Blood on the Path: Deconstructing a Family Myth
For a century, a whispered legend of a 1926 shooting has clung to the Carter homeplace, shrouded in rumors of jealousy and illicit romance. But when the oral history is tested against the cold, hard facts of the archives, the truth behind the blood trail—and the man who died as a result—proves far more complex than the story passed down through the generations. Join me as I deconstruct this family myth, moving beyond the gossip to uncover the verified, archival reality of a tragedy that forever altered a family’s legacy.