Town file
Pembroke, Kentucky
Pembroke, Kentucky (Christian County, Kentucky) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 563, "The Major Murders" (16 January 2025).
- Town
- Pembroke
- County
- Christian County
- State
- Kentucky
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 563
- Approximate location
- 36.775, -87.359
Episode 563 / 16 January 2025 / 177 min / full
The Major Murders
"Pembroke, Kentucky is where we will be, in western Kentucky, and this is in County." about 0:04:45
The case: Murders of Cal Phillips, Pam Phillips and Ed Danzerow (November 18, 2015); Murders of Amos and Marjorie Yoder (June 28, 2015). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2025
- Population
- 791
- Median age
- 38
- Median household income
- $72,798 a year
- Median home value
- $217,700
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $840
- Cost of living
- $74.4
- Religious
- 54.6%
- Property crime
- ▼ a little over half the average
- Violent crime
- ▼ a little less than half the average
History, in brief
- Pembroke was settled in 1836. about 0:05:29
- Named after Pembroke Somerset Esquire, a fictional character in Jane Porter's 1803 novel Thaddeus of Warsaw, by local store owner Dr Lunsford Lindsay. about 0:05:45
- County is named for Colonel William , a native of Augusta County, Virginia, and a Revolutionary War veteran; he settled near Louisville in 1785 and was killed by Native Americans in southern Indiana in 1786. about 0:06:38
The reviews read out
4 stars
"A very nice town, quiet with friendly neighbours, but the pest control service was closed at the weekend when they woke to a viper in their bedroom."about 0:07:10
4 stars
"Enjoys being in the country; things to do depend on your own imagination, it is quiet and calming when the sun goes down and close enough to many activities."about 0:08:11
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Cadiz, Kentucky26 miles
- Depoy, Kentucky31 miles
- Springfield, Tennessee33 miles
- Madisonville, Kentucky40 miles
- Dickson, Tennessee49 miles
- Benton, Kentucky56 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.