Town file
Addy, Washington
Addy, Washington (Stevens County, Washington) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 300, "Bits Of Flesh & Mysteries Solved" (14 July 2022). In December 2000 the Lembeck family lived on Marble Valley Basin Road, about eight miles northwest of Addy in Stevens County, north-eastern Washington.
- Town
- Addy
- County
- Stevens County
- State
- Washington
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 300
- Approximate location
- 48.359, -117.837
Episode 300 / 14 July 2022 / 166 min / full
Bits Of Flesh & Mysteries Solved
"It's in Stevens County, in the northeast corner of Washington, about an hour and 15 minutes from Spokane." about 0:07:11
The case: Murder of the Lembeck family (December 23, 2000). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Median age
- about 45
- Median household income
- $15,764
- Median home value
- $289,700
- Two-bedroom rent
- $769
- Cost of living
- 88
- Religious
- 27%
- Property crime
- ▲ about one third higher
- Violent crime
- ▼ about 25% low
History, in brief
- Originally a Swiss dairy community. about 0:07:11
- In 1890 the storekeeper E. S. Dudry was the town's first postmaster; his wife Adeline, nicknamed Addie, gave the town its name. about 0:07:53
- It became a stop on the railway between Chewelah and Colville. about 0:08:07
- In 1975 Alcoa built a magnesium smelter here, which became the largest employer in the county. about 0:08:28
- In 2001 Alcoa closed the plant and moved to Alaska. about 0:08:41
- The last school in Addy closed in 1967. about 0:08:57
- Addy was not tracked by the 2000 US census. about 0:09:23
- The 2010 census put the population at 265. about 0:09:47
The reviews read out
5 stars
"An extraordinary town for close relationships, where friendly occupants support each other and eat together; the mountains offer shelter from the strongest winds and well-maintained trails, a ten-minute drive leads to a drive-in cinema, and although the town would be better off without forest fires, the firefighters are plentiful and devoted."about 0:11:01
4 stars
"Provides the serenity of the Columbia River and the mountains plus the basics of Walmart and Safeway, with hunting, fishing, hiking and scenic drives; the reviewer wants more children's activities and for law enforcement to get a handle on the drugs."about 0:14:34
3 stars
"Not many druggies get caught, and when they do, not much is done about it."about 0:15:10
2 stars
"There is a lot of drug use in the area, which contributes to thefts and a ton of property crimes."about 0:15:21
1 star
"A shameless blight: traffic, junk cars, worker trucks and hostile alcoholic trailer trash by day, dark and ugly at night, woods filled with drunks, nothing for young people, drugs a major problem, poor families in windowless cars, a very ugly and smug place where the writer hopes the people will be replaced by better quality."about 0:15:30
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Deer Park, Washington33 miles
- Sandpoint, Idaho59 miles
- Post Falls, Idaho60 miles
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho66 miles
- Bonners Ferry, Idaho73 miles
- Tonasket, Washington77 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.