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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The Katie Quackenbush You Don’t Know

Jason Steen

In mid December, Katie Quackenbush contacted EastNashville.news. This was just after her rather public spat with WSMV and initially she wanted to bring some publicity to her interactions with them (you can see that story here), however as the conversation continued, she began to open up, we did a full interview and we saw a side of Katie Quackenbush that was much different that what we had witnessed in the weeks and months prior. In her version of events that happened on the night she shot a man in Nashville,…

Katie Quackenbush vs. WSMV: “F**k the hillbilly news there”

Jason Steen

Last Thursday, Dec 7th, Katie Quackenbush’s father (Jesse) emailed WSMV journalist Kara Apel about a story that she published. He said that she was “pathetic” and hoped that “someday you find yourself confronted by a psychotic man threatening to kill you on a dark street”. Katie Quackenbush is charged with the attempted murder of Gerald Melton. Then things got interesting. Apel forwarded the email to WSMV lawyers, who replied with essentially a cease and desist notice, inferring that further direct contact would escalate things legally after the notice to stop.…