Town file
Mio, Michigan
Mio, Michigan (Oscoda County, Michigan) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 320, "Nightmare At The Pig Farm" (22 September 2022). Mio, pronounced "Mayo", is a small town in Oscoda County in the north-east of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, surrounded by woods and small lakes.
- Town
- Mio
- County
- Oscoda County
- State
- Michigan
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 320
- Approximate location
- 44.662, -84.146
Episode 320 / 22 September 2022 / 168 min / full
Nightmare At The Pig Farm
"We're going to Mayo, Michigan... it's spelled mio, but it's not said meo, it's spelled Mayo; this is in Oscoda County in northeast Michigan." about 0:05:00
The case: Murders of David Tyll and Brian Ognjan (November 1985); Murder of Eileen Bolsman (1994). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- 1,905 people
- Median age
- 42.9
- Median household income
- $26,729 a year
- Median home value
- $83,100
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $705
- Cost of living
- about 74
- Religious
- 28.3%
- Property crime
- right at the national average
- Violent crime
- ▼ just below average
History, in brief
- Mio was founded in 1881 as Mioe, said as Mayo, in honour of Marla Deramond, wife of town founder Henry Deramond. about 0:06:51
- The name was changed in 1883 by dropping the E. about 0:07:21
- Mio holds Michigan's record for the highest recorded temperature, 112 degrees in 1936. about 0:07:50
- In 1973 a dock worker accidentally shipped 500 pounds of Fire Master fire retardant instead of the feed supplement Nutrimaster, contaminating cattle, pigs, chickens and sheep. about 0:07:59
- The PBB contamination forced farmers to destroy 35,000 cows. about 0:09:12
- Thirteen were dumped into a clay-lined pit in Mio, and as of 2014 PBB was still detectable in blood tests of people in the area. about 0:09:22
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Mio is a small town with a lot of characters; most people are friendly, but there are not many people and many are part-time residents with hunting cabins."about 0:09:50
5 stars
"A lifelong resident says it is a great place for kids to grow up, with a small school that allows one-on-one attention and a safe environment."about 0:11:12
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Sand Lake, Michigan33 miles
- Onaway, Michigan48 miles
- Arcadia Township, Michigan104 miles
- Washington Township, Michigan115 miles
- Morrice, Michigan126 miles
- Manistique, Michigan136 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.