S-Town is a podcast hosted by Brian Reed, and created by the producers of Serial and This American Life.[1] In 2014 horologist John B. McLemore[2] sent an email to the staff of the show This American Life asking them to investigate an alleged murder in his hometown Woodstock, Alabama. After several months of conversation with McLemore, Producer Brian Reed travelled to the small town in Alabama to investigate.[3] "S-Town" is a euphemism for Shittown, which is what McLemore often called his lifelong home of Woodstock, Alabama. McLemore committed suicide using cyanide on June 22, 2015[4] while the podcast was being recorded.
Persons involved
John B. McLemore - Clockmaker
Mary Grace McLemore - John B. McLemore's elderly mother
Tyler Goodson - younger friend and employee of McLemore[5]
Kabram Burt - rumored to have committed a murder[6]
Allen Bearden - a clock repairman based in Pell City, Alabama, friend of McLemore
Rita - McLemore's cousin
Charlie - husband of Rita, McLemore's cousin
Jeff Dodson - mayor of Woodstock, briefly a business partner with McLemore in a nursery
Faye Gamble - Woodstock town clerk
Episodes
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Title
Length (minutes:seconds)
Original release date
I
"If you keep your mouth shut, you’ll be surprised what you can learn."
51:57
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)
II
"Has anybody called you?"
41:11
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)
III
"Tedious and brief."
53:04
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)
IV
"If anybody could find it, it would be me."
61:34
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)
V
"Nobody’ll ever change my mind about it."
61:25
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)
VI
"Since everyone around here thinks I’m a queer anyway."
46:02
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)
VII
"You’re beginning to figure it out now, aren’t you?"
