The Crimes of Margo Freshwater | 1. The Breakout

The Binge Crimes: Cut, Color, Kill

Sony Music

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.2 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Margo Freshwater is just 18 when she tries to bail out a friend charged with armed robbery. She ends up in big trouble of her own, when she and a much older man tear across the South like Bonnie and Clyde, shooting first and asking questions later. Binge all episodes of The Crimes of Margo Freshwater ad-free today by subscribing to The Binge. Visit The Binge Crimes on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘subscribe’ or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access. Want more of the story? Join our free newsletter at Patreon.com/TheBinge. The Crimes of Margo Freshwater is brought to you by Glass Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.7	The Binge. It looked like any other evening at the Tennessee prison for women on the northeast outskirts of Nashville.
1:04.0	It was a fall night, October 4th, 1970.
1:08.1	A line of inmates was heading across the yard under the watch of a single guard. But for weeks,
1:14.8	two women in that line had been imagining the moment when routine might crack open.
1:21.6	Tonight, they sensed it. We had gone to the church and we were headed back and there was about 20 of us in the group
1:30.3	and there was this older guard gentleman.
1:34.3	They figured in an all-out sprint they'd be able to beat this guy.
1:38.3	They were young after all.
1:40.3	And Fay and I were about in the middle of the group. She said, go, go.
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