Step into the shadows of history as we delve deep into the perplexing case of Meriwether Lewis, the renowned explorer and leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition. In this spine-chilling episode of our true crime podcast, we unravel the mysteries surrounding his untimely demise and explore the enduring questions that still haunt historians to this …

My thoughts on the tragedy at Covenant last week in Nashville.

Sources: By the Sword, by Larry Brinton, The Nashville Scene Something’s Not Right Podcast In this episode, we have a Nashville true crime story involving a 28-inch Japanese samurai sword. On the night of April 6, 1963—almost 60 years to the day—John B. Wilson and his wife Gene Wilson return from a party for one of them to be killed with a samurai …

This five minute Patreon Preview follows the further crimes of Richard Ramirez. This will be the penultimate episode in the saga of LA's famous Night Stalker murders.

Skull's Rainbow Room is a night club and burlesque bar that dates back to 1948, when its owner—David "Skull" Schulman—opened its doors. In January, 1998, a cigarette vendor walks into the bar to find the owner lying in a heap on the ground, his throat slit and his head bashed in. Who killed Skull Schulman, and why? Find out in the most recent episo…

The third and final episode in the Claude Garrett arson murder case. Tyler discusses Claude Garrett's many attempts at post-conviction relief for his first-degree murder conviction in the death of Lorie Lance. If you're interested in the full story, check out this lengthy article on The Intercept, penned by Liliana Segura: http://bit.ly/3ILtHlz Joi…

In part 2 of our true crime exploration of the death of Lorie Lance, the podcast will discuss what happened after Claude Garrett was convicted of first-degree murder. The main article guiding my discussion comes from a report by Liliana Segura on The Intercept, entitled "Playing with Fire: How Junk Science Sent Claude Garrett to Prison for Life." L…

Here comes yet another true crime case from Nashville, TN. Claude Garrett lived with his girlfriend, Lorie Lance, in a ramshackle place just outside Nashville. They went out drinking one night, which ended in tragedy when a fire ignited inside their home, trapping Lance inside and ultimately killing her. The question at hand: was it an accident, or…

Welcome to the third season of Music City Murder! In this inaugural episode, we are going to head a little bit outside of Nashville to dig into some famous Nashville hauntings. There's also several bits of history related to the main content, so you'll learn something about the 2010 Nashville Flood, along with some background on a famous burial in …

Police shootings are of particular interest to the people of America right now, and the shooting of Daniel Hambrick is yet another in a long line of these kinds of cases. The shooting of a young black man at the hands of one Metro Nashville police officer has sparked a nationwide conversation. Here is a podcast episode to lay out the facts in the c…

This episode of Music City Murder begins in Nashville but ends in Marietta (Atlanta), GA. It still counts as a Nashville true crime case, however, and the unsolved mystery of Heather Uffelman's death will send chills down your spine. Sources: Unsolved Mysteries l Season 6 l Episode 20 A Reddit Thread on /r/UnresolvedMysteries by /u/ElementaryFan Sh…

Note: this episode is a Patreon Preview and therefore will only be about 10 minutes long. To hear the whole thing, go to https://patreon.com/musiccitymurder and sign up for the $1 tier! In the grand saga of serial killer Richard Ramirez, there are a lot of unsettling details. This episode has a lot of those details. The Night Stalker is one of Amer…

To get full access to the episode, join the Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/musiccitymurder Richard Ramirez (AKA The Night Stalker) is one of the most infamous serial killers in American history. Fueled by cocaine and haunted by Satan, Ramirez cut a swath of destruction as wide as the I-10 in the early 1980s. He's so famous, he's been immortali…

67-year-old Jacob Ade and his wife, Pauline, had lived along Clarksville Road for 20 years. Well-liked and prosperous, they had over 400 acres of farmland and a five room house, valued at just over $10,000—which would be easily over a quarter-million dollars in today’s money. On the night of Tuesday, March 24, 1897, at about 9:30, one of the Ade’s …

It's a story made for true crime obsession. On February 22, 1996, two eighteen-year-old girls were found murdered in a seedy establishment named "Exotic Tan for Men," just off Church Street in Nashville. The case quickly went cold, and that's how it remains today. How could such a brutal murder go unsolved for so long? It even has an ominous-soundi…

This episode does not take place in Nashville. It's about as far, geographically, as you can get from Music City. But it is a FASCINATING case, and even though it doesn't deal with my adoptive hometown, I hope that you'll enjoy it, just the same. In the early morning hours of January 1, 1998, Ben Smart and Olivia Hope went missing after attending a…

On December 25, 2020, downtown Nashville, TN was rocked by an RV explosion on 2nd Avenue. The "Christmas Bombing," as it is now being called, is a macabre capstone to a disproportionately grim year. A man named Anthony Warner is quickly assessed to be the bomber, but the identity of the man is just the tip of the iceberg in this case. It's a story …

In this Christmas edition of Music City Murder, we dig into a true crime story from December 2019. On Division Street in Midtown Nashville, former students of Battle Ground Academy in Franklin named Clayton Beathard, AJ Buthurum, and Paul Trapeni III join a female friend at a bar called Dogwood. Toward the end of the night, everything turns bloody …

The Bell Witch (or the Bell Witch Haunting) is one of the South's most famous legends, and it happened right down the road from Nashville! It is the precursor to most haunting stories you've ever heard, and movies like An American Haunting take cues from the Bell Witch. The episode is based on the book An Authenticated History of the Famous Bell Wi…

After a brief hiatus, Music City Murder has returned. Listen for details about the upcoming episodes and why I was gone for a month.

The final episode in the Marcia Trimble saga. Jerome Barrett is tried and convicted for the Nashville murders of Sarah Dez Prez and Marcia Trimble, but the story is a WHOLE lot stranger than that. Music City Murder is a true crime podcast not just about the most infamous murders in and around Nashville, but an exploration of the city's history, as …

The murder of Marcia Trimble involves the saga of Jeffrey Womack, whose status as a suspect in the case led to decades of harassment, ostensibly ruining Womack's life. The Metro Nashville Police Department suffered from a horrifying case of tunnel vision, and the resulting investigation allowed the real killer in the Marcia Trimble case to drag on …

This is the first episode in a multi-part series about the disappearance of Marcia Trimble. Nashville, in 1975, was a much different place than it is today, and the disappearance of Marcia Trimble really changed the way parents and adults thought about the freedom they gave their kids. It is a true crime story worthy of a series, and I'll try to do…

The Manson Murders are captivating, not just because of the shocking nature of the crimes or the involvement of actual Hollywood celebrities. They are also a metaphor about the end of the 60s, a bleak reminder that movements are as much about the people in them as they are about the ideas they espouse. A dark undercurrent ran through the Sixties th…

Sarah Des Prez was a freshman at Vanderbilt University on the night of February 1, 1975. She wouldn't live to see dawn the next day, and her death became one of Nashville's most infamous unsolved cold cases. The Vandyland Murders series will focus on the murders of Sarah Des Prez and Marcia Trimble in the winter of 1975, two murders that would have…

In this episode of Music City Murder, we follow the case of one Wayne Mills—a country singer looking for a good night out in Nashville. Instead, what he finds is a situation that goes horribly awry in a matter of moments. This story involves George Jones, Shooter Jennings, a bar owner named Christopher Ferrell, and the TV show "Bar Rescue." That's …

The Zodiac Killer. One of the most sought-after serial killers of the 20th century—and for good reason. From the Blue Rock Springs slayings to Lake Herman Road and Lake Berryessa to Paul Stine, the Zodiac Killer mesmerized and terrified San Francisco with taunting letters to local newspapers and mysterious, unsolvable ciphers. The Zodiac Killer mur…

This week's episode deals with the death of Samuel Bierfield, down in Franklin back in 1868. The reason this case piqued my interest is that this Nashville murder is generally believed to be the first Jewish lynching in the US. The lynching of Samuel Bierfield involves a true crime story inside a true crime story, the KKK, and two Union soldiers wi…

In this episode, we conclude the case of David "Stringbean" Akeman, the Grand Ole Opry and Hee Haw musician who was brutally murdered in November of 1973, along with his wife of 30+ years, Estelle. This week, we will go blow-by-blow through the investigation, trials, and aftermath of related to the Akeman murders. There's a whole lot of 70s-era Nas…

Welcome to the first episode of Music City Murder! A show not just for true crime junkies, but for people who want a little backstory and history with their murder. In the inaugural episode, I cover the murder of one David Stringbean Akeman. He was a banjo picker with the Grand Ole Opry. He was a fixture on the TV show Hee-Haw. And on November 10, …

Today we have a talk within Alan Angeles about Motivation, and Technology. We also learn that I say like WAY to much. Check Alan out at @roughlysktch. His art is dope.

Just trying out something that I’ll probably keep doing. Let me know if you like it.