Town file
Tomah, Wisconsin
Tomah, Wisconsin (Monroe County, Wisconsin) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 530, "Dark Swamp Death" (20 September 2024).
- Town
- Tomah
- County
- Monroe County
- State
- Wisconsin
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 530
- Approximate location
- 43.988, -90.501
Episode 530 / 20 September 2024 / 73 min / express
Dark Swamp Death
"'Thomas Wisconsin, TO MAS' (Tomah), in west central Wisconsin, about an hour and a half from Madison; the sheriff and the cranberry bog case are both described as Monroe County" about 0:03:06
The case: Murder of Andy Sherrock (October 30th, 1986). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 9,515
- Median household income
- $51,661
- Median home value
- $200,700
- Damage to the cranberry marsh
- ▼ half a million dollars
- Potential loss of the cranberry crop
- approximately $125,000
- Added water in milk from the Sherrock farm
- 37%
History, in brief
- Founded by Robert E. Gillett in 1855. about 0:04:17
- Incorporated as a city in 1883, but no charter was issued until 1894. about 0:04:21
- Named after Thomas Carron, a trader at Green Bay in the 1700s and early 1800s who had integrated into the Menominee tribe. about 0:04:52
- The name was pronounced Tomah or Toma, and Carron became known as Chief Tomah. about 0:05:29
- Became a centre of the lumber and railroad industries and of agriculture, especially cranberry growing and dairy farming. about 0:06:17
- Milk watering was a local practice; the show promises to explain it and does so at the end. about 0:06:36
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A very interesting little town, very fun, with a spirit and a strong sense of community for such a small place."about 0:06:46
3 stars
"Born and raised there; a fairly average small town with not much to do, but close enough to Wisconsin Dells and La Crosse that it is not too boring."about 0:07:06
3 stars
"A fast-food worker complains that he should get more respect for the job he does."about 0:07:35
2 stars
"People seem stuck in the olden days; both nice and tiring, places close around four in the afternoon, the only entertainment is a small movie theatre and a Walmart, and it is more like a truck stop than a town."about 0:08:00
1 star
"Cannot understand why anyone would want to live in Tomah unless they like to drink too much and own a tavern and do favours for people."about 0:09:22
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Baraboo, Wisconsin52 miles
- Colby, Wisconsin64 miles
- Mount Horeb, Wisconsin78 miles
- Mineral Point, Wisconsin79 miles
- Windsor, Wisconsin80 miles
- Spring Brook, Wisconsin83 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.