Town file
New Castle, Delaware
New Castle, Delaware is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 528, "Murder Math" (14 September 2024). New Castle is a small city in northern Delaware, with a population the episode gives as 5,482.
- Town
- New Castle
- State
- Delaware
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 528
- Approximate location
- 39.670, -75.567
Episode 528 / 14 September 2024 / 72 min / express
Murder Math
"So Newcastle Delaware this is, like the beer, Newcastle Delaware... this is in northern Delaware." about 0:03:36
The case: Murder of Mary Anderson (February 2005). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 5,482
- Median household income
- $83,651
- Median home value
- $230,400
History, in brief
- The town had economic ups and ns through the 1800s, with talk even then of decline. about 0:05:26
- Since 1927 New Castle has offered tours of historical homes, churches and gardens. about 0:05:26
- The economy was once so bad that nobody made improvements or built new houses, so many old houses survive in original condition. about 0:05:56
- Householders dress in colonial costumes for the house tours. about 0:06:11
- In 1961 an F3 tornado hit the north side of town, with no fatalities or injuries. about 0:06:20
- It was the only tornado of that magnitude ever recorded in Delaware at the time. about 0:06:31
- In 2023 an EF3 tornado hit the town as well. about 0:06:37
- The town appears to be a magnet for tornadoes every 50 or 60 years. about 0:06:48
The reviews read out
3 stars
"You know, it's Delaware; not terrible, not great, but terribly boring as a kid, though adults like it."about 0:07:18
2 stars
"People stay to themselves because of frequent police patrols; much drugs, alcohol and prostitution; men ask for work as a keyword for prostitutes; mostly bitter people relocated from Wilmington, murder town USA; gunshots but nobody hurt; property crime."about 0:08:21
1 star
"A horrible place to live, overrun by dirt bikes and ATVs, with rude neighbours throwing 2 a.m. parties and police who do nothing about the noise; buying a house there was the worst mistake of their life."about 0:10:43
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Wilmington, Delaware4.9 miles
- Hockessin, Delaware9.9 miles
- Port Penn, Delaware11 miles
- Claymont, Delaware11 miles
- Chester, Pennsylvania16 miles
- Pitman, New Jersey24 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.