Town file
Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County, Massachusetts) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 324, "Dissecting An Alien Vampire" (6 October 2022).
- Town
- Framingham
- County
- Middlesex County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 324
- Approximate location
- 42.308, -71.436
Episode 324 / 6 October 2022 / 163 min / full
Dissecting An Alien Vampire
"It's Framingham, Massachusetts, in northeastern Massachusetts, about 35 minutes to Boston; it's in Middlesex County." about 0:04:51
The case: Murder of Laura Jane Rosenthal (August 28, 1995). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- 72,277
- Median household income
- $73,182
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,970 a month
- Religious
- 62.4%
- Property crime
- ▼ almost half the national average
- Violent crime
- right at average
History, in brief
- Framingham was sited on an ancient trail known as the Old Connecticut Path; John Stone settled on the west bank of the Sudbury River in 1647. about 0:06:53
- In 1660 Thomas Danforth, an official of the Bay Colony formerly of Framlingham, did not want to incorporate the town. about 0:07:10
- Framingham was not incorporated until 1700, when Thomas Danforth died. about 0:07:20
- They dropped the L from Framlingham when the town was incorporated. about 0:07:36
- The first church was organised in 1701 and the first teacher was hired in 1706. about 0:08:00
- A permanent schoolhouse was built in 1716. about 0:08:08
- Dennison Manufacturing Company was founded in 1844 as a jewellery and watch box manufacturing company. about 0:08:39
- It was started by Aaron Lufkin Dennison, a pioneer of the American system of watch manufacturing at the nearby Waltham Watch Company. about 0:08:55
- In 1990 Dennison merged into Avery Dennison; the company still exists and is headquartered in Pasadena, California. about 0:09:12
- In 1917 the town was the site of the tuberculosis demonstration. about 0:09:29
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A lifelong resident says the town has changed a lot, and now that it has a mayor there are more city activities and new construction."about 0:10:22
5 stars
"Framingham is developing well and new construction has given the area life, though homelessness and home affordability keep getting worse."about 0:10:56
3 stars
"It's all right: a lifelong resident loves the city but says there is a lot of bad stuff going on and finds it concerning."about 0:11:22
2 stars
"Safety is bad: someone was robbed at knife point, a car was broken into, and the reviewer warns families with teenagers away from drugs in the area."about 0:11:59
1 star
"Stay away from this Nazi community; the cops will kick in your doors and kill your dog without a warrant."about 0:12:31
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Needham, Massachusetts10 miles
- Sharon, Massachusetts18 miles
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island21 miles
- Groton, Massachusetts22 miles
- Wakefield, Massachusetts23 miles
- North Smithfield, Rhode Island24 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.