Town file
Fishkill, New York
Fishkill, New York (Dutchess County, New York) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 213, "Building A Murder Fence" (4 March 2021). The Mori family lived in a small two-storey rented house at 203 Route 82 in Fishkill, New York.
- Town
- Fishkill
- County
- Dutchess County
- State
- New York
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 213
- Approximate location
- 41.534, -73.893
Episode 213 / 4 March 2021 / 173 min / full
Building A Murder Fence
"This Fishkill, New York ... it's in southeastern New York ... this is in Duchess County, zip code 12524" about 0:06:16
The case: Murder of the Mori family (January 19, 2007). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2021
- Population
- 23,508
- Median age
- 41 and a half
- Median household income
- $82,946
- Median home value
- $297,500
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $1,475
- Cost of living
- 118
- Religious
- about 54%
- Property crime
- ▼ about 25% under the national average
- Violent crime
- ▼ about one third of the normal average
- Newburgh murder rate
- ▲ highest in the United States
History, in brief
- The area was the territory of the Wappinger people. about 0:07:40
- Fishkill was settled in 1685. about 0:07:54
- The name is Dutch: fish, and kill meaning stream or creek; the Fishkill Creek runs there. about 0:08:05
- In 1996 PETA asked the town to change its name to something less suggestive of violence toward fish; the town said no. about 0:08:32
- Dutch immigrants settled the area in 1714. about 0:09:45
- The village was a crossroads in the overland transportation network linking New York City, Albany, Connecticut and the ports from Massachusetts. about 0:09:50
- The New York Provincial Congress convened in Fishkill in May 1776. about 0:10:25
- Fishkill became part of one of the largest colonial military encampments of the Revolutionary War. about 0:10:36
- Alexander Hamilton lived in Fishkill for a long time. about 0:10:42
- Trinity Church on Hopewell Avenue was organised in 1756 and used as a hospital during the Revolutionary War. about 0:12:02
- The Dutch Reformed Church was used as a military prison during the Revolutionary War. about 0:12:11
- In 1871 a schoolhouse was built on Church Street; it belonged to the Fishkill Reformed Church and its land was used as pasture for the pastor's cow. about 0:12:20
- In 1876 a fire destroyed the village, which was rebuilt in brick; those structures still stand. about 0:12:32
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A unique Hudson Valley town, geographically diverse from riverside to mountains, very safe, with plenty of shopping and restaurants near I-84 and the Taconic Parkway, minutes from the Hudson Line Metro North station and Beacon, close to New York City and near Newburgh and Peekskill."about 0:17:57
5 stars
"Lived here all my life; it has changed a lot with the influx of Westchester and New York City people, but the area is still beautiful, especially in the fall when the leaves change."about 0:19:01
2 stars
"Most of the jobs are set in stone and everything is bribery and nepotism; my mother has been trying to get a job up here for three years and has not even had a reply."about 0:20:32
3 stars
"There's nothing here, but it's still better than Beacon."about 0:22:31
3 stars
"Lived in Fishkill my whole life; it's a sleepy little town but has access to an abundance of things to do a short drive or train ride away."about 0:23:27
3 stars
"We have people come and go."about 0:23:37
3 stars
"Would not want to live here anymore."about 0:23:56
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- New Paltz, New York18 miles
- Chappaqua, New York27 miles
- Redding, Connecticut30 miles
- Newtown, Connecticut31 miles
- Ramsey, New Jersey35 miles
- Bantam, Connecticut36 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.