Town file
Nassau Bay, Texas
Nassau Bay, Texas is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 394, "The Sudden Passion Of Boobs" (3 June 2023). Nassau Bay, Texas, is a small suburban city of 5,191 people about half an hour outside Houston, built on land that was once Colonel Raymond Pearson's Spirit of 1776 ranch and planned in 1962 as an exclusively residential, gated community.
- Town
- Nassau Bay
- State
- Texas
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 394
- Approximate location
- 29.545, -95.087
Episode 394 / 3 June 2023 / 71 min / express
The Sudden Passion Of Boobs
"We're going to Nassau Bay, Texas... it's in southeastern Texas, about a half hour outside of Houston." about 0:03:04
The case: Murder of David Harris (July 24th, 2002). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 5,191
- Median household income
- about $60,000
- Median home value
- $361,700
- Bail for
- ▼ $30,000
History, in brief
- The town's motto is 'charting new horizons'. about 0:04:08
- Colonel Raymond Pearson established a ranch called the Spirit of 1776 ranch on the land that became Nassau Bay. about 0:04:20
- In 1962 the community was planned as an exclusively residential, gated development, built for $49 million, which is $623 million today. about 0:04:46
- Four hundred people came at the start; by 1968 there were almost 3,000, and it became a city after that. about 0:04:57
The reviews read out
4 stars
"The response time of the police and fire departments is impeccable, with police arriving in under five minutes on average."about 0:05:11
4 stars
"If the area is good for anything it is going out: a variety of bars, no clubs, and a crowd in their twenties to late thirties."about 0:06:03
3 stars
"Houston weather is intense and worse near the bay; the summer humidity ruins hair and makeup and people are not used to the winter cold."about 0:06:38
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Atascocita, Texas31 miles
- Humble, Texas32 miles
- Magnolia, Texas61 miles
- Lake Charles, Louisiana121 miles
- Iowa, Louisiana133 miles
- Lake Arthur, Louisiana149 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.