Town file
Fallsington, Pennsylvania
Fallsington, Pennsylvania (Bucks County, Pennsylvania) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 360, "Meth, Meat, Money & Murder" (4 February 2023). In the summer of 1980 Fallsington, Pennsylvania, a small town in Bucks County about forty minutes outside Philadelphia, was home to a butcher shop that sold more than meat.
- Town
- Fallsington
- County
- Bucks County
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 360
- Approximate location
- 40.187, -74.819
Episode 360 / 4 February 2023 / 69 min / express
Meth, Meat, Money & Murder
""This is Falsington, Pennsylvania... it's in eastern Pennsylvania outside Philly, like 40 minutes outside Philly... it's inside of a town called Falls Township... it's in Bucks County"" about 0:02:59
The case: Murder of James Parale (August 22, 1980). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- about 17,000
- Median household income
- about $78,000
- Median home value
- about $250,000
History, in brief
- The Bucks County courthouse was established in 1663 and was located in Fallsington. about 0:04:10
- The courthouse was moved to Bristol in 1705. about 0:04:22
- In the 1860s the business directory listed blacksmiths, butchers, carpenters, a carriage builder, a cooper, farmers, insurance agents, machinists and physicians. about 0:04:38
- The town also had a wheelwright, a maker of wheels. about 0:05:31
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Lived here most of my life; Pensbury schools are one of the best rated; never experienced any violence and always felt safe; everyone is very friendly."about 0:05:47
3 stars
"No air moves around where we live, hot humid days are killers, but when it snows they jump right on ploughing and salting, and when the power was knocked out they worked really fast to get it back up."about 0:06:20
2 stars
"I hate where I live, I would never live here again, and the people are rude as well as the kids."about 0:07:27
1 star
"There are close to no people around here to exercise and almost no places to go around here to exercise."about 0:08:02
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- East Amwell Township, New Jersey17 miles
- Berlin, New Jersey28 miles
- Bridgeport, Pennsylvania28 miles
- Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania30 miles
- Collegeville, Pennsylvania34 miles
- Pitman, New Jersey35 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.