Town file
East Hampton, New York
East Hampton, New York (Suffolk County, New York) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 643, "The Electrician Executioner" (30 October 2025). East Hampton sits at the eastern tip of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, about two hours from Manhattan, and in 2001 it was a village of vast summer estates owned by investment bankers and celebrities.
- Town
- East Hampton
- County
- Suffolk County
- State
- New York
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 643
- Approximate location
- 40.952, -72.196
Episode 643 / 30 October 2025 / 189 min / full
The Electrician Executioner
"We're going to East Hampton, New York... way out on the end of Long Island... in Suffolk County." about 0:04:38
The case: Murder of Ted Ammon (October 2001). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2025
- Median age
- 46.7
- Median household income
- $125,861
- Median home value
- $1,237,400
- Two-bedroom rent
- $2,820
- Cost of living
- 147
- Religious
- 72.6%
- Property crime
- ▼ about one third under
- Violent crime
- ▼ less than half
History, in brief
- The village of East Hampton was founded in 1648 by Puritan farmers. about 0:05:59
- The community was based on farming, with some fishing and whaling. about 0:06:04
- Whales that washed up on the beach were butchered, and whales were hunted offshore with row boats often manned by Montauk Indians. about 0:06:52
- Luxury estates began being built in the 1910s and 1920s, when the area became a summer destination. about 0:07:10
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A local who has lived there 18 years says it is a beautiful area at the end of Long Island and she would not want to live anywhere else."about 0:07:31
3 stars
"The beaches are beautiful and protected by lifeguards in summer, but traffic is always bad in summer and hard to get around."about 0:08:07
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Niantic, Connecticut25 miles
- Waterford, Connecticut27 miles
- East Lyme, Connecticut28 miles
- Guilford, Connecticut38 miles
- Belle Terre, New York45 miles
- South Kingstown, Rhode Island46 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.