About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode Evil Walked In from Small Town Dicks covers a shooting at a home in a rural community that takes an unexpected turn when a stranger appears in the bushes near the scene with a gun to his head. Detective Greg is called to process the shooting, but the sudden appearance of the armed man shifts the focus of the investigation entirely.
When Greg brings the stranger in for questioning, he uncovers something troubling: over the previous week, the man has had multiple encounters with law enforcement, giving officers a different name each time. The episode follows Greg as he works to establish the man's true identity and piece together what actually brought him to the scene of the shooting, in a case he describes as one he will never forget.
Detective Greg retired after 26 years of law enforcement experience spanning corrections, patrol, narcotics, and violent crimes investigations. He served on a joint agency SWAT team and later on his own agency's Special Response Team for a combined 16 years, and spent nearly his entire career as a Defensive Tactics and Firearm Instructor.
Hosts and release
Yeardley Smith and Detective Dan host Small Town Dicks, a true crime podcast built around in-depth investigations and stories from small towns across the United States, often told as multi-part series with detailed research. The show draws on firsthand accounts from law enforcement figures like Detective Greg to reconstruct real cases from rural America. The episode Evil Walked In runs 66 minutes and was released on October 2, 2026.
