The Nowhere Dispatch

The Nowhere Dispatch episodes:

• 10.31.2021

  Episode 49 - Chipita's Ghost

  Are curses real, or are they only coincidence and suspicion? A look at beliefs about curses and their occurrence in local and state history.

  
• 10.31.2020

  Stories for the Haunting Hours

  The witching hour is upon us once again, listeners. 2020 has been a frightful year and I haven't done much work on the podcast. But if I'm going to record at all, it's going to be the annual Halloween episode....

  
• 08.02.2020

  Episode 48 - Lights Above The Pines - East Texas UFOs

  For hundreds of years, Texans have been reporting sightings of strange crafts and alien visitors across the Lone Star State. Some of the most incredible of these encounters have taken place right here in East Texas. Tune into this episode...

  
• 11.01.2019

  Episode 47 - Stories for the Dusk and Shadows

  The time of spooks and shadows has descended upon nowhere once again, listeners. In this third installment of my spooky stories episodes, tune in to hear six tales of ghosts, mysterious figures and the morbid, fascinating burial and mourning traditions...

  
• 10.01.2019

  Episode 46 - Blood on the Pines - Infamous East Texas Murders

  Murders leave a legacy. Even out here in the middle of nowhere, they leave echoes, reaching across time and through memory to haunt us. The stories of infamous murders are shared and shared again as a way of preserving the...

  
• 08.03.2019

  Episode 45 – Strange Medicine - Folk Magic in East Texas and the South

  Some magic is born of necessity. Instead of a wand or staff, folks were more likely to use a forked twig or a piece of silverware. Instead of elaborate potions and elixirs, common people would use water, herbs and river...

  
• 06.04.2019

  Episode 44 - From Midnight Until Dawn - Texas Executions

  For more than 200 years, Texas has used the death penalty to punish its worst criminals and to dissuade others from committing similar crimes. From hemp rope and gallows poles to lethal injection, the Lone Star State has made history...

  
• 04.08.2019

  Episode 43 - John Joe Gray and the Trinidad Standoff

  In 1999, a man named John Joe Gray was arrested near Trinidad, Texas. He resisted arrest and was booked but never returned for his court date. He returned to his property and fortified it into a compound. What followed was...

  
• 02.01.2019

  Episode 42 - Lavender Doe

  In October 2006, the burning body of a young woman was found on an oil lease road in Kilgore, Texas. For the next 12 years, investigators, internet sleuths and police searched for her name, her identity and her killer. Progress...

  
• 01.03.2019

  Episode 41 - The Regulator-Moderator War, Part 2 - Texas Yell

  It's the early 1840s in East Texas and a gang of gun-toting outlaws have taken over Shelby County. Led by a violent, bloodthirsty colonel, the band does as they please and punishes all who oppose them. The penalty for opposing...

  
• 01.03.2019

  Episode 41 - The Regulator-Moderator War, Part 2 - Texas Yell

  It's the early 1840s in East Texas and a gang of gun-toting outlaws have taken over Shelby County. Led by a violent, bloodthirsty colonel, the band does as they please and punishes all who oppose them. The penalty for opposing...

  
• 12.01.2018

  Episode 40 - The Regulator-Moderator War, Part 1 - Neutral Ground

  Land feuds are among the oldest conflict known to mankind. The right to say "I am in charge here" is not earned easily. It is often bought with blood and tears.In the 1800s, there was a piece of land in...

  
• 10.29.2018

  Episode 39 - Stories for the Waning Year

  That time of year has arrived again...when time begins to slow and things get quiet. Leaves die and fall, the air gains a sharp edge and our thoughts turn to old stories, the spookier the better. Last year, my friend...

  
• 10.15.2018

  Episode 38 - Piney Woods Phenomena

  There is something about the land out here. Strange things happen without explanation and then fade away, sealed by time and fading memories. But the scars on the land remain. A freak windstorm that came from nowhere. A mysterious blackout...

  
• 09.30.2018

  Episode 37 - The Texarkana Moonlight Murders

  In 1946, a mysterious wave of serial homicides fell upon the East Texas border town of Texarkana. Violence was not unknown in the town but this was something different. Young couples enjoying the moonlight on lover's lanes were being gunned...

  
• 08.27.2018

  Episode 36 - La Mala Cosa

  When you look into the woods...what looks back at you?Is there something out there, stalking through the pines? Since the beginning of history, mankind has given many names to a specific kind of beast that waits in the woods. The...

  
• 07.30.2018

  Episode 35 - The Church of Wells

  When people hear the word "cult", they tend to think of doomsday groups or splinters of major religions, operating off the beaten path in secrecy and at the fringes of society. In reality, a cult is just a small group...

  
• 07.09.2018

  Episode 34 - The Bragg Road Ghost Lights/The Light of Saratoga

  Just at the edge of the county line, at the edge of your thoughts, awaits a legend. All legends are true, I think, and they only become more real with each telling. Stories live and grow through the ways we...

  
• 04.18.2018

  Episode 33 - Rebel McMahon

  Nearly 20 years ago, a 3-year-old boy named Rebel McMahon was murdered by his mother in a small East Texas town. Although his mother was arrested and sentenced to prison, young Rebel's case never received much coverage in the media....

  
• 02.17.2018

  Episode 32 - The Dalton Gang

  At the close of the 19th century, things were changing in the Old West. Roving bands of outlaws were still carrying out stickup robberies and train heists, but their days were numbered. One of the last and most infamous of...

  
• 01.06.2018

  Episode 31 - The Lufkin Angel Of Death

  There are many types of killers and good reasons to fear them all. Some kill as the result of an obsession, some kill for revenge, others seem to have no motive at all. One of the most disturbing types of...

  
• 11.19.2017

  Episode 30 - East Texas Cannibals

  Few things are as terrifying or taboo as cannibalism. What drives people to commit this unthinkable act? There are many reasons why people have resorted to cannibalism throughout history. Some were members of cultures which viewed the act as a...

  
• 11.04.2017

  Episode 29 - Stories For The Thinning Of The Veil

  As we step deeper into autumn, some say that the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead becomes thin, allowing communication with ghostly spectres and otherworldy beings. Whether or not you believe this is...

  
• 10.20.2017

  Episode 28 - Shadows In Athens

  Some towns aren't quite like the others. You could say that about Athens, Texas. The tunnels beneath the streets, the monkeys that murder...there's a lot of stories about this town. Follow me into nowhere as I discuss some of the...

  
• 09.22.2017

  Episode 27 - Ken's Apparitions

  Welcome back to the Nowhere Dispatch. In this episode, I sit down with my friend Ken as he tells me about some paranormal encounters he had in his past. These types of stories always fascinate me because they seem so...

  
• 09.08.2017

  Episode 26 - Kristiana Coignard

  On January 22, 2015, Kristiana Coignard lost her life after an encounter with the Longview Police Department. This case caught international attention as it occurred in the midst of a series of high-profile shootings of civilians by police officers. In...

  
• 08.22.2017

  Episode 25 - The Texas Killing Fields Part 2

  In this conclusion to the two-part series on the Texas Killing Fields, I try to relate some finality in these tragic cases. While many of the cases remain unsolved, a few have found a resolution of sorts. Several people confessed...

  
• 08.19.2017

  Episode 24 - The Texas Killing Fields Part 1

  For over thirty years, bodies have been appearing in a lonely stretch of land by the side of Interstate 45. Who is responsible for these heinous murders? Follow along with this 2-part episode as I examine the facts of the...

  
• 08.04.2017

  Episode 23 – The Backwoods Illuminati

  On this episode of The Nowhere Dispatch, I explore a few of the allegedly Illuminati-linked conspiracy theories that have ties to East Texas. While I can't prove the veracity of these theories, as is usually the case with conspiracies, I...

  
• 07.21.2017

  Episode 22 - The Michael Ray Phillips Cold Case

  In January of 1989, a police officer found the body of a young man in a creek in Lufkin, TX. The cause of death was determined but, other than one gruesome detail, little evidence was uncovered. The most likely suspect...

  
• 07.07.2017

  Episode 21 - East Texas Cryptids

  Have you ever heard a mysterious sound in the woods on a camping trip? Perhaps you've seen a strange animal dart across a lonely country road late at night, silhouetted by your headlights. You just may have stumbled across a...

  
• 06.24.2017

  Episode 20 - Who Killed Karen Silkwood?

  In the 1970s, nuclear power was all the rage. But lax regulations and unfamiliarity with the new technology caused a lot of problems. In Oklahoma, just over the Texas border, a Longview native was determined to keep an eye on...

  
• 06.06.2017

  Episode 19 - The New London School Explosion

  In this episode, I'll tell you all about the New London School Explosion. In the winter of 1937, the New London School was the pride of the Piney Woods. The desire for modernity overshadowed concerns of safety. The result was...

  
• 05.04.2017

  Episode 18 - The Murder Of Diamond Bessie

  Welcome back to the Nowhere Dispatch. If anything can be said about East Texas, it's that these shady pine trees and red dirt roads have borne witness to many things both mysterious and wretched. Among those things, murder can be...

  
• 04.16.2017

  Episode 17 - Daniela's Apartment

  Welcome back to The Nowhere Dispatch. A few years ago, my good friend Daniela moved with her family to upstate New York. She ended up in some very creepy, possibly haunted, residences. When she told me there had been a...

  
• 03.16.2017

  Episode 16 - The Devil In The Pines Part 2

  The conclusion of the Kelly Wilson disappearance/Satanic Panic case in Gilmer, TX. Things were bad before her disappearance in 1992 and they got much worse after that date. Claims of evil behavior took a darker turn when they ensnared themselves...

  
• 03.16.2017

  Episode 15 - The Devil in the Pines Part 1

  On January 5th, 1992, Kelly Dae Wilson disappeared without a trace. It's been 25 years since that night and she's never been heard from since. This took place in Gilmer, Texas, about 30 minutes down the road from where I...

  
• 02.08.2017

  Episode 14 - Jenny's Mist

  Welcome back to the Nowhere Dispatch. In this episode, I sit down with my good friend Jenny to talk about some of the spooky, paranormal experiences she has witnessed in her past. As soon as I heard that she had...

  
• 01.06.2017

  Episode 13 - The Killough Massacre

  History isn't always what it seems. In 1836, the worst massacre ever perpetrated on Texas soil by Native Americans took place not far from my hometown...or did it? That's what it says on the monument placed at the massacre site...

  
• 11.04.2016

  Episode 12 - Who The F#@% Was Lori Erica Ruff?

  Welcome back to the Nowhere Dispatch. Earlier this year, I heard about a case of identity theft while digging around online for creepy stories. I stumbled upon the strange case of Lori Erica Ruff. A few months later, I came...

  
• 10.03.2016

  Episode 11 - The Beatles Bonfire

  Welcome back to the Nowhere Dispatch. It's finally October and I'm ready to bring you more creepy stories. Still, I wanted to do something a bit different to start off my favorite month. There's a story I heard a long...

  
• 09.17.2016

  Episode 10 - Longview's Burning

  Welcome back to the Nowhere Dispatch. In this installment, I'll let you in on something: someone is setting fires all over my hometown. This has been a record year for arson and there's a chance it's a coordinated effort. As...

  
• 08.27.2016

  Episode 9 - The Disappearance Of Brandi Wells

  In August of 2006, a young woman named Brandi Wells disappeared outside of a Longview nightclub. Now, ten years later, she's still missing and questions remain unanswered. What happened to this young woman? Where did she go? Her case has...

  
• 08.12.2016

  Episode 8 - Cults

  Welcome back to the Dispatch, fellow wanderers of nowhere. My good friend Adam is back on the podcast to talk about cults. They're weird, they're creepy and there are more of them than you think. In fact, there's a story...

  
• 08.03.2016

  Episode 7 - Red Summer

  This has been a difficult summer. Violence and heat turn the streets into foreign territory. This isn't the first summer that has been marred by violence. I'll show you another hot season, almost 100 years ago, the set my hometown...

  
• 07.08.2016

  Episode 6 - Stagecoach Road

  Welcome back to the Nowhere Dispatch. In this episode, I find out that not all roads are easily navigable. Stagecoach Road is a local legend that I heard about over a decade ago. The rumors about this road are numerous:...

  
• 06.18.2016

  Episode 5 - Adam's Ghosts

  Welcome back to The Nowhere Dispatch. On this episode, I talk to my good friend Adam about some of his ghostly encounters. Adam is an amateur ghost hunter and he has had some truly creepy experiences. You can follow Adam...

  
• 06.04.2016

  Episode 4 - The Caddo

  Welcome back to The Nowhere Dispatch. In this episode, I'll tell you about the strange and noble history of the Caddo people of East Texas. They were violently torn from their home but the people who did them wrong met...

  
• 05.22.2016

  Episode 3 - The Kentucky Fried Chicken Murders

  Welcome back to the Nowhere Dispatch. In 1983, a horrific murder shocked East Texas. 20 years later, the killers were finally brought to justice. But were they really guilty? In this episode, I talk about one of the most infamous...

  
• 05.12.2016

  Episode 2 - Sam's Demons

  Hi everyone. Welcome back to nowhere. In this new episode, I talk to my good friend Sam about an experience he had growing up with demons. Not literal demons...but sometimes the demons we imagine are the most terrifying kind. Listen...