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Notorious Crimes

The Harpe Brothers

Knox County: America's first serial killers The Harpe Brothers

Apr 29, 2019 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

Often called America's First Serial Killers, "Big" and "Little" Harpe admitted to killing at least 28 people in East Tennessee and Kentucky. Over nine months in 1798-1799, it.... Read More
Redin G. Purdy and Charles Henry

Bedford County: Redin G. Purdy and Charles Henry

Apr 15, 2019 at 05:32 pm by Michelle Willard

Shots rang out from the dark on Halloween night 1911 in Shelbyville, striking two Bedford County lawmen dead. Earlier in the afternoon deputies had arrested a man for drunken.... Read More
Henry Lee Jones

Shelby County: Serial Killer Henry Lee Jones

Feb 04, 2019 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

On Jan. 30, 2019, the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the conviction of an accused serial killer and set his execution date. Henry Lee "Bam" Jones was convicted of killing thr.... Read More
Russell C. Jones

Rutherford County: Russell C. Jones

Jan 21, 2019 at 01:00 pm by Michelle Willard

One of Murfreesboro's most infamous and strange murders happened in 1984. Full of bizarre plots and involving one of the city's most prominent families, the disappearanc.... Read More
Maury County Nastasia Mosley

Maury County: Nastasia Mosley

Jan 14, 2019 at 11:10 am by Michelle Willard

Nastasia Mosley might be an innocent person caught in the crossfire of gang activity that gripped Columbia and other rural parts of Tennessee in the early 2000s. The young mo.... Read More
Teresa Peden

Robertson County: Teresa Peden

Dec 17, 2018 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

When Teresa Peden disappeared in 2003, her husband told investigators that they had fought and she might have run off to Florida with his half-brother. C. Eugene Peden said h.... Read More
Deborah Bess

Rutherford County: Deborah Bess

Dec 03, 2018 at 10:02 am by Michelle Willard

On the evening of Aug. 19, 1986, Rutherford County deputies arrived at the home of Deborah Sherfield Bess to find her laying in a pool of blood with a gun in her hand. On the.... Read More