The Nowhere Dispatch

Oct 31 2021 51 ep. 29 mins 948
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This is a podcast about creepy, mysterious and dark stories from across the East Texas region and from the lives of myself and my friends. Enjoy.

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Episode 49 - Chipita's Ghost

Oct 31 2021 36 mins  
Are curses real, or are they only coincidence and suspicion? A look at beliefs about curses and their occurrence in local and state history.

Stories for the Haunting Hours

Oct 31 2020 25 mins  
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. Tune in to hear a few tales of the dark, morbid and macabre...Happy Halloween!

Episode 48 - Lights Above The Pines - East Texas UFOs

Aug 01 2020 29 mins  
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 of the Dispatch to learn about mysterious sightings, unexplained aerial phenomena and otherworldly visitors here behind the Pine Curtain.

Episode 47 - Stories for the Dusk and Shadows

Oct 31 2019 43 mins  
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 of the South. Just in time for Halloween, follow me across Texas and the South with these macabre stories to get you in the mood fo

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

Oct 01 2019 40 mins  
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 lives of those taken too soon, as a way of warning others and as a way of making sense of sudden tragedy. In this episode, I'll share with you stories of three i

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

Aug 02 2019 37 mins  
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 stones. Instead of an ancient, leather-bound grimoire or tome, more people than you’d expect would look to the Holy Bible for spellwork.This magic is as real to t

Episode 44 - From Midnight Until Dawn - Texas Executions

Jun 03 2019 63 mins  
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 in this grim practice and now executes more prisoners than any other state in the country. The practice has changed over time and the process has neve

Episode 43 - John Joe Gray and the Trinidad Standoff

Apr 07 2019 46 mins  
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 the longest armed standoff in US history. Tune in it this episode of the Dispatch to learn about the standoff, Gray's allegiance to sovereign citizen and separat

Episode 42 - Lavender Doe

Jan 31 2019 33 mins  
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 was made but never fully realized...until very recently. Tune in to this episode of the Dispatch to learn about the tragic case of Lavender Doe and the amaz

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

Jan 03 2019 66 mins  
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 Regulator rule is death and their only enemy, the Moderators, have been driven underground. But, as so often happens, corruption and power soon reach their l