
- 23
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- 1,766
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Devil Town
Fear and hysteria grip the small town of Gilmer, Texas, when the search for missing teenager Kelly Wilson takes a series of bizarre and shocking turns. Thirty years later, journalist Wes Ferguson returns home to uncover what really happened to Kelly, who has never been found, in this wild, 11-episode true crime podcast. "A thorough examination of the circumstances surrounding Wilson's disappearance and the ensuing hysteria that engulfed Gilmer" - Longview News-Journal Devil Town is a production of Imperative Entertainment. It was written and created by Wes Ferguson. Executive Producer is Jason Hoch. Audio Engineering and editing by Shaine Freeman and Jason Hoch. Original score is by Robert Ellis. Recorded by Austin Sisler at Eastside Studios. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/devil-town--7265249/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/devil-town--7265249/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss).
- Publisher
- Free Range Productions
- Category
- history · society & culture · true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 27 Sept 2022
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
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The Trooper | Chapter 15
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Especially Sergeant James York Brown, the Gilmer officer who got dragged into the satanic panic mess, all those years ago and came out the other side with his life turned upside down. I mean, can you imagine having went through that, you know, and then wanting to be interviewed, you know, this many years later? To me, you could tell in his heart that he's a really good guy and he was doing everything he could to find this girl and it's important that people know that. See, that's the thing that kept me on the phone. Joe Hogue was just heartsick about this. Not only for Kelly, but for everybody who got hurt by this case along the way. […]
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- 1,096 ratings
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- 4.5 / 5
- 670 ratings
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