The Knife: A True Crime Podcast

By: Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • 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 the experience through gripping, first-person storytelling.
    Follow The Knife on Instagram @theknifepodcast and on Bluesky @theknifepodcast.bsky.social.
    The Knife is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including true crime, comedic interviews, news, science, pop culture and more. The network is home to My Favorite Murder hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, This Podcast Will Kill You, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, Buried Bones and more.
    2025 iHeartMedia, Inc. © Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from iHeartMedia
    Show more Show less
True Crime
Show more Show less
Episodes
  • The Wrongful Conviction

    The Wrongful Conviction
    Apr 24 2025

    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 capture her assailant, but years later would learn the wrong person had been held responsible.

    Show Notes:

    Healing Justice https://healingjusticeproject.org/

    Picking Cotton https://www.pickingcottonbook.com/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 14 mins
  • The Knife: Off Record – 104

    The Knife: Off Record – 104
    Apr 17 2025

    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 examiner whose work led to a bombshell confession in a half-decade old missing persons case, turned murder.

    Show Notes:

    https://www.kansas.com/news/article1049717.html

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
    Show more Show less
    48 mins
  • Escape from Colorado

    Escape from Colorado
    Apr 10 2025

    Newly married and just a month into her pregnancy, Toni’s husband becomes physically abusive. Thousands of miles from her family, Toni carefully plans to escape with her children as her estranged husband’s harassment only escalates. Today, Toni hopes that telling her story will help others suffering from abuse to get help and to find safety.

    Show Notes:

    The National Domestic Violence Hotline: thehotline.org

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 4 mins
adbl_web_global_use_to_activate_webcro768_stickypopup

What listeners say about The Knife: A True Crime Podcast

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available