical abuse can be a tragedy and a very traumatic experience good for you turning the tables on him so he could see what his abuse was doing to you and your children 👍🏻 My ex husband was abusive also but it was mental abuse and the thing’s he said to me made me feel less then anything at all although I didn’t have your courage he did leave us in a very sneaky way he moved us to Wisconsin from Illinois because my parents lived there he stayed for a year and then came home packed his stuff as I’m asking him why and went back to Illinois moved in with his mistress and her 3 kid’s ( we have 2 ) and then they got married right after our divorce. I found out that his lawyer told him to do what he did and to make sure I’m not pregnant when he left I dated again after that and each guy left me I don’t know why which made me even more insecure I’m old now too ( 65 ) my kid’s are in their middle 40’s and I have 4 grandchildren and I’m doing ok without a man in my life I don’t have to tell anyone where I’m going what I’m doing I don’t have to tell anybody anything ( except my kids because I’m old ) Lol and it’s nice that way‼️💯👍🏻
D. Baker there are more of us out there than we know. Bless you Meet you in Heaven
God didn't remove him, you did - nothing wrong in having pride for standing up for yourself before it was too late!
If you want to, you can give your god credit for other things, like the sun shining on a cold winter day, the gentle rain on a mild spring night.
But this wasn't your god, it was you - and you deserve the credit for that....
A person can only take abuse for so long.. I'm glad that you had the strength and courage to face your demon. Bless you and your family.
My mother came from Stoneville, NC, near the end of WWII. She never heard anything about this event until reading Sharon McCrumb's book "Ballard of Frankie Silver". I have heard the old song "Frankie and Johnny" many times. However, the song has been changed by each recording artist. I have often wondered if that song was based on the story of Frankie Silver? Her husband's remains (those that were found) ended up buried in two graves; and, those graves are pictured on the hardback dust covers of Sharon McCrumbs book.
I was also an abused wife and mother of two children. However, before my husband got drunk enough to kill us, I took both children and rode a Greyhound bus back to Kentucky (and to my people). I divorced him, used my GI Bill to go to College, and took a good paying job after college. I left my ex-husband in Tennessee. I later had to move to West Virginia to hide from him and his parents. Poor Frankie was trapped. She did what she had to do. My children are now senior citizens that live in different states. The last I heard, my ex-husband is in a Nursing Home somewhere; and, his parents are dead. I never wanted to be trapped in another marriage again. I raised both children by myself with no child support; and, they both finished high school and went to college.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
My heart goes out to you.
You are obviously a beautiful soul.
What happened to the baby ?
@@MsShep55Nancy was raised by family and married a Parker. She has descendants living today. I'm a descendant of Frankie's brother Lt. Jackson R. Stewart. Franky admitted she killed Charlie in defense of Nancy & herself. Our Stewart's are fairly certain my 5th GGF Isaiah "Ice" Stewart ( Frankie's father ) and her brother Blackstone helped dispose of Charlie's remains after the fact. Incidentally; Charlie has 3 graves, not just 2, all were laid at rest as parts found remaining of him they had not burned in the cabin. As for a curse...I don't agree. Just a couple accidents with my 5th GGP's. As for Blackstone; he caused his own demise with making bad decisions.
Frankie Silver is my 3x great grandmother. I love to see this video about her. My family has always said her brother helped her, this story has kept the same in my family since the horrific day happened.
That's awesome
Howdy cousin Charlie was my 4th great grand uncle. I descend from the next oldest brother Alfred Leonard Silver!
Have you read Sharyn McCrumb’s book about Frankie?
I've lived in Burke County my whole life. I'm almost 66 years old. We studied this story in 6th grade and had to do a report. The history museum in morganton, which is in Burke County has a Frankie Silvers room. The tour guide covers this story. Very informative.
Awesome
That's a pretty gruesome story for 6th graders to do a book report on.
But then again, today's 6th graders do book reports on hero homosexuals and brave transgenders. I guess public schools have always been demented.
What were the reports’ conclusions?
I haven't heard this story in over 60 years. Well told, JD, very well told.
Thank you TennValleyGal
In 1980, my dad me and my brother in a real good friend of his we went to the Frankie Silver's grave. I was born and raised in Morton and heard the story many many times and her name is very well known throughout our community and growing up, TY4SHARING this story. Her gravestone is up at Lake James on the Burke County side. For some reason it is way down into the woods and there's no more Graves around it was just hers.🤟🏻🌞❤️🎩
yup, her father was trying to take her body to the family cemetery, but the hot July heat had the corpse stinking something bad on the back of the wagon. Finally, he pulled over to the side of the wagon trail and buried her, thats why she is located in the middle of nowhere.
Do you always pay your respects at the grave sites of axe murderers ???? Did you leave some black roses and a hatchet out of respect ?????
@@theKrausmanHave you ever heard the old saying that it is bad luck to speak in ill judgement of the dead? There is a ton of research laid out which suggests Frankie did it in self defense, she even admitted as such. She was given poor council & the trial was only 2 days. Until you have walked in their shoes....
Well, I tell u what, that's absolutely best mountain story I've ever heard. And the video of the cabin,snow and etc, with your voice, just blew me away....it was a memerizing tale, beautiful yet sad. Hey from South Carolina again...
Thanks so much! I filmed the cabin in a place called Cades Cove in the Smoky Mountains, and I created the snow. :)
Read The Ballad of Frankie Silvers by Sharyn McCrumb. She did lots of research on the lawyers and governor of NC at the time. Beautifully written. She also wrote about Tom Dooley.
Sir your a wonderful storyteller. Thanks for tellin Frankie’s story.
Thank you 🙏
Sharon McCrumb is one of my favorite authors she really does research her stories well
I read and enjoyed that book. She described the cabin and stated its size in paces. I gave the book away, so I can't recheck the information, but by my calculations, her figures would make the cabin as big as a gymnasium. Just sayin'
Excellent tale my friend. I wasn’t sure if I should mention this, but back in my family tree there had been two Holbrook boys arrive in the early 1700’s. One was my fifth or sixth great grandpa and the other was his brother. Grandpa settled in Menlo, Georgia while the other settled in Carter county, Ky on the West Virginia line. It’s quite a tale of you want to look it up. It happened not too far from the Hatfield/McCoy feud.
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Thank you for sharing the story - also thank you for doing it with some compassion for both victim AND perpetrator!
Thank you for noticing that!
Okay. I have heard this story and it occurred nearby to where I grew up. There are many ballads and similar cases from other places, even as far away as St. Louis. The story of Frankie and Charlie Silvers happened in Mitchell County, NC (Appalachia), in a small community called Kona. The oldest residents being Silvers and the oldest home hailing back to the late 1700s (a log home that has been renovated over the years and is still lived in). Frankie "went on trial" in Burke county and was hanged there, as the courts do murder trials in nearby, but separate places to avoid bias (or in an attempt to). In this situation, Frankie Stuart was an attractive girl from a poor family and the Silvers were wealthier landowners. Hypergamy at its finest, Frankie married Charlie Silver. However, Charlie was a "cat-a-bout" (seeking love in other places) and was known to become drunken and hostile. This being the case, he beat Frankie on multiple occasions and was unfaithful. It has been told that he almost beat her to death a few times. In the version I heard, Frankie's father and brother were the ones to kill Charlie, being tired of the beating of their sister/ daughter and in fear for the wellbeing of Frankie's child. They tried to cover it up, clumsily, to start with. When that did not work, they encouraged Frankie to take the blame thinking the court system would never convict and hang a woman, especially for self defense. The court was wise to their ploy however, and convicted her anyway, hoping for a confession from Frankie or the real killers. Frankie's father encouraged her to keep quiet, for reasons unknown, and "take the truth to her grave", which unfortunately she did. Not sure why so many different versions exist or why facts get left out. My guess is that the pride that is inherent in the people here make them want to "cover" for ancestors, even hundreds of years past the event in question.
I'm from eastern North Carolina and I remember people singing the song when I was a kid.
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Frankie did what had to be done and protected her baby.
That's what Frankie said. Most axe murderers are honest too !
You were there??
Zero accountability from women,ever
@@Jefe-qh8kdnah a lot of people knew it was abuse most likely I doubt she just killed her husband for no reason because she had a baby and needed a man in those times
Wonderful storytelling, thank you! I will say prayers for Frankie and be grateful I didn't live my life in her times.
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She needed prayers when she was alive, not now!!
Too late for prayers!
those replying to your comment are wrong. God wants us to pray, even for the little things. Even if we think it wont help. Pray. In the end, its all you have.
My ex does folk ballads. His grandfather handed down his music to him in different versions and there’s a Frankie and Albert, Frankie and Johnny and several other ballads about Frankie. This is a very interesting story for sure and well told.
That's awesome luv
Once again, thank you JD, for keeping history alive.❤
Thank you Diane!
Such great storytelling and production. I enjoy these videos so much!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for telling all of these amazingly wonderful stories. I've been binging since I discovered your channel about 1 week ago!
We are so glad you are here Melanie!
That was a really good story. It's sad that domestic violence has always been💔 thank you for another very well told story❣
Thank you Mary
So, you're buying the battered wife horseshit?
I read a book some years ago. It was a tragic story of fiction about a young couple, new baby, isolated in the Morganton area when the nearby state lines were different. The isolation, alcohol, colicky baby,and postpartum depression resulted in murder. I can't say this is the same. It was a haunting read, very descriptive and vivid.
What was the book?
@@shannonsheridan5958 I have tried to remember. I'm sorry. I'll attempt to find out. I'll let you know.
@Shannon Sheridan I'm almost certain it's Sharyn McCrums book, the Ballad of Frankie Silver. I was working in a restaurant in Banner Elk around 2000. I had read the book and Mrs. McCrum was a guest one night. I had to see her name to jar the memory.
@@ericinman9245 thank you I will
find it!
I am curious too, I want to know the name of the book also. It sounds like a good read.
Frankie had put up with enough of her husband's abuse, and unfortunately never got to tell her side. So much for the justice system years ago. Who knows what is right or wrong in this case! Thanks for the story❣️
"who knows what is right or wrong in this case" I couldnt agree more.
The justice system hasn't really changed that much if you really watch and listen.
If HER family had been affluent she would never have been prosecuted.
@@barbaracarpenter1260 agreed
She cut her husbands body apart and burned it! That is next level crazy! Supposed abuse or not! Disgusting evil next level crap! She got what she deserved! Karma is a bitch!
@Maria No one knows for sure..don't be the judge and jury..if you were abused back in those days, you would not have any rights one way or another...Definitely was a man's world in those times.
The most amazing story yet so beautifully told could listen to you all day telling stories
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My goodness, that is one heck of a piece of history, and the truth will never be known.😞
Thank you JD.
Thank you Richard
Good bit of the truth is known. People just seem to want to carry on a mystique about it all
I have lived in NC since 93 and about 2 hours from black mountain or the NC- tenn line and never heard these stories.. I really enjoy hearing these I love learning historical stories about NC ..
Thank you Tina!
Did she Murder him because of the abuse? Or was it Post-partum depression? A vitamin Deficiency? Was she Schizophrenic? We'll never know what went on in their lives. Truly a sad story. Thank you for sharing it.
well said my friend, we will never know for sure
She murdered him because she's a murderer.
@@Jefe-qh8kdnah she obviously did it for her own reasons
Just dreadful if they forced Frankie to take the fall for it all. Her silence throughout the trial, her lawyers opting for a not guilty plea rather than a self defense smells of some back room dealings. Jury mingling and even the silencing of her last words- all of it wears the stench of a lifetime of abuse. A true horror.
You are a great storyteller. Thank you for sharing your gift and hard work.
Thank you Sir
I just found this channel today. I really love the history and I have already become a fan!!
Welcome aboard Sharon!
Thank You for sharing this story
Yes ma’am
Frankie didn’t have a chance. She cleaned it up the best she could and had to of waited hundreds of years to be able to binge CIS marathons for help. Great story!
……. A quick edit, why would the court ever let the jury mingle during recess to talk about the case? That’s insane.
It is crazy that they were allowed to mingle- but it’s a true story
Because in the US, "justice" has never been about true justice!
And it was even worse back then!
She probably wouldn’t have had much chances if she had pleaded Self Defense either, just my guess…
😮oh my gosh thank you so much for for sharing I ❤Appalachian Story Tellers ❤️🙏from Rita🙋♀️
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller oh yeah lol being back then I don’t doubt that at all. If I was on trial, I would be pretty bummed out if I saw my jury mingling with the crowd. Especially a crowd that loves to watch a good hangin’.
@@ritasmith1127 Thank you Rita
Great story. I do think the family did help out Frankie to protect her from the abuse from her husband. The courts were very different back then.
You're probably right, I think they had something to do with it too
I don't think you're seeing this for what it is, even if her family did murder her husband it was not of protection because the father told her to let it die with her so they obviously didn't care about her well-being if they are willing to let her hang for a crime she didn't commit
Her husband didn't abuse her. She murdered him. She's the abuser. Ffs
My neck of the woods. Charlie actually had 3 graves, as it took several days to find all the body parts that didn't burn. Never understood how such a little woman could cut up a big man with only an axe.
Because she didn't do it alone,I think she had help luv
Yup he has three graves- they buried him as they found him- I believe all three graves are in the same cemetery
It’s amazing what we can do 😊
Excellent story. So we’ll told ! I love the ominous music as well. Tragic tale for Frankie though. Yer voice just floors me! Thanks
Thank you so much Karen! and thanks for noticing the music! as a musician myself, I put careful thought into it :)
Another great story JD. I try to listen to all your stories. Being from western NC originally I bet the family helped. Just a old Marines opinion.
Thanks so much Scott!
Charlie's daddy is my g-g- g-g-uncle, making Charlie a cousin. Story's been passed down through the generations.
Wow, very interesting. Did the story passed down believe it was the family and not Frankie as well?
@@sunnsets11 I've always heard the suspicions that she had help from her family.
Karma got the guilty and I only see Frankie as a victim.
@@kevinbode6483 I have to say that if someone threatened my youngun, they wouldn't be long for this world either. So I certainly couldn't blame her.
@@josephbrandt6778 I'm sure that time and societal norms have changed feelings and theories of what happened. Most now think that she was an abused wife that got tired of it. However, there's still the belief that she didn't do it all herself. It's one of those things where the only folks that ever knew what happened went to their graves long ago.
Wow, another great story! Thank you
Thank you Jody
i'm left speechless. Sad, but awesome story and of course your performance is always wonderful JD!
Thank you ❤️
This is my very favorite UA-cam channel!!
Thank you for your continued awesome work!!
Thank you so much Jordan!
Great story thanks for sharing Storyteller y’all be safe and GOD BLESS
Glad you enjoyed it
Poor little girl. What a horrible end. And her poor baby. ❤️
As always a good story. I like these short stories a lot.
Thank you James
"they weren't stupid..." "yes sir, her name is Tom..." 😵🤣 Love this channel!
😂😆 you caught it!
Another great story JD! I'm trying to catch up on all I have missed! Lol. Thanks for all your hard work!
Thank you Joy!
Great story Thank you for sharing this. I watch all your videos Love them.
Glad you like them!
What a sad and morbid story, ... I'm taking Frankie's side... alcohol can turn people into monsters... Thanks JD 🤗❤️
im with you Kathy
Agreed luv!
Alcohol does not turn people. They are mean before they drink.
@@Mr50403 They can be mean without turning into monsters... alcohol can turn mean into psycho...imho
Where's proof of alcohol ? What if that's why she murdered him because she was drunk ? You only took her side because you women have absolutely zero accountability. You blame every single thing on others. Typical. No doubt you're a criminal.
I read about her awhile back.So tragic.Thanks for sharing her story😔
So sad
Thank you JD for sharing this story. Seems like the jury being all male and allowed to talk about the case on breaks didn’t help Frankie’s case.
Have a blessed day!
Thank you Willow ❤️
Yeah, I thought that would be cause for a mistrial....but I guess you need a lawyer to file it & a judge to hear it.
Thanks TAS❤
Than k you Lana ❤
Mnt or rural people seem to have their own way of dealing with things in life. We all just do the best we can👵🏻👩🌾❣️
JD i love these stories! you do a great job!
Preciate ya my friend !
Another good story from the mtns. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Pinky
Copperhill's front and center! I been waiting on this un, J.D. Ima hoping the worlds sitting rite in your neck of the woods friend.
Preciate ya Scott, its a beautiful day here in East TN
Great story and the telling of it!
Thank you my friend!
My first husband, who turned out to still be married to his first wife, slapped me in front of all his kids.
I calmly went in the kitchen and washed my face in cool water. Then took down the biggest, sharpest knife from the knife rack. I laid it carefully on the counter and said, "If you touch me in anger one more time, I will cut your throat while you sleep and darlin', everybody's gotta go to sleep sometime." Then I put that knife between the box springs and mattress of our bed with the handle sticking out, just so he'd remember.
He never touched me with anger again and when he died, years after I left him, it was by his own hand, not mine.
Dang it man
What if he took you out first? That's why I walked out with the kids while he was at work.
Great story. Great channel.
Preciate you!
Another fascinating story JD, albeit very sad and slightly mysterious. I love the way you tell it with the use of the amazing scenery, quaint cabins and the amazing photos of the folks of wayback. I feel that I've missed out never having visited the Appalacias which look so beautiful
Thank you 😊
Hi JD, do you think that your book will be available on Amazon? I've looked but it doesn't appear to be there at the moment. Thank you ❤
As always excellent content Thank you JD🤠👍✊
Thank you Larry!
Good story.these hills holds lots of secrets.sad but true
Indeed my friend
Storyteller how are you doing brother???? I’ve kinda slowed down a little bit watching videos but I’m back now.
Wow! What a story!
Yes ma'am, Frankies Story is a true one
Thank you you're really good at telling stories I love it
Thank you Judy!
Amazing story full of anticipation but it’s your voice that’s captivating. So happy I found your channel. Blessings to everyone with health and happiness 🥰 Tom 🤔
Thank you my friend, so happy to have you here
Another wonderful story!!
Thank you Joyce!
Enjoyed, tragic story, Thanks for sharing JD
Thanks John, Preciate you brother
I’ve never heard this one. Thank you. I’m in Blue Ridge Township and am slowly enjoying your content.
Hope you enjoy it! Glad to have you here!
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller thank you. I shared it with my father, who remembers some of the stories by Hart. He enjoys it as well. Thank you !
@@janellejanjan awesome!
Love this story!!!
Thank you 🙏
A great story another little peoce of history shared and treasured
Thanks so much Rodney, preciate you!
Good story telling. 🙋♂️🐈🐈
Thank you 🙏
Tragic tale...but a good one...
Thanks for your support!
Great story ty from one oak ridger to another
Thank you Lynn
Wow 😮😮😮😮. Great story!! Ty❤
Thank you 🙏 it’s a true story, but there’s lots of different theories, and centuries have past, Frankie is viewed more as a victim in this story. Most likely - we will never know the full details
Wow that was some story thanks !!!😮
It sure was better keep an eye on her
Great story and well told, more please😊
Thank you my friend- I have over 90 stories the channel, feel free to check them out
I was a victim of domestic violence as a child & an adult. My Mom left my biological father when I was 3 yrs old. I still remember him holding a knife on us. Unfortunately I too married a violent man. I stayed too many years with him.
Frankie was protecting herself & her child. We will never know the full details of why she killed her husband ~~ hind sight she should have just left. Many women & men try to leave abusive relationships ~~ but the abuser keeps them from doing so.
Thank you JD for telling us this story!
Thank you for sharing your story my friend
My first wife used to try to fight me all the time and hit me and pull my hair and bite me and all kinds of crap. I never saw my parents act like that so I really wasn't sure what to do about it until one day she punched me in the face for the last time and I knocked that b**** out. And I got a divorce and kept my kids and received child support. Booyah🎉
boom!
Somehow, that doesn't sound quite true.
@@Dubhain dude....that's nothing. This chick thought she was Roy Jones Jr. I didn't think it sounded so unbelievable. It sure would be silly to try to make up a lie about something so weird like that? What part is unbelievable? I wish I could send her to your house to prove what I say. 😂
I was in family court one day. A man was there, cause his wife knew judo. And he spoke, about how he was afraid, and locked himself in the bathroom from her. I'm sure, they divorced and he got a restraining order. She was the aggressor, so it seems.
Physical abuse can originate with a male or a female, just as any other abuse can.
Good evening new subscriber here hope you had a great Easter God bless you honey thank you for the stories❤
Thank you ma’am and welcome !
Another good one.
Thank you Libby!
Because of the times, Frankie didn't have a chance at a fair trial. Didn't Tom Dooley happen here in NC also?
Yes That happened in Wilkes County where I live
I think that if today, people found remains of my husband in the fireplace, I would probably be convicted too.
Really enjoyed that and yes I believe she could have
Poor Frankie....🥺
Y'all stay safe out there 🙏
You too brother
Great story.
Thank you so much my friend
Good story I liked the legend of the curse at the end to
Thanks Tom!
This saddens me to hear. What ever become of their child ? I hope the child was raised with love and not to blame either side , but to know all grandparents.
Check out the book a life for Nancy
Good one,....
Thank ya!
Great story!
Thank you!
Good storyteller.
Thank you Janet!
Such a sad sad story.
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I know my phone can read my mind! After listening to 1&2 of Molly's story, and hearing so many others of yours..I thought..he should fo 1 on Frankie Silvers. Next morning..there it was! Ty he Ballad of Frankie Silvers" is by 1 of my favorite authors..Sharon McCrumb.😊
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Sharyn mccrumb wrote a book about Frankie silver she did an excellent job
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What a story 😊
Yes sir
Great
Thank you 🙏
Frankie had no chance for justice.
Agreed
I absolutely love your channel if i may ask what is the name of the song that you use is it the gospel way?
Hi Doris! Just a Twinking of the Eye
Sucks to be Frankie, poor thing 😢
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Hell hath no furry like that of a woman scorned. After reading most of the comments for the most part they assume she did it. Me I'm not so sure. For a woman to strike a man with a loaded shotgun and her an axe and he didn't even get a shot off seems a bit odd to me.
That’s a valid point
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller - Yet, dear friend, you and James Deen should consider how even a tiny woman has been known to lift a car off somebody underneath all by herself, especially if it's her child. So never underestimate what we can do if we must. I've said before that my ex never lifted his hand to me - but that was only because he knew if he did, he wouldn't have to worry about my relatives since I'd get him first. He was a violent man by nature, and a classic malignant narcissist as I learned too late. But when we were finally divorcing at long last, I overheard him telling one of his friends that I was the only person he ever feared. It was one of the few sensible things I ever heard him say. He knew what I could and probably would do if such an emergency ever arose. While I appreciate the intent of your generous attitude toward the fairer sex, I also owe it to you to mention that in many cases at least, it may be somewhat misplaced. :) Ziva David was not completely fictional, or if so was still realistic. I spent over 20 years in L.A. (you know it's a company town) and my best friend there was so much like her it was almost spooky.
If the timing is right and you're protecting your child, anything can happen.
@@LandLadyCatHerd yep,theres that 2 letter word again (if) and you know the ole cleuqche, (if a frog had wings he bumb his ass when he jumped) technically speaking that is say. But what do I know I'm not a gynecologist. 👍
I'm a survivor, I understand her. It's wrong for so many reasons but life goes on. Sad for all women , prayers for all of the survivor's ❤🙏😢
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Frankie didn't have a chance! With it being the time it was and how the court treated the case!
Agreed
No she didn't, sadly luv
maybe. I know that if people started finding pieces of my husband around the property, I would probably be arrested and convicted and its 2024.
I remember seeing this on ID. I always thought it was self-defense. What she did after he was dead was horrific, and that's probably what sealed her doom. In the end Frankie managed to get her revenge on her family, but I don't remember what happened to her baby.
There's a book about her baby called a life for Nancy
Whoa good one😮
Thank you so much, Sandra. Hope you guys are safe from the storm.
That happened in my hometown
how bout that!