Of Hell: Texas True Crime

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime
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Killers don't just take lives. They reshape everything they leave behind. From the creators of Gone Cold comes Of Hell: Texas True Crime, a podcast about the state's most depraved killers and the scars they left on every town, every family, every mile marker they touched. Stories that ask one burning question: Were there more victims? Some folks aren't just from hell. They're of it.

Episodes

  1. The Odessa Lust Murders Part Four: Travesty

    FEB 9

    The Odessa Lust Murders Part Four: Travesty

    In the final chapter of the Johnny Meadows saga, we examine what happened after his 1972 conviction, and how a decision by the Texas parole board allowed him to walk free decades later. Following years of failed lawsuits, appeals, and parole denials, Meadows was quietly released due to prison overcrowding. In 1993, he resurfaced in Houston, posing as an attorney to lure vulnerable women with false job offers. One woman was raped at knifepoint inside a stolen office space. Another narrowly escaped an attempted assault days later. Houston police arrested Meadows within days. His parole was revoked. In 1995, a Harris County jury convicted him again and sentenced him to life in prison. He would never leave custody. This episode traces the lawsuits, manipulation, parole decisions, and ultimate consequences that followed Meadows for decades, while honoring the women whose names should never be overshadowed by the man who harmed them: Linda Lee Cougot, Dorothy Ann Smith, Eula Mae Miller, Ruth Ann Maynard, and Gloria Sue Green. Meadows died in prison in 2000. But for Odessa—and for the families—his shadow lingered far longer. You can support Of Hell and listen to the show ad-free at https://patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast #TexasTrueCrime #Odessa #OdessaCrime #UnsolvedTexas #TrueCrimePodcast #OfHellPodcast #OdessaLustMurders #1970sTrueCrime #TexasHistory #ColdCaseTexas #WestTexasCrime #TrueCrimeCommunity #TrueCrimeAddict #TrueCrimeObsessed #TrueCrimeStories #CrimePodcast #PodcastLife #ListenNow #PodcastersOfInstagram #SerialPredator #JusticeForVictims #StayAware

    34 min
  2. The Odessa Lust Murders Part Three: Branded Man

    FEB 2

    The Odessa Lust Murders Part Three: Branded Man

    Johnny Emanuel Meadows is finally in custody, and for the first time in years, law enforcement believes they may be closing in on answers. After being arrested in Aztec, New Mexico, Meadows leads authorities to the remains of Gloria Sue Green, whose body is discovered hidden beneath a mattress in a shallow wash near an Odessa school. Charged with her murder, Meadows quickly becomes the center of a widening investigation into several unsolved West Texas deaths. As pressure mounts, Meadows confesses to a second killing, the 1968 murder of Odessa bartender Linda Cougot, and implicates his own wife, Deloris. The confession appears to connect long-suspected cases, but almost immediately begins to unravel. Meadows changes his story, recants key details, and claims he only implicated Deloris out of spite. The charges against her are ultimately dismissed. What follows is a legal circus: additional confessions, withdrawn pleas, psychiatric hearings, and mounting doubts about whether any of Meadows’ statements can be trusted. The chaos reaches its peak when Meadows accuses Ector County investigators of torturing and “branding” him with the initials of four murdered women. With Meadows’ confessions ruled inadmissible, two major murder cases collapse, leaving Linda Cougot and Ruth Maynard officially unsolved once again. In the end, Meadows remained imprisoned only for the murder of Gloria Green, while prosecutors quietly hold a sealed indictment as a last safeguard to keep him behind bars. The damage, however, is already done; families are left without justice, cases return to cold files, and one of West Texas’ most disturbing killers succeeds in manipulating the system yet again. You can support Of Hell and listen to the show ad-free at https://patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast #TexasTrueCrime #Odessa #OdessaCrime #UnsolvedTexas #TrueCrimePodcast #OfHellPodcast #OdessaLustMurders #1970sTrueCrime #TexasHistory #ColdCaseTexas #WestTexasCrime #TrueCrimeCommunity #TrueCrimeAddict #TrueCrimeObsessed #TrueCrimeStories #CrimePodcast #PodcastLife #ListenNow #PodcastersOfInstagram #SerialPredator #JusticeForVictims #StayAware

    34 min
  3. The Odessa Lust Murders Part Two: Gloria

    JAN 25

    The Odessa Lust Murders Part Two: Gloria

    On June 17, 1971, 26-year-old Gloria Sue Green vanished from her desk at O&L Well Service on Odessa’s busy Kermit Highway. Her purse, shoes, and open ledger were left behind, frozen in time. A single mother known for her reliability, Gloria had no reason to walk away — and within hours, deputies feared she’d been taken. Witnesses confirmed she was calmly working as late as 2:30 p.m. Thirty minutes later, she was gone. No struggle was heard. No one saw her leave. In broad daylight, in a corridor of active businesses, Gloria disappeared without a trace. Her disappearance came during a terrifying pattern in the Permian Basin. In the years leading up to Gloria’s case, multiple women had been abducted and murdered, their bodies dumped in the desert. By the summer of 1971, lawmen openly feared a serial killer was operating in West Texas. While helicopters and search teams combed the oilfields and ranchlands, investigators focused on a former employee of Gloria’s office — Johnny Meadows. He had known her, borrowed a knife the day she vanished, and drove a car matching one seen at her workplace. When arrested, Meadows attempted to slash his wrists and claimed he had nothing to hide. As suspicion closed in, law enforcement believed they were finally getting close to the truth — until Meadows slipped out of their grasp.  You can support Of Hell and listen to the show ad-free at https://patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast #TexasTrueCrime #FortWorthCrime #UnsolvedTexas #TrueCrimePodcast #OfHellPodcast #SlayerSaint #DanitaCash #CarlaWalkerCase #1970sTrueCrime #TexasHistory #ColdCaseTexas #DFWCrime #KidnappingSurvivor #ScreamingBridge #TrueCrimeCommunity #TrueCrimeAddict #TrueCrimeObsessed #TrueCrimeStories #CrimePodcast #PodcastLife #ListenNow #PodcastersOfInstagram #SerialPredator #JusticeForVictims #StayAware

    31 min
  4. The Odessa Lust Murders Part One: Linda & Ruth

    JAN 18

    The Odessa Lust Murders Part One: Linda & Ruth

    In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Odessa, Texas was a city shaped by oil booms, long nights, and quiet routines, routines that suddenly became dangerous. When 24-year-old barmaid and young mother Linda Lee Cougot vanished from a West Odessa laundromat in October 1968, police were left with an eerie scene and no witnesses. Weeks later, her body was discovered in a remote pasture northwest of town, bound and strangled with nylon stockings. Less than three years later, another 24-year-old woman disappeared under similarly quiet circumstances. Ruth Ann Maynard, a mother of two and the wife of an Odessa police officer, vanished after a brief stop at a local nightclub. Her body was later found in another rural pasture, also strangled with a stocking. As investigators struggled with a lack of evidence, false leads, and mounting public fear, Odessa was forced to confront a terrifying possibility: that someone was targeting women who moved through the city alone at night and getting away with it.  Part One of The Odessa Lust Murders examines the disappearances and deaths of Linda Cougot and Ruth Maynard, the investigations that followed, and the unease that settled over West Texas as the cases slipped into silence. You can support Of Hell and listen to the show ad-free at https://patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast #TexasTrueCrime #FortWorthCrime #UnsolvedTexas #TrueCrimePodcast #OfHellPodcast #SlayerSaint #DanitaCash #CarlaWalkerCase #1970sTrueCrime #TexasHistory #ColdCaseTexas #DFWCrime #KidnappingSurvivor #ScreamingBridge #TrueCrimeCommunity #TrueCrimeAddict #TrueCrimeObsessed #TrueCrimeStories #CrimePodcast #PodcastLife #ListenNow #PodcastersOfInstagram #SerialPredator #StayAware

    34 min
  5. Slayer Saint Part Three: Mary Jane & Robert

    12/23/2025

    Slayer Saint Part Three: Mary Jane & Robert

    In Part Three of Slayer Saint, the investigation closes in on Tommy Ray Kneeland as detectives uncover the brutal truth behind the murders of Oklahoma teenagers Mary Jane Handy and Robert Gholson. What began as a runaway road trip ended in a secluded Fort Worth killing ground, where the pair were bound, stabbed, and left for dead. Years later, Kneeland's arrest for another crime cracked the case open, leading to chilling confessions, courtroom battles, and life sentences that still failed to keep him off the streets permanently. This episode traces the crime scene discovery, the long road to identification, Kneeland's disturbing admissions, and the unsettling reality of how a confessed serial killer was once allowed to walk free. You can support Of Hell and listen to the show ad-free at https://patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast #TexasTrueCrime #FortWorthCrime #UnsolvedTexas #TrueCrimePodcast #OfHellPodcast #SlayerSaint #DanitaCash #CarlaWalkerCase #1970sTrueCrime #TexasHistory #ColdCaseTexas #DFWCrime #KidnappingSurvivor #ScreamingBridge #TrueCrimeCommunity #TrueCrimeAddict #TrueCrimeObsessed #TrueCrimeStories #CrimePodcast #PodcastLife #ListenNow #PodcastersOfInstagram #SerialPredator #JusticeForVictims #StayAware

    34 min
  6. Slayer Saint Part Two: Nancy

    12/18/2025

    Slayer Saint Part Two: Nancy

    This episode revisits the quiet West Texas town of Kermit, where 27-year-old Nancy Siler Mitchell vanished from her home on a September night in 1970. What began as a baffling disappearance unfolded into a grim, years-long investigation marked by false leads, scattered evidence, and growing fears of a serial predator operating across the Permian Basin. As law enforcement struggled to connect the dots, one familiar name lingered in the background, a neighbor no one suspected at the time. This episode traces Nancy's disappearance, the discovery of her remains, the chilling pattern of violence emerging in West Texas, and the moment her case finally collided with the attempted abduction of a teenage girl in Fort Worth, exposing the true depth of Tommy Ray Kneeland's crimes. You can support Of Hell and listen to the show ad-free at https://patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast #TexasTrueCrime #FortWorthCrime #UnsolvedTexas #TrueCrimePodcast #OfHellPodcast #SlayerSaint #DanitaCash #CarlaWalkerCase #1970sTrueCrime #TexasHistory #ColdCaseTexas #DFWCrime #KidnappingSurvivor #ScreamingBridge #TrueCrimeCommunity #TrueCrimeAddict #TrueCrimeObsessed #TrueCrimeStories #CrimePodcast #PodcastLife #ListenNow #PodcastersOfInstagram #SerialPredator #JusticeForVictims #StayAware

    35 min
  7. Slayer Saint Part One: Danita

    12/10/2025

    Slayer Saint Part One: Danita

    In April 1974, 16-year-old Danita Ann Cash drove to the abandoned Trinity River Bridge, better known in local lore as "Screaming Bridge," to pick up her brother from target practice. But instead of finding the boys, she encountered a stranger with a shotgun who forced his way into her car. What began as a routine favor turned into a harrowing abduction attempt that Danita survived only through courage, calm decisions, and faith. Her escape would set off a police investigation that quickly zeroed in on a young carpet layer with a dark trail behind him, a man investigators believed might be responsible for other brutal attacks and unsolved murders across Fort Worth, namely the abduction and murder of 17-year-old Carla Walker the previous February. This is the terrifying true story of the day evil stepped out of the woods in broad daylight — and a teenager fought for her life. You can support Of Hell and listen to the show ad-free at Patreon #TexasTrueCrime #FortWorthCrime #UnsolvedTexas #TrueCrimePodcast #OfHellPodcast #SlayerSaint #DanitaCash #CarlaWalkerCase #1970sTrueCrime #TexasHistory #ColdCaseTexas #DFWCrime #KidnappingSurvivor #ScreamingBridge #TrueCrimeCommunity #TrueCrimeAddict #TrueCrimeObsessed #TrueCrimeStories #CrimePodcast #PodcastLife #ListenNow #PodcastersOfInstagram #SerialPredator #JusticeForVictims #StayAware

    34 min
  8. Trailer

    11/08/2025

    Trailer

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    1 min

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Ratings & Reviews

4.8
out of 5
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About

Killers don't just take lives. They reshape everything they leave behind. From the creators of Gone Cold comes Of Hell: Texas True Crime, a podcast about the state's most depraved killers and the scars they left on every town, every family, every mile marker they touched. Stories that ask one burning question: Were there more victims? Some folks aren't just from hell. They're of it.

Information

  • Creator
    Gone Cold - Texas True Crime
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 86b12360-f304-11f0-a29e-dd3cea9b5d3b
  • Show Website
    Of Hell: Texas True Crime

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