Town file
Brownington, Vermont
Brownington, Vermont is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 301, "Intentional Accidents" (16 July 2022).
- Town
- Brownington
- State
- Vermont
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 301
- Approximate location
- 44.829, -72.128
Episode 301 / 16 July 2022 / 64 min / express
Intentional Accidents
"This is Brownington, Vermont. It is north, north, north Vermont, up near the Canadian border up there." about 0:03:46
The case: Murder of Charlie Billis (September 22, 2009). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- 900
- Median household income
- about $43,000 a year
- Median home value
- $165,000
History, in brief
- Named after the Brown family; Daniel and Timothy Brown were among eight people named Brown living there, so the town was called Brownington. about 0:04:29
- The Old Stone House Museum opened in 1925 and is a featured stop on Vermont's African American heritage trail. about 0:08:03
- The museum tells the story of Alexander Lucius Twilight, described as the first African American college graduate and state legislator in the United States, who built the Old Stone House. about 0:08:11
- The museum has 30 rooms and 75,000 objects, including furniture and paintings. about 0:08:24
The reviews read out
2 stars
"Grew up there and had an awesome childhood until about the age of 14, then realised how terrible the town is: people have no motivation to care for themselves or their property, every other house has junk, scrap cars and garbage in the front yard, and the roads are so bad a new car will not last a year. The Amish families are good neighbours and possibly the best part of the town, but it is stuck in the 60s, and other Vermont towns are just as cheap and desolate without being so backwards."about 0:04:53
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Burke, Vermont18 miles
- St. Johnsbury, Vermont28 miles
- Enosburgh, Vermont31 miles
- Stowe, Vermont37 miles
- Fletcher, Vermont39 miles
- St. Albans, Vermont47 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.