Town file
Cranston, Rhode Island
Cranston, Rhode Island (Providence County, Rhode Island) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 723, "The Tuxedo Killer" (6 August 2026).
- Town
- Cranston
- County
- Providence County
- State
- Rhode Island
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 723
- Approximate location
- 41.770, -71.485
Episode 723 / 6 August 2026 / 186 min / full
The Tuxedo Killer
"Cranston, Rhode Island, southeastern Rhode Island, about 15 minutes outside of Providence, in Providence County" about 0:05:38
The case: Murder of Jean Robinson (September 18th to 19th, 1999). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2026
- Population
- 82,654
- Median age
- 40
- Median household income
- $77,140
- Median home value
- $377,700
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,580
- Cost of living
- 108
- Religious
- 54%
- Property crime
- ▼ about 20% under the national average
- Violent crime
- ▼ about half the national average
History, in brief
- There is a debate over whether Cranston was named after Governor Samuel Cranston, the longest-serving Rhode Island governor, or his grandson Thomas Cranston, who was speaker of the Rhode Island House when the town was created; both were of the same family. about 0:06:19
- Many Italians settled in the Knightsville section of Cranston in the early 1900s. about 0:06:53
- St Mary's Feast, inspired by the feast of the Madonna della Civita celebrated in the Italian town the immigrants came from, has been held since 1905 as a week-long festival in July. about 0:07:13
- This year's St Mary's Feast was the 121st and ran from July 15th to the 19th. about 0:16:26
The reviews read out
5 stars
"The community gets together in summer for St Mary's Feast and it is always a good time to see people having fun, though there is too much construction, traffic and road rage."about 0:07:29
3 stars
"Cranston is a nice place to live if you like small towns where everybody knows everybody and it is easy to make connections."about 0:09:27
2 stars
"The town is literally full of garbage, with loud motorbikes, gunshots heard from South Providence, children roaming in packs and graffitiing buildings, and police who rarely follow up."about 0:10:16
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- East Providence, Rhode Island6.8 miles
- Barrington, Rhode Island8.9 miles
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island9.3 miles
- Warren, Rhode Island12 miles
- Foster, Rhode Island13 miles
- North Smithfield, Rhode Island15 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.