In the wake of the Hattie Cotton School bombing, the Nashville police arrested a handful of guys. They were not the perpetrators and here’s how we know.

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

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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