Elizabeth “Grace Hurley” Freel
True Crime Cases with Lanie
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4.5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Elizabeth “Grace Hurley” Freel lived a life of wealth, privilege, and deep mystery. Known for her eccentric personality and bouts of wanderlust, her double life as Grace Hurley—and the strange circumstances surrounding her tragic death—paint a haunting picture. Was her death the result of suicide, or was something more sinister at play? Her final days, complete with secret travels, strange purchases, and the enigmatic man seen following her, leave behind more questions than answers.
Join us as we uncover the details of this chilling case and explore what may have led Elizabeth to her untimely death in 1936.
Content Warnings:
Mental health struggles, suicide, and potential homicide.
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Research and writing by Rachael Spillers.
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| 0:00.0 | Did you hear those ads at the beginning of this podcast? If you don't want to ever hear those again, |
| 0:06.0 | feel free to join us on Patreon, Supercast, or Apple subscriptions. Links will be in the show notes. |
| 0:12.8 | Welcome back to true crime cases. I'm your host, Lainey. If you've been with me for a while, |
| 0:19.0 | you know how much I love exploring those cases that |
| 0:21.7 | linger in the shadows of history, cases that make us ask, what really happened? |
| 0:27.9 | Today's story is one I first encountered at the Berkshire Podcast Festival, and it left me utterly |
| 0:33.9 | captivated. It's full of contradictions, unanswered questions, and chilling clues. |
| 0:40.1 | This is a case of Elizabeth Cannon Friel, a woman who vanished into the smoke and flame |
| 0:45.9 | atop a lonely mountain in 1936. Leaving behind a riddle that has gone unsolved for nearly 90 years. |
| 0:55.0 | But before we dive in, I want to take a moment to acknowledge a few people who made this episode possible. |
| 1:01.3 | First, a special shout out to Kristen over at Murder She Told, |
| 1:05.4 | my co-presenter for the Roundtable discussion where I first shared this case. |
| 1:10.5 | While we weren't able to record that |
| 1:12.5 | session, it was one of the most insightful and engaging conversations I've ever had. If you've |
| 1:18.5 | ever thought about attending the True Crime Podcast Festival, you absolutely should. The next one is |
| 1:24.5 | happening July 18 through the 20th, 2025 in Boston, |
| 1:28.4 | and it's events like that where discussions like these take on a life of their own. |
| 1:33.3 | As always, our focus remains on victims. |
| 1:36.5 | We aim to promote ethics and advocacy in the creation and consumption of true crime content, |
| 1:41.9 | ensuring that these stories are told with care and respect. |
| 1:45.6 | Lastly, a huge thank you to Aden from Sustle. |
| 1:48.7 | I lost my voice after the previous episode, and Aiden really stepped in and helped me out when I needed it most. |
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