Once Upon a Time in Nashville

Once Upon a Time in Nashville

When journalist Cornelia Rowe unexpectedly returned to her hometown of Nashville, she began looking into the strange death of a former schoolmate named Leigh Terry. Those close to Leigh immediately raised questions about the circumstances surrounding her death, as she had become involved with a group of powerful local men known for their money, influence and rich history of scandals and corruption. Upon investigating, Cornelia quickly discovered a darker, more complicated side of Music City. With a vibrant setting and cast of eccentric characters, Once Upon a Time in Nashville is a story of a suicide and its shocking ramifications, as well as a story about the city of Nashville–how a rough-and-tumble small town on the Cumberland River has become a big, shiny city that is still heavily influenced by an old guard and Southern secrets. Beginning Thursday, May 23rd, you can listen to weekly episodes of Once Upon a Time in Nashville wherever you subscribe to podcasts.NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY.

Episodes

July 11, 2024 46 mins

Season One Finale: A 2014 scandal involving Lewis and Moreland is revisited, shocking revelations come to light about their vacations with other judges and attorneys, and a surprise witness emerges with a BOMBSHELL story about something else Leigh Terry was up to ... something he alleges could have connections to her death.

 

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After Natalie Amos goes public about her relationship with Judge Moreland, the FBI launches an investigation. Moreland enlists the help of various characters to try and thwart the investigation and discredit Natalie. What ensues is a tragicomedy of errors that ultimately leads to the judge’s downfall–and more shocking revelations about Moreland, Bryan Lewis and their powerful friends and cronies.

 

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June 27, 2024 27 mins

In the summer of 2015, Leigh introduces her best friend, Natalie Amos, to Judge Casey Moreland, who uses his judicial "superpowers" to help Natalie out with some of her own legal problems. The two begin an illicit affair, but after Leigh dies, Natalie begins to feel uneasy–and does something shocking to protect herself from a similar fate.

 

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June 20, 2024 40 mins

After Leigh Terry is found in the Stahlman building, those close to her–as well as Nashville police–raise questions and red flags about her death. Why did it take so long to discover Leigh's body? Why did she choose to take her own life with a gun? And why did she not make arrangements for someone to care for her beloved dog, Lana? Cornelia and her team speak with Leigh’s friends, forensic experts, and others as they examine both t...

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June 13, 2024 34 mins

Like father, like son: In the 1990s, Bryan Lewis’s father, Jimmy, was a major figure in Nashville’s powerful old guard of politicians, businessmen, lawyers, and judges. Following an FBI bust for running an underground gambling ring, Jimmy emerged basically unscathed–until his own close friendship with a local judge came under scrutiny following another shocking suicide on the Lewises’ property.

 

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June 6, 2024 24 mins

Going through Leigh Terry’s last day alive: Where she went, what she did, the friends she called, and the conflicting accounts of her behavior and state of mind. Could anything offer clues about why Leigh abruptly ended her life?

 

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A week before her death, Leigh Terry and two other young women are whisked away in a private plane to a Gulf Shores beach called Dauphin Island. They’re supposed to spend the weekend with attorney Bryan Lewis and two other high-profile members of the Nashville legal community but the trip ends badly for Leigh when she gets in an explosive argument with Bryan and issues a cryptic threat.

 

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After several arrests, Leigh Terry is advised by her lawyer–a powerful Nashville attorney named Bryan Lewis–to do "something big" in order to avoid going to jail. It haunts Leigh for the last few years of her life: A tumultuous period that sees her struggle with addiction, messy relationships, and a mysterious, violent incident.

 

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In 2018, Cornelia Rowe finds herself unexpectedly back in her hometown–and unexpectedly drawn to a story about the strange death of Leigh Terry: a beautiful Southern belle with whom Cornelia attended high school. As she begins looking into what happened to Leigh, another story emerges about Nashville and its powerful group of good ol’ boys.

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May 16, 2024 2 mins

It all begins on May 25th, 2016, when Nashville police are called to the downtown Stahlman building, only to discover the body of a 34-year-old woman named Leigh Terry...


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May 8, 2024 38 secs

A tragic suicide in Nashville raises questions, and leads a local journalist down a dark path.


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