Town file
Stillwater, New York
Stillwater, New York (Saratoga County, New York) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 149, "Brutality, Karma & Cold-blooded Stupid" (12 December 2019). Ruth Witter was born in 1910.
- Town
- Stillwater
- County
- Saratoga County
- State
- New York
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 149
- Approximate location
- 42.947, -73.639
Episode 149 / 12 December 2019 / 159 min / full
Brutality, Karma & Cold-blooded Stupid
"We're going to Stillwater, New York ... this is up in Saratoga county up there" about 0:08:19
The case: Murder of Ruth Witter (February 2000); Killing of (about ten months after her release in July 2012); Killing of Ryan Rossley (March 17, 2010). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2019
- Population
- 8,585
- Median age
- about 43 and a half
- Median household income
- almost $79,000
- Median home value
- $225,000
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $1,390
- Cost of living
- 106
- Religious
- about 40%
- Property crime
- ▼ under one third
- Violent crime
- ▼ about one quarter
History, in brief
- The town's motto is 'turning point of the American Revolution'. about 0:10:27
- The town has zip code 12170, area code 518 and covers about 43 square miles. about 0:09:09
- Peter Schyler built Fort Inglesby in town in 1709; the blockhouse in the middle of town is a replica of that fort. about 0:11:48
- The replica blockhouse stands in the middle of town and is where the town holds its events, such as a concert on the 4th of July. about 0:12:23
- The battles of Saratoga took place on September 19th and October 7th, 1777. about 0:13:36
- The British commander was General John Burgoyne, a British Army officer and dramatist. about 0:14:30
- Stillwater United Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. about 0:16:48
- In 1824 there were more sheep than people. about 0:16:59
- In 1860 local farms produced 102,000 pounds of butter. about 0:17:06
- In 1875 the town got a hand-operated fire engine. about 0:18:31
- Abigail Fillmore, wife of President Millard Fillmore, was maybe born here. about 0:19:11
The reviews read out
1 star
"'Hi, this place is outstandingly awful' and nothing more."about 0:20:44
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Delmar, New York24 miles
- North Adams, Massachusetts32 miles
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts39 miles
- Townshend, Vermont49 miles
- Newfane, Vermont50 miles
- Hillsdale, New York50 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.