How did I get so obsessed with murder ballads? Why did I feel so compelled to write this book? And why is it all Jon Langford's fault?

Find out in this new YouTube video, which has me delivering the book's introduction directly to camera with appropriate visuals. It's seven minutes long and we call it UnpreparedTo Die: The Movie.

[Just in case you're reading this at work, I should add that the film's audio will start playing as soon as you open it. Unless you feel your workmates will take a sudden burst of Arthur Tanner's 1925 version of Knoxville Girl in their stride, it might be better to wait till you get home.]