Town file
Clemmons, North Carolina
Clemmons, North Carolina (Forsyth County, North Carolina) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 451, "Turd Boy: Satanic Killer" (21 December 2023). Clemmons is a village in Forsyth County, north-central North Carolina, about fifteen minutes from Winston-Salem.
- Town
- Clemmons
- County
- Forsyth County
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 451
- Approximate location
- 36.033, -80.387
Episode 451 / 21 December 2023 / 169 min / full
Turd Boy: Satanic Killer
"We're going to Clemens, North Carolina, two Ms, north central North Carolina, about 15 minutes to Winston Salem" about 0:04:46
The case: Murder of Joshua Wetzler (July 2009); Murder of Tommy Dean Welch (October 2009); Death of Joseph Emerick Chandler (2010). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 21,032
- Median age
- about 42
- Median household income
- $76,250 a year
- Median home value
- $340,900
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,010
- Cost of living
- 84 out of 100
- Religious
- 55.4%
- Property crime
- ▲ a bit above the national average
- Violent crime
- ▼ slightly below the national average
History, in brief
- The village was settled in 1802 by Peter Clemmons, who named it after himself. about 0:06:39
- Peter Clemmons moved there with his wife Harriet Butner and they had 14 children. about 0:06:49
- He purchased 216 acres of land for $542. about 0:07:05
- It was first called Clemmonsville before the suffix was dropped. about 0:07:26
- Stagecoach lines ran through Clemmons regularly and it had a power station early. about 0:07:33
- The Clemmons Moravian Church began as the vision of Edward and Edwin Theodore Clemmons, grandson of the founder, who erected a church, school and parsonage. about 0:07:50
- The Clemmons Little League baseball team made the 2002 Little League World Series as the Southeast team before losing. about 0:08:17
- One player on that team, Austin Dillon, became the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion. about 0:08:28
The reviews read out
5 stars
"You can find anything there: Lowe's, Home Depot, Costco, Sam's Club, Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Shoe Carnival, Ross, World Market, Home Goods, Kohl's and Bed Bath & Beyond."about 0:08:57
5 stars
"The food is great with a wide variety of choices, including Applebee's, Olive Garden, Darios, Five Guys and a few Asian places."about 0:10:12
3 stars
"A small town outside Winston-Salem and a very safe area, but disappointing because there are not a lot of restaurants in the town."about 0:12:51
2 stars
"Very concerned about the growing crime and terrified; says the community feel is a scam, the schools do not care about education, bad people come out of them, the commute is a pain and there are not many jobs."about 0:13:24
1 star
"Not a very good community; complains that Tanglewood Park no longer has a fun fair with a Ferris wheel or a televised PGA golf tournament, and wants opera, the Boston Pops and Andrea Bocelli."about 0:14:17
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Wallburg, North Carolina12 miles
- High Point, North Carolina22 miles
- Summerfield, North Carolina30 miles
- Mount Airy, North Carolina35 miles
- Burlington, North Carolina51 miles
- Collinsville, Virginia54 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.