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The Fall Line: True Crime

The Disappearance of LeRyan Nicholson, Part 1

The Fall Line: True Crime

The Fall Line® Podcast, LLC

True Crime, News

4.64.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Nashville, TN, April 1998: a teenager goes missing. A man is murdered and cannot be identified. The city of Nashville is struck by one of the worst tornadoes the city has ever seen. These events—taking place over a single week—aren't connected until two sisters begin to ask questions about their missing brother.

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0:27.0

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0:33.0

This is the first episode in a three-part series.

0:36.6

It discusses crime scenes, graphic injury, autopsy and violence.

0:41.4

Listener discretion is advised.

0:57.4

This is the fall line.

1:07.4

From the archives of the United States National Weather Service,

1:11.4

the following is directly excerpted from reports of the 1998 Nashville tornado.

1:17.8

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1:20.2

A historic tornado outbreak of at least 13 tornadoes struck middle Tennessee on April 16, 1998.

1:29.0

Many of these tornadoes were strong or violent and tracked long distances,

1:34.0

killing four people and injuring nearly 100 people while causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

1:41.0

The most infamous tornado during the outbreak struck downtown Nashville,

1:45.6

blowing out numerous windows and skyscrapers and causing the collapse of some older buildings.

1:51.6

This tornado outbreak was unusual in several respects.

1:55.6

The event lasted nearly the entire day with the first round of severe weather, beginning very early,

2:02.0

around 4 a.m. central standard time, and the second and more significant round of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes,

2:10.0

occurring during the afternoon and evening.

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