Town file
Delmar, New York
Delmar, New York (Albany County, New York) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 733, "The Ax Murder Zombie" (10 September 2026). Delmar, New York, is a hamlet inside the town of Bethlehem in Albany County, about fifteen minutes outside Albany.
- Town
- Delmar
- County
- Albany County
- State
- New York
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 733
- Approximate location
- 42.625, -73.838
Episode 733 / 10 September 2026 / 183 min / full
The Ax Murder Zombie
"We're going to Delmar, New York... it is a hamlet inside the town of Bethlehem... eastern New York, right outside Albany... this is in Albany County." about 0:06:39
The case: Murder of Peter Porco (15 November 2004). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2026
- Population
- 17,100
- Median age
- 42.6
- Median household income
- $117,984 a year
- Median home value
- $338,900
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,500
- Cost of living
- 99
- Religious
- 45%
- Property crime
- ▼ about one third below
- Violent crime
- ▼ about one third below
History, in brief
- Nathaniel Adams moved to the area in 1836, built a large hotel and made other improvements. about 0:07:54
- Adams became the first postmaster in 1840, when the post office was built. about 0:08:02
- The Adams Hotel served as Bethlehem's town hall from 1950 to 1980. about 0:08:06
- Delmar was originally named Adamsville after Adams. about 0:08:16
- The name was confused with Adams, New York, which also had an Adams village, so it was changed to Adam Station. about 0:08:22
- It was then named Delmar, and nobody can work out why; town historian Susan Leith says the answer may be hidden in the D&H Railroad archives. about 0:09:01
- Delmar began being treated as a census designated place in 1980. about 0:09:35
- The town of Delmar was not included in the 2010 census. about 0:09:45
- In 2005 CNN Money Magazine rated Delmar's zip code the 22nd best place to live in America. about 0:09:51
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A great, safe place to live with friendly neighbours and schools nearby, where everyone helps each other; a small-town feel close to the highway and downtown Albany."about 0:10:14
3 stars
"A very typical suburb of stay-at-home mothers and cookie-cutter houses; a single mother felt she did not fit in, moved for the school district, found it expensive and not homely, and calls it a boring town compared with other places she has lived."about 0:10:30
2 stars
"Albany is a culinary disaster with awful restaurants."about 0:11:23
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Stillwater, New York24 miles
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts32 miles
- Hillsdale, New York32 miles
- North Adams, Massachusetts37 miles
- New Paltz, New York62 miles
- Northampton, Massachusetts63 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.