Town file
Maryville, Missouri
Maryville, Missouri (Nodaway County, Missouri) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 666, "The Killer, The Kitty & The Combine" (17 January 2026). Deborah Jo Taylor was born in 1956 in Iowa to Robert and Joanne.
- Town
- Maryville
- County
- Nodaway County
- State
- Missouri
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 666
- Approximate location
- 40.343, -94.870
Episode 666 / 17 January 2026 / 70 min / express
The Killer, The Kitty & The Combine
"We're going to Missouri this week. Here we go, Maryville, Missouri, northwestern Missouri, about an hour and a half to Kansas City. This is in Nottaway county, which is the same county Skidmore's in." about 0:04:03
The case: Murder of Deborah Jo Taylor (November 10, 1994). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2026
- Population
- 11,070
- Median household income
- $39,768
- Median home value
- $201,500
History, in brief
- Nicknamed Titletown, for reasons the hosts cannot explain. about 0:05:31
- Named after the wife of the first postmaster, Amos Graham, whose name was Mary. about 0:05:51
- Incorporated in 1856, annulled in 1857, reincorporated in 1859, annulled again during the Civil War, reincorporated in 1869, disincorporated later that year and finally incorporated for good in July 1869. about 0:06:06
- A controversial case arose in 2012 when a 17-year-old boy was arrested for rape and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy was accused of the same against the girl's 13-year-old friend, and a third boy admitted recording the first assault on a phone. about 0:07:10
- In 2013 the county prosecutor dropped felony and misdemeanour charges against the first boy, who was related to an influential former state representative, which critics called a backwoods good-old-boy network. about 0:07:34
- A 2016 Netflix documentary called Audrey and Daisy was made about the case; the young woman killed herself in 2020 and her mother killed herself four months later. about 0:07:51
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Everyone is so welcoming and it is like a large family, but the reviewer would like more community gatherings so newcomers can connect."about 0:08:20
1 star
"An absolutely terrible place to raise a family, where cops and government officials plant evidence, falsify documents and tear families apart, and drug lords, alcoholics and thieves run the businesses and streets."about 0:08:44
1 star
"I hate this place: about ten parks, three bars and a closing movie theatre, and the only good entertainment is the weekly bar fight. This place is hell."about 0:09:14
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Skidmore, Missouri12 miles
- Rulo, Nebraska36 miles
- Shenandoah, Iowa39 miles
- Cameron, Missouri53 miles
- Atchison, Kansas56 miles
- Mooresville, Missouri73 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.