A discussion over dinner about an old Athens murder case is the basis for a July fundraising event to benefit the Athens Community Council on Aging.
The dinner is highlighted by an “exclusive panel discussion” of the infamous murder of Athens businessman T.K. Harty.
The slaying revolved around a series of events in 1977 at the current location of the Council on Aging on Hoyt Street. Back in the 70s, the area was a popular hangout with taverns and restaurants such as The Station, located in the former Southern Railway depot on Hoyt Street.
It was in that colorful decade when young businessman T.K. Harty, owner of T.K. Harty’s Saloon, became what police said was the target of vengeance by another tavern owner, John Mooney of Somebody’s Pizza.
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“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” kicks off a new week’s worth of original episodes Monday, and Bethenny Frankel takes center stage as an interview guest.
Appearing remotely, Frankel talks about her recent stand-up comedy debut. She also provides additional updates, including a note on her upcoming wedding plans, her experience with COVID-19, and her new series “The Big Shot with Bethenny.”
Filmed in advance, Monday’s “Ellen” will also feature appearances by Justin Theroux and Cameron Jay. It will air Monday afternoon, but you will not have to wait until then to see the Bethenny Frankel interview. An early-release video follows:
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Listings for a new string of “Ellen DeGeneres Show” episodes just emerged, and several feature musical performances.
According to the new listings, Luke Bryan will appear as an interview and musical guest on the May 4 edition of the talk show. Fellow country star Thomas Rhett will appear in the same joint interview-performance role on May 5.
Julia Michaels, who had an early 2021 performance date postponed, will perform on the May 6 edition of “Ellen.”
Additional upcoming performances include Rag’n’Bone Man on May 10 and Imagine Dragons on May 11.
As previously reported, there will also be one more musical performance
It’s already been a very busy year for Cameron Jay, creator and producer of the “Classic City Crime” podcast, and the 26-year-old Jay has no immediate plans to slow down.
Jay, who last year introduced his podcast with a 25-episode series on the 2001 unsolved murder of UGA law student Tara Baker, has more recently utilized his podcast to delve into the 1977 murder of Athens bar owner T.K. Harty and the March shooting death of Oconee County resident Elijah Wood while he worked an overnight shift at the RaceTrac on U.S. 441 in Watkinsville.
With the assistance of a local attorney, Jay has also been able to find office space in town, and he has gone back to college, enrolling at West Georgia University in Carrollton to study criminology.
Athens true crime podcast âClassic City Crimeâ is in the midst of covering the solved murder case of Athenian business man and saloon owner, T. K. Harty, and will soon begin airing its second season.
During the showâs first season, Classic City Crime host and producer Cameron Harrelson, also known as Cameron Jay, extensively covered the unsolved murder of University of Georgia law student Tara Baker.
Harrelson spent 24 lengthy episodes exploring the Baker case, from June 2020 to January 2021. Yet he expanded beyond the evidence to talk about Baker.Â
âThe ability to really get to know the victim as a person is something that means a lot, and that I think a lot of investigators and journalists get wrong,â Harrelson said. âWe covered a lot of ground with the Tara [Baker] case because I spent so much time with her family and getting to know her.â