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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