The Knife: A True Crime Podcast is a weekly true crime podcast from journalist/producers Hannah Smith and Patia Eaton. It's a show about people who’ve been dropped into a story they didn't start, but are left to finish. In-depth interviews take the listener behind the punchy headlines to hear what really happened from the people who lived it. The Knife reveals the ripple effect of crime. Through empathetic, solution-oriented journalism, Hannah and Patia find the untold stories of people who’ve been touched by crime. They’re not breaking news or solving cases, they’re cutting to the heart of...
Latest episodes
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51 min
Off Record: Red River Street (with Karen Kilgariff)
Patia speaks with Karen Kilgariff (Host, My Favorite Murder) about a tragedy she witnessed at SXSW in 2014. Karen reflects on the moment an unthinkable tragedy unfolded in front of…
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41 min
Off Record: Behind the Bloodstains (with Anita Vita)
In this episode, Patia speaks with Anita Vida, a forensic expert specializing in bloodstain pattern analysis. Anita discusses her work examining the evidence in the appellate case…
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53 min
Off Record: Lost in the Woods (with Gaby)
Hannah’s longtime friend, Gaby, tells Patia about a time she and her boyfriend set out on hike that should've been pretty quick and uneventful. But hours later, they realized they'…
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42 min
What happened to Rebekah? (Part 2 of 2)
Within days of learning her daughter, Rebekah Barsotti, was missing, Angela flew to Montana, desperate to find her daughter. When the search for Rebekah stopped, her estranged ex-h…
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42 min
What happened to Rebekah? (Part 1 of 2)
In the summer of 2021, Rebekah Barsotti went missing just outside of Missoula, Montana. Was her disappearance the result of a tragic accident, or something else? For Rebekah's moth…
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48 min
Off Record: Knot What it Seems
Hannah tells Patia about an online knitting community shaken by the sudden death of one of its own. But as people begin piecing together what happened, the story begins to... unrav…
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52 min
Fertility Scandal
In 1991, Diane Porter sought fertility treatment from the world-renowned Dr. Ricardo Asch. But just a few short years later, a scandal broke that would shine an entirely new light…
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44 min
Off Record: Missing Husband
Patia tells Hannah about Craig Thetford, a man whose disappearance quickly became a grave concern to investigators. Craig's family was worried sick, except for his wife, Deana. She…
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45 min
Munchausen by Proxy
When Tanya Reid called 911 to report that her young son was not breathing, paramedic Tony Collins was first on the scene. And what Tony witnessed that day became a key piece of a d…
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1 h 05
Off Record: Finding the Lost Girls (with Paul Holes)
Legendary investigator, Paul Holes, joins us to discuss Finding the Lost Girls, his audiobook about the investigation into serial killer Joseph Naso and Paul’s relentless effort to…
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53 min
Fake Kidnapping. Real Terror.
One phone call is all it took to plunge Jennifer DeStefano into every mother's worst nightmare. But as the truth came into focus, so did a chilling new kind of crime. See omnystudi…
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54 min
Off Record: Surviving Psychosis (with Carolynn Murray)
What if you looked across the room, saw a bloodied body, and believed you had committed murder? Carolynn Murray has experienced the terrifying reality of psychosis. Now, she shares…
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1 h 02
The FBI is Here
Zeke Gonzalez had worked hard to turn his life around when, one morning, on his way to work, he was arrested. Zeke couldn't seem to shake the past he'd worked hard to leave behind…
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54 min
Off Record: The Love Rat
When Rebecca Gray arrived in Perth in 2016, she met Sean and they quickly fell in love. After they'd been together for over a year, Sean uncovered a trail of lies and realized Rebe…
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40 min
Presenting – Hardcore Con with Johnathan Walton
This week we'd like to introduce you to the podcast, Hardcore Con. It's a new show from Johnathan Walton Media. What on earth could convince an Ivy League-educated journalist to fo…
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53 min
Guardianship Fraud (Part 2 of 2)
When Julie Belshe learned her parents had been placed under private guardianship and taken from their home in September 2013, she launched a battle to get them back. Her fight expo…
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46 min
Guardianship Fraud (Part 1 of 2)
When Julie Belshe arrived at her parents’ Las Vegas house in 2013, they’d vanished. After a desperate weekend of searching, she located them, but their reappearance sparked a deepe…
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1 h 04
Off Record: Cancer Scam Continued
As a follow-up to last week's episode, Patia and Hannah break down the fraud perpetrated by Tony Dia, the father of fallen police officer, Anthony Dia. Patia also tells Hannah abou…
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59 min
Cancer Scam
When Lisa Titkemeier told her new friend Dee Lynn that she had cancer, Dee sprang into action, raising thousands of dollars to help. But what began as an inspiring story of friends…
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49 min
Off Record: The ER of Law (with Emily Galvin Almanza)
What is a public defender really up against? Emily Galvin Almanza fought for over 2000 clients in some of America's toughest courts and saw firsthand how even being accused of a cr…