
6 - Murder in Nashville: Stringbean and Estelle Akeman
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05/16/22 • 15 min
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In 1973, country music star, Stringbean Akeman, and his wife, Estelle, lived a fairly frugal life in Ridgetop, Tennessee, just half an hour from Nashville. Scarred from the Depression, the couple didn’t use banks and instead kept their money either on them or hidden in their cabin. This was something of a well-known secret, as Stringbean would occasionally flash wads of cash around. Both of them had hidden pockets sewn into their clothes and they made a habit of keeping most of their money in those, with a little bit of money kept in easier-to-access places, like Estelle’s purse or Stringbean’s front pocket. Two cousins took advantage of this 'well-known secret', but not the lesser known secret....
SOURCE MATERIAL:
https://www.wideopencountry.com/rise-fall-stringbean-akeman/
https://theboot.com/david-stringbean-akeman-wife-estelle-murdered/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6ETIy8fi0g
https://tasteofcountry.com/stringbean-akeman-murder/
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2014/11/02/stringbean-akeman-killer-may-mark-anniversary-deaths-free-man/18383697/
Voice Actor: Chuck Haungs
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In 1973, country music star, Stringbean Akeman, and his wife, Estelle, lived a fairly frugal life in Ridgetop, Tennessee, just half an hour from Nashville. Scarred from the Depression, the couple didn’t use banks and instead kept their money either on them or hidden in their cabin. This was something of a well-known secret, as Stringbean would occasionally flash wads of cash around. Both of them had hidden pockets sewn into their clothes and they made a habit of keeping most of their money in those, with a little bit of money kept in easier-to-access places, like Estelle’s purse or Stringbean’s front pocket. Two cousins took advantage of this 'well-known secret', but not the lesser known secret....
SOURCE MATERIAL:
https://www.wideopencountry.com/rise-fall-stringbean-akeman/
https://theboot.com/david-stringbean-akeman-wife-estelle-murdered/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6ETIy8fi0g
https://tasteofcountry.com/stringbean-akeman-murder/
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2014/11/02/stringbean-akeman-killer-may-mark-anniversary-deaths-free-man/18383697/
Voice Actor: Chuck Haungs
Hosted and edited by Amanda Scott
Co-Hosted, produced, researched, co-written and original graphic design by Pamela Scott
Original music by Waves Entertainment
Disclaimer by Chuck Haungs
ENMESHED is an OH NO! Production
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SOURCE MATERIALS:
http://www.murderpedia.org/male.H/h/heinze-guy.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynn_County_mass_murder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQycRWujtLA
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Hosted and edited by Amanda Scott
Co-Hosted, produced, researched, co-written and original graphic design by Pamela Scott
Original music by Waves Entertainment
Disclaimer by Chuck Haungs
ENMESHED is an OH NO! Production
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SOURCE MATERIALS:
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