Town file
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington, Delaware (Newcastle County, Delaware) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 475, "One Too Many Girlfriends" (14 March 2024). Anne Marie Fahey was born in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1966, the youngest of six children in a working-class Irish family.
- Town
- Wilmington
- County
- Newcastle County
- State
- Delaware
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 475
- Approximate location
- 39.736, -75.532
Episode 475 / 14 March 2024 / 175 min / full
One Too Many Girlfriends
"This is Wilmington, Delaware. It's in Northern Delaware... This is Newcastle County, area code 302." about 0:06:13
The case: Murder of Anne Marie Fahey (June 1996); Murder of Joseph Johnson (). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 70,926
- Median age
- 36.3
- Median household income
- $49,354 a year
- Median home value
- $273,100
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $1,280 a month
- Cost of living
- $104,000
- Religious
- 46.9%
- Property crime
- ▲ almost twice the average
- Violent crime
- ▲ about three times the average rate
History, in brief
- In 1868 Wilmington was producing more iron ships than the rest of the country combined. about 0:07:39
- Wilmington ranked first in the country for gunpowder production. about 0:07:50
- Wilmington ranked second for carriages and leather production. about 0:07:58
- Wilmington calls itself the corporate capital of the world because corporations incorporate there for the tax laws. about 0:06:20
- Wilmington calls itself the chemical capital of the world. about 0:07:22
- In the 1980s office construction and job growth followed national banks and financial institutions arriving after the 1981 Financial Center Development Act loosened the laws governing banks in the state. about 0:08:20
- At the entrance to town on Delaware Avenue a sign announces Wilmington as a place to be somebody. about 0:21:48
- The DuPont Company and the banking industries drawn by Delaware's corporation-friendly laws employ much of the workforce, along with the state government offices. about 0:22:14
The reviews read out
4 stars
"A small city with lots of things to do; landmarks and amazing ethnic restaurants make days worth it."about 0:09:04
2 stars
"A lifelong Delaware resident calls it extremely dangerous and not good for raising a family, with almost no social or financial mobility, good but underfunded schools, expensive housing in poor condition, dangerous neighbourhoods, a short commute and an extremely diverse population, and overall a bad city that offers no stability."about 0:09:18
1 star
"Everyone here is miserable and there is nothing to do 90% of the year; the roads are congested and the area is being overdeveloped."about 0:10:23
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- New Castle, Delaware4.9 miles
- Claymont, Delaware6.0 miles
- Hockessin, Delaware8.6 miles
- Chester, Pennsylvania11 miles
- Port Penn, Delaware15 miles
- Pitman, New Jersey21 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.