Editor's note: This story contains spoilers to the podcast “S-Town,” which was released March 28.

The story of an eccentric Woodstock resident at the center of the popular podcast “S-Town” is continuing on through a court case involving his property and a friend who claims he is entitled to it.

Tyler Goodson, 26, faces felony charges in connection with allegations that Goodson took items he says are his from the property of John McLemore. McLemore is an antique clock repairman and central figure in “S-Town,” an online podcast that has been downloaded more than 16 million times since March 28 and remains the top downloaded podcast on iTunes’ podcast chart as of Saturday.

“S-Town” began in 2012 with McLemore contacting “This American Life” producer Brian Reed about an alleged murder that had been covered up in Woodstock, but the podcast slowly began focusing more on McLemore's life, his friends and the West Alabama town where he grew up.

One aspect of the podcast is the relationship between Goodson and McLemore, who committed suicide after drinking potassium cyanide on June 22, 2015. Goodson worked for McLemore for years on his property and repeatedly claimed throughout “S-Town” that McLemore had promised to give him his land and custody of his mother, Mary Grace, if he ever died. However, McLemore never left a will.

After McLemore died, Mary Grace was placed in the care of Reta Lawrence, McLemore’s cousin who ended up taking ownership of the property. According to court documents, Goodson was warned not to go back on the property, but went back over a period of time to take several items on the land, such as two school buses, an 18-wheeler trailer, lumber as well as equipment and tools.

Goodson is charged with five counts of first-degree theft of property, two counts of first-degree forgery, one count of third-degree trespassing and one count of second-degree possession of a forged instrument. The case was initially set for trial on Feb. 13, but was continued. The next hearing is scheduled for June 16.

Bryan Jones, an assistant district attorney for Bibb County who is prosecuting the case, said the release of “S-Town” has had an effect on the case.

“I can’t go into detail because there are things that we’re looking at, but there were things that were said in the podcast that we’re going to look back at a bit,” Jones said.

Goodson said he did not take anything that was not his, claiming McLemore bought many of the things he regularly used, such as tattoo equipment and a truck.

“In the eyes of the law, I’m a thief and a trespasser ... but behind these two blue eyes, that was my damn place,” he said.

Regarding the lumber, Goodson said he and McLemore were planning to use it to set himself up on the property.

“We were going to build me a house down on his place and that’s what we had decided to do with the lumber and the bricks,” he said. “I had been working and paying my debt off over the years to get it.”

Before he died, McLemore told Reed on the podcast about possibly leaving money to Goodson's family. McLemore and others have said that he did not keep much money in the bank, but had cash stored elsewhere. One question asked in the podcast is whether anyone has found money or gold on McLemore's property, as some have suggested.

"I’ve often thought I can continue to live and burn up my saved money or I could donate it to someone that might need it more that’s younger who’s life is ahead of them," McLemore said. "I want to leave them kids a (lot) full of money instead of me burning it up and staying alive."

Goodson said that contrary to online rumors, he did not find any gold or money on McLemore's land.

"If I had some gold, I would’ve gotten the hell out of here, I guarantee you that," Goodson said.

Ultimately, Goodson feels Lawrence, McLemore's cousin, and others unfairly pushed him off McLemore’s land.

“Mary Grace left me in charge and she wanted me in charge and so did John, but they bullied me out of the way and I had no rights,” he said. “All I asked for was my own belongings and they won’t even do that, so I will fight it to the bitter end.”

Being the next of kin to McLemore, Lawrence said she came up from her home in Florida to handle family affairs, which included burying McLemore in the Green Pond Presbyterian Church Cemetery and cleaning the house he shared with Mary Grace.

“My only intent was to go up there and see that she was taken care of,” she said. “I didn’t want anything for it.”

Lawrence said Goodson complicated things by continuing to visit the property, even after she and others had asked him to wait for her to be legally granted guardianship of the McLemore property. She believes Goodson tried to take over the property from Mary Grace after McLemore died and that she may not have lived longer if Goodson had become her guardian.

“I’d like to know how Tyler would have come up with the money to bury John and take care of his mother,” she said. “There was $69 to John’s name.”

Lawrence said she is aware of how close McLemore was to Goodson and his children, often buying Christmas presents for them and spending money on them. However, she does not agree with Goodson taking things from the property that she says were not his.

“I have no idea what John promised him or didn’t promise him,” she said. “If he had proof and could’ve sat down with me, this might have turned out differently, but he didn’t and that’s where we are.”

Jones said Goodson’s attorney has a tough case.

“Honestly, by looking at it, a younger guy trying to get guardianship of a lady that he is not related to in any way, the fact that he disobeyed a judge’s orders and the fact he went on the property after it was well established that he was not supposed to, an impartial jury would be more of a concern for the defense than the prosecution,” he said.

Regardless of the case’s outcome, Goodson feels like the “S-Town” story is far from over.

“It ain’t finished, if you ask me,” he said. “I think there can be several more episodes.”

Reach Drew Taylor at drew.taylor@tuscaloosanews.com or 205-722-0204.