THE SHERIFF: Murder, Lies & Revenge in Okaloosa County

The Sheriff host and writer Tony Adame and producer Nick Tomecek talk about the experience of researching and recording the six-part podcast series. 

Which things remain in our presence? 

(Season finale)

Long-buried secrets are revealed as the saga of Lester Wilson’s murder comes to an end. 

The Wilsons close ranks after a threat against one of their own. The truth about the night of March 15, 1940, begins to be revealed. 

Okaloosa County’s new Sheriff gains a crucial ally. One Crestview family’s rise and fall leads to a break in the investigation of Lester Wilson’s murder. 

The investigation into Lester Wilson’s murder runs into problems from the start. The McArthurs’ history in Okaloosa County goes under the microscope. 

THE SHERIFF is a new podcast from The Northwest Florida Daily News and The Gannett Company, hosted by Tony Adame, about the 1940 assassination of Lester Wilson, a Sheriff’s candidate in small-town Florida, and the conspiracy of silence that let the murder go unsolved for 18 years. At the heart of the story is Lester Wilson’s son, Ray Wilson, a Korean War hero and the youngest Sheriff in Florida history after he won the office his father pursued at just 27 years old.