Town file
Haiku, Hawaii
Haiku, Hawaii (Maui County, Hawaii) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 56, "An Especially Ruthless Killer" (7 February 2018). On the north shore of Maui, in the small town of Haiku, a 27-year-old woman named Carly Scott, known to everyone as Charlie, disappeared on the night of 9 February 2014.
- Town
- Haiku
- County
- Maui County
- State
- Hawaii
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 56
- Approximate location
- 20.914, -156.323
Episode 56 / 7 February 2018 / 135 min / full
An Especially Ruthless Killer
"We're going to Haiku, Hawaii, on the north shore of Maui, in Maui County." about 0:06:28
The case: Murder of Carly 'Charlie' Scott (February 9, 2014). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2018
- Population
- 7,689
- Median age
- about 42.7
- Median household income
- $63,350
- Median home value
- $650,000
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,340 a month
- Cost of living
- 204
- Religious
- about 46%
- Property crime
- ▲ about 25% higher
- Violent crime
- ▲ about 50% higher
History, in brief
- There are eight major Hawaiian islands plus a number of atolls. about 0:10:15
- Europeans called the islands the Sandwich Islands, after John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich. about 0:10:58
- The Sandwich Islands name lasted until the 1840s. about 0:11:06
- The Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown in 1893. about 0:11:56
- The United States annexed Hawaii in 1898. about 0:12:23
- The islands are exposed peaks of the Hawaiian Emperor Seamount chain. about 0:12:43
- The islands are almost 1,900 miles from the nearest continent. about 0:12:56
- Oahu is the largest island and has the most population. about 0:13:19
- Kahoolawe is the smallest island, uninhabited because it has no fresh water, and was used as a bombing range; live firing ended in 1990. about 0:14:10
- Maui is the second biggest island at 727 square miles. about 0:15:27
- Polynesians from Tahiti were the first people to populate Maui. about 0:15:35
- King Kamehameha I invaded Maui in 1790 and took it over. about 0:15:40
- James Cook came in 1778 and named the islands, but never set foot on Maui. about 0:15:40
- Haiku itself is a small town on the north shore with not much history of its own; there are pineapple fields and coffee on the island. about 0:16:37
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Kihei, Hawaii13 miles
- Hana, Hawaii22 miles
- Kawaihae, Hawaii68 miles
- Hilo, Hawaii117 miles
- Burlingame, California2330 miles
- Terra Linda, California2331 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.