A trial involving a Bibb County resident and property belonging to the focus of a popular podcast is set to be held in October.

Tyler Goodson, 26, is set to go to trial on Oct. 16 as he faces multiple charges of illegally taking property from John B. McLemore, the central focus of “S-Town,” a podcast that explored his life, his friends and his home in Woodstock.

On Wednesday, Circuit Judge Don McMillan held an arraignment hearing for Goodson, who was a friend of McLemore, on a new indictment that contained new charges that weren't included in the previous indictment that was delivered in 2015. In addition, McMillan set a tentative trial date for October.

“We’re going to try and get it ready by October,” prosecutor Bryan Jones said. “That’s our plan.”

McLemore died in 2015, but had previously said on “S-Town” that he would leave different parts of his property to Goodson in case something happened to him. However, McLemore never left a will stating this, which means that legally the estate belongs to his mother. After McLemore’s death, Goodson went back to the property to gather items he claimed McLemore had left to him.

Before the podcast was released, Goodson’s case had been set for trial on Feb. 13, but was delayed. It was then set for June 26, but was delayed again.

However, the date could be changed if McMillan grants a motion from Goodson’s attorneys to hold the trial outside of Bibb County. In June, J.D. Terry and Cedrick Coleman filed a motion to hold the trial elsewhere, citing the immense popularity of the podcast as the main reason for the move.

“S-Town,” a show from the team behind the radio program "This American Life" and the podcast "Serial," was released on March 28. As of July 11, the podcast has been downloaded more than 56.5 million times.

“Basically, our position is that with all the pre-trial publicity, a lot of people have ideas and prejudices against our client,” Coleman said Wednesday. “We think that the best chance of jury is out of the county.”

Instead of Bibb County, Terry and Coleman suggested having the trial in a more rural county far away from Woodstock, such as Wilcox County.

“The more rural the county, the more unlikely that that they have heard of it,” Coleman said. Wilcox County is about 90 miles south of Woodstock.

In addition, Coleman cited how Bibb County lies within the same media market as the greater Birmingham area, picking up major TV stations and news outlets in the area. By comparison, Wilcox County is in a smaller media market and is in the Black Belt, an area that includes some of the poorest counties in the country.

However, Jones feels that with the popularity of “S-Town,” most people across the state would have some knowledge of it. On Sept. 19, a hearing will be held to decide whether or not to move the trial elsewhere or not.

“I will argue to keep it in Bibb County,” Jones said. “I feel like he will receive just as fair a trial here as he would anywhere.”

In addition, the prosecution plans to use different parts of “S-Town” during the trial. Previously, Jones said that after listening to it, he was able to add more charges against Goodson after delivering it to a grand jury.

“That podcast is going to be very important because it’s the only way of proving that the burglaries occurred,” Jones said in a previous interview with The Tuscaloosa News. “I’m sure they (Goodson’s lawyer J.D. Terry) will try to keep it out, and we will try to keep it.”

Both parties feel they will be ready for trial in October, despite more discovery being done in the meantime to continue building each side’s case.

“I feel comfortable we will be ready,” Coleman said.

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