Town file
Pocomoke City, Maryland
Pocomoke City, Maryland (Worcester County, Maryland) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 534, "Gone Like A Ghost" (5 October 2024). In November 2007 Christine Marie Shetty was 27 and living at a tumbledown farmhouse in the 2,900 block of Bird Road outside Pocomoke City, Maryland.
- Town
- Pocomoke City
- County
- Worcester County
- State
- Maryland
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 534
- Approximate location
- 38.063, -75.559
Episode 534 / 5 October 2024 / 72 min / express
Gone Like A Ghost
"James says this is Pockamoke City, Maryland, in southern Maryland on a peninsula near Ocean City; the investigating agency is the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation." about 0:04:21
The case: Murder of Christine Marie Shetty (November 13, 2007). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 4,295
- Median household income
- $45,781
- Median home value
- $178,500
History, in brief
- The town began in the late 17th century, in the 1600s, as a small settlement called Stevens Landing, sometimes Stevens Ferry, at the landing on the south bank of the Pocomoke River. about 0:05:59
- It was incorporated in 1865 as Newtown. about 0:06:20
- It was reincorporated in 1878 as Pocomoke City, after the American Indian name of the river, meaning black water. about 0:06:25
- In 1922 the business district was destroyed by a large fire, which burned up to the church on Third Street; downtown was rebuilt quickly. about 0:06:44
- Farming was declining during the 1900s but the poultry industry rose to take its place. about 0:07:05
- There are also jobs for the Navy, the Coast Guard and NASA around the town. about 0:07:12
- Pocomoke City was named an All-America City by the National Municipal League for 1984. about 0:07:20
The reviews read out
4 stars
"Loves the small-town homey feeling, though everyone knows everyone and rumours spread fast; there is a lot of support for the school system and community events, but not much for teenagers, which leads to kids getting in trouble and roaming the streets."about 0:07:48
3 stars
"Has lived in the town all her life and loves it only for certain reasons; says a lot of people there can be disrespectful and dangerous, that safety is not always handled well, but that the town has meaning and cultural knowledge and is always home."about 0:08:55
2 stars
"The area might be better for a transition but could be better elsewhere."about 0:09:52
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Ocean City, Maryland35 miles
- Laurel, Delaware35 miles
- Bridgeville, Delaware46 miles
- Easton, Maryland57 miles
- Houston, Delaware59 miles
- Harrington, Delaware59 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.