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Murder on Music Row from The Tennessean

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"Murder on Music Row" is a podcast produced by The Tennessean, which is part of the USA Today Network. It is a deep-dive narrative that covers one case per season, and includes murder, music and nostalgia from police investigations in Nashville, TN.Season 1 focused on the execution-style 1989 murder of Cash Box Magazine chart director Kevin Hughes. Season 2: "The Skull at the End of the Rainbow" focuses on the life and 1998 murder of Nashville icon David "Skull" Schulman, who owned and operated Skull's Rainbow Room for 50 years. For an exclusive, eight-part companion narrative series, become a...

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Episode 6: If you don't know me by now 23.07.2024 40:17

After the murder, Sammy Sadler said his singing career was ruined. But was it, really? In the Cash Box magazine country music charts, Sadler was more successful after Kevin Hughes died than he had been when his friend was still alive.

Episode 5: It ain't my fault 16.07.2024 46:57

The phone records from the day of the murder offer a clear picture of the movements of the people closest to the crime. Bottom line: A man in ski mask with a gun was waiting for Kevin Hughes and Sammy Sadler as they left Evergreen Records at about 10:25 p.m. on March 9, 1989. How did he know they would be there?

Episode 4: Tell it like it is 09.07.2024 39:40

Detectives from the Metro Nashville Police Department developed an alternate theory of the Kevin Hughes murder case. What if his position in the music industry had nothing to do with his death? What if he was killed because he was mistaken for another man with a scraggly beard and a mullet?

Episode 3: Chasing that neon rainbow 02.07.2024 47:59

Sammy Sadler came to Nashville to become a star like Garth Brooks and Faith Hill. But the path he chose was very different. He didn't play any gigs in town, and he didn't sell any records. He chose to make independent or "custom" singles, 7-inch 45 rpm vinyl records that he hoped would be played on country radio stations.

Episode 2: Who shot Sam? 25.06.2024 48:30

Kevin Hughes wasn't the only person shot on Music Row on March 9. The other victim, an up-and-coming singer named Sammy Sadler, has made a career out of being the guy who survived the Murder on Music Row. But his story doesn't always match the police account of that night.

Episode 1: There ain't no justice in it 06.05.2024 46:11

On March 9, 1989, Kevin Hughes was shot twice, execution style, in the middle of one of the most famous streets in America, known as Music Row. As the crime was reported by local news outlets, more than a few people thought they knew immediately who the killer was. The police, however, didn't have a clue.

Introducing — Murder on Music Row: A true crime podcast from The Tennessean 29.04.2024 2:54

This eight-part deep-dive from The Tennessean focuses on the 1989 murder of country music chart director Kevin Hughes, who tried to operate with integrity in a business full of sharks and criminals. The podcast features never-before published reporting of details of the crime that not only defines Nashville in the 1980s and 1990s, but shines light on a singer and one-time suspect who has demanded...