Town file
Plymouth, New Hampshire
Plymouth, New Hampshire (Grafton County, New Hampshire) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 254, "Serial Killer Happy Meal" (16 December 2021). Plymouth, New Hampshire, sits in Grafton County in the eastern central part of the state, a town of 6,916 people and 28 square miles of woods with Plymouth State College at its centre.
- Town
- Plymouth
- County
- Grafton County
- State
- New Hampshire
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 254
- Approximate location
- 43.739, -71.703
Episode 254 / 16 December 2021 / 164 min / full
Serial Killer Happy Meal
"This is Plymouth, New Hampshire, in eastern central New Hampshire, in Grafton County, area code 603." about 0:06:07
The case: Murder of Theresa Ann 'Tess' Reed (September 1991); Murder of Mary Lou Sale (December 1994); Murder of Catholine Dempsey (August 23, 1992); Murder at a Manchester flower shop (1989). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2021
- Population
- 6,916
- Median age
- 22.2
- Median household income
- $42,000 a year
- Median home value
- $258,400
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,063
- Cost of living
- 88.7
- Religious
- 22.8%
- Property crime
- ▲ about 10% high
- Violent crime
- about average
History, in brief
- The town was originally the site of an Abenaki village, burned to the ground by Captain Thomas Baker in 1712 during Queen Anne's War. about 0:07:11
- Part of the land was first named New Plymouth after the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts, then shortened to Plymouth. about 0:08:06
- Some of the first settlers came from Plymouth, Massachusetts. about 0:08:19
- Plymouth was incorporated in 1763. about 0:08:26
- It annexed parts of other towns in 1845 and 1860. about 0:08:36
- In 1806 Daniel Webster lost his first criminal case at the Plymouth Courthouse. about 0:08:45
- Nathaniel Hawthorne was on holiday in Plymouth in 1864 with former president Franklin Pierce and died there in a house that later burned down. about 0:08:49
- In the early 1900s the Draper and Maynard Sporting Goods Company sold products directly to the Boston Red Sox, and Babe Ruth came to the store to choose bats and gloves. about 0:09:58
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A quiet but very nice town with a lot of places to eat and a post office right next to the reviewer's home."about 0:10:33
4 stars
"Family-first community with an adorable main street, great schools and community events, but it lacks diversity and true neighbourhoods and caters to an older demographic."about 0:11:00
3 stars
"Winters are harsh, cold and snowy, summers are hot and humid, some seasons have a lot of rain, but overall the weather is adaptable."about 0:11:41
2 stars
"Little to no public transportation, taxis hardly exist, and there are no trains or Segways."about 0:12:29
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Belmont, New Hampshire23 miles
- Jackson, New Hampshire41 miles
- Lempster, New Hampshire42 miles
- Lebanon, Maine46 miles
- Hooksett, New Hampshire46 miles
- Deerfield, New Hampshire47 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.