Town file
Greeley, Colorado
Greeley, Colorado (Weld County, Colorado) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 663, "Panty Sniffing Wife Killer" (8 January 2026). Christina Marie Tornai, known as Tina, was born on March 17th, 1972, in Indiana, the second of nine children of Michael and Mary Ellen Tornai.
- Town
- Greeley
- County
- Weld County
- State
- Colorado
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 663
- Approximate location
- 40.417, -104.773
Episode 663 / 8 January 2026 / 182 min / full
Panty Sniffing Wife Killer
"Greely Colorado is where we're going... This is in Weld County." about 0:05:17
The case: Murder of Tina Sandoval (October 19th, 1995). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2026
- Population
- 107,014
- Median age
- 31.7
- Median household income
- $60,601 a year
- Median home value
- $420,600
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,430 a month
- Cost of living
- 113
- Religious
- 30%
- Property crime
- ▲ about 15% above average
- Violent crime
- ▼ slightly below average
History, in brief
- The town began as the Union Colony of Colorado, founded in 1869 by Nathan C. Meeker, an agricultural reporter for the New York Tribune. about 0:05:36
- It was set up as an experimental utopian farming community based on temperance, religion, agriculture, education and family values. about 0:05:48
- Horace Greeley was the Tribune's editor, visited Colorado during the gold rush in 1859 and popularised the phrase 'go west, young man'. about 0:06:20
- The colonists acquired 12,000 acres then known as the Island Grove Ranch. about 0:06:42
- About 500 people came to take up residence. about 0:06:49
- The settlement was renamed Greeley after Horace Greeley. about 0:06:53
- In 1943 Greeley had two prisoner of war camps during the Second World War, one for Germans and one for Italians. about 0:07:02
- A vote to allow the sale of alcohol barely passed in 1969, after a hundred years of temperance. about 0:07:09
The reviews read out
"A lifelong resident has had such good experiences there, calling it a very small but very friendly town that can suit someone who wants a quiet, isolated life."about 0:07:50
3 stars
"Not very safe on the east side of town, but it keeps a small town feel even as it grows."about 0:08:36
1 star
"Really scary, with a lot of hard drugs in the area despite the town being in the middle of nowhere."about 0:08:58
1 star
"Wishes they did not live by an apartment complex whose tenants steal and are very disruptive."about 0:09:22
1 star
"Lives by a park where cars are parked all night and believes drug sales are happening."about 0:09:31
1 star
"The west side is beautiful with parks and shopping, but everything east of 35th Avenue has a lot of crime, bikes and a camera are stolen in daylight and the police mostly just drive around."about 0:09:52
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Longmont, Colorado24 miles
- Carr, Colorado33 miles
- Estes Park, Colorado40 miles
- Golden, Colorado52 miles
- Hillsdale, Wyoming57 miles
- Byers, Colorado57 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.