The Ballad of the Wayfaring Stranger and the Dead Man's WhoreCritically acclaimed, "The Ballad of the Wayfaring Stranger and the Dead Man's Whore" tells a backwoods spook story driven by longing, loss and unescapable doom. Demory catches the atmosphere of the old murder ballads perfectly here. Its a world where everyone takes it for granted that terrible things happen to the innocent, and where the only possible reaction to that news is a stoical shrug. The tales chilling effect comes not from set piece shocks,