Murder in the Name of Love: Alice & Freda Part 1

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.1 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

When 19-year-old Alice Mitchell jumped from a carriage and slit the throat of 17-year-old Freda Ward one fateful day in 1892, a rampant fascination over the drama soon followed. Alice loved Freda and killed her accordingly –to the crazed confusion of nearly everyone in Memphis, Tennessee and beyond. In the first half of our pride series, we’ll go over the story of their sapphic relationship, how it functioned in the American South during the Victorian era and how it unraveled to the point of tragedy.

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0:00.0	If you're fascinated by True Crime, then join us in June 2025 for CrimeCon London.
0:06.3	Meet the biggest names in True Crime TV, experience live forensic demonstrations,
0:11.5	and dive deep into the criminal mind with your favourite authors, podcasters and content creators.
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0:24.6	CrimeCon London, partnered by True Crime Channel 7th and 8th of June 2025.
0:31.5	Hey, strangers, this episode originally aired on June 16th, 2022.
0:37.3	Enjoy.
0:42.3	How far would you go to be with the object of your affection? In a world where all the
0:48.4	stars were aligned against you, when your family and even society said you weren't allowed
0:53.5	to love or be loved the way you wanted to?
0:56.9	What measures would you take?
0:58.7	What would you do for love?
1:01.4	Welcome to Strange and Unexplained with me, Daisy Egan.
1:04.6	I'm a writer and an actor and a proud queer non-binary femme who is so excited to be celebrating pride this month with a queer
1:12.1	love and death story of unparalleled dynamism. It's not a happy one, nothing rainbow about
1:20.2	it really, and that's kind of why we're exploring it. Crazy things can happen to all kinds of
1:26.6	people in all kinds of relationships, but the way the
1:30.0	world takes gay stories throughout history and spins them into fodder for bigotry is something
1:35.9	to look more closely at. This week and next, I'll tell you a truly epic tale of love and murder
1:43.3	that took the nation by storm.
1:46.3	A quick note before we begin, this episode highlights a pretty abusive relationship.
1:51.4	So if that's a hard topic for you, please take care.
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