Who Murdered Stringbean Akeman

[@destinypowers1146]

thank you so much bringing this story to us. i love string bean. this was a sad cruel act RIP to both

[@CMSProductions]

Our pleasure. We are glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 🤠

[@Gratefulman1965]

I loved hearing that musicians bought the cabin and placed items of string bean on the mantle as a memorial. Great segment by the late Peter Cooper. Thanks for this. String and Estelle are surely missed.

[@CMSProductions]

I am glad you enjoyed the video. I agree with you that having musicians buying the cabin was great. It was like keeping it in the family.

[@Gratefulman1965]

@@CMSProductions For sure, Keeping it in the family.🎶

[@sandrasmith7091]

I grew up with that crowd...TV, records, radios. Loved it.😊

[@CMSProductions]

Sweet

[@bobkarigan4512]

The Ackeman’s lived the lives they way they grew up, simple country folk the way we should all live.

[@CMSProductions]

Amen Bob

[@gregmccarter2176]

The killers should have gotten the electric chair...poor grand paw Jones was never the same again...

[@CMSProductions]

Isn't that the truth

[@d.j.stoneman6657]

Agreed!!! How is that monster walking the streets!!!

[@FilosophicalPharmer]

They used to sit outside their houses and play the banjoes with one another from across the ‘holler’. Imagining them doing that makes me happy; realizing how many years Grandpa Jones went without his best friend breaks my heart.

[@roxannemoser]

IIRC, one or both of them got the death penalty. The death penalty was halted nationwide during that time and resulted in a life sentence. One was paroled in 2014.

[@ck2music712]

I live right down the road in Greenbrier, Tn, and I'm a musician, and you can almost feel the history... Poor ol StringBean... May him and Estelle rest in peace... Hope him and Grandpa Jones are fishin on the other side...

[@CMSProductions]

Amen and Amen. Two good ole country boys in paradise.

[@tablature6121]

Jan Howard, pictured at one of the parole hearings in this documentary, recently passed in 2020 just 15 days past her 91st b'day. Jan appeared at every one of the parole hearings to speak out against releasing the Brown's on parole. Like all Opry members, Jan most especially loved and admired Stringbean, and, having performed on the Opry the same night that String was murdered, she was very upset that the surviving Brown was released in 2014 (as were many others, including myself). God rest Ms. Howard and STringbean and Estelle Akeman -- together again at long last.

[@CMSProductions]

Amen and Amen 🤠

[@randalmayeux8880]

I, myself, was not a big country music fan, I was more into rock and roll, but my grandfather was an old time country fiddler, so I was used to hearing him play. I remember when we would visit them on weekends, I was a teenager then, and they would watch Heehaw religiously. I also watched it, even at home. It was a funny show, and I was exposed to a lot of great country music, which I liked despite my predilection for rock music. Roy Clark was a great guitarist and banjo player by anyone's standards. As a guitarist myself, I started playing some county tunes myself, because most of the songs were pretty straightforwardl and simple, usually a 3 chord progression. My grandfather heard me, and asked me to play with him. We recorded a lot of old standards at his house, and it was great fun. Of course, he passed a long time ago, but I still have the tapes!

[@CMSProductions]

What a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing. My story is similar except my mom was into country. So it was around the house all the time and as an author I really got into the stories.

[@roxannemoser]

That's a great story and what a treasure you have!

[@edwardbrown4311]

I remember string bean he was so funny and he definitely didn't deserve what happened to him.

[@CMSProductions]

Ed i agree with you 100 %. It shows no one is immune to the greed of others

[@TheSnoopindaweb]

He would always take off His hat and spin it on His finger while putting it back on‼ Yup❗😁 G-G.

[@Wootangtw]

Very sad.. I was 10 years old when string bean and his wife was killed… I remember I was sad then too ..just like now… very sad…

[@fluxerflixer1]

Very impressive research and knowledge. I’ve always yearned for more information about String bean. I envy the way he and his wife lived.

[@CMSProductions]

I am glad you enjoyed it. I remember when it happened. As far as living the way they lived. I always tell my wife that I want to buy a place so far up in the hills that my nearest neighbor has to call me long distance just to talk to me and as soon as the cops hit my drive way I have a three day notice before they get to the front door

[@billyturner2396]

The way he lived is kind of what got him killed

[@williamreed1512]

I lived in the house String bean was murdered in when CMN filmed a documentary on the murders,after it aired a bunch of police officers,and detectives all showered up with the original police files to show inaccuracies I seen the morgue pictures with the steel rods in the body's ect.she was shot 3 times not twice,and the money was found chewed up by mice estamated at $26,000 the top of the fireplace mantel lifts up on left side. I lifted it and have seen the shredded money pieces.Along with her cooking recipes wrote on inside of kitchen cabinets,and cop,and use pulled back paneling when the phone was to see where the wrote all the stars phone numbers.What a shame the to happen to such good people.

[@CMSProductions]

We agree

[@williamreed1512]

@@CMSProductions it was A@E city confidential Nashville murder in music city season 1 episode 8 filmed in 1998 to be exact,but CMT,CMN trucks were used.

[@MN8]

thanks for the 411

[@patriciaferrell9418]

I watch Stringbean when I was a young girl just found out about his death Thank you so much for posting this

[@CMSProductions]

I am glad you enjoyed it. It was really sad how he and his wife died. I remember them from their Hee Haw days.

[@garryfrost9100]

I love this! Thank you for sharing.

[@CMSProductions]

Thank you for watching Garry

[@revmo37]

Hey Spotlight TV fans ! Dave is too humble to mention the "donate" button in his "about" section. But every little bit helps this good man continue to make these great videos for our enjoyment ! Personally, I think he's worth it. Big time ! Thanks !

[@CMSProductions]

Thanks Kevin from Pittsburg. I also now have a Thank you button thanks to KZbin.

[@revmo37]

@@CMSProductions Brother, you deserve all good accolades coming your way !

[@revmo37]

@@CMSProductions Man. I just noticed the "Thanks" button Dave ! That's awesome !

[@CMSProductions]

@Michael O'Toole I am a bit embraced that I forgot that you are from Pittsburg and not Philadelphia. I hope you will let me blame it on my old age. As always I thank you for your kind words.

[@revmo37]

@@CMSProductions Hell Dave. We're both gettin' older. Ya know what they say though ? Getting old is a bitch. But it's better than the alternative. LOL. Oh yeah, my fellow old guy. Pittsburgh still ends in an "h". I think it's the only city ending that way that does. I think "burg" means town, or hamlet. Such as Vicksburg, Gettysburg, etc.. But we're special here in The Steel City. We get an H at the end.Ha

[@larry3064]

Thanks for sharing

[@CMSProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@jamieryall8341]

He was a character for sure.

[@CMSProductions]

Yep a funny one at that.

[@joehernande-721]

It's a Travesty of Justice when a sweet innocent couple that was String Bean and his wife who was driving him back home after a performance at the Grand Old Opry and unfortunately two vicious thugs killers waited not only to Rob him but to kill them no matter what yarn they spun they had cut the phones lines in their cabin they murdered String Bean and viciously as his wife was pleading for mercy they shot her in the head execution style because no matter what the poor prosecution and the Jury believed they never had any intention of leaving witnesses they should have gotten the death penalty or at the very least Life without parole but the state of Tennessee didn't dispense real Justice.

[@CMSProductions]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts

[@Ynalaw]

Stringbean was a pioneer for many African American hip hop artists of the 1990s. String had his pants so low. Its just that String had his shirt tucked in.

[@CMSProductions]

Interesting perspective. Thanks for watching.

[@karynmitchell2509]

I thought the same. He invented sagging pants. 😂

[@Ynalaw]

@@karynmitchell2509 He even got some street credit, but getting involved in some hood gun violence, albeit String got shot. String was an Original Gangsta! He flaunted his dollah billz too!

[@karynmitchell2509]

He didn’t willingly get involved with gun violence. He was fighting for his life.@@Ynalaw

[@Ynalaw]

@@karynmitchell2509 I know. Its so gangsta, isn't it?

[@patgrimes298]

The one that died in prison (some justice). The other one that got to get out of prison, he is a better person (should not ever seen the light of day again). Stringbean and his wife did not get to, where have they been all along!? The one that got out, is he the one that shot Stringbean's wife in the back, trying to get away in their yard? It has been said, these murders have left a bad taste in Nashville, it will always! There is judgement day to come! It will never be enough justice or closure!

[@CMSProductions]

I agree. There will be a judgement.

[@gravedigr12]

Everytime i think of it i think of his wife begging for her life and how she was shot dead crying and begging and how they released him saying he was a changed man begging for his life back he should have been denied living life freely just like string beans wife had her freedom and life taken away.

[@101Volts]

@@gravedigr12 Jesus Christ doesn't agree, provided that the guy who was involved actually *IS* repentant about it and isn't lying. Much that is in this world shouldn't have existed, but it does, and a rescue from what's wrong is going to require all a person has. "Everything" includes hatred for people who did wrong in one way or another, big or small, and we all did *something* wrong at some time. It's just not evident in all cases. We've also all been messed with at some point. If he's repentant, great, but he still ruined what he never should have. If he's not repentant and is lying, that's more than sad. Jesus came to die for people's sins, *including* Brown's. But some won't accept it, or they look and they don't quite understand right away. Ever wonder why there's a verse where Jesus is like "Jerusalem, stoner of the prophets who are sent to you... I would have put my wing over you as a mother bird guards her children?" Well, it was *not* to protect murder, *not at all,* that much I can say. Otherwise, "thou shalt not murder" wouldn't be in the 10 commandments in Exodus 20 and also later on.

[@rebeccadavis3078]

So sad God Bless Stringbean his wife and all who loved him and his wife!

[@CMSProductions]

Amen and Amen

[@Bob-rd9vd]

I can't believe that was 51 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just come home from the Army. Times were different then. When someone was murdered it was big news. Now it is a daily occurrence in just about every town in the country. No one even raises an eyebrow. And what you hear now is, hey, better them than me.

[@CMSProductions]

True Bob. From one Vet to another. Thank you for your service

[@revmo37]

Wow Dave ! A very sad tale of which I had no knowledge. Thanks for all of your work putting this together my friend ! I was waiting for a notification. BTW. You know I'm in Pittsburgh, right ? LOL..

[@CMSProductions]

Yep that was my bad Kevin. I will fix it on the next video. LOL. Glad you liked the video.

[@CMSProductions]

Super Big Shout Out To Kevin From Pittsburg. Thank you Sir for your donation.

[@revmo37]

@@CMSProductions You're the man Dave. Love the videos ! Pittsburgh has an "h" on the end too my friend. LOL Man, What a sad story about Stringbean and his wife. They seemed like really good people

[@CMSProductions]

@Michael O'Toole got it. Pittsburgh with and H. LMAO. The older I get the stupider I become. lol. It seems like only yesterday that I was in my twenties and knew everything. As far as Stringbean and his wife goes, they were country folk. In the true sense of the word.

[@johnnydavis1835]

Such a sad story but I believe their in Heaven, with our Father

[@CMSProductions]

I agree with you 100%. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. It is greatly appreciated.

[@rinyvansomeren8134]

They're

[@davidmeckley3773]

I don't have to worry about people coming after my friends. Everyone knows they will have to deal with me if they do! RIP Stringbean and Estelle!

[@CMSProductions]

Interesting

[@frankenz66]

I was only 7 years old myself when this happened. I remember it and the uneasiness it had put in my father's conversations with his friends about safety. Even though we were in Arkansas. It irritates me that Brown is out. Sets a bad example. Forgiveness be damned there is the law and they should have been put to death to start.

[@CMSProductions]

I agree with you.

[@debbiemorgan6701]

I agree!

[@101Volts]

Jesus Christ doesn't agree on the "no forgiveness" part, you're thinking Brown or someone else is going to be murdering again because of this but that's not necessarily true. If he's repentant, good, but he still ruined what he never should have. If he's not repentant and is lying, terrible. Heaven's full of repentant people which could potentially include Brown (who wouldn't be murdery or thiefy if included. Not because of a dictatorship, mind.) Otherwise, Jesus wouldn't have lamented like "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, stoner of the prophets who are sent to you - I would have kept you as a mother bird puts her wing around her young." That's about wanting to protect people who are rejecting him, but being incapable of doing so.

[@frankenz66]

@@101Volts Deterrant. If everyone was on "your page" we would not have this problem. Unfortunately, we aren't as a society. It begins with "you" at every level. These robbers could have been a bit less cruel and they weren't so the law needs to be less cruel. Deal with the same measures.

[@wyatt-rocks]

Thanks for posting. Such a sad story. It's always some knucklehead idiot that ruins the lives of the artists and talent. They've been at it since the beginning. In Heaven they will be protected and free to bring happiness to all without evil to ruin it.

[@CMSProductions]

True 🤠

[@livereatingjohnson8231]

My grandmas was from Kentucky and just like Stringbean she would not eat beef, just pork chicken and sometimes fish.

[@CMSProductions]

I know some country folk like that

[@piscesempress1978]

mine to, my dads mom from Whitesburg/Seco and my moms from Whitley/Mccrerey County.

[@stephaniecoggins733]

I believe back then you have to have talent no inhansing with computer's and light's, real country music 🎵🎶I couldn't live without my beef and dairy 😂 RIP 🙏

[@CMSProductions]

Amen and Amen. I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@waterdog2318]

Thank you.

[@CMSProductions]

Your welcome but I am not sure what you are thanking me for.

[@sandrasmith7091]

Such a tragedy 😢

[@CMSProductions]

We agree

[@desijrichert]

What a sad story. I really wish it had not happened.

[@CMSProductions]

The same here

[@dawnperez2888]

God. Bless. Them. I. Know. There. Home. Now

[@CMSProductions]

Amen and Amen

[@bobbieolsen7264]

Sad, just sad.

[@CMSProductions]

we agree

[@johnnywilliams2249]

How can people turn on family cousins that's so crazy sometimes I just don't know anymore and that was a long time ago what kind of people every grown into may God forgive us😢

[@CMSProductions]

Interesting perspective

[@blakewhittington4336]

Is it true in 1996 they found 20,000 behind a brick in the house?

[@CMSProductions]

No

[@blakewhittington4336]

@@CMSProductions I found it on several sources and it says they did

[@CMSProductions]

@@blakewhittington4336 cool thanks for letting me know

[@brooklynnicole9236]

9:24 Got John and Doug backwards

[@CMSProductions]

Ok

[@jeetime9436]

He had every right to defend himself not his fault for carrying a gun. They were going to kill because they killed his wife

[@CMSProductions]

Yes. They killed Stringbean first and then his wife

[@dawnperez2888]

I. Thank. Some one. Set. Them. Up. And. We're. They. Kept. There. Money. Loved. The. Way. He. Did. His. Hat. Just ed. Loved. Him. On. Hee. Haw

[@ronaldfurgeson9459]

So sad

[@CMSProductions]

I agree and so senseless.

[@fayetucker1050]

Terrible so sad😢, parole should not been allowed, he should be punished for life too....firing squad for both these low lives should been in order.!

[@keevinprince3038]

You left out Skull that was on Hee-Haw and owned Skull's Rainbow Room that was robbed and murdered

[@CMSProductions]

He was left out because he had nothing to do with the murder of Stringbean. However after having done more research on Skull and the rainbow room I am thinking he might deserve his own video.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

the murderers are out of prison

[@CMSProductions]

One died

[@piscesempress1978]

@@CMSProductions Good

[@garyshewmake3830]

My hope is the person or persons that killed Stringbean an his wife robbing ther hme got cot an paid the killers penalty sent to prison an died ther

[@CMSProductions]

Both got caught. One died in prison and the other was released i believe after serving 20 years

[@darrelltalbott4830]

The meeting of ministers memorial

[@CMSProductions]

Ok

[@BlorkTDork]

The beef thing sounds like Lyme disease allergy.

[@CMSProductions]

You could be right or it could be he didn't like the taste

[@PeteBurns-xv2fz]

Over 5000 dollars in cash in theyre clothes...a helluva lot of money for the time....

[@CMSProductions]

True.Stringbean didn't trust banks