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The Knife: A True Crime Podcast

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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.

Latest episodes

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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 t

Sep 17
47 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

Sep 10
51 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,

Sep 3
43 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 pi

Aug 27
44 min

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

Aug 20
1 h 05 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.  S

Aug 13
52 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,

Aug 6
54 min

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 lea

Jul 30
1 h 02 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 rea

Jul 23
54 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 journa

Jul 21
39 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

Jul 16
53 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 spark

Jul 9
46 min

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 H

Jun 25
1 h 04 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

Jun 18
58 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 accus

Jun 11
49 min

Off Record: Inside a Kratom Wrongful Death Case (with Michael Cowgill)

Attorney Michael Cowgill joins us to discuss a wrongful death lawsuit involving Kratom, the widely available and largely unregulated substance sold in gas stations across

Jun 4
1 h 06 min

Kidnapped at Birth (Part 2 of 2)

Paul Fronczak discovered that he was not biologically related to his parents, Dora and Chester Fronczak, but was born in New Jersey as Jack Rosenthal. He also learned he

May 28
42 min

Kidnapped at Birth (Part 1 of 2)

In 1964, Paul Fronczak was kidnapped from a Chicago hospital just one day after he was born. Miraculously found and returned two years later, he grew up unaware of his pa

May 21
37 min

Off Record: A Mother on Trial (with Samantha Michaels)

Investigative reporter Samantha Michaels of Mother Jones spent a year digging into Oklahoma’s controversial “failure to protect” laws—statutes meant to safeguard children

May 14
1 h 19 min

Off Record: Stalked Twice

Patia tells Hannah the story of LaVonne Skalias and her fight to survive two brutal attacks by her stalker, a man she barely knew.  Recommendation: Girl on the Run: The

May 7
41 min

Chart trend

Position in the True Crime chart (US), last 90 days.

#11
all-time peak
35
days in the top 50 since Mar 2025

Chart positions

Where The Knife: A True Crime Podcast ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 20, 2026).

#169 ▲ 8 True Crime US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Absolutely love this podcast! The way the hosts approach each story with great empathy, knowledge, and insight is beautiful.

Kat.1218 · May 2025

Thoughtfully researched, incredibly important topics with firsthand interviews and empowering stories. Love this show and can’t wait to hear more.

Tal Rae · May 2025

The hosts are excellent interviewers. Professional, respectful, and able to ask the right questions to make sure each guest’s story is told. I love the feminist lens they use as well!

Flapper22 · May 2025

I listen to a lot of true crime. The majority of true crime podcasts follow the same formula of telling these stories. The Knife has a completely different take on true crime and I’m loving it. Hearing the stories from the people who have lived it in one way or another is really refreshing. And sometimes infuriating. Keep em coming ladies, thank you for what you do.

hopperschai · May 2025

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