Hannah tells Patia the story of a six-year undercover FBI operation infiltrating an international smuggling operation. Plus, Patia tells Hannah about her favorite new podcast.
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In January 2023, 58-year-old Donna Nelson was arrested in Tokyo on international drug-smuggling charges. All signs pointed to Kelly, a man she’d been online dating, who’d given her a suitcase to carry across international lines. Donna’s family shares her story with us.
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 found dead in the trunk of her own car. Her ex-boyfriend, Bricen Rivers, is now charged with capital murder.
That stone-cold, bone-cold attitude. From our latest episode, “I Know Everything” about a romance scam.
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I feel you. It’s weird to carve out space to grieve in a busy work schedule. It really feels like we are doing it wrong as a society.
When Heather Rovet met Jace Paratti, the chemistry was instant. But when the relationship hit a rough patch, Heather wondered if maybe Jace was hiding something. What she discovered would thrust them both into international headlines and reveal that Jace Paratti wasn’t Jace Paratti at all.
The sudden passing of Michael Cochran in 2019 was a medical mystery. But when his widow, Natalie Cochran, was convicted of fraud, a possible motive was revealed. By 2025 Natalie Cochran stood trial for murder. Forensic Pathologist Dr. Paul Uribe walks us through this shocking murder trial.
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 2007 that his photos were being stolen and used in romance scams. Since then, his face has been used thousands of times to con victims around the world.
Sarah and Josh were a young couple in Boston, raising two boys and building a happy life together. After bringing their 3-month-old to the ER with a fever, a series of events spiraled out of control, ending with both their children taken from their home in the middle of the night.
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 driven around the city, unsure if she would make it out alive.
Thank you! It was quite a meaningful episode for us.
This is a personal one. Patia shares a story she’s followed for years: the disappearance of Samantha Sayers, who vanished after hiking Vesper Peak in August 2018. Then, Hannah tells the extraordinary survival story of Robert Schock, who survived 30 days in the wilderness.
Johnathan Walton, author of Anatomy of a Con Artist, shares how he met “Mair Smyth,” grew to love her as a sister, and then was brutally betrayed when she conned him out of $100,000. Johnathan has since spoken with hundreds of other victims and built a handbook to expose con artists.
Thank you @sisterwolf.bsky.social for sharing a story from your family history. Listen to The Knife: Denton Family Murder for the whole story. Video credit: The Denton family
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 unsettling case of identity theft.
Last spring I reached out to Hannah and Patia from @theknifepodcast.bsky.social about telling the story of my cousins Patricia and Melanie. Today they released the episode and I’m so grateful for their research and thoughtful storytelling.
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Brookelyn Farthing Missing Poster
On Off Record episode 20, 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: the 2013 disappearance of Brookelyn Farthing.
Cassie attended a Halloween party at an Oregon State University fraternity in 2008. The night started with costumes, loud music and a dance party but ended with Cassie in the ER. The police investigated, the state brought charges, and the case went to trial.
This week we bring you two crime stories with Mandy and Melissa from Moms and Mysteries. Hannah & Patia discuss the killing of Richard Challen by his wife, Sally Challen. Then, Mandy and Melissa share the wild true story of the “Barefoot Bandit.” Plus, Patia and Hannah have recommendations.
Bob Innes never set out to stop murders. But when his satirical website, RentAHitman.com, started attracting real requests for contract killings, he found himself in an unusual predicament. What, if anything, should he do about it?
Hannah and Patia sit down with Anna Sinfield, the producer and writer behind the first two hit seasons of The Girlfriends to discuss their new season. Plus, Hannah shares an update on the Brenda Andrew case.
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’t random. The attacks were targeted, and Tennyson was the focus. Even more chilling: it all happened on her very first Mother’s Day as a new mom.
On November 23, 1985, Jackie Pflug took her seat aboard Egypt Air 648. Minutes after take off, the plane was hijacked. Jackie walks us through that harrowing day and how she survived.
Susan reached out to us and said she had a story to share. She didn’t give many details in the message but said she had been carrying this around for too long and it was time to share it.
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Susan was going about a normal day at work when an FBI Agent showed up with terrifying news. She was on a hit list.
Thank you for listening and reaching out. Glad to hear your brother was able to leave. It’s such an injustice that this type of “school” still exists.
Yeah, it is really disturbing. Horrible that this place existed and that others like it still do.
