# 65 - James Matheny

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Podcast: [Crime Will Tell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-will-tell-6460169)
Published: 2025-12-28T20:52:59+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/crimewilltell/2416897
Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/217923/2416897/crimewilltell/2025_12_28_20_47_27_c6e75222-61f7-42bb-95a2-712071e02272.mp3
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Duration seconds: 4150

## Resource

On a hot summer night in June 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee, a local church went up in flames. It wasn’t until after authorities discovered a body in the attic that alarm bells started ringing. This is the case of the tragic death of James Chester Matheny and the perpetrator that took his life.

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