Town file
South Salt Lake, Utah
South Salt Lake, Utah (Salt Lake County, Utah) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 662, "Master Of Deceit" (3 January 2026). South Salt Lake is a suburb of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah, with a population of 26,086 today and about 10,000 when the murder happened.
- Town
- South Salt Lake
- County
- Salt Lake County
- State
- Utah
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 662
- Approximate location
- 40.706, -111.899
Episode 662 / 3 January 2026 / 71 min / express
Master Of Deceit
"We're going to South Salt Lake, Utah ... it's in north central Utah where Salt Lake City is ... this is in Salt Lake County." about 0:04:03
The case: Murder of Larry Dwayne White (February 1989); Disappearance of Floy Jean Bennett (February 1978). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2026
- Population
- 26,086
- Median household income
- $50,589
- Median home value
- $426,700
History, in brief
- Jesse Fox Jr developed the area and named it Central Park around 1890, after visiting Central Park in New York. about 0:05:52
- By 1938 the town still had no sewer system because it could not decide whether to join Salt Lake City or incorporate on its own. about 0:06:29
- The residents voted to incorporate the town of South Salt Lake so that it could start paying for a sewer. about 0:06:51
- By 1950 the population had grown enough for South Salt Lake to be designated a third class city. about 0:06:58
- Becoming a third class city changed the form of government to a mayor and city council, and the town president became the mayor. about 0:07:21
The reviews read out
4 stars
"A good area, close enough to anything you could want and fairly safe, though the drivers are not great and you do not let your children wander around."about 0:07:41
2 stars
"Mostly industrial buildings with a lot of apartment complexes; the transit system is good, but there is trash on the streets, the roads are not kept up and nobody picks up their dog's poop."about 0:08:42
1 star
"A garbage wasteland full of crime, with rude people knocking on doors about Jesus, cops hanging around 7-11 or in church parking lots, break-ins and tweakers."about 0:09:14
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Holladay, Utah5.1 miles
- American Fork, Utah23 miles
- Pleasant Grove, Utah25 miles
- Washington Terrace, Utah32 miles
- Oakley, Utah33 miles
- Payson, Utah47 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.