This Terrifying Country Song Will Give You Chills

There's a common sentiment that music is gorier and more graphic today than it used to be, and that's simply not true.

In fact, some of the darkest, creepiest and all-around most disturbing country songs are the murder ballads of the 1950s and 1960s.

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"The Knoxville Girl," "Stagger Lee," "Long Black Veil" and "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" are just a few of the classic country songs out there about murder.

These songs are especially chilling because many of them are based on a true story. For example, "The Knoxville Girl" is an Appalachian murder ballad based on an Irish song that dates back at least a couple centuries and can be traced all the way back to a real-life murder that took place near Shrewbury, England in 1683.

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