Introducing 'The Knife: When Trust Becomes a Trap'

The Knife 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.

Ashlee and Kristal join us from Perth, Australia, to discuss their mother Donna Nelson's case. In January 2023, their 58-year-old mother was arrested in Tokyo on international drug-smuggling charges. Right away, they suspected the man Donna had been dating online. Together, Ashlee and Kristal share their family’s heartbreaking story, their ongoing fight for justice, and the warning signs of the elder drug mule scam.

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Episoder(44)

EP 5- Hardcore Con - David and Goliath

Sometimes the scammer is 'the good guy' exploiting a tiny loophole in a giant corporation's promotion designed to move their product off store shelves. And this promotion in particular backfires spect...

18 Aug 33min

Introducing 'Final Days on Earth: Who is Greg Williams?'

Greg Williams was a successful tech entrepreneur living a quiet life with his family in a Fort Worth suburb. Until one night in 2011, when his whole world came crashing down. Greg had been shot in col...

10 Aug 21min

EP 4 - Hardcore Con - The Homeless Billionaire

A homeless man walks into a bar and scams a waitress out of $70,000. This is not the setup to a joke. This actually happened to a woman named Glenda Toews. And she wrote two books about it 'Spinning o...

4 Aug 32min

Next Tuesday Ep 4 'The Homeless Billionaire'

How did a homeless man walk into a bar and and scam $70,000 from a waitress? I'll explain next Tuesday on Hardcore Con.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Breeze...

28 Jul 54s

EP 3 - Hardcore Con - Dead Money

Some people go their whole lives without scamming anyone. And then there's a death in the family. And suddenly they start SCAMMING like there's no tomorrow. More at JohnathanWalton.comOur Sponsors:* C...

14 Jul 26min

Preview Hardcore Con Ep 3: Dead Money

When an unemployed man's mother dies, he sees a macabre opportunity to start scamming.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a...

7 Jul 53s

EP 2 - Hardcore Con - Simon Says

The death of Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy at just 32 years old has been shrouded in mystery for the past 17 years. But based on my recent investigation, there is no mystery. Brittany Murphy fell ...

30 Jun 32min