Town file
Tallapoosa, Missouri
Tallapoosa, Missouri (New Madrid County, Missouri) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 496, "Too Many Knots Tied" (25 May 2024). In December 1996 Tallapoosa, a town of 78 people in New Madrid County in the Missouri boot heel, was the scene of a double murder.
- Town
- Tallapoosa
- County
- New Madrid County
- State
- Missouri
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 496
- Approximate location
- 36.506, -89.817
Episode 496 / 25 May 2024 / 71 min / express
Too Many Knots Tied
"We're going to Missouri... Talapusa, Missouri... This is in New Madrid county... in the boot heel of Missouri." about 0:04:58
The case: Murders of Irene and Candice Sisk (December 1996). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 78 people
- Median household income
- about $47,000 a year
- Median home value
- $62,000
History, in brief
- Laid out in 1902. about 0:06:01
- Named after Tallapoosa County, Alabama; there are also Tallapoosa in Georgia and Michigan. about 0:06:07
- The name is of Creek origin, said to mean 'pulverized rock' in Choctaw or 'grandmother town' in Muscogee. about 0:06:43
- Has had a post office since 1915. about 0:06:54
The reviews read out
3 stars
"Small and tight-knit, but hard for outsiders or people who are different to be accepted by the powerful cliques; overall a cute town with a lot of good people."about 0:07:05
3 stars
"Nothing at all to do for fun; you have to go three towns over to watch a movie at a single-screen cinema."about 0:08:09
2 stars
"The crime rate has gone up over the last four years, with the younger generation shooting at people and putting lives in danger."about 0:08:51
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Marmaduke, Arkansas38 miles
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri57 miles
- Pocahontas, Arkansas66 miles
- Jonesboro, Arkansas68 miles
- Paducah, Kentucky76 miles
- Benton, Kentucky84 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.