Town file
Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg, Virginia (Bedford County, Virginia) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 649, "Murder For My Love" (20 November 2025).
- Town
- Lynchburg
- County
- Bedford County
- State
- Virginia
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 649
- Approximate location
- 37.399, -79.195
Episode 649 / 20 November 2025 / 183 min / full
Murder For My Love
"James says they are going to Lynchburg, Virginia; the murder itself took place just outside Lynchburg in Boonsboro, which is in Bedford County." about 0:05:31
The case: Murder of Derek and Nancy Hasem (March 30, 1985). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2025
- Population
- 78,973
- Median age
- 28.6
- Median household income
- $54,015 a year
- Median home value
- $221,800
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,070
- Cost of living
- 80.9
- Religious
- 45.7%
- Property crime
- exactly average
- Violent crime
- ▼ a little lower than average
History, in brief
- First settled in 1757 and named for its founder, John Lynch. about 0:06:57
- When John Lynch was 17 he started a ferry service at a ford across the James River, carrying traffic to and from New London where his parents had settled. about 0:07:16
- The city developed around the ferry, because once there was a way back and forth people began going places. about 0:07:38
- In 1786 Lynchburg was recognised as a town by the General Assembly. about 0:07:46
- Lynchburg is an independent city, not in a county; its area code is 434 and it is nicknamed the City of Seven Hills and the Hill City. about 0:06:43
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A nice place, surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains and close to bigger cities, with Liberty University, Lynchburg University, Randolph College and Central Virginia Community College in town."about 0:08:02
3 stars
"There are cute and sweet little spots, but the violence is ever increasing; it has the opportunity to become an amazing city but at this time it is not."about 0:08:51
2 stars
"Too rural, almost nothing to do, everything is about Liberty University, no food variety at all, and almost no children's playgrounds, only three and they are lame."about 0:09:18
2 stars
"The reviewer moved from New Jersey, is homesick, has lived there a year, had a motorcycle stolen and saw the church next to the house broken into five times."about 0:10:29
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Amherst, Virginia15 miles
- Vinton, Virginia39 miles
- Farmville, Virginia44 miles
- Keeling, Virginia47 miles
- Collinsville, Virginia61 miles
- Radford, Virginia77 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.