Town file
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (Manitoba, Canada) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 315, "A Dangerously Unpredictable Cannibal" (3 September 2022). In Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, a city of about 13,000 people on the plains between North Dakota and Minnesota, the episode tells the story of a killing that took place on a Greyhound bus passing through the region in the summer of 2008.
- Town
- Portage la Prairie
- Region
- Manitoba
- Country
- Canada
- Episodes
- 315
- Approximate location
- 49.972, -98.289
Episode 315 / 3 September 2022 / 68 min / express
A Dangerously Unpredictable Cannibal
""Uh Portage La Prairie, Manitoba"" about 0:04:04
The case: Murder of Tim McLean (July 30th, 2008). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- about 13,000
- Median household income
- about $57,000 a year
- Median home value
- about $224,000
History, in brief
- Evidence of people living in the area for the last 12,000 years has been found. about 0:05:09
- During the Second World War the Royal Canadian Air Force built a Canadian forces base in the area to support the air programme. about 0:05:17
- In 1928, 1,640 acres of industrial hemp were grown in Canada, 1,200 acres of it in this town, before cannabis was banned in the 1930s. about 0:05:26
- The town calls itself the City of Possibilities. about 0:04:41
The reviews read out
"It isn't all that bad, just like any other medium-sized town: there are drug problems and bad parts of town, but also a good recreation centre, extra-curricular activities, several schools and a religious community that isn't overpowering; it is 45 minutes from Winnipeg and housing is $100,000 or more cheaper than neighbouring communities."about 0:06:09
"Grew up there and goes back often; it was safe 30 years ago but is now a crime-ridden town full of meth, and the reviewer would never live there again, recommending Stonewall instead."about 0:07:59
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Cooperstown, North Dakota175 miles
- Minot, North Dakota181 miles
- Gardner, North Dakota205 miles
- Valley City, North Dakota211 miles
- Moorhead, Minnesota226 miles
- White Earth, Minnesota227 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.