On September 10, 1957, Hattie Cotton Elementary School blew up. The FBI immediately went into action hiding witnesses from the Nashville police and backdating memos so that it appeared the FBI had told the police about the plan before the bombing. They had not.

Buy the Book: Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the Bombers Beyond their Control — Third Man Books

Produced by 440 Media with the cooperation of Third Man Books

Narration by Betsy Phillips and Braden Gall, written by Betsy Phillips

Edited by Braden Gall, theme music by Anchor Thieves

Photo from the Dale Ernsberger Collection, courtesy of Metro Nashville Archives