Town file
Windsor, Wisconsin
Windsor, Wisconsin (Dane County, Wisconsin) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 436, "The Unraveling Of A Psychopath" (28 October 2023). Windsor, Wisconsin is a village in Dane County, about 25 minutes outside Madison, with a population of 8,589 and a median household income of $104,179.
- Town
- Windsor
- County
- Dane County
- State
- Wisconsin
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 436
- Approximate location
- 43.246, -89.282
Episode 436 / 28 October 2023 / 72 min / express
The Unraveling Of A Psychopath
"About 25 minutes outside Madison, in south central Wisconsin: "it is Windsor, Wisconsin"; later "it's in Dane County here"." about 0:03:08
The case: Murder of Bart and Krista Halderson (July 2021). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 8,589
- Median household income
- $104,179
- Median home value
- $391,100
History, in brief
- People visited the area in the late 1830s. about 0:03:55
- The first settler was William Lawrence, who came from Vermont and served in the Civil War. about 0:04:05
- James Morrison settled the area in 1843, and the community of Morrisonville was named after him. about 0:04:09
- Windsor is a village and a former town. about 0:04:50
- Windsor is in Dane County. about 0:04:59
- The village includes the communities of Lake Windsor, Morrisonville and Token Creek. about 0:05:11
- Residents voted to incorporate as a village on November 3rd, 2015. about 0:05:33
- Part of the former town was involved in a disputed annexation by the village of DeForest, settled in 2004. about 0:05:55
- The Dane County Fair dates back to 1851. about 0:09:21
The reviews read out
5 stars
"The best county in Wisconsin, the most welcoming and absolutely safe place; the reviewer grew up in the Milwaukee suburbs and suggests everyone live in Dane if they can afford it."about 0:06:18
5 stars
"Dane County houses Wisconsin's capital and is filled with parks and lakes, with plenty to do outdoors and a great urban feel in Madison."about 0:06:46
3 stars
"Things were never bad and there is not much to improve; being a college county it does some things well and others badly, it is diverse with many students, bars and clubs, housing gets expensive downtown, it is mostly safe and drunkards are common but harmless."about 0:07:14
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Columbus, Wisconsin14 miles
- Baraboo, Wisconsin28 miles
- Mount Horeb, Wisconsin28 miles
- Jefferson, Wisconsin29 miles
- Oconomowoc, Wisconsin41 miles
- Mineral Point, Wisconsin53 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.