Town file
Daleville, Alabama
Daleville, Alabama (Dale County, Alabama) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 299, "Wear My Murder Necklace" (9 July 2022). Daleville is a small town of about 5,000 people in Dale County, in the far south-east of Alabama, close to Fort Rucker and within a day's drive of the Florida coast.
- Town
- Daleville
- County
- Dale County
- State
- Alabama
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 299
- Approximate location
- 31.292, -85.712
Episode 299 / 9 July 2022 / 65 min / express
Wear My Murder Necklace
"Uh Daleville, Alabama ... this is in Dale County, Daleville in Dale County, down southeastern Alabama" about 0:04:20
The case: Murder of Charles Edward 'Eddie' Shannon (night of April 12th, 1986). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- 5,095
- Median household income
- $42,000
- Median home value
- 100, 1,800 bucks
History, in brief
- Several regiments of Confederate soldiers came from Daleville. about 0:04:53
- In 1862, near Cleveland, Tennessee, several of these men were killed in a train derailment before they ever reached the war. about 0:04:53
- Daleville was hit by an F-1 tornado in 2001, which destroyed restaurants, industrial buildings and aircraft. about 0:05:21
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Loves the small town feel and how everything is close by; the people are friendly, larger towns are near, and you can take a day trip to the Florida coast; the history of the area is vast."about 0:05:47
4 stars
"A small city with great opportunity, located next to Fort Rucker, which brings jobs and business; the schools are great and teachers do not burn out too fast; a place that values family ethics where everyone knows each other and welcomes change."about 0:06:17
3 stars
"The South has really good food, but the lifestyle is very slow and less motivated."about 0:07:40
3 stars
"We get a lot of gunshot wounds in at the hospital."about 0:07:48
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Greenwood, Florida44 miles
- Donalsonville, Georgia52 miles
- Bristol, Florida74 miles
- Clanton, Alabama120 miles
- Monticello, Florida121 miles
- Calera, Alabama140 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.