Once Upon a Time in Nashville follows journalist Cornelia Rowe as she returns to her hometown and begins investigating the suspicious death of a former classmate, Leigh Terry. What starts as a tragic mystery quickly unravels into a web of power, scandal, and long-buried secrets tied to a group of influential men—and the darker side of Music City.
Set against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving Nashville, this gripping series blends true crime, Southern gothic, and investigative journalism. The story is complete, and the full season is ready to binge from start to finish. Step into the shadows of a city built on fame, charm, and secrets.
On the season finale of Once Upon a Time in Nashville, Cornelia attempts to wrap things up, analyze what happened to Leigh Terry, and look at what it all says about the past, present, and future of their hometown. She finally gets an important source to go on the record. What he shares leads to a whole new component of the story regarding money, power, and women in Nashville.
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3 Jul 2024
Ep. 8: “A Whole New Round Of Legal Troubles.”
After Natalie Amos goes public about her relationship with Judge Moreland, the FBI launches an investigation. Moreland enlists the help of various characters to try and thwart the investigation and discredit Natalie. What ensues is a tragicomedy of errors that ultimately leads to the judge’s downfall–and more shocking revelations about Moreland, Bryan Lewis and their powerful friends and cronies.
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For a deeper dive into Leigh's case, as well as additional content, be sure to follow Once Upon a Time in Nashville on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@onceuponatimeinnashville).
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27 Jun 2024
Ep. 7: "Superpowers."
In the summer of 2015, Leigh introduces her best friend, Natalie Amos, to Judge Casey Moreland, who uses his judicial "superpowers" to help Natalie out with some of her own legal problems. The two begin an illicit affair, but after Leigh dies, Natalie begins to feel uneasy–and does something shocking to protect herself from a similar fate.
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20 Jun 2024
Ep. 6 - “It Doesn’t Quite Add Up."
After Leigh Terry is found in the Stahlman building, those close to her–as well as Nashville police–raise questions and red flags about her death. Why did it take so long to discover Leigh's body? Why did she choose to take her own life with a gun? And why did she not make arrangements for someone to care for her beloved dog, Lana? Cornelia and her team speak with Leigh’s friends, forensic experts, and others as they examine both the technical and circumstantial evidence brought forward during the investigation into Leigh's suicide.
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13 Jun 2024
Ep. 5: “Good Old Boys.”
Like father, like son: In the 1990s, Bryan Lewis’s father, Jimmy, was a major figure in Nashville’s powerful old guard of politicians, businessmen, lawyers, and judges. Following an FBI bust for running an underground gambling ring, Jimmy emerged basically unscathed–until his own close friendship with a local judge came under scrutiny following another shocking suicide on the Lewises’ property.
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6 Jun 2024
Ep. 4: "Miss You. Love You. Bye."
Going through Leigh Terry’s last day alive: Where she went, what she did, the friends she called, and the conflicting accounts of her behavior and state of mind. Could anything offer clues about why Leigh abruptly ended her life?
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30 May 2024
Ep. 3: “A ‘Boys And Girlfriends’ Trip To Alabama.”
A week before her death, Leigh Terry and two other young women are whisked away in a private plane to a Gulf Shores beach called Dauphin Island. They’re supposed to spend the weekend with attorney Bryan Lewis and two other high-profile members of the Nashville legal community but the trip ends badly for Leigh when she gets in an explosive argument with Bryan and issues a cryptic threat.
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23 May 2024
Ep. 2: "She Knew She Was in Real Trouble."
After several arrests, Leigh Terry is advised by her lawyer–a powerful Nashville attorney named Bryan Lewis–to do "something big" in order to avoid going to jail. It haunts Leigh for the last few years of her life: A tumultuous period that sees her struggle with addiction, messy relationships, and a mysterious, violent incident.
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23 May 2024
Ep. 1: "What I Found in Nashville Was a Messier Story..."
In 2018, Cornelia Rowe finds herself unexpectedly back in her hometown–and unexpectedly drawn to a story about the strange death of Leigh Terry: a beautiful Southern belle with whom Cornelia attended high school. As she begins looking into what happened to Leigh, another story emerges about Nashville and its powerful group of good ol’ boys.
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16 May 2024
Trailer
It all begins on May 25th, 2016, when Nashville police are called to the downtown Stahlman building, only to discover the body of a 34-year-old woman named Leigh Terry...
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9 May 2024
Teaser
A tragic suicide in Nashville raises questions, and leads a local journalist down a dark path.
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