Town file
Conway, South Carolina
Conway, South Carolina (Horry County, South Carolina) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 294, "A Dumb Ted Bundy" (23 June 2022). Crystal Faye Todd was seventeen and lived with her mother, Bonnie Faye Todd, in a grey trailer home on the edge of Conway, South Carolina.
- Town
- Conway
- County
- Horry County
- State
- South Carolina
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 294
- Approximate location
- 33.835, -79.049
Episode 294 / 23 June 2022 / 179 min / full
A Dumb Ted Bundy
"This is Conway, South Carolina, in northeastern South Carolina, in Horry County." about 0:04:48
The case: Murder of Crystal Faye Todd (November 1991). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- 26,620
- Median age
- 33
- Median household income
- $35,000
- Median home value
- $209,800
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $890 a month
- Cost of living
- 88
- Religious
- 42.6%
- Property crime
- ▲ almost double
- Violent crime
- ▲ about 20% higher
History, in brief
- Conway is one of the oldest towns in South Carolina. about 0:06:12
- Horry County was created in 1801, with a courthouse and the rest. about 0:06:17
- Kingston was renamed Conway Borough in honour of General Robert Conway. about 0:06:23
- The name was shortened to Conway in 1883 because Conway Borough was too long. about 0:07:42
- The town's area code is 843. about 0:06:06
- Vanna White is apparently from Conway. about 0:15:15
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A very laid back country town; the reviewer has lived there about 15 years, everybody knows everything, you cannot go to the grocery store without seeing someone you know, and people become like family."about 0:08:00
4 stars
"Loves the history of downtown Conway and the architecture; likes being able to find places easily along the roads, but is sometimes scared by the number of homeless or 'mug-looking' people."about 0:08:23
4 stars
"Everything you needed was right in front of you and you knew who everyone was, without having to wonder about them."about 0:09:33
3 stars
"A reviewer from Boston's North End says the food is good but nothing outstanding and hit and miss; the fried calamari are frozen and badly breaded, and the chic broccoli is inconsistent, sometimes thick and creamy and sometimes dry with no sauce."about 0:10:05
2 stars
"The post office is awful and mail delivery unreliable, shopping choices are few, grocery stores do not keep everyday items, restaurants are low quality, the road system is awful, locals are red-necky or fake Christians, and it is a dirty, uninteresting little town."about 0:14:31
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Nixonville, South Carolina9.4 miles
- Socastee, South Carolina10 miles
- Coward, South Carolina41 miles
- Red Springs, North Carolina68 miles
- Raeford, North Carolina80 miles
- Summerville, South Carolina87 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.