

Small Town Murder
James Pietragallo, Jimmie Whisman
Two comedians look at a small town, what makes it tick, and a murder that took place there. In depth research, horrible tragedy, and the hosts' comedic spin on the whole thing. New episodes every Thursday!!
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Oct 9, 2025 • 3h
Strange Affairs & Frozen Blood - Pottstown, Pennsylvania
This week, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, a twisted tale emerges, when a rich, brash local, with a million enemies, is found horribly murdered & frozen solid, in his own car. Detectives have a mess on their hands, comsidering the dead man's nephews was having an affair with his wife. Plus, the dead man was having his own affair. The whole thing goes on for years, as conspirators turn on each other, with surprising results!! Along the way, we find out that Van Halen is music is best played by the actual Van Halen, that when your wife is having an affair with your nephew, anything can happen, and that sometimes, the meanderings of the legal system make absolutely zero sense!! New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com THE HALLOWEEN SHOW!!! 10/30/2025 @ 9:00 PM Eastern Time Get your tickets on moment.co/smalltownmurder Tickets are $20. Video Playback will be available for 2 weeks after the live event. Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions! Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

Oct 3, 2025 • 1h 12min
Murder In The Blood - Grasshopper Junction, Arizona
This week, in Grasshopper Junction, Arizona, a man tries to have a morning coffee, with his friends, who run the town's only restaurant, but discovers a bloody mess of a scene, with their brutally murdered bodies. At the same time, a pair of brothers, on the run from the law in Alabama, lead police on a chase, through the desert, throwing weapons out the window, as they flee. When they're caught, the items in their car tell an awful, and bloodthirsty story!! Along the way, we find out that some towns entire populations can be wiped out, in a single act, that if you decide to stay overnight, in Kingman, Arizona, you're probably up to no good, and that after you murder some people, you might want to at least wipe their brain matter off your shirt, before going out in public!! New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! THE HALLOWEEN VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW!!! 10/30/2025 @ 9:00 PM Eastern Time Get your tickets on moment.co/smalltownmurder Tickets are $20. Video Playback will be available for 2 weeks after the live event. Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions! Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

Oct 2, 2025 • 2h 57min
The Murder And The Miracle - Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
This week, in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, a comfy country home is the setting for a terrible massacre, causing detectives to be suspicious of the spouse, only to find out that it’s actually a much darker plot. A group of teens, calling themselves "Disciples of Destruction" set out to make a name for themselves, but didn't count on one thing; a miraculous survival by one of the victims. Also, the prying ears of a friend's mom! Remorseless & cocky, will they all pay the price?? Along the way, we find out that taking your wife to "drive horses" is an odd birthday gift, that it's really hard to just start a gang, out of nothing, and sometimes miraculous things may actually happen!! New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com THE HALLOWEEN SHOW!!! 10/30/2025 @ 9:00 PM Eastern Time Get your tickets on moment.co/smalltownmurder Tickets are $20. Video Playback will be available for 2 weeks after the live event. Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions! Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

Sep 26, 2025 • 1h 16min
Face Eating Frat Boy - Tequesta, Florida
This week, in Tequesta, Florida, an absolutely insane, and horrific pair of murders is interrupted by a neighbor, who also gets attacked. The murders are incredibly horrendous, with knives, a machete, and is finished off, with an attempt to eat the faces off of the victims. It's a crazy act, by a young man, who seems to have gone crazy, claiming superpowers, and that he is chased by demons, and is half dog, among some even stranger beliefs!! Will he be mentally competent to stand trial?? Along the way, we find out that you don't exactly have to be a "celebrity" to be a "celebrity judge", that blacking out form drinking, on a daily basis is not a good sign, and that you should never drink from random garage containers, and just assume that it's alcohol!! New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! THE HALLOWEEN SHOW!!! 10/30/2025 @ 9:00 PM Eastern Time Get your tickets on moment.co/smalltownmurder Tickets are $20. Video Playback will be available for 2 weeks after the live event. Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions! Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

Sep 25, 2025 • 3h 9min
Brilliant Brutality - Prairie Village, Kansas
This week, in Prairie Village, Kansas, a wildly intelligent doctor hands in their medical license, amid a failing marriage, and begins to lose their mind, while slipping into a world of alcohol, drugs, strange threats. This all escalates into one crazy evening, and two murders, that are so brutal, that the town has to change all the street addresses! Was it insanity, or just the most cold blooded crime imaginable? Along the way, we find out that "Mr Stinky Feet" sounds like a crazy musical act, that just becasue people are both highly intelligent doctors, doesn't mean that they'll get along, and that when you refer to someone in the past tense, too soon, it says you just may be a murderer!! New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com THE HALLOWEEN SHOW!!! 10/30/2025 @ 9:00 PM Eastern Time Get your tickets on moment.co/smalltownmurder Tickets are $20. Video Playback will be available for 2 weeks after the live event. Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions! Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

Sep 19, 2025 • 1h 12min
Lawnmower Man - Willard, Ohio - SPECIAL GUEST: WILL FORTE!!
This week, in Willard, Ohio, a deeply disturbed man moves back in with his mother, only to go deeper into strangeness, by not leaving the house for over nine months, not getting any psychiatric help, and heavily day drinking whiskey. One night, when his neighbor mows her lawn, after dark, he decides it's finally time to leave the house. This ends in a bloody confrontation, featuring unprovoked attack, and a lawnmower!! WITH SPECIAL GUEST, WILL FORTE!! Along the way, we find out that some people just get chased by dogs, that drinking huge amounts of whiskey doesn't help deep psychological problems, and that a lawnmower is a weapon that most people just don't think to use! Watch Will Forte in the animated series, Haunted Hotel, on Netflix! Premieres September 19th!! New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions! Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

Sep 18, 2025 • 3h 4min
Forest Serial Killer - Oak Grove, Oregon
This week, in Oak Grove, Oregon, when a group of bystanders attempt to save woman's life, after she was brutally stabbed, in a Denny's parking lot, no one can imagine that it would lead to the discovery of a makeshift forest graveyard, and one of the worst serial killers that the northwest has ever seen. He's a nasty one, with the cover of a good father, husband & business owner, but a night time hobby of prowiling the streets!! Along the way, we find out that we haven't heard of many folk music acts, that very small things from your childhood can send you off in a weird direction, and that where there is one forest graveyard, there is probably more!! New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions! Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

Sep 12, 2025 • 1h 13min
Down South Death Demon - Edwards, Mississippi
This week, in Edwards, Mississippi, a terribly murdered body is found, stuffed inside of hog feed container, on a rural farm. This leads police to hunt for the man who was last seen with the woman, but he has already moved on to other horrific acts, including brutally killing his aunt, and attacking a stranger with a knife. His demeanor in court is absolutely wild, as he screams at the jury & judge, while giving the middle finger to prosecutors. Will he be held responsible? Along the way, we find out that cactus farming doesn't just happen in Arizona, that no matter how horrible your childhood may be, you know not to kill people that you just met, and that screaming obsenities at everyone at your murder trial, may not endear you to a jury!! New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions! Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

Sep 11, 2025 • 2h 60min
Killer Cookie Conspiracy - McHenry, Illinois
This week, in McHenry, Illinois, several members of an extended family begin to get sick, and even drop dead, from a seemingly mysterious illness. These deaths just happen to be exactly what one family member needs, as he pays off his debts, with the money he collects. Is there some kind of enviornmental cause for the deaths? Maybe the water supply? Or, is it poisoned cookies, doughnuts, and pea soup?? Bodies are dug up, and one arrogant man says it's all done to set him up! Along the way, we find out that every country music artist must have either "Zack", or "Bryan" in their name, that not all doughnuts are as good as they should be, and no one paralyzes themselves, to set someone else up for a crime!! New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions! Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

Sep 5, 2025 • 1h 8min
The Cowboy & The Con Man - Olancha, California
This week, in Olancha, California, when a beloved & well respected rancher's skeleton is found, in the desert, everyone knows exactly who did it, but that person has vanished. This murdering con man is found in an unlikely place, only to escape from a very secure prison, to live his life, on the run. Episodes of "America's Most Wanted" & "Unsolved Mysteries" are no help. Until some very smart detective work finds him in the last place anyone would think to look!! Along the way, we find out that Radiator Springs is kind of a real place, that there are ranches bigger than the state of Rhode Island, and that no one wants their children to bring a skull home, on Christmas Eve!! New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions! Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!