Town file
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Collegeville, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 33, "A Basement Dwelling Predator" (30 August 2017). Collegeville is a small borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, about 45 minutes outside Philadelphia, named for Ursinus College, which the German Reformed Church founded in 1860.
- Town
- Collegeville
- County
- Montgomery County
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 33
- Approximate location
- 40.187, -75.458
Episode 33 / 30 August 2017 / 84 min / full
A Basement Dwelling Predator
"Let's go to Collegeville, Pennsylvania; it's in the southeastern part of the state about 45 minutes outside of Philly, in Montgomery county." about 0:05:03
The case: Murders of Lisa and Devon Mandarac (September 10th, 1995). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2017
- Population
- 5,287
- Median age
- 21.8
- Median home value
- $328,400
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,200 a month
- Cost of living
- 130
- Religious
- 65%
- Property crime
- ▼ about thirty five percent lower
- Violent crime
- ▼ just over half
History, in brief
- Originally known as Per Kiomen Bridge. about 0:06:47
- Later changed its name to Freeland. about 0:06:50
- In 1860 the German Reformed Church founded Ursinus College. about 0:07:04
- After the college was founded the town changed its name to Collegeville. about 0:07:45
- The Perkiomen Bridge and the Perkiomen Bridge Hotel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. about 0:08:19
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania7.8 miles
- Bridgeport, Pennsylvania8.3 miles
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania11 miles
- Chester, Pennsylvania24 miles
- Claymont, Delaware27 miles
- Hockessin, Delaware30 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.