The Lake Worth Monster

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The year 1969 is one of the most historically eventful years in the history of the United States. Pop culture, counterculture, culture wars, the fight for equal rights, and a war that seemed to neither have an end nor purpose. But in the Summer of 69, folks in Fort Worth, Texas and the surrounding areas took respite from the stresses of this vital but anxiety inducing year by hunting down a thing. Reports of a creature who lived in the deep, dense thicket on Lake Worth’s Greer Island who came out only at night, seemingly to terrorize lovers in their parked cars. By the time the summer ended, nearly 100 folks had claimed they’d caught a glimpse of this half-goat, half-man who quickly became known as The Lake Worth Monster. To this day, no one knows what really happened; was the thing a hoax or was it an unknown species – a monster?

We hope you enjoy listening to this special Halloween episode, this palate cleanser of sorts, as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

To help get #JusticeForLeonLaureles please visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/leon-laureles-private-detective-and-memorial

You can also help by buying a Lake Worth Monster t-shirt at https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/35720992-lake-worth-monster?store_id=421404 100% of the proceeds from the sales will be donated to Leon’s go fund me.

Again, if you haven’t already, do yourself a huge favor and check out the podcast Vanishing Postcards. It is truly among the best and the second season is ready to binge right now. https://www.vanishingpostcards.com/

The Fort Worth Press, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, and the book “The Lake Worth Monster of Greer Island, Fort Worth, Texas” by Sallie Ann Clarke were used as sources for this episode.

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0:00.0	Because it's Halloween, Erica and I thought we'd tell y'all an old tale that's still
0:06.9	talked about in our area, the Lake Worth Monster, aka The Goat Man.
0:13.3	Whether you're a believer in cryptids or not, this story contains a mystery.
0:18.6	Either you'll wonder where The Lake Worth Monster keeps itself these days, perhaps, or
0:24.4	Ponder just how the legend of The Goat Man came to be, and why so many residents of Terrent
0:30.6	County became swept up in the hysteria that ensued after the first official siding.
0:37.4	So happy Halloween, stay safe, and let's take a little break from True Crime this week
0:42.9	for a relatively harmless, yet interesting story.
0:47.7	Speaking of interesting stories and a break from True Crime both, if you've not taken
0:52.9	a listen to the second season of our friend Evan Stern's show Vanishing Postcards, I
0:59.2	cannot suggest you do strongly enough.
1:03.3	Continuing his road trip down not-so-beaten paths, Evan takes you to Route 66's most interesting
1:10.7	attractions, including a stop at the Big Texan in Amarillo.
1:15.7	I'll let Evan tell y'all a little more.
1:18.6	Yeah, I'm not one of the dad-gum historians, pasties, dreamers, and want to be on Route 66,
1:25.2	I'm the real deal.
1:32.3	That's Harley Russell.
1:34.3	The most colorful citizen of Eric Oklahoma.
1:37.3	He's just one of many characters you'll meet this season in Vanishing Postcards, as we
1:41.9	motor west cross-country on Route 66.
1:45.5	There's so many stories on Route 66 that are gonna disappear.
1:50.8	And so one of the most valuable things I think about traveling on Route 66 is to hear people's
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