Tag: West Meade

• July 14, 2017

  

  Dutchman’s Curve

  We discuss The Great Train Wreck of 1918, which was the worst rail accident in US history – and it happened right here in our hometown of Nashville.
• April 15, 2017

  

  Jacqueline Haloua-Dismukes

  In September 1973, Jacqueline Haloua-Dismukes, a former French teacher, was brutally murdered in her Nashville home. Richard Barton, a 16-year-old who had been tutored by the victim, emerged as the prime suspect due to evidence linking him to the crime scene.
• April 8, 2017

  

  Merlyn J. Woodfield

  Homemaker Merlyn Woodfield died after vicious attack in her home in November 1967. After multiple suspects were investigated, ex-convict Albert Merritt Jr. was arrested and tried. He denied involvement but eventually confessed and was convicted of first-degree murder. Merritt escaped from jail but was recaptured after a shootout with the police. He served time for…