Shane and Sally
April 23, 2024
‘Shane and Sally,’ Episode 7: “The Cold Case”
A series of unsolved attacks presents a new theory, and investigators weigh the possibility of police involvement.
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Shane and Sally
April 16, 2024
‘Shane and Sally,’ Episode 6: “The Edge of Town”
We hear from the last of the main suspects in the case, Heath Davis, who was known in the eighties as one of the toughest guys in San Angelo.
Shane and Sally
April 9, 2024
‘Shane and Sally,’ Episode 5: “The Man on the Moon”
The investigation heads to the Philippines in search of Jimmy Burnett, a major suspect who evaded authorities for years.
Shane and Sally
April 2, 2024
‘Shane and Sally,’ Episode 4: “The Devil and the Lost Boy”
A rumored satanic “high priest,” and a teenager who seemed to know too much about the events at the lake, become suspects in the murder investigation.
Shane and Sally
March 26, 2024
‘Shane and Sally,’ Episode 3: “An Open Investigation”
Investigators walk through their initial work after Shane and Sally went missing, and their ongoing search for clues after 35 years.
Shane and Sally
March 19, 2024
‘Shane and Sally’: Podcast Episode Guide
Learn more about the case with original videos, archival photos, and documents from our reporting.
Shane and Sally
March 19, 2024
Share Your Thoughts on ‘Shane and Sally’
If you’d like to share thoughts about the podcast, or about the murders of Shane Stewart and Sally McNelly, let us know here.
Shane and Sally
March 19, 2024
‘Shane and Sally,’ Episode 2: “Lost Horizons”
In this episode, friends and family remember Shane and Sally, and describe troubling warning signs in the weeks before their disappearance.
Shane and Sally
March 19, 2024
‘Shane and Sally,’ Episode 1: “A Long, Hot Summer”
In the first episode of this Texas Monthly true crime podcast, two teenagers go missing and a father goes searching for answers.
Shane and Sally
March 18, 2024
A Victim’s Father in an Infamous Cold Case Yearns to Know—Who Killed My Son?
Marshall Stewart has been searching San Angelo for 35 years, looking for answers that might never come: Who murdered his teenage son, Shane, along with his girlfriend, Sally McNelly, in 1988? And why?
Art
January 24, 2024
A Marfa Art Fair Has Landed in a Financial Hole. Will a New Sculpture Be Enough of a Distraction?
Marfa Invitational has suffered IRS troubles and board member shuffling, but founder Michael Phelan is counting ‘Sleeping Figure’ a victory.
Politics & Policy
May 11, 2023
Traditionalists Protest What Some Consider a “Woke” Takeover of the Texas State Historical Association
Inside the arguments, lawsuit, and angry outbursts that are dividing a key authority on historical matters.
Politics & Policy
February 6, 2023
A Celebrated West Texas Archaeologist Has Been Fired—and No One Will Say Why
Acclaimed for his research on the Big Bend region and the Porvenir massacre, David Keller was suddenly marched out of Sul Ross State University in December.