Town file
Scarborough, Maine
Scarborough, Maine (Cumberland County, Maine) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 418, "The Stranger & The Psychic" (26 August 2023). Amy St. Laurent was twenty-five in the autumn of 2001.
- Town
- Scarborough
- County
- Cumberland County
- State
- Maine
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 418
- Approximate location
- 43.571, -70.334
Episode 418 / 26 August 2023 / 71 min / express
The Stranger & The Psychic
"James says this is Scarborough, Maine, in southern Maine, about 15 minutes outside of Portland; earlier he says the area is in Cumberland County." about 0:04:09
The case: Murder of Amy St. Laurent (October 2001). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 21,857
- Median household income
- $105,960
- Median home value
- $562,900
- Reward offered by Amy's family
- $35,000
- Missing people in America
- ▲ over 100,000
- Missing people who are found
- 90%
History, in brief
- It is the most populous town in Maine, though still a town rather than a city. about 0:05:35
- Settlers came, Native Americans killed most of them and the rest ran away; the pattern repeated about five times over 150 years. about 0:05:41
- The survivors kept going back to Boston and returning with more people to try again. about 0:06:01
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A great town to live in and a growing community with the best of both worlds: sandy beaches or rocky ocean shore, and countryside or mountains an hour away."about 0:06:18
4 stars
"A very safe suburban town with great beaches and trails, but not a lot of restaurants and no real town centre, and a very wealthy and well-known school district."about 0:06:36
3 stars
"The reviewer is not involved in local politics but is annoyed by the big hullabaloo whenever a local law is about to pass, with people standing about with signs promoting their side."about 0:07:05
2 stars
"The site's information needs updating: schools are ranked as well performing but the town has not increased services at the rate it has allowed growth, schools are overcrowded, school and library budgets have not passed by much of a margin, and beach parking is crowded."about 0:08:13
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Old Orchard Beach, Maine2.8 miles
- Sanford, Maine24 miles
- Lebanon, Maine31 miles
- Dover, New Hampshire38 miles
- Kittery, Maine39 miles
- Litchfield, Maine46 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.