Ye Olde Sapphic Slashing: Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward

LOVE MURDER · Jun 3, 2026 · 1h 35m

A forbidden love affair turns deadly when one teenage girl brutally murders the object of her obsession in 1892 Memphis, Tennessee.

Sources:

1. Coe, Alexis. Alice + Freda Forever. Millbrook Press, 2019.

2. News 3 Channel, https://wreg.com/news/1892-memphis-teen-female-love-affair-turned-murder-is-new-opera/. Accessed 3 May 2026.

3. Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15638529/frederica-ward. Accessed 3 May 2026.

4. Public Ledger, 26 Jan. 1892.

5. The Commercial Appeal, 29 May 1898.

6. Bolivar Bulletin, 8 Apr. 1898.

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