Pod Bless Nashville

Ep. 4: The Confession


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By early 1958, the FBI gave the Nashville police a promising lead in the Hattie Cotton School bombing: a letter from a guy whose friend had confessed to the bombing. The Nashville police… well… they weren’t moved to action.


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


Pictures of the aftermath of the bombing: Desegregation of Nashville schools included a bombing, great bravery (tennessean.com)


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

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