TEXAS KILLING FIELDS Ep. 1 | “1970s: Galveston 11”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 1971, outside of Houston, Texas, Claire Wilson is six minutes late to pick up her 13-year-old daughter, Colette, after band practice. In those six minutes, Colette Wilson disappears. Weeks of frantic searching reveal nothing. For the next six years, girls vanish from the area between Houston and Galveston with frightening regularity. As their dead bodies begin to appear, they become known as the Galveston 11. Go to Incogni.com/infamous or use code INFAMOUS at checkout to get 60% off an annual plan with Incogni! Thanks to our sponsor, Quince! Use this link for Free Shipping and 365-day returns: Quince.com/infamousamerica Thanks to our sponsor, Rocket Money! Use this link to start saving today: RocketMoney.com/InfamousA Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com or @blackbarrelmedia on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.6	Click or tap the banner to find out more. At lunchtime on June 17, 1971, Claire Wilson was at the problem-solving stage of her situation, not the panic stage.
0:50.8	Panic was lurking in the background and threatening to creep in, but she was holding it back for now.
0:56.4	It was 12.36 p.m. and Claire Wilson's 13-year-old daughter, Collette, was not at her designated
1:02.8	pickup spot. Colette had a passion for music. She played clarinet in her middle school band,
1:09.8	and even though it was summer and the students were
1:11.9	out of school, she attended regular band camp sessions at Dulles High School in Sugarland, Texas.
1:18.3	Sugarland was about 25 miles from Collette's home in Alvin, and Colette was one of 10 kids in the
1:23.9	Wilson family. Colette's father, Tom, was a dentist, so he was gone all day at work.
1:30.1	That left Colette's mother, Claire, at home, to wrangle ten kids.
1:34.5	In the summer, when the kids weren't in school, the house must have been chaotic.
1:39.1	The band camp sessions ended at around noon, and it was impossible for Claire to break away
1:44.1	in the middle of the day to make the 50-mile round-trip from Alvin to Sugarland to pick.
1:50.6	The band camp sessions ended at around noon, and it was impossible for Claire to break away in the middle of the day to make the 50-mile round-trip drive from Alvin to Sugarland to pick up Collette.
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