The Stringbean Murders: Death in Baker Holler | Part 1
Nashville's Most Tragic Country Music Murder Case and the Lawyers Who Litigated It
On Saturday night, November 10, 1973, David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife Estelle returned home after he performed at the Grand Ole Opry. Both were shot dead shortly after their arrival. The killers had waited for hours. Their corpses were discovered the following morning by their neighbor, Grandpa Jones.
This is part 1 of 2 of an on-stage presentation recorded live at the Nashville Public Main Library on November 8, 2018.
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The people who killed Stringbean and his wife should have gotten the death penalty.
@lilmike2710
Жыл бұрын
Public execution.
@sherryhannah9262
Жыл бұрын
Stan Hankins the death penalty was not around in 1973
@marshalmcdonald7476
Жыл бұрын
And yet he was paroled....
String & Estelle are still greatly missed. They were truly kind, gentle, beautiful people. They got NO justice. You say justice was servered. NO it was not. The Akemans got no justice.
@scotty2tone
10 ай бұрын
We can’t bring people back from the dead. Justice is how we pick up the pieces. That being said, given the cold blooded nature of the murder, I don’t think they should have gotten paroled
I like this! Death in Baker Holler/stringbean. I remember all this. I was a teenager back then. But justice was NOT served as John Brown was paroled after serving only 40 years of a 198 year sentence. He confessed to both killings. Yes, he pulled the trigger. He shot Estelle in the back of her head while she was on her knees begging for mercy. She got no mercy. Why the Tennessee parole board set him free when he was no better than Charles Manson, I fail to understand. He said he was sorry yet string and Estelle are still dead. He should have never been paroled. Shame on you, parole board. I no longer have respect for the justice system.
@allenronaldson4381
4 жыл бұрын
Donna Wheeler I feel you Donna, but Chuck Manson died in San Quentin, this piece of shit killed two people in cold blood and got out.
@timetravelerify
4 жыл бұрын
We let the liberals take charge....THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!
@pameaves3170
2 жыл бұрын
Do you know if John is still alive? He should have had to serve his time.
@larryyouguessame6078
Жыл бұрын
@@timetravelerify liberals in Kentucky?🙄..I doubt it🤦♂️
@tommyjacobs528
Жыл бұрын
@@pameaves3170 John is still alive in Nashville and owns a motor repair shop I think, Doug died in prison, Charlie was the ring leader and got off. Tom Shriver, the DA at the time and that unfortunate "deal" with him.
My Aunt June Stearns was a good friends with String Bean. She was also in the Roy Acuff band and is in the Country music Hall of Fame. She had a few albums and duet albums with Lefty Frizelle anf Johnny Duncan. Married life and motherhood peevented her from furthering her career. June was most known as a Honky Tonk singer. She was very sad and remains so regarding String Beans passing.
String bean, Grandpa, Roy and Hank....I miss all them guy's.....
Grandpa jones was never the same after finding the bodies
@MrJRW1
Жыл бұрын
I imagine finding two of your closest friends and neighbors brutally murdered would have an affect on anyone.
I remember all of this very well, so sad
Thank=you so much for telling the life story of Stringbean and his lovely wife, My parents were good friends of them and Grandpa Jones and his wife.
They let that piece of trash out of jail which says all you need to know about are justice system.
@robertmiller1655
2 жыл бұрын
Our government is letting all kinds of human debris out of jail. The 'justice system' only seems to be getting worse.
@seacaribe
2 жыл бұрын
You are more correct, in my opinion, than we will ever know. The only ones who know are those who study. And, a good defense attorney will. From a judicial standpoint, I admit, I have listened to these, reminding myself how great a tool these videos would be. Not to mention a huge help to a defense attorney, with a goal of mis-trial , hung jury or NOT GUILTY!!!
@lilmike2710
Жыл бұрын
@@seacaribe ??? Not a single part of that word salad made any sense whatsoever.
Those murderers never found his money stuck up in the chimney. Thank God.
Everybody in America cried
You only get "JUSTICE" if you are alive to witness it.
@scotty2tone
10 ай бұрын
Take a law class before you start acting like you know what justice is. Most people think justice is revenge, you do too
I grew up 10 miless from there. My grandma lived off Baker. Heard many stories about this while growing up
Somebody tell me how stringbean and Estelle got justice when you turned the murderer loose
@marshalmcdonald7476
Жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@Saskinny
Жыл бұрын
They didn't
All this happened before I was born but very sad story horrible what some people will do to good people for money greed is a horrible thing god rest their souls r.i.p
Not right to release John" very sad day.
$500,000 in 1971 is equivalent to 3.2 million in 2020.
My prayers go out string beans family
Why those idiot kill stringbean i love his banjo playing
Letting a murder go should never happen they should get the death pently and put them to death
That was a sad day those scumbags did that to stringbean and his wife. I was born in 1979 but I learned of stringbean on Hee Haw reruns as a kid and never knew that he was murdered until 20 years ago
Such a senseless murder!!! These two never hurt anyone, then they end up dying a horrible death! RIP U Two! Ur in Heaven Together!!! Sad 😢, that the mice 🐁 chewed ur money up ! Too Bad This Had To Happen Though!!! ❤️🙏😭💯
I was a big fan of country music growing up I remember watching her haw every Saturday night I don’t think we ever missed a show yes and I do remember string bean ❤😂
So the fools running things there let there killer go free.Not much for law there just fools.RIP Akemans
I dont know much about this story but I remember it from when I was a kid & my parents talking about their murders. So sad & horrible that evil lives among us. R.i.P david aka string bean & estelle you will always be remembered & missed. I'm glad the guys were caught & sent to prison & I believe that both of them should of died in prison .So sad it happened to such good people. My dad is to watch hee haw all the time
They live down the road from us.he and dad were friends at the opry and even recorded one of dad's songs.they used to fish out of a canoe.i can see them now in those safari hats.the guys that did this aunt worked for Lonzo and oscar as a secretary.string was by the studio often.some people smelled a rat but it wasn't proven.sad,they were wonderful people. 4:27
The gate says Rocky Top Baggett.
Why was the body moved? It was told stringbean was inside by fire place??? Then you say laying half way out the front door???
@tommyjacobs528
Жыл бұрын
Stringbean was on the floor, face down, his hand still fixed as if holding is .22 revolver. The revolver was recovered later and I recall the serial number was 47470.
He opened the water gate
I really appreciate the police detectives and prosecutors in this case. Criminal defense attorneys are the scum of the earth! How would you like to make money putting killers, rapists and all sorts of horrible people back on the streets. I don't know how they live with themselves. But I guess one day God, the REAL Judge, will deal with their despicable behavior. It's so very sad about Stringbean and Estelle, even all these years later. I went to church with a lady who was String's cousin. What kind of parole board would let this guy go free???? It just is so WRONG!!!
@gretagroce9072
10 ай бұрын
Our Justice system is left to human fallibility. Their murderers - as we all - will stand before God one day to account for our choices and actions in this life. It is some solace to know that man’s capacity for evil is only matched by his capacity for good. It is a matter of our God-given Free Will to choose between good and evil in this life. God is the ultimate Judge and each of us can only strive to choose good, as our very souls depend on it.
Stringbean was like the white Snoop Dogg.
Getting a jury of 12 reasonable people in the south is a herculean task.
My prayers go out string beans family
My prayers go out string beans family