E-ville

Kimberley Bodenhamer Smith
E-ville

An irreverent podcast for those whom loved S-town; E-ville is an even more intriguing and twisted tale of a murder-death mystery of my only brother who recently died at 48 in Edwardsville, Illinois aka E-ville. So Funny, you will pee your pants, and so sad, even the toughest man will need a Kleenex. An intellectually sophisticated perspective on living and dying in Covid times—a deeply intimate, hilarious and vulnerable real life stories of a dysfunctional family with religious baggage. A real and raw sharing of wit and wisdom by the author of #itsamemeingfullife books. (Start with Episode 9)

  1. 13/07/2022

    The Life and Death of Ryan Hender$on

    Dad or Pito as we not so lovingly refer to him, sent his daughters a txt Tuesday to say our brother, Ryan, was COVID positive. By Friday morning he was found dead in his bed, naked and arms outstretched like Christ on the cross by Pito. With in a couple hours, I had jumped in my car with a bag and headed the seven hours north, from Chattanooga to E-ville. I had an ominous feeling deep down in my gut of the drama that was coming my family’s way. I never got off the phone for seven straight hours. Calls from friends and family continual, as the news spread like a West Texas wildfire of my brothers early and unbelievable passing. I however, knew he was going to die. I had known at some level since his 48th Birthday, on April 24th. In actuality I had known since he was thirty, that death was coming for him. 4 months and 4 days earlier in a Lakota Sioux sweat lodge ceremony in Taos, NM, I had given my brother up as a sacrifice for 9 generations of “white privilege”. He and my resentment were laid on the alter, and I ask for peace and suffering to end on that mystical day. My older sister Tiffany and I had also had another odd and rare conversation with our Dad over the phone, before embarking on our Native American Ritual experience. It is a ceremony of death and rebirth. All I know is we were honored and humbled to participate. But, wow did we ever get our money’s worth from that Andrea Price Yoga retreat? An ultimate story of forgiveness and sisterhood. #APY #THL

    39 min
  2. 23/10/2021

    $aid What I Needed To $ay

    I don’t usually make it a habit of talking to the police, other than a polite thank you when encountering them out in the local community. The same respect to veterans, greatest respect and appreciation should be observed. I’m thankful for their selfless service to justice and protection. I was raised with an utter distrust of the cops. My stepfather called them “Agents of Satan” and taught us that the are evil. Also another side note, if you are going to record/video a telephone conversations or any conversations with a police officer, tell them up front. I didn’t follow procedure here, so—glad I sort of knew the law in this situation. I learned so much talking to this kind E-ville Detective that has been dealing with all the cray, cray Henderson drama. He was patient, kind and empathetic—all I did was cut him off, and unlawfully record the call. It’s insanely healing and totally freeing to finally get to “snitch” on the bad guys (and have a recording and record)! Otherwise, no one would believe it! I only pray I planted some seeds of factual and fact checkable truths. I’m now sure Melissa and Allison didn’t attend the funeral, because Mal as usual twisted assaulting us in Houston, not only to her husband Sean—but, also lied to the E-ville cops with Allison and Dad’s help. Kathy and Dad calling the cops on us didn’t end up looking so good for them, and definitely started this “war”. It was just a feud between Ryan and I—but, now the cops have been summoned. We should have never listened to Amanda and Chris in Houston, and called the cops on Melissa for assault then, gotten an order of protection like we had on her father. Sins of the father y’all—sins of the father. Melissa is so much like her dad—the hatefulness, the insanity and the paranoia is astounding. I won’t stuff or coverup for the Claridge-cray any longer. Melissa and Amanda do not want this story to be told because their biological father is a monster and where this all begins. I can’t believe Ryan never killed him—but, I know he considered it multiple times.

    35 min
  3. 19/10/2021

    Dirty Book$ & Lawyer$

    From what I remember—about 15 years ago, Pito stole 250K from Ryan. When Ryan realize the extent of Dad’s trespassing, he wanted to kill him and understandably so. However, there was to be no legal recourse, since it was dirty money. So Ryan as always, ceased the opportunity to not let my Dad retire, but take over the books of his business that was started by my German immigrant grandmother. With the help of Kathy, Ryan could accomplish his money washing mission by 50. I believe that was his plan, per our first and last conversation in over a decade in October of 2020. I wish I had known he’d be dead by August, or I would have reached out some more to my estranged brother. Dad showed up in early May after our Taos yoga retreat saying he wanted to move to TX or TN, since Ryan was leaving the E-vile life behind. Neither Tiffany nor I wanted Pito any where with in our city limits. Dad is an embarrassing and inappropriate male chauvinist pig, and that was Ryan’s biggest complaint of Dad. Pito is everything Ryan hates, fat, lazy and undisciplined. Pito has the motive and deep buried resentments, opportunity too to do something sinister while Ryan was weak. BEWARE: Covid is the perfect murder covering or at least complication of identifying actual cause of death. Life in E-ville with “The Hoes and Bros” was not Ryan’s idea of retirement and life after 50. He had served his time in the corn fields of Southern Illinois, putting up with Pito, our Dad. He had been on the grind for thirty years in that field of dreams there in E-ville, just hiding out in the inconspicuous open of Holiday Shores. There was a reason he was there, in this shady place he hated. Nothing good is happening on the outskirts of E-ville. This podcast is my very out loud therapy response to the E-ville actions that took place from August 24th to September 3rd at Ryan’s memorial. Then, last week’s scathing txt from Pito made me start calling lawyers, six total. Calling off the dawg$, was never so sweet!! I’m honestly exhausted and thankful my brother is Resting In Peace, finally. Throwing money (or rocks) at people who already have enough money (or rocks) is just sinful(wasteful), and “E-ville” on my life value ledger. Peace for me (and mine) comes with this choice and God $ee$ everything. Not going to the fight when people are ready to fight is priceless. My whole life I’ve been the David with his rock. Today I don’t have to be David. I don’t have to engage, explain myself or defend myself. I know I can slay a Goliath. But we don’t have to show up to every fight we are invited to. We don’t have to fight. We can be indifferent and suppress the fight/flight response. They are E-ville, and a major drain on valuable time, precious resources and limited energy. Engaging with them legally would only violate and compromise our higher grounds. They will take this as a WIN. The sad part is we all lost. We lost Ryan. Tiffany and I have decided to let E-ville be EVIL. Fuck it. Duces!!!

    37 min

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An irreverent podcast for those whom loved S-town; E-ville is an even more intriguing and twisted tale of a murder-death mystery of my only brother who recently died at 48 in Edwardsville, Illinois aka E-ville. So Funny, you will pee your pants, and so sad, even the toughest man will need a Kleenex. An intellectually sophisticated perspective on living and dying in Covid times—a deeply intimate, hilarious and vulnerable real life stories of a dysfunctional family with religious baggage. A real and raw sharing of wit and wisdom by the author of #itsamemeingfullife books. (Start with Episode 9)

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