*Contains Adult Language

In today’s episode we're talking about how, in the South, storytellers often use tragic events in a person's life to tell a cautionary tale.

While I do spend some time discussing the meaning and elements of a cautionary tale, I definitely do not belabor the point--this is not school 😂.

Anyway, like most everybody else in the world, Southerners love talking about folks and we usually credit the origins of the story to “they or them.”

That said, our stories often begin with "They say..."

Listen to today's podcast to find out what "they said" about a certain man with a "checkered past,' and how his life served as a cautionary tale for me when I was growing up.