Town file
Burlingame, California
Burlingame, California (San Mateo County, California) is the town in 2 episodes of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 106, "Not Regulation Behavior" (14 February 2019), and episode 107, "Not Regulation Behavior" (21 February 2019). Burlingame, California, is an expensive suburb twenty-five minutes south of San Francisco, in San Mateo County.
- Town
- Burlingame
- County
- San Mateo County
- State
- California
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 106, 107
- Approximate location
- 37.590, -122.363
Episode 106 / 14 February 2019 / 126 min / full
Not Regulation Behavior
"Going to Burlingame, California ... this is in San Mateo County, zipcode 94010, area code 650" about 0:08:06
The case: Murder of Linda Kimball (July 1978). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2019
- Population
- 30,459
- Median age
- about 43
- Median household income
- $91,000
- Median home value
- $2,301,600
- Two-bedroom rent
- $5,010
- Cost of living
- 459
- Religious
- about 47%
- Property crime
- right on average
- Violent crime
- ▼ about half the average
History, in brief
- The town sits on land previously owned by a San Francisco merchant named William Davis Merry Howard. about 0:10:51
- Howard planted a large stand of eucalyptus trees on his property, which is how the town became known as the City of Trees. about 0:12:33
- Howard moved there to retire with his young wife in the 1800s. about 0:12:45
- Howard eventually bought out his partner, Henry Mellis. about 0:13:12
- Howard died eight years later and his estate was divided into thirds: a third to his young wife Agnes, a third to his son William Henry Howard and a third to his father-in-law. about 0:13:28
- In 1856 the land was sold to a banker named William Ralston. about 0:14:32
- In 1868 Ralston named the land after his friend Anson Burlingame, the United States ambassador to China. about 0:14:32
- After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake many people left the city for Burlingame and began building homes there. about 0:15:39
- In 1910 the neighbouring town of Easton was annexed. about 0:16:34
- Burlingame is known as the City of Trees because it has more than 18,000 public trees. about 0:16:43
- In 1908 the Board of Trustees passed an ordinance prohibiting cutting, injuring or destroying trees. about 0:17:42
- Its mottoes are the City of Trees for residents and the Bay Area minus the bum fees for tourists. about 0:10:02
- It covers six square miles, about four and a half of them land. about 0:08:14
Episode 107 / 21 February 2019 / 133 min / full
Not Regulation Behavior
"James opens by saying the show returns to Burlingame, California for part two of the tale of " about 0:00:00
The case: Murders of Eva Peterson and Carol Spadani (April 23, 1991); Murder of Fatima "Fanny" Hansen (April 22, 1991); Murder of Margie Rogers (late April 1991). Read the case file.
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Lafayette, California25 miles
- Milpitas, California28 miles
- Terra Linda, California31 miles
- Antelope, California95 miles
- Grass Valley, California133 miles
- Sunnyside, California159 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.