Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders podcast

Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders

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?

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?

 

#55

He Went to Sleep Forever

As Phelps seems to be getting somewhere with Shelly and Vincent’s case, another teen... more

03 Dec 2025

44 MINS

44:53

03 Dec 2025


#54

Like Bodies Through a Meat Grinder

Phelps dives deeper, trying to separate fact from rumor, while new suspects come into play... more

26 Nov 2025

55 MINS

55:53

26 Nov 2025


#53

Bump Monkeys

As Phelps interviews sources connected to the Weatherford teen murders, including law enfo... more

19 Nov 2025

54 MINS

54:56

19 Nov 2025


#52

Until My Last Dying Breath

Phelps teams up with a local private investigator discovering that things are not what the... more

12 Nov 2025

49 MINS

49:59

12 Nov 2025


#51

Piss Hill

As family members panic without word from teens Vincent and Shelly, Vincent’s father... more

05 Nov 2025

52 MINS

52:41

05 Nov 2025


#50

The Preacher's Daughter

In Texas: teens are dying. Two teens go missing on a March night in 1983—and that&rs... more

05 Nov 2025

55 MINS

55:52

05 Nov 2025


#49

Introducing: Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders

Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders takes you back to 1983, when two teenagers were found... more

29 Oct 2025

03 MINS

03:57

29 Oct 2025


#48

Episode 8: “The Boogeymen”

In this final episode of season 4, Phelps interviews a suspected serial killer, who he bel... more

10 Apr 2024

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:25

10 Apr 2024


#47

Episode 7: “Killer Confrontation”

With investigative pressure mounting on the Benton County Sheriff’s Office’s suspect in Da... more

03 Apr 2024

51 MINS

51:24

03 Apr 2024


#46

Episode 6: “Spawn of Hell”

The second female victim, known only as “Grace Doe” for nearly 30 years, is identified as ... more

27 Mar 2024

47 MINS

47:34

27 Mar 2024


#45

Episode 5: “Grace Doe: Shauna Garber”

With the discovery of a second young female murder victim just over the Missouri border, 2... more

20 Mar 2024

48 MINS

48:01

20 Mar 2024


#44

Episode 4: “The Cave”

The investigation by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office heats up in Dana Stidham’s gruesom... more

13 Mar 2024

38 MINS

38:00

13 Mar 2024


#43

Episode 3: “The Skull in the Creek Bed”

As the 1989 holiday season looms, Dana Stidham’s body is discovered by a local hunter in a... more

06 Mar 2024

47 MINS

47:20

06 Mar 2024


#42

Episode 2: “The Evidence of Things Not Seen”

As the search for Dana Stidham continues, her sudden disappearance baffles family, friends... more

28 Feb 2024

47 MINS

47:51

28 Feb 2024


#41

Episode 1: “Forever Pain”

In the heat of the Ozarks summer, 1989, an 18-year-old woman goes missing.  Dana Stidham v... more

21 Feb 2024

44 MINS

44:53

21 Feb 2024