The Knife: A True Crime Podcast
Episodes
Chilling Obsession
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kylie Bearse, a meteorologist at a local news channel in Denver, joins us to discuss what it feels like to be stalked by an obsessed man. When Kylie t...
The Knife: Off Record 136
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, a family friend’s concern over a peculiar coworker led FBI Agent Mark Hastbacka straight into the path of Dana Lawrence &mdas...
When Trust Becomes A Trap
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ashlee and Kristal join us from Perth, Australia, to discuss the case of their mother, Donna Nelson. In January 2023, their 58-year-old mother was arr...
A Preventable Tragedy
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Criminal defense attorney Michael Foote joins The Knife to discuss the murder trial of Bricen Rivers. In July of 2024, 22-year-old Lauren Johansen was...
I Know Everything
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Heather Rovet met Jace Paratti, the chemistry was instant. And soon, they were making plans for the future. But when the relationship hit a rough...
What Remains
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sudden passing of husband and father, Michael Cochran, in 2019, was initially a medical mystery. But when his widow, Natalie Cochran was convicted...
Special Episode: It’s Worse Than We Thought
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this crossover episode with lovelustfear, a podcast hosted by Jake Deptula, we hear a powerful story from a woman named Allyn. Allyn met a captivat...
Haunted
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Jaime and Ben bought their first home in Lamar, Arkansas, a charming 1800s fixer-upper with two chimneys and a wraparound porch, they were thrill...
Am I Dating You?
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For nearly two decades Alec Couros has been the target of scammers on the internet. A professor and public speaker from Canada, Alec discovered in 200...
Special Episode: Solving Cold Cases with DNA
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elin Lantz Lesser joins us to talk about a cold case that haunted Texas for more than four decades, the 1974 murder of Carla Walker. Recently solved t...
Gone without a Warrant
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah and Josh were a young couple in Boston, raising two boys and building a happy life together. But one night, everything changed. After bringing t...
The Knife: Off Record – 128
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Patia tells the story of the Trenchcoat Robbers, Ray Bowman and William “Billy” Kirkpatrick, a notorious duo who evaded capture...
The Night Ellen Was Kidnapped
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Ellen was in college, she was kidnapped after leaving her shift at Applebee’s. She recounts the terrifying hour that followed as she was dr...
The Knife: Off Record – 126
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Hannah answers a listener’s question about a man named Tommy Lee Buckley and his “Treasury Gate” scheme— a web of co...
Decades in the Dark
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Burt Rosen searched for his missing son, Matthew, for over twenty years. Matthew had been struggling with mental illness when he vanished in 2001. Bur...
The Knife: Off Record – 124
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patia shares a story she’s followed for years and has a personal connection to: the disappearance of Samantha Sayers, who vanished after hiking ...
Queen of the Con: Johnathan Walton’s Story
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we speak with Johnathan Walton, creator of Queen of the Con and author of Anatomy of a Con Artist. Johnathan shares how he met “Mair S...
The Knife: Off Record – 122
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re talking scams. Hannah shares the story of a man whose photo was used to con thousands of women, and Patia takes us inside an uns...
Denton Family Murder
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Denton has always wondered what really happened to her cousin Patricia, who was murdered in 1970 in her home in Oklahoma City. Decades late...
The Knife: Off Record – 120
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Patia and Hannah dig into listener emails, covering a rental scam, a case of digital dating abuse (yes, it’s real), and a cold case: ...
My Body Is The Crime Scene
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patia and Hannah speak with Cassie, who attended a Halloween party at an Oregon State University fraternity in 2008. The night started with costumes, ...
The Knife: Off Record – 118
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we bring you two crime stories in collaboration with Mandy and Melissa from Moms and Mysteries. Hannah and Patia discuss the killing of Rich...
Rent-A-Hitman: Murder, Interrupted
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Innes never set out to stop murders. But when his satirical website, RentAHitman.com, started attracting real requests for contract killings, he f...
The Knife: Off Record – 116
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah and Patia sit down with Anna Sinfield, the producer and writer behind the first two hit seasons of The Girlfriends, to talk about why the world...
The Mother’s Day Attack
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tennyson and Kyle felt safe in their quiet, rural community—until their lives were shaken by not one, but two violent home invasions. It wasn&rs...
The Knife: Off Record – 114
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patia shares a conversation she had with Shileshia and Eric Milligan, a couple who became victims of adoption fraud in 2019 after self-matching throug...
Hijacked
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On November 23, 1985, Jackie Pflug took her seat aboard EgyptAir Flight 648. When the plane reached flying altitude, several men forcefully took contr...
The Knife: Off Record – 112
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A listener sends in a tip about an international conman, Chadwick Hauser – who is still on the run. Through an interview with his ex-wife, Hanna...
The Kill List
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Susan was going about a normal day at work when an FBI Agent showed up with terrifying news. She was on a hit list. A notorious terrorist organization...
The Knife: Off Record – 110
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah and Patia discuss the 1996 murder at Mountain Park Baptist Boarding Academy, where 16-year-old William Futrelle—new to the school—w...
Mountain Park
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meg Richter was branded a “troubled teen” and sent by her parents to Mountain Park Baptist Boarding Academy. But the rural Missouri facili...
The Knife: Off Record – 108
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patia shares the story of a string of bizarre robberies in Edwardsville, Illinois—cracked not by cops, but by the sharp-eyed owner of a local sp...
On the Side of Truth
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1991, Yolanda Thomas’ sister Jacquetta was murdered. A trial followed—conviction, life sentence—all without Yolanda or her family...
The Knife: Off Record – 106
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah unpacks the wild true story of Osama El-Atari—a flashy con man- turned-jailhouse informant, who ultimately helps take down a serial kille...
The Wrongful Conviction
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Thompson was a college student when a man broke into her home and sexually assaulted her. Jennifer did her best to help law enforcement captu...
The Knife: Off Record – 104
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From pop culture to the FBI, the perception of polygraphs varies wildly depending on who you ask. So, Hannah and Patia speak to an expert polygraph ex...
Escape from Colorado
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Newly married and just a month into her pregnancy, Toni’s husband becomes physically abusive. Thousands of miles from her family, Toni carefully...
The Knife: Off Record – 102
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the very first episode of The Knife: Off Record, hosts Hannah Smith and Patia Eaton bring you a behind-the-scenes conversation about making a true ...
A Morning Run
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In their premiere episode, hosts Hannah and Patia speak with Darun Henry. While on a morning run through her neighborhood park, Darun is attacked by a...
Introducing The Knife: A True Crime Podcast
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Knife is the true crime podcast that goes beyond the headlines to reveal the lasting impact of crime. From the celebrated podcast, The&n...