Detectives from the Metro Nashville Police Department developed an alternate theory of the Kevin Hughes murder case. What if his position in the music industry had nothing to do with his death? What if he was killed because he was mistaken for another man with a scraggly beard and a mullet?

Detectives from the Metro Nashville Police Department developed an alternate theory of the Kevin Hughes murder case. What if his position in the music industry had nothing to do with his death? What if he was killed because he was mistaken for another man with a scraggly beard and a mullet?

Episode 4: Tell it like it is

This deep-dive, 8-part true-crime podcast is investigated and written by Tennessean reporter Keith Sharon. It focuses on the 1989 murder of country music chart director Kevin Hughes, who tried to operate with integrity in a business full of sharks and criminals. The podcast features never-before published reporting on the crime that not only defines Nashville of the 1980s and 1990s, but also shines light on a singer and one-time suspect who has demanded an apology from a detective who refuses to give him one.
For an exclusive, eight-part companion narrative series, become Tennessean subscriber. For more, go to <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2024/05/21/murder-on-music-row-nashville-kevin-hughes-podcast/72898249007/">Tennessean.com/murderonmusicrow</a>.

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This deep-dive, 8-part true-crime podcast is investigated and written by Tennessean reporter Keith Sharon. It focuses on the 1989 murder of country music chart director Kevin Hughes, who tried to operate with integrity in a business full of sharks and criminals. The podcast features never-before published reporting on the crime that not only defines Nashville of the 1980s and 1990s, but also shines light on a singer and one-time suspect who has demanded an apology from a detective who refuses to give him one. For an exclusive, eight-part companion narrative series, become Tennessean subscriber. For more, go to Tennessean.com/murderonmusicrow.

This deep-dive, 8-part true-crime podcast is investigated and written by Tennessean reporter Keith Sharon. It focuses on the 1989 murder of country music chart director Kevin Hughes, who tried to operate with integrity in a business full of sharks and criminals. The podcast features never-before published reporting on the crime that not only defines Nashville of the 1980s and 1990s, but also shines light on a singer and one-time suspect who has demanded an apology from a detective who refuses to give him one.
For an exclusive, eight-part companion narrative series, become Tennessean subscriber. For more, go to <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2024/05/21/murder-on-music-row-nashville-kevin-hughes-podcast/72898249007/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tennessean.com/murderonmusicrow</a>.

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