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‘One by Willie,’ Episode 5: Wynonna Judd on ‘Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain’
The country music legend remembers hearing it on the radio in rural Kentucky and describes Willie's kindness to her grandmother backstage at the CMAs.
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“It's kind of strange that your investigator calls this search, and, lo and behold, right after he starts the search, a cellphone is found.”
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Tom Brown’s Body, Chapter 6: The Thicket
“I'm like, ‘What in the heck is that?’ So, I walk around some shrubs, and as I get closer, I can see that it kind of looks like bone.”
Tom Brown’s Body, Chapter 5: Unusual Suspects
“It's kind of strange that your investigator calls this search, and, lo and behold, right after he starts the search, a cellphone is found.”
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DNA evidence proved Lydell Grant's innocence. So why won't the state’s highest criminal court exonerate him?
Tom Brown’s Body, Chapter 4: Lake Marvin Road
“I'm sitting there thinking, ‘Oh God, I'm so scared right now.’ I couldn't convince them. And so I just let them hammer me.”
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