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Dustin & Ashley Show: Growing Up in I-40 Corridor

Dustin Terry | True Crime Journalist Season 1 Episode 50

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Shadows Along I-40 is a raw, unfiltered conversation rooted in lived experience.

In this episode, journalist and founder of TheColdCases.com, Dustin Terry, sits down with a childhood friend to revisit the dark undercurrents that shaped their upbringing in Sequoyah County, where Interstate 40 cuts through small towns and long-held secrets.

Together, they discuss the haunting case of Charity Beallis, the open secret of sex trafficking along I-40, the presence of serial predators who exploited the anonymity of America’s highways, and the lasting damage caused by a local sheriff’s race clouded by allegations of corruption and cartel influence.

This is not a sensational retelling—it’s a reckoning. A reflection on what happens when communities know something is wrong, but lack the power or protection to speak. It’s about memory, silence, and the consequences of looking away.

Listener discretion advised.
Some stories are buried for a reason.

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