Town file
Pocahontas, Arkansas
Pocahontas, Arkansas (Randolph County, Arkansas) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 458, "The Murder Video Shocker" (13 January 2024). Linda F. Collins was born in Pocahontas, Arkansas, on 17 April 1962.
- Town
- Pocahontas
- County
- Randolph County
- State
- Arkansas
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 458
- Approximate location
- 36.263, -90.971
Episode 458 / 13 January 2024 / 70 min / express
The Murder Video Shocker
"We're going to Pocahontas, Arkansas ... northeastern Arkansas is the location here." about 0:03:27
The case: Murder of Linda Collins-Smith (June 2019). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 7,629
- Median household income
- $35,691
- Median home value
- $122,800
History, in brief
- A statue of Pocahontas stands in Overlook Park along the Black River. about 0:04:59
- Local legend says Pocahontas became the county seat by trickery: its delegation brought large quantities of alcohol to a county meeting and got the other delegates drunk. about 0:05:36
- When the vote came, the Pocahontas delegation was the only one not passed out or distracted, so it stayed sober and cast the vote. about 0:05:42
- James calls the town's founding the work of drunk hucksters. about 0:05:49
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A small town where everyone is connected, with many activities and job opportunities for high school students, enthusiastic support at football games and town functions, and a community that celebrates and mourns together."about 0:06:02
4 stars
"For a small town it is quite all right; there is not much to do, but that is the beauty of it, and finding creative things to do, like hide and seek in Walmart or noticing things in the square, is fun."about 0:06:54
4 stars
"Four stars because the school is not that great but everything else is fine."about 0:07:41
3 stars
"Likes the community center, though it has only one basketball court; there is not much to do and no malls, but there is a Walmart and a bowling alley."about 0:07:46
1 star
"Lived there most of her life and thinks the town is awful, with rude and questionable people, only Walmart for shopping, a lot of crime the residents know about, awful schools with bullying and teenage pregnancies, no jobs, and nothing to do unless you have the right family name."about 0:08:04
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Marmaduke, Arkansas33 miles
- Jonesboro, Arkansas35 miles
- Pleasant Grove, Arkansas61 miles
- Tallapoosa, Missouri66 miles
- Kensett, Arkansas81 miles
- Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas100 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.