Town file
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Pawtucket, Rhode Island is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 456, "Horrors In The Graveyard" (6 January 2024). Sherry Roy was 29 in the summer of 1993, living in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, with two daughters aged about six and eight.
- Town
- Pawtucket
- State
- Rhode Island
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 456
- Approximate location
- 41.875, -71.373
Episode 456 / 6 January 2024 / 69 min / express
Horrors In The Graveyard
"we are going to rhode island today our smallest state and um we're going to pawtucket rhode island" about 0:03:26
The case: Murder of Sherry Roy (August 23, 1993). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 75,200
- Median household income
- $56,427
- Median home value
- $322,600
History, in brief
- The name Pawtucket is an Algonquian word for riverfall. about 0:05:31
- The first settler was Joseph Jenkins Jr, who came from Lynn, Massachusetts, bought land in the 1600s and built a sawmill and a forge. about 0:05:37
- The town was destroyed during King Philip's War. about 0:05:50
- Later settlers planted crops, built ships and by the 1920s Pawtucket was a mill town with factories, half a dozen movie theatres and two dozen hotels. about 0:06:20
- Pawtucket built an ornate movie palace called the Million Dollar Theater. about 0:06:39
The reviews read out
5 stars
"the homeliest atmosphere in the world, retro music players at each booth and the most delicious chicken parmesan in the world"about 0:06:50
3 stars
"gives you this code of everything, hard to explain, one of those places where you have to be in the moment"about 0:07:43
1 star
"the crime rate has increased tremendously in the past year, the police do their job but people keep committing crimes, everything is unsafe and people are uncomfortable going out at night"about 0:09:26
"dragon boat races, a dumpling eating contest, a yo-yo performance and lion dancers, with thousands attending every year"about 0:10:16
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- East Providence, Rhode Island5.2 miles
- Cranston, Rhode Island9.3 miles
- Barrington, Rhode Island10 miles
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island11 miles
- North Smithfield, Rhode Island11 miles
- Warren, Rhode Island12 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.