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Exeter Season 3

By: Ronnie Gunter, George Ducker
Narrated by: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ray McKinnon, Marcus Henderson, full cast
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Publisher's summary

“If you love a Law & Order marathon and binged True Detective in one go, Exeter might be your new favorite podcast.” (The New York Times)

Season three of the hit crime podcast Exeter reunites an all-star cast, including Jeanne Tripplehorn (Big Love, Criminal Minds) and Ray McKinnon (Dopesick, Sons of Anarchy).

Detectives Coleen Clayton and Lester Pruitt are searching for a missing person when they turn up a dead body. Fitting into a pattern of gruesome homicides hitting South Carolina, the case bears an unnerving resemblance to one from 30 years ago—one that still haunts Exeter. The killer has become a legend, spawning countless ghost stories and Halloween costumes. A killer named Crouchback. But Crouchback died in prison 30 years ago, right?

With the public on edge, veteran detectives Colleen Clayton and Lester Pruitt embark on an investigation that will blur the lines between past and present, truth and myth. It will take uncovering some of Exeter’s darkest history to solve the case—before more people wind up dead.

In this all-new season, follow along with each twist and turn of a grisly tale sure to enthrall fans of Southern Gothic, film noir, and true crime.

Note: Listeners do not have to start with Exeter on season one. There is progression from season to season, but each season can stand on its own and does not have to be listened to in order.

Content warning: This show is for mature audiences only. It contains adult language and themes. Discretion is advised.

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Ronnie Gunter

About the Creator

Born and raised in Dark Corner, South Carolina, Ronnie has established a strong reputation as a writer/director who captures and showcases the Appalachian South. His works include Solid Country Gold, Lighter, and Exeter.

George Ducker

About the Creator

George Ducker is a former writer for the Los Angeles Times. He’s written and produced audio dramas and narrative podcasts for Sundance Now and Wondery. These include American Scandal and American History Tellers, where his series on the 1969 Stonewall uprising was nominated for an Ambie Award.

Jeanne Tripplehorn

About the Performer

Jeanne was most recently seen in the Amazon hit series Terminal List opposite Chris Pratt. Prior to this, she appeared in a recurring role in Julian Fellowes' historical drama, The Gilden Age, for HBO. She was also recently seen in FX/Hulu's critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated Mrs. America.
Tripplehorn's recent work includes Gloria Bell starring opposite Julianne Moore, Brad Garrett, and Michael Cera, directed by Sebastian Lelio.
Previously, she appeared in Little Pink House starring Catherine Keener. Some of her earlier work includes the HBO film, Grey Gardens for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress in a Television Movie. The drama is based on the real-life story of Park Avenue debutante "Big Edie" (Lange) and her daughter "Little Edie" (Barrymore) Bouvier Beale who were cousins to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Tripplehorn).
Tripplehorn was also part of the acclaimed HBO series Big Love for five seasons. The series was nominated for Golden Globes in both 2007 and 20078 for Best Dramatic Television Series and an Emmy nomination in 2009 for Outstanding Drama Series. Jeanne starred alongside Bill Paxton, Ginnifer Goodwyn and Chloe Sevigny.
Jeanne's most notable film credits include Morning with Laura Linney and Elliott Gould; Relative Values with Julie Andrews; Mickey Blue Eyes with Hugh Grant and James Caan; Very Bad Things with Leland Orser; and Sliding Doors with Gwenyth Paltrow. Other film credits include Till There Was You; Waterworld; The Night We Never Met; and Sydney Pollack's The Firm, opposite Tom Cruise. Tripplehorn made her motion picture debut in Paul Verhoven's Basic Instinct opposite Michael Douglas.
On stage, Tripplehorn starred on Broadway in Scott Elliott's stage version of Anton Checkov's Three Sisters at the Roundabout Theater. Additional theater credits include Tis a Pity She's a Whore, opposite Val Kilmer, and John Patrick Stanley's The Big Funk, both at The Public Theater.

Ray McKinnon

About the Performer

Actor, writer, director and producer, Ray McKinnon is most notably known for creating the critically acclaimed show Rectify, one of the best reviewed shows of all time, per the Guinness Book of World Records. The show received a Peabody Award, while also landing two Critics Choice TV Award nominations.
As an actor, McKinnon has created a canon of unforgettable, offbeat and richly textured characters. In a career spanning three decades, McKinnon has steadily built an impressive resume, including memorable roles on FX's critically acclaimed Sons of Anarchy (as Lincoln Potter) and the current FX series Mayans again as Lincoln Potter. More recently, Ray was seen in the limited series Dopesick for Fox/Disney and creator Danny Strong.
Other credits include the award-winning HBO series Deadwood (as Reverend H.W. Smith). He has also appeared in series such as Comanche Moon, The X Files, Justified, and Matlock, among many many others.
Ray recently filmed two back-to-back films, The Continental, for Lionsgate and director Albert Hughes and The Dead Don’t Hurt for director Viggo Mortensen. Other big screen credits include the Universal film News of the World for director Paul Greengrass, opposite Tom Hanks. He shared the screen with Matt Damon and Christian Bale in the award-winning film Ford vs Ferrari from director James Mangold. Other memorable film credits include Mud and Take Shelter (dir; Jeff Nichols), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (dir: Joel Coen), The Blind Side (dir: John Lee Hancock), Hick (dir: Derek Martini), Footloose (dir: Craig Brewer), Apollo 13 (dir: Ron Howard), and Bugsy (dir: Barry Levinson).
As a filmmaker, he produced and starred in the critically praised indie feature, That Evening Sun, and garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his work as Lonzo Choat, opposite Hal Holbrook.
Truly embracing all creative aspects of film, McKinnon has complemented his acting credits with other notable turns as a writer, director and producer. Collaborating with Walton Goggins frequently under the Ginny Mule Pictures banner, together they debuted McKinnon’s Accountant which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short in 2002. Their first feature film, Chrystal—directed and written by McKinnon—was selected for the Sundance Film Festival’s prestigious Dramatic Film Competition in 2004.

Marcus Henderson

About the Performer

An alumnus of the Yale School of Drama, Marcus Henderson first appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. His feature film credits include the Oscar-winning Get Out where he played "Walter the Groundskeeper" and Netflix feature Juanita, opposite Alfre Woodard. On the small screen, he was recently seen in Amazon's critically acclaimed series Homecoming, opposite Julia Roberts and Bobby Cannavale, and in a major recurring role in FX drama Snowfall. He currently stars as a series regular in TruTV comedy Tacoma FD.

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Great series!!

Thoroughly enjoyed this series. The worst part is it was only 3 seasons - MORE PLEASE!!

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Absolute favorite listen

I’m so sad that it’s over. It was just an excellent story. Well read kept your interest at the whole time I wish there was more.

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Fantastic and enjoyable

I’ve checked out a lot of audio dramas, and this one is stands out in every way. Like a great mystery novel come to life.

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Great production!

Quality production, actors and story!

Start at season 1, the whole thing is a great listen.

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Exeter Season 3

Good follow up to Season 1 & 2.Each Season stood alone but together built a better understanding of the individual characters.

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great cast

I loved the acting and the sound effects were amazing. story lines were a little rough,but over all a very enjoyable listen.

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Better than most of the audio books I have listened to.

I have never left a review for any audio book. That is how good this series is. I love the characters, the script, the performances all A+. You will not be disappointed.

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Best of the best

I have been listening to Exeter for years now - I first heard the show when it was a single season and loved it at first listen. The two leads I knew from their earlier work. I remember when I first placed Det. Pruitt's voice as the Reverend from HBO's Deadwood and thought, "What an amazing cast!" Every instance where he says "CO-lleen" warms the cockles of my heart. There is not enough fiction set in rural Appalachia without dipping into every coal-miner stereotype.

The relationships are what sell this series. The brother-sister duo of Leland (Lyle Kanouse) and Colleen Clayton (Jeanne Triplehorn), the adversarial cop relationship of Det. Lester Pruitt (Ray McKinnon) and his superior Lt. Colleen Clayton, and the engaging way these main players interact with the side characters: Housecat (Marcus Henderson) at the Tipsy Gypsy, the suprisingly capable Deputy Travis (Mateus Ward), and the warmly played police chief Capt. Woodruff (Richard Doyle).

The murder mysteries of the first two seasons were lovingly intertwined such that I despaired that Writer-Director-Producer Ronnie Gunter could capture lightning in a bottle THREE TIMES. (I should mention that it's arguable that the best parts of Seasons 1 and 2 were the delightfully skuzzy performances by Ronnie Gunter as "Boy Eunice" Fowler.

In the limbo between AMC's running the show and Audible picking it up for the Third Season, I missed Exeter dearly. In an age where we do not get to "own" our media, it's a terrible shock when you go to re-listen to your favorite podcast and find it completely unavailable, wiped clean from the internet...

If this was available as a physical purchase, I would pick it up tomorrow. (A set of 6 LPs? Ha!)

The only thing I miss was the original vision for an animated, performed screenplay... but you can't have it all.

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Awesome!

I hope there is another season coming!! This was great and entertaining. Would definitely like to listen to more!

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Excellent!!

The story was intriguing, and the acting was flawless. Wonderful character development, which was a credit to the actors as much as the writing. The sound mixing was realistic and never overdone, as is often the case with this type of podcast. Best fictional podcast I've heard. I hope to hear more from these folks.

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