Town file
Post Falls, Idaho
Post Falls, Idaho (Kootenai County, Idaho) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 720, "Family Murder Tree" (24 July 2026). Gary Charles Loesch was born in Sacramento, California, on 3 October 1939.
- Town
- Post Falls
- County
- Kootenai County
- State
- Idaho
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 720
- Approximate location
- 47.726, -116.944
Episode 720 / 24 July 2026 / 73 min / express
Family Murder Tree
"This is Post Falls Idaho, two words. Post Falls. Northwestern Idaho, panhandle." about 0:03:24
The case: Murder of Gary Loesch (November 13th, 1995); Murder of Barbara Loesch (January 1998); Murder of Dorothy Martin (July 21st, 1996); Disappearance of Christopher Loesch (after October 1999). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2026
- Population
- about 44,000
- Median household income
- $38,162 a year
- Median home value
- $457,200
History, in brief
- Post Falls is named after Frederick Post, a German immigrant who built a lumber mill along the Spokane River in 1871 on land he bought from the chief of the Coeur d'Alene tribe. about 0:04:55
- The purchase of the land is preserved in a pictograph on a granite cliff in Treaty Rock Park. about 0:05:10
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Loves the mountains and the easy access to the wilderness, plenty of restaurants and things to do, and people are generally nice."about 0:05:39
3 stars
"Really pretty scenery, but the town does not like you unless you are Mormon or grew up there; it does not know how to forgive anybody, is stuck up and is a terrible place to raise a family."about 0:06:00
2 stars
"Tires have been slashed and vehicles vandalised where the reviewer lives and the police do nothing about it."about 0:06:45
1 star
"There are always loud neighbours screaming and yelling at other neighbours, to the point where the reviewer wants to move."about 0:07:01
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho7.1 miles
- Deer Park, Washington28 miles
- Kellogg, Idaho40 miles
- Sandpoint, Idaho42 miles
- Addy, Washington60 miles
- Moscow, Idaho69 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.