Town file
Pavillion, Wyoming
Pavillion, Wyoming (Fremont County, Wyoming) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 359, "... & ... : The Deadly Duo" (2 February 2023).
- Town
- Pavillion
- County
- Fremont County
- State
- Wyoming
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 359
- Approximate location
- 43.244, -108.689
Episode 359 / 2 February 2023 / 170 min / full
& : The Deadly Duo
"This is Pavillion, Wyoming, in central Wyoming, in Fremont County." about 0:05:31
The case: Murder of Virginia Eudon and her sons Richard and Reagan (September 12, 1980); Murder of Ronald Holz (near Christmas, mid-1970s). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 230
- Median age
- 32 and a half
- Median household income
- $48,182 a year
- Median home value
- $230,100
- Two-bedroom rent
- $871
- Cost of living
- 92.7
- Religious
- 33.9%
- Property crime
- ▼ about half of the national average
- Violent crime
- ▼ about 25% under the average
History, in brief
- The area had one of the last big land rushes of the West, in 1906. about 0:06:29
- On August 15, 1906 a Denver newspaper said that not since the Oklahoma rush had there been so much interest in the opening of a reservation. about 0:06:37
- Nearly ten thousand people showed up for the opening. about 0:06:55
- Land sold for a dollar fifty an acre in the first two years, then a dollar twenty five an acre; land still unsold after five years was auctioned at a dollar an acre. about 0:07:14
- After eight years the Secretary of the Interior could sell any remaining land to the highest bidder. about 0:07:39
- Railroads arriving led people to speculate on land in the hope the line would come through. about 0:07:46
- In 2008 people five miles east-northeast of Pavillion complained of discoloured water, foul smells and illnesses they blamed on water quality. about 0:08:02
- In 2010 there was a big investigation and the EPA treated it as an environmental issue, with fracking blamed. about 0:08:16
- Benzene, naphthalene, phenols and metals were found in the water and residents were advised to use fans while bathing or washing clothes to avoid the risk of explosion. about 0:08:55
- A 2016 study confirmed that chemicals used in fracking had affected the drinking water, with well water contaminated. about 0:09:44
The reviews read out
5 stars
"The mayor says Pavillion is a great little town and that when there is a crisis everyone works together to solve the problem."about 0:10:02
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Powell, Wyoming105 miles
- Green River, Wyoming126 miles
- Sheridan, Wyoming137 miles
- Fort Smith, Montana148 miles
- Idaho Falls, Idaho169 miles
- Blackfoot, Idaho184 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.