Town file
Tullahoma, Tennessee
Tullahoma, Tennessee (Coffey County, Tennessee) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 689, "Murder Breadcrumb Trail" (9 April 2026). Erica Megan Sharpton, always known as Megan, was born on 24 October 1987 and grew up in Coffey County, Tennessee, one of a large family.
- Town
- Tullahoma
- County
- Coffey County
- State
- Tennessee
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 689
- Approximate location
- 35.373, -86.218
Episode 689 / 9 April 2026 / 179 min / full
Murder Breadcrumb Trail
"We're going to Tullahoma, Tennessee, south-central Tennessee, down by kind of the Alabama border there; the town is in Coffey and Franklin counties both, but it pretty much takes place in Coffey County." about 0:05:34
The case: Murder of Megan Sharpton (July 2012). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2026
- Population
- 20,599
- Median age
- 40.1
- Median household income
- $52,411
- Median home value
- $244,300
- Cost of living
- $82
- Religious
- 52.6%
- Property crime
- ▲ about one quarter high
- Violent crime
- ▲ high
History, in brief
- Founded in 1852 as a work camp along the new Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. about 0:07:31
- The name may come from the Choctaw phrase Tlihoma, meaning red rock. about 0:07:51
- Alternatively, Peter Detchard donated land for the railroad right of way and was allowed to name two stations; he named one Detchard after himself and the other Tulkahoma, later Tullahoma, after his favourite horse, which was named for a Choctaw chief captured by his grandfather. about 0:07:58
- A town called Tullahoma in Mississippi later changed its name to Grenada. about 0:08:51
- George Dickel whiskey is made just north of Tullahoma. about 0:09:04
- Jack Daniels is distilled 12 miles away in Lynchburg. about 0:09:15
- Little Richard died here in 2020. about 0:09:48
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A small town with big city qualities."about 0:10:03
1 star
"They have no amenities, especially in restaurant choices."about 0:10:09
5 stars
"Loves the energy that the high school athletics events bring to the city."about 0:10:39
5 stars
"Wouldn't leave this town even if my life depended on it; has lived there since the day they were born."about 0:10:49
3 stars
"We don't have much crime in our area, but every once in a while there's something going on."about 0:11:19
1 star
"The crime here is at its worst; people ride lawnmowers dragging trash cans and steal porch plants to sell, the police are useless and the courts just fine offenders, and the town is dubbed the meth capital."about 0:11:32
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Pulaski, Tennessee48 miles
- Whiteside, Tennessee49 miles
- Brentwood, Tennessee53 miles
- Section, Alabama56 miles
- Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia63 miles
- Lawrenceburg, Tennessee63 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.