City Confidential — Season 1, Episode 8: Nashville: Murder in Music City

Episode synopsis

Nashville performer and "Hee Haw" star David "Stringbean" Akeman had a strange habit. The banjo picker and joke teller kept $3,000 in cash in his overall's bib pocket, and ten times that hidden at home--cash for a rainy day. For Akeman and his wife, that rainy day never came. Murdered in 1973, their killers never found either stash.

About City Confidential

Tells the story of one crime, the ensuing investigation, and the ripple effect it had on a community. Speaking with family, friends, detectives, journalists, and others close to the case, the series mixes firsthand accounts and archival footage to explore the crime and its outcome.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Deadly Odds in Biloxi
• E2The Chicago Horse Mafia
• E3Faith and Foul Play in Salt Lake City
• E4Sunny Days, Deadly Nights on Mercer Island
• E5Secrets and Superstition in Salem
• E6Midnight in Miami
• E7New Orleans: Betrayal in the Big Easy"
• E9Little Rock: The Politics of Murder
• E10Las Vegas: Deadly Jackpot
• E11Dallas: Arsenic and Old Money
• E12Ft. Lauderdale: Sin in the Sun