Town file
High Point, North Carolina
High Point, North Carolina is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 364, "Bird Of A Violent Feather" (18 February 2023). Frederick Chester Brown Jr, known as Fred, was born in Siler City, North Carolina, on 14 June 1945.
- Town
- High Point
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 364
- Approximate location
- 35.991, -79.993
Episode 364 / 18 February 2023 / 69 min / express
Bird Of A Violent Feather
"We're going to High Point, North Carolina here... it's a bigger town now, a hundred and thirteen thousand people." about 0:03:37
The case: Murder of Fred Brown (April 24th, 1991). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 113,000
- Median household income
- about $43,000
- Median home value
- $172,000
History, in brief
- English Quakers and German immigrants came to the area before 1750. about 0:04:21
- High Point became a major manufacturing centre in the late 1800s, producing tobacco and textiles. about 0:04:26
- Its central location in North Carolina made it a useful go-between place for shipping. about 0:04:39
- John Coltrane was from High Point. about 0:04:53
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A run-down small college town with not much to do, where most businesses were closed or run-down and entertainment had to be found on campus; the reviewer ran cross country and liked trips to Winston-Salem and Salem Lake, and wonders how High Point University's expansion will change things."about 0:05:47
4 stars
"Needs a lot more to do but is still a nice place to live; the restaurants could be much better and the town needs a Dave & Busters or something."about 0:07:02
3 stars
"Lived in High Point for five years and everything has been excellent, loves the city and being close to a lake, but has waited three months for the city to collect loose leaves and is always told next week."about 0:07:47
1 star
"Calls High Point the fifth circle of hell."about 0:09:22
1 star
"A ten-year transplant complains of litter everywhere, crime, nothing to do, no shopping beyond a picked-through Ross and TJ Maxx and a mini Target, dilapidated and abandoned buildings, and a money-grubbing government that stole downtown for the furniture market, leaving no downtown and only furniture showrooms closed to the public. Save yourself."about 0:09:43
"The furniture market is what there is to do: over 10 million square feet, roughly 2,000 exhibitors through 180 buildings, and for two weeks in the spring 80,000 people from over a hundred countries come to look at furniture, though it is not open to the public."about 0:10:30
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Wallburg, North Carolina9.9 miles
- Summerfield, North Carolina15 miles
- Clemmons, North Carolina22 miles
- Burlington, North Carolina30 miles
- Mount Airy, North Carolina50 miles
- Collinsville, Virginia51 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.