Town file
Highland Heights, Kentucky
Highland Heights, Kentucky (Campbell County, Kentucky) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 477, "Never Sing Your Confession" (21 March 2024). Ryan Carter Poston was born on 30 December 1982 in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, the only son of Jay and Lisa Poston.
- Town
- Highland Heights
- County
- Campbell County
- State
- Kentucky
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 477
- Approximate location
- 39.036, -84.457
Episode 477 / 21 March 2024 / 175 min / full
Never Sing Your Confession
"We are going all the way down to Kentucky... it's Highland Heights, Kentucky here... northern Kentucky, obviously, over there. This is in Campbell County." about 0:04:55
The case: Murder of Ryan Poston (October 12, 2012). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 6,896
- Median age
- 23.7
- Median household income
- $42,929
- Median home value
- $188,000
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $1,190
- Cost of living
- 91
- Religious
- just about the national average, 50-50
- Property crime
- ▼ about half the national average
- Violent crime
- ▼ about one third of the national average
History, in brief
- The area was known as the Highlands since the 1800s. about 0:06:01
- The District of the Highlands was incorporated in 1867. about 0:06:06
- Fort Thomas was separately incorporated from its northern area in 1914. about 0:06:11
- The town got a local post office in 1927 and incorporated itself as Highland Heights that year. about 0:06:17
- Northern Kentucky State College relocated here from Park Hills in 1971 and is now Northern Kentucky University. about 0:06:27
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Small but with a Fortune 500 company and a decent-sized college; neighbours talk to each other; a calm place to live."about 0:08:03
3 stars
"People walk the streets, walk dogs and take children for strolls; shops and restaurants include Cracker Barrel, Kroger and Bob Evans."about 0:08:45
3 stars
"Hard to judge because the reviewer has only just moved there."about 0:09:39
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Edgewood, Kentucky5.8 miles
- Shawnee Township, Ohio19 miles
- Fairfield, Ohio21 miles
- Dillsboro, Indiana32 miles
- Waynesville, Ohio39 miles
- Eaton, Ohio50 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.