The Knife: A True Crime Podcast

The Knife: A True Crime Podcast

Hosted by Hannah and Patia · Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

4.8from 1,632 ratings

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82Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
79
Episodes
65
Transcribed
1,632
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2025
First episode
419M
YouTube views

About The Knife: A True Crime Podcast

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.

Publisher
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
Category
true crime
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
12 Mar 2025
Latest episode
17 Sept 2026
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Latest episodes

65 of 79 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Off Record: Knot What it Seems

  2. 10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Fertility Scandal

  3. 3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Off Record: Missing Husband

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Off Record: Knot What it Seems

Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I found a pattern for a crocheted tennis ball with cute little eyeballs on it. Will you be crocheting this? I was like, I could probably do that. And then more like today, I was like, I don't think I actually could. I'm giving myself too much credit. Here's Hannah about to have a baby in the middle of the move being like, you know what I'm going to do today? I'm going to crochet a tennis ball with little eyeballs. Yeah. I was like, you know what? I'm going to save my energy. But it is very cute. There's so much cute stuff on there. If you're into crafts, I can see why you would like this website. […]

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Who has been a guest on The Knife: A True Crime Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

  • Paul Holes
  • Jennifer DeStefano
  • Carolynn Murray
  • Johnathan Walton
  • Emily Galvin Almanza

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YouTube views
419,108,275
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.8 / 5
1,046 ratings
Spotify
4.9 / 5
586 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100

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Social presence
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YouTube
93
Engagement
91

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Who hosts The Knife: A True Crime Podcast?

Hannah and Patia host the show. Published by Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts.

How often do new episodes come out?

The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.

Does The Knife: A True Crime Podcast take guests?

Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.

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