INVOLVING DEATH, A TREASURE HUNT
AND ENDLESS MYSTERY, ALL TAKING
PLACE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA.
IT'S GOT THE ATTENTION OF 16
MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE
DOWNLOADED A NEW PODCAST CALLED
"S-TOWN."
IN AN INTERVIEW YOU'LL SEE ONLY
ON WVTM 13, MARLEI MARTINEZ
TRACKED DOWN ONE OF THE MAIN
CHARACTERS FOR THE BEHIND THE
SCENES STORY.
>> I HAD A BUNCH OF JUNK PILED
UP UNDER HERE.
MARLEI: WHEN WE GOT TO WOODSTOCK
IN BIBB COUNTY, THIS IS WHERE WE
FOUND TYLER GOODSON.
>> I'M JUST MAKING HER SOME NEW
BASES FOR SOME CUSHIONS SINCE
THE OLD ONE IS WORN OUT.
MARLEI: WORKING ON PROJECTS IN
HIS SHOP.
>> EVERYTHING'S A PROJECT AROUND
HERE.
MARLEI: IN A WAY, TYLER WAS A
PROJECT HIMSELF.
A PROJECT FOR JOHN B. MCLEMORE,
THE MAN WHO TOOK GOODSON UNDER
HIS WING, THEIR FRIENDSHIP
SPOTLIGHTED IN THE WILDLY
POPULAR PODCAST, "S-TOWN."
>> I AM BRIAN READ.
THIS IS "S-TOWN."
>> IT WAS A SURPRISE.
I WAS LIKE, WHY WOULD ANYONE
CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ABOUT MY
PITIFUL OLD LIFE?
MARLEI: THE STORY, DOWNLOADED BY
MORE THAN 16 MILLION PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE, FOCUSED ON MCLEMORE
AN ANTIQUE CLOCK RESTORER AND
CROP MAZE HARVESTER HIGHLY
CRITICAL OF HIS HOMETOWN,
WOODSTOCK, WHICH HE DUBBED
"S-TOWN."
THE "S" SHORT FOR AN EXPLETIVE.
>> IT HAS BECOME THAT AND ALL
THE CORRUPT CROOKEDNESS OF BIBB
COUNTY IN GENERAL, WHICH I'M
SURE IS HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE
WORLD.
BUT HELL, ONE S-TOWN AIN'T NO
BETTER THAN THE NEXT.
MARLEI: ACCORDING TO THE
PODCAST, MCLEMORE'S HOME BECAME
A HAVEN FOR WOODSTOCK MISFITS.
HE SUFFERED EXTREME DEPRESSION,
EVENTUALLY KILLING HIMSELF BY
DRINKING CYANIDE.
>> IT'S AN HOURGLASS.
MARLEI: GOODSON GOT THIS TATTOO
IN JOHN B'S MEMORY.
>> I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS GOING
TO GET IT FOR HIM ONE DAY.
HE WAS A BRILLIANT INDIVIDUA
BUT HE WAS A NUTCASE.
MARLEI: GOODSON LISTENED TO THE
PODCAST HIMSELF RECENTLY.
>> I SQUALLED MY EYES OUT FIRST
FEW HOURS OF IT, AND THEN
COULDN'T CRAWL OUT OF MY ROOM
FOR A WHILE AND STILL CAN'T
HARDLY.
MARLEI: THIS IS WHERE JOHN
MCLEMORE USED TO LIVE.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S GATED OFF NOW
SO YOU CAN'T SEE HIS PROPERTY UP
CLOSE,
BUT ON GOOGLE MAPS YOU CAN STILL
SEE HIS CROP MAZE.
WHEN MCLEMORE DIED, THERE WAS
RUMOR HE LEFT BEHIND MOUNDS OF
GOLD BARS HIDDEN SOMEWHERE ON
HIS PROPERTY.
THAT TREASURE NEVER FOUND.
>> IT'S AN INTERESTING STORY
OVERALL, I GUESS, OUTSIDE
LOOKING IN, BUT ME BEING A PART
OF IT, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT
STORY.
MARLEI: IN WOODSTOCK, MARLEI
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