The Disappearance of LeRyan Nicholson, Part 1
The Fall Line: True Crime
The Fall Line® Podcast, LLC
4.6 • 4.4K 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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| 0:33.0 | This is the first episode in a three-part series. |
| 0:36.6 | It discusses crime scenes, graphic injury, autopsy and violence. |
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| 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 | Quote. |
| 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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