Bobby McMillon: Uncut Story of Frankie Silver

Uncut video of North Carolina storyteller Bobby McMillon telling his version of the murder of Charles Silver by his wife Frankie, her arrest, and execution. Filmed in a motel room in Hickory, NC on Oct 26, 1992. This interview became the basis of the film "The Ballad of Frankie Silver" on Folkstreams at http://www.folkstreams.net/film,96
and Daniel Patterson's book "A Tree Accurst" about the 1832 murder and Frankie's execution.

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• Bobby
• McMillon
• murder
• Frankie
• Silver
• Silvers
• North
• Carolina
• folklore
• storytelling
• narrative
• arts

[Buanand]

Read the book about Frankie Silvers (Silbers) by Perry Deane Young. Full of typos but the story is correct.

[annikavest]

Could I maybe speak to him? I'm an appalachian student doing a project on Frankie Silver?

[latrivette1]

well maybe Im not on this video Im on one of them although if anyone would like to meet bobby just tell me

[latrivette1]

I would be the little girl in the video lol how weird Im ninteen now wow!! This is my family if anyone would like to meet Bobby I could arange it :D I love my familys tradtions and hope to help pass them down

[vapetlover]

These stories are the result of no TV, movies or computer games. It's such a simple story, but one can see how embellished it could become passed down orally 6 generations and many versions . There are probably thousands of folk stories of a similar nature if one wants to investigate.

[BirdyIrene]

touched my spirit... oh that poor Frankie... she only did what she had no choice to do.

[theobsoleteman7]

oh come on speedy's?

they don't even make their own hushpuppies anymore

the honeymonk and the bbq center still do

i live in lexington by the way

[BestMakeupReviews]

Definitely! Have you been to Speedy's BBQ in Lexington? AHHH that place is awesome. I miss NC. I live in SC now, at the beach, but I still wanna go back to NC.

[aicheyearaem]

I live in Durham. You want me to send you something worth eatin' ?

[BestMakeupReviews]

I can't get over the way his voice just speaks to me...Makes tears well up in my eyes. I wish I could be back in North Carolina.