Town file
Elko, Nevada
Elko, Nevada (Elko County, Nevada) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 432, "Broken Trust, Broken Skull" (14 October 2023). Yaromir Polensky, known to everyone as Turkey, was born in the Czech Republic on 24 September 1942 and emigrated to the United States in 1969, aged twenty-seven.
- Town
- Elko
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 432
- Approximate location
- 40.838, -115.768
Episode 432 / 14 October 2023 / 71 min / express
Broken Trust, Broken Skull
"So this is Elko Nevada we're doing here. Elko, Nevada. We've done Elko, the county is Elko as well." about 0:03:29
The case: Murder of Yaromir 'Jerry' Polensky, known as Turkey (December 2003). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- about 20,391
- Median household income
- $80,148 a year
History, in brief
- Elko is named for Charles Crocker, a railroad superintendent; by the legend he loved animal names for towns, loved elk and added an O to make Elko. about 0:04:28
- In 1925 the Kelly Act, the airmail act, authorised the US Postal Service to contract with private airlines for feeder routes that fed the main transcontinental routes. about 0:05:20
- The first commercial airmail flight in the US was on the 487-mile airmail route number five from Pasco, Washington, to Elko Regional Airport in 1926. about 0:05:54
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Elko is an amazing place; the culture, the cowboys and the friendly community make it great; restaurants such as the Star and Toki Ona are excellent; housing in Elko is expensive but much cheaper just outside town."about 0:06:20
3 stars
"Heard about reviewing small towns from his favourite podcast; grew up in Elko and is trying to get out; it is not the same town, the mines brought in transplants who wish they were elsewhere; the police are a joke, one applicant took the written test five times before being hired; cost of living is high, people are rude, Mormons and gambling go hand in hand; if you like the backward thinking of North Idaho, this is your place."about 0:06:56
1 star
"The landlord yells at his tenant, calls her a liar, makes verbal deals then negates them with threats and demands for money, and believes it is legitimate to treat a certain gender that way; if you have a family, stay away from this cess pool."about 0:09:04
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- West Wendover, Nevada89 miles
- Winnemucca, Nevada103 miles
- Lucin, Utah103 miles
- Imlay, Nevada125 miles
- Jerome, Idaho145 miles
- Hazelton, Idaho148 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.