Town file
Powell, Wyoming
Powell, Wyoming (Park County, Wyoming) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 584, "Killer Homecoming King" (29 March 2025). In the autumn of 1996 Berry Alexis Bryant, an 18-year-old from Riverton, Wyoming, arrived at Northwest College in Powell to study fashion merchandising.
- Town
- Powell
- County
- Park County
- State
- Wyoming
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 584
- Approximate location
- 44.762, -108.758
Episode 584 / 29 March 2025 / 72 min / express
Killer Homecoming King
"We are going to Powell, Wyoming, which is in northwestern Wyoming, and this is in Park County." about 0:03:50
The case: Murder of Berry Bryant (October 4th, 1996). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2025
- Median household income
- $60,210
- Median home value
- $356,800
- Murder rate
- ▼ pretty low
History, in brief
- On February 12th, 1915 a fire burned down at least nine businesses before the townspeople put it out. about 0:05:37
- They extinguished the fire by setting off dynamite, and the explosion broke all the windows of the businesses that had not burned down. about 0:05:44
- The town then formed a fire department and purchased a new alarm bell. about 0:06:20
- The burned wooden buildings were replaced with brick buildings. about 0:06:27
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A quiet town, exactly what the reviewer needs; kind people and good for social anxiety and sensory overload."about 0:06:37
3 stars
"A wonderful place with a small town feel, nice people and beautiful surroundings, but the winters can be brutal."about 0:07:42
2 stars
"A small town with only a few stores, nothing open past 11 p.m., little for college students and no Walmart."about 0:07:58
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Fort Smith, Montana56 miles
- Sheridan, Wyoming88 miles
- Pavillion, Wyoming105 miles
- Manhattan, Montana146 miles
- Stanford, Montana179 miles
- Idaho Falls, Idaho185 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.