Town file
Belgrade, Montana
Belgrade, Montana (Gallatin County, Montana) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 747, "Mystery Of The Disappearing Man" (29 October 2026). Belgrade is a town of 10,555 people in Gallatin County in southwestern Montana, about 20 minutes from Bozeman.
- Town
- Belgrade
- County
- Gallatin County
- State
- Montana
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 747
- Approximate location
- 45.779, -111.177
Murder league: Belgrade area is number 48 by murders, number 66 by episodes (Belgrade area). By murders. By episodes.
Episode 747 / 29 October 2026 / 188 min / full
Mystery Of The Disappearing Man
"James: 'This is Belgrade, Montana', in southwestern Montana, about 20 minutes from Bozeman, in Gallatin County" about 0:05:17
The case: Murder of Brad Brisbane (November 9, 1990); Kidnapping of Carrie Swenson and murder of Alan Goldstein (the mountain man case) (July 1984). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2026
- Population
- 10,555
- Median age
- 33 and a half
- Median household income
- $72,921 a year
- Median home value
- $520,600
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,440
- Cost of living
- 126
- Religious
- 33%
- Property crime
- exactly average
- Violent crime
- exactly average
History, in brief
- The original town site was established in 1883 when the Northern Pacific Railroad came through. about 0:06:04
- Businessman Thomas Qua (Q-U-A-W), from the Midwest, filed an application with Gallatin County Courthouse in 1891 for Belgrade as a blind railroad siding, wanting it to become a full town. about 0:06:24
- It was named after Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, because the investors who helped finance this portion of the railroad were Serbian. about 0:06:52
- Qua and another man formed the Belgrade Grain and Produce Company and marketed Belgrade to farmers as 'the princess of the prairies'. about 0:07:08
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A beautiful place with kind people; growing too fast for its infrastructure so traffic is rough, but a nice place that is not as crazy as a city nor as isolated as a small town."about 0:07:22
4 stars
"Lived there all their life since 1992; it has grown so much but keeps a small-town feel; enjoys the farmers' markets, fall festival and new Christmas convoy; plans to raise children there."about 0:08:16
4 stars
"A serene small town that grows each year, surrounded by mountains and wildlife with breathtaking natural beauty."about 0:09:25
3 stars
"No natural disasters for many years; winter gets a little cold and snowy but nothing like the East Coast."about 0:10:03
2 stars
"Was meant to be a cheap working-class town on the outskirts of Bozeman but is no longer affordable, with a mortgage almost as much as rent, and has no attractions as everyone goes to Bozeman."about 0:10:54
Things to do
Belgrade Summer Nights
festival / summer nights / 13 billed acts
Mystical crafting workshop
show
Transylvania Dracula Castle Escape Challenge
show
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Manhattan, Montana9.2 miles
- Butte, Montana67 miles
- Stanford, Montana105 miles
- Ovando, Montana128 miles
- Geraldine, Montana133 miles
- Powell, Wyoming137 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.