Small town America crime books?

Not really sure what it is I’m looking for so thought I’d see if anyone has any suggestions. I’m trying to read more this year, last year I only managed 1 book, A HillBilly Elegy, and this year I’m currently half way through Where the Crawdads Sing, and quite enjoying it. Any recommendations for thriller/crime stories set in small towns? I have no idea what to read next

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January 6 Arrestees Aren’t More Likely to Be from Rural Areas: The people charged with Capitol-insurrection crimes are from a broad cross-section of major cities, suburbs, and small towns, a Daily Yonder analysis shows. If anything, rural areas are a little underrepresented among arrestees. dailyyonder.com/january-6…
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Peppermint Peril: A Small Town Cupcake Cozy Mystery (Cupcake Crimes Series Book 5) by Molly Maple amazon.com/dp/B08ZYRM4CG
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AMA Announcement for Tuesday, November 16 at 1 PM Central time with Anne Roderique-Jones, journalist and host of the true crime podcast The Springfield Three: A Small-Town Disappearance

Mod note: The AMA is currently live!

The r/SpringfieldMO mod team is happy to announce an AMA on Tuesday, November 16 at 1 Central time with Anne Roderique-Jones.

Please feel free to comment here with questions ahead of time. Ms. Roderique-Jones, a Springfield native, will answer questions live starting at 1 PM.

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Hi! I’m Anne Roderique-Jones, journalist and host of the true crime investigative podcast The Springfield Three: A Small-Town Disappearance, an original series produced by editaudio.

Since the release in May, the show has received more than half a million downloads, and has been featured by Forbes, iHeartRadio, Yahoo's It List, and charted in Apple Podcasts Top 20 for True Crime.

I grew up in Springfield and still have family in the Ozarks, so the story of the Springfield Three is close to my heart. I spent two years reporting and working on this show, with a focus on addressing the misinformation around the case and, more importantly, how the disappearance has impacted the community for all these years.

We’re releasing three bonus episodes on today, where you’ll get to hear from Bartt Streeter, the brother to Suzie and son of Sherrill--both of whom disappeared that night. We also speak with a former journalist who broke this case and his rather interesting commentary about local law enforcement. And we hear from a woman that lived with one of the suspects, Robert C. Cox.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/springfield3

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Novels with small-town drama (gruesome crime) preferably midwest or southern US
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Crosspost from r/SpringfieldMO: AMA Announcement for Tuesday, November 16 at 1 PM Central time with Anne Roderique-Jones, journalist and host of the true crime podcast The Springfield Three: A Small-Town Disappearance reddit.com/r/springfieldM…
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What's a crime that happened in your small town that you’re surprised didn’t make national news?
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The Friendliest Town (2021) Trailer - the first black police chief of a small town implements community policing and crime goes down, then he is fired without explanation and residents fight back [00:01:11] vimeo.com/467452881
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Small Town Folks what is the weirdest unsolved crime in your town, old or new?
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Small town dicks and crime beat

Does anyone know what is happening with these two podcasts? They are some of my favorite ones and neither has posted anything since june. I'm just wondering if anyone knows if they will be back with new episodes. Thanks!

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[WP]You own a small town bakery (Played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson). Kids love your bakery and had nicknamed you "The Muffin Man". Your employees don't feel safe due to an organized crime syndicate known as the Iron Assassins terrorizing everyone. You have to take matters into your own hands.
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Distant small town crime mysteries.

In the past year I have really grown to love crime thrillers set in a distant small town. Just can't have enough of them. If you want to try such shows..you may try watching:

  1. Shetland
  2. Bordertown
  3. Trapped
  4. The forest
  5. The break
  6. Black spot
  7. Valhalla murders
  8. Paranoid
  9. The frozen dead
  10. Signs (znaki)

Edit: Any similar suggestions are welcomed!

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Vanilla Vengeance: A Small Town Cupcake Cozy Mystery (Cupcake Crimes Series Book 1) by Molly Maple amazon.com/dp/B08MVC7BKC
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[TOMT][Podcast][2018/2019] Crime podcast covering the ambush of a sheriff in small town America.

I remember getting a podcast recommendation back in 2019 for a show in which the first episode covered the ambush of a sheriff as he either drove to or from home, a tree was cut down in front of his car and he was attacked with a shotgun. I've looked up the case and unfortunately the results are muddled with a lot of unrelated cases.

The podcast itself covered just a single town or county I think somewhere on the US East Coast, around Virginia/The Carolina's I think. Also the title of the podcast was different than the usual true crime style, I vaguely remember it being the name of the town/county and containing the word 'bridge' though I may be mistaken.

Any leads are appreciated, thanks.

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Watching a crime show and hearing the narrator describe Yorkshire as a SMALL TOWN north of London.

Repost title wasn't long enough

Edit:THANK YOU! My first ever

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Small Town Redditors: Whats the weirdest unsolved crime in your town, old or new? /r/AskReddit/comments/ou0…
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[US] Small Town Crime (2017) - When alcoholic ex-cop Mike Kendall finds the body of a young woman, he becomes obsessed with redeeming himself by finding the killer. netflix.com/title/8018291…
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Crime: Small-town, washed-up detective?

Suspect this request may be a tad too specific as I've had little luck on Google, but hoping to find a crime novel/series with the washed-up, dark-humoured detective trope. Ideally with non-too graphic crimes. If the crimes are gruesome or described in gory detail it probably won't for me. Thank you!

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EXTENSIVE write up on the murder of Mackenzie Cowell, 17-year-old high school student killed in Washington State. Was Christopher Scott Wilson convicted of her murder for the crime of being weird in a small town? And is the real murderer walking free? Part 2 of 2

Even though he was nearly 30 years old Chris Wilson always told people that he didn't know what he wanted to be when he grew up but he dreamed of being a guitarist in a band. He had a hard time holding down jobs and never worked in one place for very long. In his late twenties his mom bought a hair salon in Wenatchee and Chris decided to start attending the Academy of Hair Design in order to maybe follow in her footsteps. Throughout his life Chris had a number relationships what different women some serious, some casual. He had even been engaged a time or two. One woman he dated on-again-off-again was named Tessa Shuyleman (Source). We will get more to her later.

Descriptions of Chris vary widely depending on who you ask, most people will tell you he liked being different. For years he dyed his hair black, occasionally wore eyeliner, chose to wear clothes that were β€œpunk” or β€œgoth”. Most people will also tell you that Chris Wilson was interested in things dark and macabre. He was obsessed with a show called Dexter which is about a serial killer. He was also interested in dark art and movies. He enjoyed talking about death, and serial killers and most of his time on the internet was spent on serial killer forums. Of course, Chris's friends always have stressed that he wasn't evil; he was just different and had unusual interests. Researching serial killers and liking shows like Dexter after all isn't really that unique. Wilson also sports a tattoo Hannibal Lecter on his forearm. He had been fired from at least one funeral home in Wenatchee due to β€œinappropriate” behavior that made his boss uncomfortable. Chris's former boss has never elaborated on this statement claiming it was not his place to talk about these things outside of court (source). However, another manager at the funeral home described Chris as an excellent employee (source). One woman who worked with Chris at Academy of Hair Design described him as β€œintimidating but not physically intimidating.” Other coworkers and neighbors remember Chris as artsy but was otherwise a typical guy [(Source)](https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/arrest-

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Small town crime v.redd.it/196eownsd6f61
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This documentary takes place in Pocomoke City, Md on the Eastern Shore. The first black police chief of the small town implements community policing and crime goes down, then he is fired without explanation and residents fight back. First time I saw people protest FOR not AGAINST a police chief! vimeo.com/467452881
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Small town crime novel

Edit: SOLVED! Big thanks to DaisyJaneAM

Hey all, would really appreciate your help finding a book I read few years ago. I can't recall the name, but here're some of the details I remember:

  • Fiction: detective, thriller
  • The plot: crime novel taking place in a small town. Young girl was murdered, she had plans to leave the town. There's a student/teacher relationship uncovered which made the teacher main suspect, but the murderer turned out to be her boyfriend she tried to break up with. I think she was killed in an abandoned barn.
  • Characters: The young girl trying to leave her small town, the boy she used to date, the teacher that groomed her/was romantically involved with her, an investigator
  • The cover of the book was a close-up of a women face with a very fair skin and blonde hair
  • The book was written in English by an English author. Written in between 2010 - 2019

Some extra details:

  • When (what year) did you read it? Somewhere between 2017 - 2019
  • Where did you get the book? Borrowed from a friend. I remember I also found it on Goodreads, it had ~3.8 rating and the book cover listed there was the same as my physical copy
  • What age range was it for? Adult
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Small-town Crime Scene - Research Question

Hi all, thank you very much for making yourselves available here.

A writer's question, if I may..

I know that things would likely look different from place to place but I hope you will bear with me.

In my story a person goes missing, then is found unconscious in a nature area under a rural Sheriff Department's jurisdiction. (He was beaten up and shot. He gets brain surgery but falls into a coma that he is not likely to recover from. The family is considering whether to unplug.)

My questions are:

  1. Would the spot he was found be processed in a way similar to a murder crime scene? (Given I'll need to describe the scene, would there be visual differences between an assault crime scene and a murder crime scene?)
  2. Would this case be investigated and prosecuted like/as a murder if his family decides to keep the life support going? In that case he'll be technically alive but in a coma with a pessimistic medical outcome.

Thank you so much for your time!

(The setting is rural Kentucky, but just because I like the scenery. I could move it to any location, especially if this is a topic which is handled dramatically differently across the States. Ideally, I'd like to find a place where this might not be prosecuted as a murder unless they unplug, so that there'll be a possibility to show the fault lines between immediate family members.)

Ps. I apologize if this is not the right flair.

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[US] Mexican Moon (2021) - The drug cartels are putting a financial strangle hold on a small Texas town, forcing a Vietnam vet to lose his job at a local garage. He soon learns about one hundred thousand dollars buried by the cartel in a false grave (crime, western) amazon.com/Mexican-Moon-P…
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What crime has happened in your small town? /r/AskReddit/comments/nt5…
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JayTheZoomster visited Burke County today as part of his campaign to talk about his plans for the rising crime rates. He visited Morganton, a small town that's been hurt by crime. reddit.com/gallery/n47upa
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Coming from a small town with little crime, how safe is Akron? How can I protect myself?

As the title says, how safe is the University of Akron and its surrounding areas? I am coming as a freshman from a small town and never have to worry about being robbed or anything like that. What can I do to protect myself on campus and off? Would I be able to walk from campus to downtown safely or should I bring a car instead? Thanks.

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If you’re looking for something to watch in the long wait for season 4, I highly recommend banshee. The premise is basically If Rip became the Sheriff of a small town with lots of crime and corruption. youtu.be/VI7haj7HTCA
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Small town murder theory: No body, no crime, Dorothea and 'tis the damn season

Hi guys,

This is my first time posting a theory, so please be kind. I don't know if this is a widespread theory already, but I just thought of it.

So, hear me out: What if the mistress in NBNC is actually Dorothea, who came home for the holidays?

I believe it is more widely acknowledged that Dorothea and Tis the damn season are about the same two characters, from each others perspectives. Dorothea left for LA, she used to have a thing with a guy from her home town, but it ended because she left. He misses her (as sung in Dorothea) and she comes back for he holidays and wants to hook up again.

Now, in TTDS, Dorothea acknowledges that the man was with someone else, but she doesn't want to know about it ("If I wanted to know who you were hanging with While I was gone I would have asked you"). She also mentions the following:

"Time flies, messy as the mud on your truck tires"

Yes. Truck tires. They were muddy and then in NBNC the truck has new tires.

Also also, we have another lyrical parallel:

"Sleeps in Este's bed and everything" and "to leave the warmest bed I've ever known"

So, Dorothea comes back from LA to her old sweetheart. She was his true love, so gets rid of his wife, Este. But Taylor finds out, and BUM the guy is dead, Este is dead, and Dorothea is suspected. I wonder if she got dragged into it without knowing, or if she was really an accomplice?

So, what do you guys think?

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I'm Yeardley Smith - Voice of Lisa Simpson and Host of the true crime podcast, "Small Town Dicks.” AMA!

Hi, I'm Yeardley Smith - Actress, Producer, and voice of Lisa Simpson!

I also co-host the true crime podcast "Small Town Dicks" with my best friend, Zibby Allen, and twin detectives Dan and Dave. Each of our cases is told by the detective who investigated it in their Small Town, USA.

Next week my production company, Paperclip Ltd., along with Mill House Motion Pictures and Vertical Entertainment will release the film "All Square" Starring Michael Kelly from β€œHouse of Cards” and Pamela Adlon from β€œBetter Things.”

I’m so excited to do my first AMA with you guys! So send me your questions and let’s talk.

Proof: https://twitter.com/YeardleySmith/status/1047612930752053249

EDIT

Reddit, thank you so much for hosting this AMA for me. To all the fans who sent in questions, You rock! I gotta go do some other stuff but I will check back this weekend to see how you all are doing. Besides which I can't possibly compete with the bird lawyer. See his AMA.

EDIT

OK, Reddit, I'm out! So happy I could spend some of my Sunday with you. Thank you again for hosting.

To the best fans in the world, thank you for participating. There is no AMA without you.

Until next time.....

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[WP] congress just passed a new law that says simple crimes are punished with a fee that’s based on a percentage of your net worth. You’re a rookie police officer in a small town and just wrote a speeding ticket to the richest man in the country bringing in 750 million dollars to your precinct.
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[TOMT][MOVIE][2000s] Cop commits crime and escapes to small town with fake id as psychologyst, eventually making good impact there

I guess the cop was from DEA or something that he starts to steal apprehend goods or something, then when he is close to be discovered he takes his own death, makes a new id as psychologyst and move to a very small town.

There he starts to make good impact on the town, but the two other psychotherapists starts to loose credit and turn against him.

That's basically the whole plot but for the life of me I can't remember the name of the movie or the main actors.

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What crime has happened in your small town?
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EXTENSIVE write up on the murder of Mackenzie Cowell, 17-year-old high school student killed in Washington State. Was Christopher Scott Wilson convicted of her murder for the crime of being weird in a small town? And is the real murderer walking free? Part 1 of 2

Hello everyone, for the last few months I have been creating long form write-ups on a variety of unsolved cases. If you are interested in other lengthy write ups you can find them on my profile- https://www.reddit.com/user/Quirky-Motor/.

The crime I want to discuss today was committed in Wenatchee, Washington a medium sized town in the middle of Washington state. As a Washingtonian, this case has always stuck with me as I rememberwhen it happened so vividly. I remember my grandma driving all around town in search of the last taser which she purchased at a sporting store. The clerk told her it was the last one in stock and that he had never sold so many tasers, firearms, and pepper sprays in his life. It really was one of the crimes that shook an entire region and changed how people lived. But first, let’s talk about the area.

If you are not interested skip until The Crime section.

The area

Wenatchee is a town of 30,000 people in dead center of Washington state. It is not near anyfreeways meaning that it is not necessarily small, but it isn't close to any large population centers. The closest freeway access is 40 miles to the south east and the high desert is devoid of any large population centers for 100 miles in any direction, Seattle to the west, Spokane to the east and Tri Cities to the south are all in equal distance from Wenatchee. The whole county, Chelan County (pronounced SHUH-lan), boasts only 5 incorporated towns. Wenatchee- 30,000, Chelan- 3000, Cashmere-3000, Entiat- 1000, and Leavenworth- 1900.

Wenatchee sits on the banks of the mighty Columbia River. The city is on a county line, split into two townships, Wenatchee and East Wenatchee, population 9,000. As mentioned before Wenatchee is the largest city in ovver a hundred miles. It is home to the region’s only sizable hospital, only animal shelter, only shoe store, etc. It is the seat of an area know as North Central Washington or NCW as the locals call it, a map of which can be found here. The paper, the Wenatchee World, available in both English and Spanish, covers a whopping four counties. In this isolated area a murder was all that was talked about for months, not even in town, but in all four surrounding counties. The paper and radio stations reported on it constantly and everyone in town had connections to the c

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People from small towns, what horror/crime stories from your town are not well known?
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Murder/Crime movies in a small town setting

Could be a small western town like in Hell or High Water or No Country for old men. Or something like Fargo. Thanks

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What crime made your small town hit the headlines?
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