Historian, Karen L. Cox, is the author of  Goat Castle: A True Story of Murder, Race, and the Gothic South. Karen discusses the 1932 murder of Jenny Merrill, the eccentric couple who were arrested and charged with murder and the innocent African American woman who went to jail for the crime. Find full show notes for this episode at southernmysteries.com

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