The Three Murder Trials of Nancy Fredette

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

1977 - Biddeford, Maine. By the time Nancy Fredette was able to get to the bedroom where shots rang out on the morning of May 26th, 1977, it was too late. The armed intruder had left through the back door, and her husband, Fred Fredette, lay dying on the bed in their Biddeford, Maine home. He passed away at the hospital later that night, and an investigation for his murder ensued. Weeks later, Nancy got a surprise when she herself was arrested for the murder of her husband. The state of Maine vs. Nancy Fredette is one of the most unique cases in Maine criminal history. There was not one, not two, but three trials before the jury found the final verdict largely based on wild circumstantial evidence. So is Nancy Fredette guilty of murder? What do you think? All sources for this episode can be found on murdershetold.com. Connect on Instagram @murdershetoldpodcast Support the show here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Murder She Told, true crime stories from Maine, New England, and small town USA.
0:19.0	I'm your host, Kristen Sevy.
0:21.6	You can connect with me at murdersheetold.com or follow on Instagram at MurderSheTold podcast.
0:30.0	In January of 1977, an unexplained fire destroyed the main clubhouse of a local civic society
0:43.0	called the Fraternal Order of the Eagles, or the Eagles for short.
0:48.1	The Eagles are an organization similar to the Odd Fellows, the Masons, or the Elks.
0:54.3	The fire also damaged a neighboring building, an apartment house that was owned by Fred
0:59.9	and Nancy Fradette.
1:01.4	They even occupied one of the units.
1:04.4	Fred and Nancy, husband and wife, lived in Bidiford, Maine with their six children and
1:09.4	were somewhat prominent community members and landlords.
1:13.4	Since the club had been totally destroyed, they would have to rebuild it, which would
1:17.7	require them applying for a building permit.
1:21.2	This bureaucratic process gave the Fradettes and other nearby families an opening to voice
1:26.4	their grievances to City Hall and to the Eagles.
1:30.0	They claimed that the club brought noise, litter, congested parking, and safety issues
1:35.8	to the neighborhood.
1:37.5	They acknowledged that the club had been there for over 50 years since the 1920s, but
1:43.8	they claimed that the character of the club had changed in recent years, a younger demographic
1:49.4	with far more cars.
1:51.6	There had been a car explosion two years prior in 1975 in their parking lot, and the Fradettes
1:58.2	were particularly miffed that the Eagles hadn't offered to help prepare the damage caused
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