Town file
Lyons, Nebraska
Lyons, Nebraska (Burt County, Nebraska) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 426, "The Chief, The Floozie & The Church Lady" (23 September 2023). Anna Marie Miller was born in Washington, D.C., in 1952 and grew up in a small town in Iowa.
- Town
- Lyons
- County
- Burt County
- State
- Nebraska
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 426
- Approximate location
- 41.936, -96.472
Episode 426 / 23 September 2023 / 72 min / express
The Chief, The Floozie & The Church Lady
""This is Lyons, Nebraska. It is like north of Omaha there, by Iowa... near Sioux City"; had been a Burt County deputy sheriff" about 0:03:26
The case: Murder of Anna Marie Miller Anton (December 1986). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 712
- Median household income
- $34,327
- Median home value
- $95,800
History, in brief
- The first settlers came in 1866, right after the Civil War, drawn by the fertile soil. about 0:04:53
- The railroad came through and the town was incorporated in 1884, named for Waldo Lyon, a prominent citizen whose land the plots were laid out on. about 0:05:02
- One of the finest trotting tracks in the country opened in 1891. about 0:05:32
- Famous horses broke world records at the trotting track. about 0:05:57
- Hard times came and the trotting track closed in 1893, two years after it opened. about 0:06:05
- The town is known as "the sod capital of America"; sod is grown there and trucked away. about 0:04:26
The reviews read out
4 stars
"The reviewer lives outside the city limits and absolutely loves it: a small town with lots of wonderful people, a school whose teachers promote healthy learning, and a great, quiet area to live in."about 0:06:23
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Emerson, Nebraska27 miles
- Yutan, Nebraska48 miles
- Murdock, Nebraska70 miles
- Alvo, Nebraska74 miles
- Early, Iowa77 miles
- Yankton, South Dakota81 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.