Town file
Lothian, Maryland
Lothian, Maryland (Anne Arundel County, Maryland) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 385, "Lust, Blood, Cruelty & Snakes" (4 May 2023).
- Town
- Lothian
- County
- Anne Arundel County
- State
- Maryland
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 385
- Approximate location
- 38.830, -76.616
Episode 385 / 4 May 2023 / 160 min / full
Lust, Blood, Cruelty & Snakes
"This week, in Lothian, Maryland ... this is in e Arundel County" about 0:00:00
The case: Murders of Anthony Anastasi and Jacqueline Riggs (October 5, 2015). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 6,939
- Median age
- 41
- Median household income
- $71,912
- Median home value
- $544,200
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $1,550
- Cost of living
- 128
- Religious
- 39%
- Property crime
- about average
- Violent crime
- ▲ about 20% high
History, in brief
- e Arundel County is named after Lady Arundell, of Thomas Arundell, first Baron Arundell of Wardour, an ancient family from Cornwall, England. about 0:07:35
- She married Cecilius Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore and first Lord Proprietor of Maryland, in an arranged marriage in 1627. about 0:08:41
- In 1997 the US Postal Service closed Lothian's post office and replaced it with a larger one in Wason's Corner, six miles away. about 0:09:34
- Residents objected; Dick Fries, there for more than 30 years, called it 'a very sharp loss of identity'. about 0:12:34
- A postal service spokeswoman said the service is often torn between preserving a beloved centre of a community and serving customers. about 0:13:16
- In 1997 Lothian had two schools, a Texaco and an Amoco station, a couple of churches and a doctor's office. about 0:13:58
- Wason's Corner had a sprawling trailer park, a bingo parlour, a bar, a hardware store, a bank, a Dash-In grocery, a Dunkin Donuts and a Taco Bell. about 0:14:21
The reviews read out
5 stars
"'e Arundel is great' and a wish for more job opportunities for locals, repeated seven times."about 0:15:43
4 stars
"'Fix the damn roads': too many potholes, more street lights needed, park equipment upgraded, car parks repaved."about 0:16:17
4 stars
"A nice quiet suburban area, but it could use more racial diversity and be more affordable."about 0:16:41
3 stars
"Nice place but the people are jerks, little to do and a cramped downtown, though safe and good for families with access to the bay."about 0:16:53
3 stars
"The whole review is 'I don't mind the area'."about 0:17:15
2 stars
"Has only been to one local restaurant, a Tex Mex place that was by far the worst Tex Mex ever."about 0:17:41
1 star
"Biking is not easy on the roads around here."about 0:18:14
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Largo, Maryland12 miles
- Cape St. Claire, Maryland17 miles
- St Michaels, Maryland21 miles
- Elkridge, Maryland26 miles
- Bethesda, Maryland29 miles
- Easton, Maryland30 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.