The Strange _ Disturbing Case of Frankie Silver

Podcast: Tale Foundry Mysteries · Tale Foundry Mysteries

Opublikowano: 2026-11-14

She was eighteen years old when they hanged her for chopping up her husband with an axe. The strange and disturbing case of Frankie Silver has haunted Appalachia for nearly two centuries. In 1831, Charlie Silver vanished from their mountain cabin in North Carolina; weeks later, neighbors found his charred bones in the fireplace and buried beneath the floorboards. Frankie never got to tell her side — the law barred women from testifying, and her father shouted "Die with it in you!" as she stood on the gallows. Was she a cold-blooded killer or a battered wife who fought back? Press play an...