The Devil Came to Childress | Satanic Cult Dark Mystery

Hometown Ghost Stories

Places & Travel, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In 1997, Tate Rowland, a teen in Childress, Texas, was found hanged, and it was quickly ruled a s****de — but a lot of people, especially his sister Tiffani Rowland, didn’t believe it. She was vocal about it, saying Tate was murdered and hinting at ties to a satanic cult rumored to be operating in the area. The whole thing got even darker when Tiffani herself was later found dead under mysterious circumstances. That just fueled theories of ritual abuse, cover-ups, and something much bigger lurking in this quiet Texas town. Was there a satanic cult in Childress responsible for these deaths? Or was this another case of satanic panic? Find out on this episode of Hometown Ghost Stories - Dark Mysteries. MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/cJHjX3B6qX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, folks, and welcome into another episode of hometown ghost stories, dark mysteries.
0:12.7	Today, we have a wild case about what started as maybe just two tragic deaths, but it turned
0:19.3	into an absolute full-blown panic
0:22.0	about potential satanic rituals and sacrifice and other murders and deaths and vandalism
0:29.4	and all sorts of crazy stuff.
0:32.8	Stick around as we hop into this ever so wild story on this episode of Dark Mysteries.
0:44.2	Welcome into hometown ghost stories, dark mysteries.
0:46.6	I am Jesse Wilkins, joined by Rob Coakley.
0:48.6	Hello, Rob.
0:49.3	I would just like to say that I really liked your opening on this,
0:53.8	and I liked the escalation of murders and satanic rituals and sacrifices.
1:01.1	And then you were like, and even vandalism.
1:04.3	That's the last thing.
1:06.5	Can't leave out any of those crimes.
1:08.9	The most horrific.
1:10.7	We're also joined by Dave.
1:13.2	Hello, Dave.
1:14.1	Hello.
1:15.0	Welcome in.
1:16.2	A lot to get to on this one, so let's hop right into it.
1:19.5	A few miles north of Childress, Texas, off a dusty winding dirt road that cuts through two cotton fields stands a sagging, wide-limbed horse apple tree.
1:29.1	Its largest branch cracked in hanging like a broken bone. This is the hanging tree, one of the
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