Town file
Clarkston, Georgia
Clarkston, Georgia (DeKalb County, Georgia) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 239, "The Bathtub Strangler" (2 September 2021). Clarkston, Georgia, is a small city of roughly two square miles in DeKalb County, about twenty minutes outside Atlanta.
- Town
- Clarkston
- County
- DeKalb County
- State
- Georgia
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 239
- Approximate location
- 33.813, -84.242
Episode 239 / 2 September 2021 / 164 min / full
The Bathtub Strangler
"This is Clarkston, Georgia. It's in north-central Georgia, about 20 minutes outside of Atlanta." about 0:05:39
The case: The Bathtub Strangler murders (April to June 1981). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2021
- Population
- 12,627
- Median age
- 27.5
- Median household income
- $35,934
- Median home value
- $160,100
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,168
- Cost of living
- 97
- Religious
- near 50-50
- Property crime
- ▲ about 20% high
- Violent crime
- ▲ about 20% high
History, in brief
- Clarkston had a post office from 1876. about 0:08:01
- It was called Clarkston in 1882, after Colonel W. Clark, a director of the Georgia Railroad. about 0:08:07
- It was originally referred to as New Siding, named after Jake New, a foreman who worked for the Georgia Railroad. about 0:08:31
- The railroad made commuting to Atlanta easy, and Clarkston became one of the first true suburban communities in the South. about 0:09:00
- A folk tale from the turn of the century gives the alternate names Goatsville and Angora Heights, when residents supposedly owned up to twenty goats each. about 0:09:27
- The high school mascot is the Angora goat. about 0:10:22
- Georgia has resettled more than 37,000 refugees since 1993, and Clarkston received a large portion of them, though resettlement largely stopped after 2016. about 0:10:34
- In 2019 federal funding for refugee programmes was cut to zero. about 0:11:05
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Vibrant neighbourhood, all services within easy reach, a safe place with beautiful weather, public schools and colleges nearby."about 0:11:22
5 stars
"A lot of diversity, plenty of places to eat, a small town with a good amount of single women, perfect for young people."about 0:12:11
3 stars
"Gives a homely vibe but has higher crime such as robbery, fights and shootings, and teenagers in gangs who fight behind Indian Creek Elementary School by the Willow Branch Apartments."about 0:12:36
3 stars
"Pretty cool living here: community centres, active church groups, vegetable gardens and soccer fields."about 0:13:32
3 stars
"Six months here, the car has been robbed four times, the school system is poor, and the reviewer will move when the lease is up."about 0:14:15
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Vinings, Georgia13 miles
- Rutledge, Georgia39 miles
- Barnesville, Georgia53 miles
- Eatonton, Georgia60 miles
- Rome, Georgia62 miles
- Cherry Log, Georgia68 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.