Too Young to Die: The Tragic Story of Alice Matthews

We travel back to Minnesota in 1912 to discover the tragic case of a young woman slain just yards from home: so close to safety, yet so far from salvation. She was popular and hardworking, with a loving, happy family, and no enemies. So how was it possible that a man confessed multiple times to killing 21-year-old Alice Matthews, but nobody was ever taken to trial? 📘 Learn more about my latest book: Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Warti... 👉Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://prashganendran.com Full playlist:    • Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast   ❤️ Super Thanks If you’re watching on YouTube and would like to support the channel, you can do so via Super Thanks — click the heart icon with the dollar sign below the video. ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap 💵 PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for watching. Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Sources: • Alice E Matthews, Find a Grave.com https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1... • Caledonia Argus, “Horrible Murder”, 29th March 2012, Vol 33. No. 18 • Henderson, John, “Demographics of the Titanic Passengers”, 2017, • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, “Developments in the Matthews Murder Case”, Tuesday March 26th 1912, Vol XLV, No. 198 • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, “Driskell Arrested, Charged With Alice Matthews Murder”, Friday October 22nd, 1915, Forty-Eighth Year No. 309 • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, “Driskell Enacts Matthews Crime; main facts tally”, Saturday October 23rd 1915, Forty-Eighth Year No. 310 • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, “Driskell Unbalanced, says Sheriff Langum”, Saturday June 5th 1915, Vol XLVIII, No. 170 Minneapolis Morning Tribune, “Girl Is Beaten to Death With Stone,” Thursday October 14th 1920, Fifty-Fourth Year No. 143 • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, “Girl Loses Life in Brave Battle to Save Honor”, Monday March 25th 1912, Vol XLV, No. 197 • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, “Latest Developments,” Thursday March 28th 1912, Vol XLV, No. 200 • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, “Ogre Sought by Detectives as Girl’s Slayer”, Saturday April 6th 1912, • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, “Police do not believe Driskell confession”, Wednesday 15th October 1913, Vol XLVI, No. 300 • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, “Throng of Curiosity Seekers at Scene of Matthews’ homicide; Persons connected with incidents following the tragedy”, Wednesday March 27th 1912, Vol XLV, No. 199 • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, “Police Report Flaw in Lindgren’s Alibi for Night of Bowers’ Murder”, Saturday February 11th 1922, Fifty-Fifth Year, No. 263, • PJE Family Research, September 2018, “On This Date in Minnesota History”, • Rivenes, Erik, December 14, 2019, “The 1912 Minneapolis Murder of Alice Matthews,” Minnesota’s Most Notorious: Where Blood Runs Cold podcast