THE SHERIFF: Murder, Lies & Revenge in Okaloosa County
GannettTHE 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 hi... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 7 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Category | True Crime | ||||
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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.
Reviews
- Love it!!
I love this true story. This is one of many great true stories about rural Florida. I hope there are more stories like this to come. One I hope someone covers is the hit on Mayor of Williston Florida in the 1970s Mayor was run off the road and shot while come back from dinner with friends there was 4 people including his wife in the car. Mayor Bayle
Apple Podcasts5skeet 089
United States5 years ago - Encore
The interactions between twenty something Ray Wilson and 19 yr old Cash Moore (owner Cash’s liquors other “unsavory” establishments for the times). Ray Wilson would confiscate Cash’s slot machines from under churches and bars and dump the machines still filled with $ over the Brookes bridge in Fwb with young Cash in the back seat of Ray Wilson’s cruiser so he could watch. Tons of awesome stories of them going head to head . Cash was also an important, intriguing figure in those times. It soun... more
Apple Podcasts5SaltedOneUnited States5 years ago - Genuine
Review
Beautifully narrated, another example that the most important thing in podcast ( as an art ) is the podcaster is genuinely care and interested in the story, please keep on.
Apple Podcasts5AhmedbrightUnited States6 years ago - Well Researched and Interesting Story!
The details are really the main anchor for the podcast. I would definitely recommend this for anyone who likes true crime, but I will say the narrator’s voice is not right for podcasts, at least for my ears. I think the re-enactments were a smart way to tell those pieces of the story, but the acting and background music sort of made you dread those parts. Another thing I didn’t get was the random interruption to remind us what podcast we were listening to and where we can find it to listen to it... more
Apple Podcasts4KEGoodwinUnited States6 years ago - Great Story Poor Narrator and Production.
Could have been so much better.
Apple Podcasts3Urban CyclistUnited States6 years ago
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