Town file
Sutherland, Nebraska
Sutherland, Nebraska (Lincoln County, Nebraska) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 194, "A Real Life Halloween Monster" (22 October 2020). Sutherland, Nebraska, is a village of 1.3 square miles in Lincoln County, about three and a half hours from Lincoln and three hours and forty-five minutes from Denver.
- Town
- Sutherland
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Nebraska
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 194
- Approximate location
- 41.160, -101.123
Episode 194 / 22 October 2020 / 167 min / full
A Real Life Halloween Monster
"James says the episode is in Sutherland, Nebraska, in western central Nebraska, and that it is in Lincoln County, 1.3 square miles." about 0:06:20
The case: Murder of the Kelly family (October 18, 1975). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2020
- Population
- 1,601
- Median age
- almost 44
- Median home value
- $115,800
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $760 a month
- Cost of living
- about 82
- Religious
- 56%
- Property crime
- ▼ under half the average
- Violent crime
- ▼ under one third of the average
History, in brief
- In 1835 Colonel Henry Dodge visited the area with 117 other men, sent by the government to persuade the Arikara Indians then occupying the region to leave their wild life and become civilized. about 0:08:25
- Dodge camped with his men at Cottonwood Springs, then called Fort McPherson, and the tribe fled into the woods rather than meet them. about 0:10:32
- Dodge finally held his council with the Indians on July 5th, ten miles southwest of North Platte in Lincoln County, with the object of getting them to accept a reservation. about 0:11:16
- Sutherland was named after Robert Sutherland, an official with the Union Pacific Railroad. about 0:11:38
- The village was incorporated in 1905. about 0:12:24
- The Mormon Trail, the Oregon Trail and the Pony Express routes all run parallel to the town, which exists largely as a stopover. about 0:12:27
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A former resident who lived there all her life until college says she loves the small town atmosphere and how friendly everyone is; there are not many places to eat or things to do, but North Platte is only 20 minutes away."about 0:13:08
3 stars
"A family who moved there almost three years ago to care for a sick grandfather says that despite family ties to the town it is still very hard to be an outsider."about 0:13:54
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- McCook, Nebraska71 miles
- Ord, Nebraska118 miles
- Scottsbluff, Nebraska140 miles
- Oakley, Kansas141 miles
- Guide Rock, Nebraska165 miles
- Clarks, Nebraska171 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.