Annie Dotson and her husband, Dr. Walter Dotson, are the pillars of Nashville society. Their reputation is irreproachable, until Walter discovers his wife has been having an affair with Charlie Cobb, a married man. The situation escalates into a cold-blooded, mid-afternoon murder at the barber shop where Cobb works. A fatal shot is fired in front of numerous witnesses and the murderer is taken into custody. But who killed who? Did Annie's husband shoot her lover, or the other way around? Was it her over-protective brother who took the law into his own hands? Or maybe it was Annie herself. The murderer refuses to speak a word, until a reporter from the Tennessean arrives at the police station and takes a full confession that is published on the front page. The trial will reveal more than a few dark secrets and the verdict is shocking - ripped from the headlines of the Tennessean, March 16, 1913.