Town file
Sandpoint, Idaho
Sandpoint, Idaho (Bonner County, Idaho) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 464, "Mystery Of The Fake Dad" (3 February 2024). Paul William Gruber was born in Schofield, Wisconsin, in 1941.
- Town
- Sandpoint
- County
- Bonner County
- State
- Idaho
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 464
- Approximate location
- 48.282, -116.560
Episode 464 / 3 February 2024 / 68 min / express
Mystery Of The Fake Dad
"we're going to sand point idaho ... northern idaho up in the panhandle ... this is in bonner county" about 0:03:51
The case: Murder of Paul Gruber (January 1994). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Median household income
- $53,567
- Median home value
- $537,900
History, in brief
- In the 1880s the Northern Pacific Railroad brought European and Chinese settlers into the area. about 0:04:51
- Theodore Roosevelt came to Sandpoint on a caribou hunting trip in 1888, when he was 29 and a civil servant; he called it a rough and tumble environment and documented 30 animals. about 0:05:21
- Sandpoint was officially incorporated in 1898. about 0:05:21
- The Humberd Lumber Company operated from 1910 to 1944, taking out huge numbers of trees. about 0:05:21
- After the logging the company sold cheap stump ranches, and buyers cleared the stumps themselves; farming and ranching then grew. about 0:05:50
- The town had the so-called discovery of Lake Pend Oreille as a sports fishery. about 0:06:27
The reviews read out
five stars
"A fantastically quaint small town nestled among the Cascade mountains, with a sprawling lake and wilderness, eagles everywhere you look and adorable shops downtown."about 0:06:39
four stars
"A beautiful resort-like town where everyone knows everyone, spectacular views and a one-of-a-kind lake; Schweitzer is the place for mountain junkies."about 0:07:14
two stars
"The lake is extraordinary but the weather is very poor, in line with Seattle, with dark and creepily long winters and seven months of cold."about 0:07:47
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Bonners Ferry, Idaho31 miles
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho41 miles
- Post Falls, Idaho42 miles
- Deer Park, Washington46 miles
- Kellogg, Idaho55 miles
- Addy, Washington59 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.