Town file
Simsbury, Connecticut
Simsbury, Connecticut (Hartford County, Connecticut) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 704, "Mystery On The Path" (29 May 2026). Melissa Joan Millan was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on October 30th, 1960, to parents known as Bunny and Tito, and grew up in Simsbury with a couple of brothers.
- Town
- Simsbury
- County
- Hartford County
- State
- Connecticut
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 704
- Approximate location
- 41.873, -72.828
Episode 704 / 29 May 2026 / 76 min / express
Mystery On The Path
"we're going to simsbury connecticut ... this is in north central connecticut ... this is in hartford county" about 0:04:10
The case: Murder of Melissa Millan (November 20th, 2014). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2026
- Population
- 24,000
- Median household income
- $134,688
- Median home value
- $392,400
- Homicides
- first homicide since 2012
- Registered sex offenders in town
- four
- Reward offered for information
- $40,000
History, in brief
- In 1643 John Griffin and Michael Humphrey started a tar and turpentine business in Simsbury. about 0:05:49
- A few years later a man named Manna Hannah Noose started a fire that destroyed all of Griffin's tar. about 0:06:05
- On Tuesday December 20th, 1859 the two-storey patent safety fuse factory near the centre of town exploded, killing seven women and one man and injuring several other people including the factory owner. about 0:06:18
- The factory made fast-burning cord fuses used for blasting, such as the fuse for dynamite. about 0:06:34
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Feels like a Hallmark movie sometimes: a quaint New England town with lots of trees, a little main street with shops, loads of snow in winter, safe, great schools and beautiful parks, though it could be boring if you are single and looking for nightlife; New York City is two and a half hours away."about 0:07:16
2 stars
"A lot of underemployed middle-aged people, including the reviewer, have been unemployed or had a very hard time finding work in their field for what they are worth."about 0:08:04
2 stars
"There are tons of restaurants but the nightlife is awful and it is very family oriented, so it is a good place to settle down but not a party town."about 0:08:46
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Barkhamsted, Connecticut8.6 miles
- New Britain, Connecticut14 miles
- Agawam, Massachusetts16 miles
- Ellington, Connecticut20 miles
- Bantam, Connecticut24 miles
- Middletown, Connecticut24 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.