The Tennessee Does, Part 4: The Hour of Death
The Fall Line: True Crime
The Fall Line® Podcast, LLC
4.6 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Laurah is sick; apologies for any hoarseness this episode.
Episode Four covers the cases of four John and Jane Doe victims who, despite being discovered minutes or hours after death—and while still recognizable—have remained unidentified. In two of those cases, we reached out to forensic artist Carl Koppelman to try and help improve the chances of reconnecting the victims with their identities.
Season 16 of The Fall Line takes on our most in-depth John and Jane Doe coverage yet: 22 files from MNPD's cold-case unit, all covering the metro area's unidentified decedents. More than ever, your help is needed to spread the word about each of the cases featured this season, and if you have any information—please, contact MNPD at 615-862-7803.
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| 0:00.0 | This series discusses crime scenes, details from autopsy and skeletal analysis, |
| 0:05.0 | discussion of drug use and references to historic reports that may use outdated language regarding a variety of social issues, |
| 0:12.0 | including topics like immigration, housing insecurity, and sex work. |
| 0:16.0 | There is specific discussion of drug use and brief mention of suicide and self-harm in this episode. |
| 0:22.0 | Listener discretion is advised. suicide and self-harm in this episode. |
| 0:22.5 | Listener discretion is advised. This is the fall line. |
| 0:35.0 | Through three episodes now, we've covered the John and Jane Doe's of Nashville, |
| 0:40.0 | cases of the unidentified, who've died by homicide, by natural causes or accident, |
| 0:45.0 | possible overdose and by undetermined means. |
| 0:48.0 | We've discussed the difficulty in reconnecting a person to their identity |
| 0:52.1 | when they've been deceased for some time. |
| 0:54.8 | This episode, we're looking at cases of John and Jane Doe's who seem like they should have |
| 1:00.0 | been identified because they were discovered very soon after death. |
| 1:05.1 | Each of these identifications is faced with its own challenges, but we hope with the |
| 1:10.9 | continued support of our listening audience who can circulate these |
| 1:14.7 | episodes and the flyers that we've made for the cases. |
| 1:18.3 | New leads may come up that can help reconnect these victims with their identities. |
| 1:23.0 | Back in episode two, when we covered victims who may have been part of the unhouse community of Nashville, |
| 1:35.0 | we told you that there were still a few more stories left to tell. |
| 1:38.5 | Of the John and Jane Doe cases we're covering today, several of the victims were either known to be or may have been |
| 1:44.5 | un-held. We've discussed the extra layers of difficulty that can come in |
| 1:49.1 | identifying a person who's been living without permanent ties to an address or who may not have an extensive |
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