Town file
Cheswold, Delaware
Cheswold, Delaware is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 313, "Last Man Hanging" (27 August 2022).
- Town
- Cheswold
- State
- Delaware
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 313
- Approximate location
- 39.219, -75.588
Episode 313 / 27 August 2022 / 66 min / express
Last Man Hanging
""We're going to Delaware this week... this is Cheswold, Cheswold, Delaware"" about 0:03:06
The case: Murders of Gilbert and Clara Lambertson (May 21st, 1979). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- about 1,673
- Median household income
- $60,375
- Median home value
- $189,500
History, in brief
- First called Morton, after James F. Moore, who owned much of the land. about 0:03:48
- Also known as Leipsic Station. about 0:04:12
- Renamed by a contest in 1888; Cheswold combines 'chess' from a large group of chestnut trees and 'wald', a forest of trees. about 0:04:45
- Home of the Cheswold Tigers, a minor league baseball team, from 1950 to 1960. about 0:05:17
- Delaware is a big panhandle and Cheswold sits right in the middle of it. about 0:03:19
The reviews read out
4 stars
"The weather is pretty comfortable and the four seasons are great."about 0:05:44
3 stars
"Delaware isn't that great, to be honest; Firefly and NASCAR are probably the most exciting events in the state."about 0:05:52
2 stars
"A boring hometown to grow up in, consisting of about three neighbourhoods, a few small stores and a police force of three officers."about 0:06:10
1 star
"Restaurants are terrible; nothing new or exciting, and the reviewer doesn't like eating out."about 0:06:26
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Kenton, Delaware4.1 miles
- Dover, Delaware5.4 miles
- Marydel, Maryland11 miles
- Harrington, Delaware20 miles
- Port Penn, Delaware20 miles
- Houston, Delaware21 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.