Town file
Morrice, Michigan
Morrice, Michigan (Shiawassee County, Michigan) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 401, "A Seriously Crazy Cuisine" (29 June 2023). Morrice is a village of 1,521 people in Shiawassee County, central Michigan, half an hour from Lansing.
- Town
- Morrice
- County
- Shiawassee County
- State
- Michigan
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 401
- Approximate location
- 42.836, -84.184
Episode 401 / 29 June 2023 / 175 min / full
A Seriously Crazy Cuisine
"We're going to Morris, Michigan, which is central Michigan, about a half hour outside Lansing; it is spelled MORRI CE and is in Shiawassee County." about 0:05:07
The case: Murder of Kevin Bacon (December 2019). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 1,521
- Median age
- 33.4
- Median household income
- about $200 below
- Median home value
- $187,200
- Two-bedroom rent
- $990
- Cost of living
- 84
- Religious
- 32.8%
- Property crime
- ▼ about one third below
- Violent crime
- ▼ under half
- Cannibalistic homicides as a share of all killings tracked in the U.S. from 1960 to 2018
- 0.01%
History, in brief
- In 1838 William Morrice, newly married, came to the area, bought 160 acres north-west of another family's farm and built a cabin; they slept on the ground while wolves howled at the door. about 0:06:31
- His three brothers settled nearby and Scots were the first people in the area. about 0:07:10
- In 1839 the first Presbyterian church of Bennington was founded, later renamed Morrice, on a platform of abstinence from alcohol. about 0:07:32
- The town incorporated in 1911 and celebrated fifteen years later with barbecue lunches, free coffee, a three-legged race, a bicycle race, an obstacle race, wrestling, tug of war, a pie-eating contest and greased pole climbing. about 0:08:34
- The town grew in the 1990s as professors at Michigan State University found it a forty-five minute drive, and it is one of the few communities left with no chain stores or franchises. about 0:09:21
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A beautiful small town with friendly neighbours, kept clean and nice, with always great service at local businesses."about 0:10:36
4 stars
"A small village halfway between Lansing, Flint and Owosso, with easy access to I-69, a bank, post office, hardware, superette, grocery store, gas station, its own class D school and its own police and fire departments."about 0:10:57
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Webster Township, Michigan36 miles
- Jackson, Michigan42 miles
- Nashville, Michigan49 miles
- Canton Township, Michigan51 miles
- Hastings, Michigan57 miles
- Brownstown Township, Michigan70 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.