Town file
Enosburgh, Vermont
Enosburgh, Vermont (Franklin County, Vermont) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 181, "A Bloody Path To A Monster" (23 July 2020). In November 1976 Lori Ganyo was twenty-nine and living in a trailer on twenty acres in East Enosburgh, a small community in Franklin County in the far north-west corner of Vermont.
- Town
- Enosburgh
- County
- Franklin County
- State
- Vermont
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 181
- Approximate location
- 44.878, -72.751
Episode 181 / 23 July 2020 / 158 min / full
A Bloody Path To A Monster
"Enosburgh, spelled E-N-O-S-B-U-R-G-H, in the far northwest corner of Vermont, Franklin County." about 0:06:50
The case: Murder of Lori Ganyo (November 4, 1976). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2020
- Population
- 2,771
- Median age
- about 44
- Median household income
- about $47,000
- Median home value
- $151,200
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $1,315
- Cost of living
- about 90
- Religious
- about 43.5%
- Property crime
- ▲ slightly high
- Violent crime
- ▼ about half
History, in brief
- The town was named for Roger Enos, commander of all the Vermont forces in the American Revolution. about 0:07:33
- Roger Enos was the father-in-law of Ira Allen, the founder of Vermont. about 0:08:24
- Early settlers built on a hill near the centre of town because it sat on the Boston Post Road, the direct route from Boston to Montreal, and so they could see Native Americans approaching. about 0:08:37
- Settlers began moving in and building houses in 1796. about 0:09:30
- The town had 145 people in 1800 and grew to 704 by 1810. about 0:09:37
- By 1870 the town had about twenty buildings, including churches. about 0:10:03
- The town is now the commercial centre for the county, with the stores, restaurants and petrol stations. about 0:08:33
- Dr B.J. Kendall had a drug store on Main Street and made his cure for spavin, a horse ailment, in a barn behind his house. about 0:11:27
- Kendall's Spavin Cure made the town famous; the Spavin Cure Company built the village's first water system and the opera house. about 0:11:14
- The spavin cure contained 41% alcohol, and the human 'Quick Relief' formula was 72% alcohol. about 0:13:04
- The Vermont Dairy Festival was founded in 1956 and showcases the local agricultural industry. about 0:14:16
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A small town where everyone knows each other and helps out; charity events and benefit dances are positive, the school is great, the diners are good, and the country life and mountain views are astonishing; the downfalls are high taxes and not much for amusement parks or shopping centres."about 0:14:49
1 star
"It smells like cow manure for much of the summer, farmers wear poop-covered boots into restaurants and cafes, internet and utilities are very expensive, and there is big-city noise with isolation, nothing to do, close-minded people and an old boy network running the town."about 0:16:32
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Fletcher, Vermont14 miles
- St. Albans, Vermont17 miles
- Essex, Vermont28 miles
- Stowe, Vermont29 miles
- Brownington, Vermont31 miles
- Richmond, Vermont35 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.