Town file
Easton, Maryland
Easton, Maryland (Talbot County, Maryland) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 231, "A Classy Trashy Murder Mystery" (8 July 2021). Adeline Curry Wilford, known to everyone as Curly, was sixty-four years old in January 1987.
- Town
- Easton
- County
- Talbot County
- State
- Maryland
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 231
- Approximate location
- 38.776, -76.070
Episode 231 / 8 July 2021 / 161 min / full
A Classy Trashy Murder Mystery
"They ended up changing the name to Easton, after Easton, England; this is in Talbot County, in eastern Maryland." about 0:07:37
The case: Murder of Adeline 'Curly' Wilford (January 5, 1987). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2021
- Population
- 16,606
- Median age
- 43
- Median household income
- about $52,000
- Median home value
- $277,500
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $1,160
- Cost of living
- 106.1
- Religious
- 43%
- Property crime
- ▼ just under the national average
- Violent crime
- exactly average
History, in brief
- Easton was settled by Quakers. about 0:07:07
- It was established as a town in 1710 when the area was chosen as the site of the Talbot courthouse. about 0:07:26
- The town was renamed Easton after Easton in England. about 0:07:37
- Wye Oak State Park preserved a 460-year-old white oak, 96 feet high and 32 feet around the trunk, until a storm knocked it down in 2002. about 0:07:47
- In 2008 a lost painting of a Paris street scene by Edward Cortes was found among donated items at a Goodwill store in Easton and auctioned for over $40,000. about 0:08:58
- In 2011 local officials erected a statue of Frederick Douglass, who was born near the Wye House Plantation near Easton. about 0:09:28
- In 2018 Easton was named one of America's top five coolest places to buy a vacation home. about 0:09:42
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Easton has a little bit of everything, with changing seasons, a walking trail through town, little shops and ice cream by the bay in Oxford."about 0:10:34
5 stars
"A small town where everyone knows you, safe and quaint, with wealthy residents who look after the community."about 0:11:14
1 star
"Moved there in 2005; not good for teenagers or people in their twenties, little to do, too much alcohol and drug use, and a poor education system."about 0:11:39
2 stars
"Plenty of minimum-wage fast-food and retail jobs, few big companies or government jobs, and medical jobs are mostly privately owned."about 0:12:31
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- St Michaels, Maryland8.3 miles
- Bridgeville, Delaware25 miles
- Cape St. Claire, Maryland27 miles
- Harrington, Delaware29 miles
- Marydel, Maryland29 miles
- Lothian, Maryland30 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.