Small Town Hit

Unsolved Mysteries

Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

When Terry Sullivan, a likable Tennessee logger, misses the weekly Saturday breakfast with his family, police report that Terry fell, hit his head, and died in his kitchen the night before. However, the news reports a different story —Terry was shot execution-style and his killer is still at large. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a really terrible feeling to think that you live in a small town and everyone knows
0:10.2	everybody and then to think that someone can just murder another human being and not have
0:17.7	to be accountable for it.
0:20.0	I think there's a handful of people that know what happened to my brother and justice needs
0:26.8	to be served.
0:34.8	Nestled in a picturesque valley, halfway between Nashville and Knoxville, lies the small
0:39.6	town of Sparta, Tennessee.
0:42.2	Founded in 1809, the town's official website promotes Sparta as a quiet, safe community
0:47.7	with a hometown atmosphere and a rich history of bluegrass music.
0:51.8	The population of nearly 5,000 people has barely changed in decades and many Sparta families
0:57.4	have been there for generations.
0:59.6	But an idyllic small town can also have a dark side bubbling just below the surface
1:05.4	and hidden conflicts within a tight-knit community can lead to gossip, rumors, and sometimes
1:11.6	perhaps even murder.
1:20.0	I'm Steve French and this is Unsolved Mysteries, Small Town Hit.
1:37.0	My name is Daphne Jacob and Terry Sullivan was my brother.
1:43.6	Daphne Jacob was born and raised in Sparta and her family has deep roots in the community.
1:49.2	Her grandfather was a county commissioner and a road bearing his name still winds through
1:53.7	farmland just north of town.
1:56.2	Sparta is the only place Daphne has ever called home.
2:00.6	It's a very rural country-type town.
2:04.0	It was a good place to grow up.
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