Town file
Aberdeen, New South Wales
Aberdeen, New South Wales (Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales, Australia) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 620, "Lady Leatherface" (8 August 2025). In March 2000 the town of Aberdeen, a town of about 2,000 people in the Upper Hunter Shire of New South Wales, produced a murder that the presiding judge would call almost beyond contemplation in a civilised society.
- Town
- Aberdeen
- County
- Upper Hunter Shire
- Region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia
- Episodes
- 620
- Approximate location
- -32.169, 150.895
Episode 620 / 8 August 2025 / 70 min / express
Lady Leatherface
"We are going to Aberdeen, New South Wales, Australia, in the Upper Hunter Shire, the Hunter region." about 0:03:04
The case: Murder of John Price (1 March 2000). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2025
- Population
- 2,051
- Median household income
- 74,152 Australian dollars
- Median home value
- about 550,000 Australian dollars
History, in brief
- One of the first settlements in the Upper Hunter Valley. about 0:05:05
- Named after the Earl of Aberdeen, a friend of an early settler named Potter McQueen. about 0:05:08
- Before settlement the area was occupied by the Wanarua people. about 0:05:20
- Named after Aberdeen in Scotland. about 0:05:29
- Historically a meat processing hub, with mining and meat processing in the area. about 0:05:37
- Aberdeen Meatworks was one of the largest employers and closed in 1999; the district is known for beef cattle, dairy farming, horse breeding and mining. about 0:05:53
- Roger Knox, known as Black Elvis, is from Aberdeen. about 0:06:11
- The annual Aberdeen Highland Games take place on the first weekend in July and feature pipe bands, clans, dancers, heavy event participants and tug of war teams. about 0:08:16
- The ruins of the old mill, built in 1837, stand just over the railway line. about 0:09:04
- The Aberdeen Meatworks reunion marked its 25th anniversary last year. about 0:09:35
The reviews read out
4 stars
""Small town with a lot of history": a small town in the Upper Hunter Valley and the gateway to the richest horse country in the world, surrounded by horse studs, with vineyards, a cheese factory, olive groves, the Barrington Tops and good schools."about 0:06:57
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- Nowra, New South Wales188 miles
- Goomboorian, Queensland436 miles
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- Kawaihae, Hawaii5041 miles
- Kihei, Hawaii5049 miles
- Hilo, Hawaii5059 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.