Tennessee residents may remember Metro Nashville’s first urban legend , “Lock the doors or you’ll end up like Paula Herring.” The legendary slaying of 18-year-old babysitter Paula Herring haunted the community for decades. In February 1964, the pretty blonde University of Tennessee student had been babysitting her younger brother on a Saturday night while her mother, a registered nurse, was out to dinner. When Paula’s mother returned from dinner around 11 p.m., she discovered her daughter lying on the den floor, badly beaten, and shot multiple times.