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Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders

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Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders takes you back to 1983, when two teenagers were found murdered, execution-style, on a quiet Texas hill. What followed was decades of rumors, false leads, and a case that law enforcement could never seem to close. Now, veteran investigative journalist M. William Phelps reopens the file — uncovering new witnesses, hidden evidence, and a shocking web of deaths that may all be connected. Over nine gripping episodes, Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders unravels a story 42 years in the making… and asks the question: who’s really been hiding the truth?

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  1. The Preacher's Daughter

    EPISODE 1

    The Preacher's Daughter

    In Texas: teens are dying. Two teens go missing on a March night in 1983—and that’s only the beginning. A body count of kids and teens, missing and murdered, in a county that many say is run by corrupt cops - with those at the top covering for them.  In the first episode of season five, Phelps heads to Weatherford, Texas, to begin one of the most sprawling investigations of his career.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    56 min
  2. Piss Hill

    EPISODE 2

    Piss Hill

    As family members panic without word from teens Vincent and Shelly, Vincent’s father heads out to search for the kids. Meanwhile, a local private investigator gets involved in the case 40-plus years later and starts stirring up the hornet’s nest, creating a groundswell of new information. Phelps steps into the fray to sort fact from fiction—before discovering things aren’t always what they seem.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    53 min
  3. Until My Last Dying Breath

    EPISODE 3

    Until My Last Dying Breath

    Phelps teams up with a local private investigator discovering that things are not what they seem in Weatherford, Texas… and learns peculiar new information about the case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    50 min
  4. Bump Monkeys

    EPISODE 4

    Bump Monkeys

    As Phelps interviews sources connected to the Weatherford teen murders, including law enforcement working the case at the time, two new theories emerge—sending him deep into a dark, dangerous underworld straight out of Breaking Bad. Meanwhile, a victim’s family member accuses his uncle of involvement with the murders. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    55 min
  5. Like Bodies Through a Meat Grinder

    EPISODE 5

    Like Bodies Through a Meat Grinder

    Phelps dives deeper, trying to separate fact from rumor, while new suspects come into play—and a third teen murder rocks the town of Weatherford.  But could a noted serial killer be responsible for Vincent and Shelly’s murders? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    56 min
  6. He Went to Sleep Forever

    EPISODE 6

    He Went to Sleep Forever

    As Phelps seems to be getting somewhere with Shelly and Vincent’s case, another teenager is found murdered and sexually assaulted, changing the dynamic and path of his investigation considerably.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    45 min
  7. Frosty the Ice Man

    EPISODE 7

    Frosty the Ice Man

    Small-town rumor and speculation seem to dominate discourse in Weatherford. Phelps has to ask: is Wendy Robinson’s murder connected to Vincent and Shelly’s? When Wendy’s case is finally solved, serial killers are in the mix, Phelps realizes the cases need to head into a new direction if answers are the goal. Until a bombshell out of nowhere is dropped into his lap.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    46 min
  8. Oh My God... What Kind of Mess is This?

    EPISODE 8

    Oh My God... What Kind of Mess is This?

    As Phelps keeps digging, new sources come forward.  Has all of this been some sort of witch hunt to pin the murders on two innocent men, so the real killers walk free? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    55 min
  9. The Bodies Were Shaking

    EPISODE 9 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    The Bodies Were Shaking

    In this final episode of the season, Phelps tracks down someone who claims to know what happened to Shelly and Vincent: where and how they were murdered, who killed them, and why. And this source ain’t no stranger … he’s kin to Shelly Colliflower.

    57 min
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Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders takes you back to 1983, when two teenagers were found murdered, execution-style, on a quiet Texas hill. What followed was decades of rumors, false leads, and a case that law enforcement could never seem to close. Now, veteran investigative journalist M. William Phelps reopens the file — uncovering new witnesses, hidden evidence, and a shocking web of deaths that may all be connected. Over nine gripping episodes, Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders unravels a story 42 years in the making… and asks the question: who’s really been hiding the truth?

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  • Episodes
    74
  • Seasons
    5
  • Rating
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