Small Town Murder

By James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman

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What's Small Town Murder about?

Two comedians look at a small town, what makes it tick, and a murder that took place there. In depth research, horrible tragedy, and the hosts' comedic spin on the whole thing. New episodes every Thursday!!

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#179 - Deep Beneath The Goa...

07.09.2020

This week, in Gunnison, Colorado, a happy go lucky young man disappears into thin air, and his friend wonder if he left to build a better life, or if someone in his family might be hiding the truth from them. ...

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07.09.2020 #179 - Deep Beneath The Goat Heads in Gunnison, Colorado This week, in Gunnison, Colorado, a happy go lucky young man disappears into thin air, and his friend wonder if he left to build a better life, or if someone in his family might be hiding the truth from them. ...
07.02.2020 #178 - Proud To Be Cruel in Middle River, Maryland This week, in Middle River, Maryland, a troubled man, who is rightfully called "pure evil" at many points in his life, gives up on trying to make a go of a normal existence, and decides to go on a killing ...
06.25.2020 #177 - Sex, Deception, Death... And A Pig in Verdigre, Nebraska This week, in Verdigre, Nebraska, a rural farm is the setting for a tale that seems simple enough, until you begin to unravel the layers. This story has it all, sex, lies, murder... and a pig, named Arthur. In the ...
06.18.2020 #176 - Sicker Than The Average Strangler in Gaffney, South Carolina This week, in Gaffney, South Carolina, it looks like a typical domestic dispute, ended in an unusual way, when a woman is found, naked, and strangled, in the middle of the street. Her husband seems to be the culprit, and ...
06.11.2020 #175 - Cruel, Unusual & Pointless in Newville, Pennsylvania This week, in Newville, Pennsylvania, local Wal-Mart employees find love, but things don't go as planned, when a new woman starts work in the photo department. What ends up happening couldn't have been predicted by anyone as it turns into ...
06.04.2020 #174 - Open & Not So Shut in Belle Terre, New York This week, in Belle Terre, New York, a wealthy couple is found dead, in their own home. The only other person in the house is their adopted teenage son, who makes a full confession, including the motive of being angry ...
05.28.2020 #173 - Three Is A Ring, Four Is A Crowd in Marmaduke, Arkansas This week, in Marmaduke, Arkansas, two couples become close friends, and even more, until a proposition for an unconventional "business proposition" turns certain people against certain others. In the end, the only solution is... someone has to die. The question ...
05.21.2020 #172 - Natural Born Killer Idiots in Chubbuck, Idaho This week, in Chubbuck, Idaho, two young men, seeking the infamy of their serial killer heroes for themselves, they set out to make a mark on the world, with murder. Luckily for police, they brazenly document most of their own ...
05.14.2020 #171 - Til Dismemberment Do Us Part in Decatur, Alabama This week, in Decatur, Alabama, a young widow, with an infant daughter finds love with a new husband, but he doesn't quite provide her with the lifestyle she desires, so she decides to leave him. He does everything he can ...
05.10.2020 Bonus Episode! Prisoner Dating Game - All Violent Felon Edition This week, we bring you an extra special bonus episode!! We line up 4 bachelors & 4 bachelorettes, and pick one of each as the winner of a hypothetical date! The catch is, they're all incarcerated violent felons, and Jimmie ...
05.07.2020 #170 - An Attempted Suburban Vampire Cult in St. Cloud, Minnesota This week, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, a troubled pair of brothers end up renting a run down house that becomes a magnet for runaway teens, troubled adults & even whatever drifter wanders through. One of the brothers decides that this ...
04.30.2020 #169 - A Brutal, Silly & Victimless Murder in Layland, West Virginia This week, in Layland, West Virginia, police come upon a dead man, dangling by one foot, off of a local bridge, while people are observed fleeing the scene. How that man got there is one of the craziest stories ever ...
04.23.2020 #168 - A Killer In The Cards in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England This week, in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England, a troubled young man finds his idols, when he reads books about serial killers like Jack The Ripper, and The Yorkshire Ripper. He tells everyone who will listen about his plans to match ...
04.16.2020 #167 - You'll Have To Chop Off More than That... in Antelope, California This week, in Antelope, California, when a young woman is found, dead, on the side of the road, with some very unusual clues, police wonder if it could have been an ex-boyfriend, or even a budding serial killer, but they ...
04.09.2020 #166 - Starting Your Own Religion Can Be Tricky in American Fork, Utah This week, in American Fork, Utah, when two brothers from a very interesting background get excommunicated from the local church, they form their own belief system. These beliefs include some VERY weird things, to say the least, including several people ...
04.02.2020 #165 - Sex Tape Bait in Port Penn, Delaware This week, in Port Penn, Delaware, a woman's Sunday night out to pick up a sex tape from an ex-boyfriend, and skating at the local roller skating rink turns into a case of a missing person, then quickly becomes a ...
03.26.2020 #164 - The Idiotic Avenger in Greenwood, Florida This week, in Greenwood, Florida, a local rivalry is heated up when there are accusations of affairs, and worse. This results is an attempt too settle all scores, all at once, with his son as the wingman. Will the perpetrator ...
03.19.2020 #163 - Teenage Killer Lesbian Vampire Werewolves From Space in Humble, Texas This week, in Humble, Texas, a regular, blue collar family leads a seemingly great life, until the lady of the house is found in her own bed, stabbed 73 times. There are plenty of leads, but they all seem to ...
03.12.2020 #162 - A Very Unstable Genius in Chatham Township, New Jersey This week, in Chatham Township, New Jersey, a brilliant woman achieves amazing things, breaking through glass ceilings, and being an inspiration to people around her. But what those people don't realize is there is something under the surface that they ...
03.05.2020 #161 - Killing On Consignment in Nashville, Michigan This week, in Nashville, Michigan, when a body is found in a ditch, on the side of a country road, police have no clues, until a used motorcycle leads to a witness that unveils a plot that no one could ...
02.27.2020 #160 - Trust Me, I'm A Murderer in Festus, Missouri This week, in Festus, Missouri, a small town police chief gets a little too big for his own good, and seems to get mixed up in some things that aren't such a good idea. Like helping find someone to kill ...
02.20.2020 #159 - You Can't Dismember Your Problems in Florence, Arizona This week, in Florence, Arizona, one of the craziest stories we've ever had unfolds in just as weird of a way. A troubled man ruins every opportunity he has to turn his life around, and ends up committing a truly ...
02.13.2020 #158 - A Hollow Full Of Murder in Tiline, Kentucky This week, in Tiline, Kentucky, where crazy circumstances unfold around the disappearance of local resident. As it unfolds, we find out just how insane things had become, as blame gets placed in unlikely places, and police struggle to make their ...
02.06.2020 #157 - Every Step You Take... in Jefferson, Wisconsin This week, in Jefferson, Wisconsin, a quiet town is rocked on a serene Easter Sunday, by a vicious murder in a rural home. No one can understand how this could have happened, until a truly odd, twisted and unexpected plot ...
01.30.2020 #156 - Lies Can Be Deadly in Salem, Massachusetts This week, in Salem, Massachusetts, a local woman goes missing, and the local police do everything they can to find her. Including consulting friends, neighbors, witnesses, the town witch, and the community pervert. What follows is a twisted road of ...
01.23.2020 #155 - Two Bodies & One Big Coincidence in Raeford, North Carolina This week, in Raeford, North Carolina, a family in crisis is the perfect prey for a predator, who moves in, and disrupts any potential harmony. When a 15 year old girl goes missing, she's is considered a runaway, but when ...
01.16.2020 #154 - A Bloody Puzzle With Missing Pieces in Bartlesville, Oklahoma This week, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, high school sweethearts get married, and raise a nice family, until some "sexual problems" cause a few waves in the marriage. After trying to work it out, and being on the road to marital bliss, ...
01.09.2020 #153 - That Can't Be An Accident in Brookfield Township, Ohio This week, in Brookfield Township, Ohio, a casual evening of drinking at a local small town bar turns into a search for a missing person. Family, friends, police... and even the murderer all hunt for a trace of the person, ...
01.02.2020 #152 - Taming The Beast in Shelton, Washington This week, in Shelton, Washington, when a brutal murder is discovered in a woman's home, the police have very little to go on, except a mysterious, one-shoed man, found wandering the highway, in an older woman's housecoat. What unravels is ...
12.26.2019 #151 - The Panhandle Samurai in Vincennes, Indiana This week, in Vincennes, Indiana, a troubled person's life seemingly spins out of control in a sea of arrests, fights, marriages, drugs, bats & swords. This all comes to a head when a relationship ends, and rumors begin to fly ...
12.19.2019 #150 - A Betrayal Of Hearts & Knives in Rome, Georgia This week, in Rome, Georgia, a picturesque, all-American couple find each other in high school, then get married, start a family, and live happily... until things aren't so happy, anymore. Too much church, not enough romance, and a secret affair ...
12.12.2019 #149 - Brutality, Karma & Cold-blooded Stupid in Stillwater, New York This week, in Stillwater, New York, a lone shoe, protruding from the snow is quite the tip of the iceberg, as a brutal scenario is played out. The question is, who will take the blame? Just when all seems wrapped ...
12.05.2019 #148 - A Deadly Recipe in Alturas, Florida This week, in Alturas, Florida, a rural family deals with what appears to be an illness, running through the family, until a doctor notices a symptom that isn't exactly relevant to the flu. A panic forms in the community, only ...
11.28.2019 #147 - That's Not Junk In That Trunk in Ocean Township, New Jersey This week, in Ocean Township, New Jersey, opposites attract, as two people seem to finally what they're looking for in a relationship. They seem to be living a little family dream until every day pressures make it difficult. This is ...
11.21.2019 #146 - A Strangle Here, A Strangle There in Hutchinson, Kansas This week, in Hutchinson, Kansas, a woman's mysterious drowning leads to no on being punished, but plenty of rumors swirling around her ex husband, who had his murder charge dropped. After many more years, and many more wives, this man ...
11.14.2019 #145 - Killing, Cover Up & A LOT of Sex Toys in Fremont, New Hampshire This week, in Fremont, New Hampshire, when a woman, who also happens to be an out of state fugitive, goes missing, police are baffled, until an expected source leads them to something small... which leads to something much bigger. As ...
11.07.2019 #144 - One In A Ditch & One In A Bed in Forest City, Iowa This week, in Forest City, Iowa, a young, aspiring school teacher is brutally murdered in her own bed, in a rural farm house. Police immediately look at her husband, a cocaine dealing farmer, but they have to change course when ...
10.31.2019 #143 - A Scary Story On A Quiet Street in Pitman, New Jersey This week, in Pitman, New Jersey, a quiet, idyllic street, where two beloved local residents are planning to spent the rest of their lives is shaken, when those very same beloved people are found in pools of blood, inside their ...
10.24.2019 #142 - Where Is The Head?? in Dickson, Tennessee This week, in Dickson, Tennessee, a local woman, with some problems, from a prominent family, goes missing, at the same time as a local man, from a not so distinguished background is also reported missing. One of them is found, ...
10.17.2019 #141 - The Bart & Milhouse Ritual Killing in Springfield, Oregon This week, in Springfield, Oregon, where we cover a town that's a little larger than normal, but still has that small town feel, and just as much of small town murder. When a teenage girl is found dead, in the ...
10.10.2019 #140 - When Death Is Too Easy in Troy, Illinois This week, in Troy, Illinois, a drifter, fresh out of prison, blows into town, and is caught with a stolen car, and quite the story of how he came to acquire it. The story gets crazier as more details come ...
10.03.2019 #139 - The Murder Portal Is Open in Little Compton, Rhode Island This week, in Little Compton, Rhode Island, a brutal killing is discovered, and the fact that there is an open hole, in the victim's home, literally everyone is a suspect. That is, until police zero in on a man with ...
09.26.2019 #138 - The Cookie Monster in Walnut, Mississippi This week, in Walnut, Mississippi, where the town doesn't know where to turn when a ransom note is found, after a college student goes missing. Who could have taken her? An outsider? The town maniac? Police quickly call in the ...
09.19.2019 #137 - A Murder Not-So-Mystery Weekend in St. Michaels, Maryland This week, in St Michaels, Maryland, a couple goes on a weekend getaway to a resort, complete with a murder mystery dinner theater show, romantic cottage, and complimentary champagne. But by the end of the weekend, there is more than ...
09.12.2019 #136 - Unearthing Some Secrets in Eunice, New Mexico This week, in Eunice, New Mexico, when a woman disappears, seemingly into thin air, everyone looks at her ex husband, but it's not quite so simple. Maybe she took off with a trucker, maybe she just needed a break, maybe ...
09.05.2019 #135 - A Sun Powered Killer in Edinburg, Virginia This week, in Edinburg, Virginia, a troubled man, with a troubled family ends a family feud in a very final, and violent way. When he is finally discovered, his tale of what actually happened is one for record books. A ...
08.29.2019 #134 - Some People Just Don't Mix in Byers, Colorado This week, in Byers, Colorado, a upstanding, church going woman goes missing, and police aren't sure where to turn. Was it her beloved family? A random act? The married couple, who just got a job as ranch hands at the ...
08.22.2019 #133 - What's That In Your Pocket? in Mount Ida, Arkansas This week, in Mount Ida, Arkansas, a beloved citizen is found murdered at home, and everyone is left scratching their heads until a seemingly tiny clue leads to another clue, and then another... until police focus on one suspect who ...
08.15.2019 #132 - Why Let One Live? in Weisenberg, Pennsylvania This week, in Weisenberg, Pennsylvania, a seemingly happy family moves to a new state, and everything is going wonderfully. Soon, financial problems start to spring up, and tensions rise, but the result is something that no one expected, as police ...
08.08.2019 #131 - A Killer So Innocent in Winnemucca, Nevada This week, in Winnemucca, Nevada, a man moves to a new town to make a fresh start. Everything was going so well that his nephew soon joined him, and all seemed well. Until one of them disappeared. And then the ...

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