A Murder in Music City, Michael Bishop
A Murder in Music City, Michael Bishop
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A Murder in Music City
Corruption, Scandal, and the Framing of an Innocent Man

Author: Michael Bishop, Richard Walter

Narrator: Corey M. Snow

Unabridged: 9 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/28/2018

Synopsis

Nashville 1964. Eighteen-year-old babysitter Paula Herring is murdered in her home while her six-year-old brother apparently sleeps through the grisly event. A few months later a judge's son is convicted of the crime. Decades after the slaying, Michael Bishop, a private citizen, stumbles upon a secret file related to the case and with the help of some of the world's top forensic experts—including forensic psychologist Richard Walter (aka "the living Sherlock Holmes")—he uncovers the truth. What really happened is completely different from what the public was led to believe.

Now, for the very first time, Bishop reveals the true story. In this true-crime page-turner, the author lays out compelling evidence that a circle of powerful citizens were key participants in the crime and the subsequent cover-up. The ne'er-do-well judge's son, who was falsely accused and sent to prison, proved to be the perfect setup man. The perpetrators used his checkered history to conceal the real facts for over half a century.

Including interviews with the original defense attorney and a murder confession elicited from a nursing-home resident, the information presented here will change Nashville history forever.

About Michael Bishop

Michael Bishop was born in Gadsden, Alabama and had the good fortune to grow up on a small farm nearby on Sand Mountain. He is a graduate of Freed Hardeman University and earned a Master's degree from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He is at work on his next book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Keith

This book really hit home for me, as I grew up in Crieve Hall, went to Overton High School (five years behind Paula Herring, but it was a 7-12 school at the time so I remember her playing basketball) and am well acquainted with many of the places mentioned here. I particularly recall spinning on the......more

Goodreads review by Julie

Good book and very interesting. I’m not sure people who do not live in Nashville would get it but for locals, it’s great to learn about this history. I only give it 3 stars because it needed some serious editing. It was long, rambling, difficult to follow at times and I really question the order in......more

Goodreads review by Chandra

True crime is almost the only nonfiction I'll read (almost). Give me a story about a murder that involves a cover up and an innocent man that goes to jail for the crime and I'm sold! Probably my biggest gripe with any nonfiction that I read are all the dang footnotes. While this one at least didn't......more

Goodreads review by Donna

Tedious I found this book to be quite tedious as the author rambled frequently. It could have been written in a way to draw the reader into the history.......more

Goodreads review by Debbie

Michael Bishop came to my library and did a presentation about his book, A Murder in Music City. He was very passionate about this story of a wrong man convicted and his efforts to exonerate him. I’ve lived in the Nashville area most of my life and had no idea that at one time Nashville was consider......more

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