Main Player in S-Town Podcast Gets Trial Date

Charges relate to items allegedly taken from John B. McLemore's property
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Jul 20, 2017 10:23 AM CDT
Trial Date Set for Case Featured in S-Town Podcast
In this May 3, 2017, photo, Tyler Goodson of the hit podcast "S-Town" stands at the grave in Green Pond, Ala., of friend John B. McLemore, who's also featured in the serialized show.   (Jay Reeves)

An Alabama man featured in the hit podcast S-Town is scheduled to go on trial in October on charges related to events in the story. A Bibb County judge signed an order Thursday setting an Oct. 16 trial date for 26-year-old Tyler Goodson of Woodstock, court records show. Goodson has pleaded not guilty to a multi-count indictment alleging he took lumber, old vehicles, and a laptop computer from the property of his friend John B. McLemore, the main character in S-Town. The case relates to something that happened during production of the podcast about McLemore's life in the rural Alabama town, located about 35 miles southwest of Birmingham.

Circuit Judge Donald L. McMillan Jr. also set a Sept. 19 hearing on a request by Goodson to move the trial to another county because of the immense popularity of the podcast, which the defense claims makes it impossible to get a fair trial in Bibb County. The defense suggested the case be moved to Wilcox County, which the AP reports is even more rural than Bibb County. Wilcox is "likely free from the influence of podcasts generally," the defense argued in the request. S-Town tells the story of an alleged murder and another death, and it winds up focusing on McLemore's tortured relationship with the town of Woodstock, his own inner demons, and Goodson. (More podcast stories.)

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