Town file
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Greenfield, Massachusetts (Franklin County, Massachusetts) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 362, "Michael Myers Is My Idol" (11 February 2023). On the morning of 24 October 1988, nineteen-year-old Sharon Gregory could not start her car at her family home in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
- Town
- Greenfield
- County
- Franklin County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 362
- Approximate location
- 42.615, -72.597
Episode 362 / 11 February 2023 / 70 min / express
Michael Myers Is My Idol
"Greenfield, Massachusetts, that is, uh, northwestern Massachusetts... it's in Franklin County" about 0:03:33
The case: Murder of Sharon Gregory (October 24, 1988). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 17,241
- Median household income
- $48,493
History, in brief
- The area was colonised as part of Deerfield by the English in 1686. about 0:04:21
- Greenfield was named for the Green River and was incorporated and separated from Deerfield in 1753. about 0:04:31
- A canal opened in 1795 that let boats bypass the falls and reach further along the river. about 0:04:39
- John Russell established the Green River Works in 1834, the country's first cutlery factory, using skilled German workers. about 0:05:23
- In the 1800s and 1900s Greenfield was one of the most important American centres of the tap and die industry and the home of Greenfield Tap and Die. about 0:05:41
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Greenfield has got a bad rap because of the drug epidemic and the school system, but it is a welcoming, friendly community with farmers' ets and Wow frozen yogurt; a great place to grow up if you don't go to school."about 0:06:50
2 stars
"Apart from living 45 minutes from Mount Snow there is nothing good to say about this little village, and there are homeless and drug-addicted people everywhere."about 0:07:37
1 star
"The reviewer came to visit and found it horrible: drug addicts, homeless and low income people, run-down homes, and poor transport with one bus and one Amtrak a day to Springfield."about 0:08:00
1 star
"It is not a fun place to visit."about 0:09:20
1 star
"The worst place the reviewer has ever lived, a hideously dead-end depressing place with deadbeat landlords and run-down property."about 0:09:32
5 stars
"A rebuttal that sets out to correct the ill-informed and unfair characterisations of the town posted by others."about 0:09:44
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Northampton, Massachusetts20 miles
- Newfane, Vermont26 miles
- North Adams, Massachusetts27 miles
- Chicopee, Massachusetts30 miles
- Townshend, Vermont30 miles
- Ashburnham, Massachusetts35 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.