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Last time, we were chilled in Lockhart Texas, learning about a creepy teenager called Mary (as told in a section of Randal Sullivan's excellent book 'The Devil's Best Trick'). Now, that action moved the north, in Childress, when in 1988, another teen is found dead. His name is Tate Rowland.

Tate's death would be a catalyst for a disturbing series of events. Yet when yet another body is found, the locals can barely believe who it is, sparking genuine fears that a Satanic Cult was at work in their town.

Source:
Texas Monthly Magazine, and it's brilliantly indepth article on the case by Skip Hollandsworth. Read it here:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/truecri...

Images marked with this symbol '*' are created by me for illustrative purposes only.

Special Thanks to
Wyatt McSpadden (the original photographer for the Texas Monthly Magazine. Find his stunning work, here:
https://www.wyattmcspadden.com/
Jan Collins for her personal photographs of the family gravestones. View them here:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6...
Moumin Quazi, voice actor.

Get Randal Sullivan's book here: https://groveatlantic.com/book/thede...

Chapter:
00:00 Last Time
00:57 To Childress
01:43 Tate
05:41 The Vast Majority
06:04 The Neck Marks
07:48 The Funeral
10:01 The Devil Went Down to Childress
14:09 They Saw Us
17:47 Ray Wilks
21:49 Tension Grows
27:46 Darwin Wilks
29:15 Evidence
34:08 Satanic Panic
37:22 Conclusion

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