The Salmonville Letter Writer is a deep dive into a fake crime. Salmonville, part idealistic-part disgusting, is an American town in a northern, rural corner of Rhode Island. It was overrun by scandal in the late 1970s when a string of letters from an unidentified writer were sent to residents around town, threatening to reveal the dirty secrets lurking in the seedy underbelly of Salmonville. The town police, mainly Investigator Randy Peterson, have kept the investigation open, never securing a conviction despite arresting three separate suspects. Esme Bright, Ron Dinkinson and Geoff Lamond were all at one point facing trial for the crimes of the Salmonville Letter Writer. The scandal died off in the 80s, but has recently seen a resurgence, bringing freelance journalist and podcaster, Rutherford Winchester, to town to get to the bottom of the mystery. This podcast is much better than Serial.
Season finale! The story ends! Rutherford wins!
The Letter Writer's golden age closes out with a fizzle and a pie. Rutherford leaves Salmonville (for now?????????)
In this weeks episode, Rutherford and Randy steal the show at the mayor's funeral. Randy is confirmed as the next Mayor of Salmonville. Lester Stanbie reveals his side hustle.
On this week's episode, Caleb Pitts (Podcast about List) joins the cast as Billy Parker, Salmonville's prolific eight year old serial killer. Rutherford tries to get to the bottom of Sally Johnson's story. Someone dies in this episode.
This week, we learn that Sally Johnson is still under attack by the Letter Writer. The Letter Writer's ace in the hole? Her husband, John. We also speak further with Esme. Rutherford gets a nasty surprise. Mason Smith joins the cast as Johnny Johnson! Check out his podcast High Noon wherever you get your podcasts.
Randy accidentally records himself all day.
In this episode, Randy Peterson gets outside help for the first time in his investigation. Also, Kathy Stanford gets her second letter and nearly loses her job. Two suspects, Jeff Lamond and Esme Bright, are named.
In this episode, we learn the stories of former mayoral candidate Jason McCaffery and anchorman Chet Firestorm. The letter writer is just getting started.
Rutherford took the week off from Salmonville this week to go celebrate a big accomplishment that his Uncle Joe just made. In the meantime, he's compiled a short form autobiography for all you listeners out there. And remember, he's single!
In this episode, Rutherford gets his first look at the letters. We meet the letter recipients and talk to our old friends from last week. There's a secret here in Salmonville, and as long as Rutherford is getting paid, he'll get to the bottom of it.
In episode one, we meet our host, Rutherford Winchester as he begins a deep dive into a decades old unsolved crime: The Salmonville Letters.
The trailer for The Salmonville Letter Writer. Episodes to be released bi-weekly. Much better than Serial.
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