Town file
Newtown, Connecticut
Newtown, Connecticut is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 480, "Wood Chipping The Wife" (30 March 2024). In November 1986 Helle Crafts, a Danish-born Pan Am flight attendant, disappeared from her home at Newfield Lane in Newtown, Connecticut.
- Town
- Newtown
- State
- Connecticut
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 480
- Approximate location
- 41.412, -73.312
Episode 480 / 30 March 2024 / 71 min / express
Wood Chipping The Wife
"We're going to Newtown, Connecticut" about 0:03:06
The case: Murder of Helle Crafts (November 1986). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 19,521
- Median household income
- $133,991
- Median home value
- $531,100
History, in brief
- The town's population low was 2,635 people in 1930. about 0:04:37
- Local industry made tea bags, furniture, combs, fire hoses, boxes, pre-folded boxes, buttons and hats. about 0:04:46
- The game of Scrabble was developed in Newtown by James Brunot. about 0:04:57
- After the Second World War highway development turned the town into a suburb of Danbury. about 0:05:08
- The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting happened in Newtown on 14 December 2012. about 0:05:14
The reviews read out
5 stars
"The quintessential Connecticut small town: fun local events and parades year round, stunning historical buildings and amazing shops."about 0:05:27
3 stars
"Hard as a young adult because there is very little nightlife and entertainment, though it is beautiful, surrounded by lush woods and farms, with a great community."about 0:05:56
3 stars
"Very short review: a very bad incident ruined it."about 0:05:59
2 stars
"Complains about the Sandy Hook onlookers, and that otherwise there is none."about 0:06:40
2 stars
"It is a typical New England town, and that is all."about 0:06:50
"The festival was organised and conducted beautifully and ranks in the top three shows the reviewer has participated in over the last 11 years."about 0:08:02
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Redding, Connecticut8.5 miles
- Westport, Connecticut20 miles
- Bantam, Connecticut22 miles
- Chappaqua, New York30 miles
- Fishkill, New York31 miles
- Guilford, Connecticut32 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.