Alpine Divorce: When a Hike Becomes a Homicide

About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of 'Alpine Divorce', a term for ending a relationship through murder during a hiking trip.

**Discussion begins at 5:25** Alpine Divorce: Ending a relationship by murdering one’s significant other during a mountain trip and passing it off as an accident, or more specifically, abandoning a partner in a remote outdoor setting. The phrase originates from an 1893 short story by Scottish-Canadian author Robert Barr, titled An Alpine Divorce. In the grim tale, an unhappy husband plots to kill his wife during a trip to the Swiss Alps, only for her to turn the tables on him, ha...

People in this episode

Host: 3SchemeQueens

Topics covered

• homicide
• relationship
• outdoor adventure
• literature
• crime

Keywords

• Alpine Divorce
• homicide
• mountain trip
• Robert Barr
• Swiss Alps
• relationship
• crime

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Swiss Alps

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