115: They Were Roommates pt.1: Lost in Translation

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Today's episode challenges you with a simple yet complex question: what do you think you know about Amanda Knox? Many remember the attention grabbing headlines when it was reported that an American college student had savagely murdered her roommate, but what was the evidence and motives behind that initial ruling? This week we investigate what got lost in translation with the infamous Amanda Knox case.

Chapters

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:28:36 Lost In Translation

00:40:32 THE MEDIA

00:50:37 THE INVESTIGATORS

01:05:59 Headlines at the time

01:09:26 In Prison and the Diary

01:16:43 Three Weeks Later

01:30:36 The Trials

01:40:46 Giuliano's Theory

01:46:07 AMANDA & RAFFAELE

02:03:49 Three Years Later

02:24:02 Four Years Later

02:33:08 Six Years Later

02:36:36 Eight Years Later

02:42:49 After the Doc

Photos Referenced

Sources

(2007-11-06) Arrests made over student's murder in Italy - The Independent

(2007-11-13) Grisly Murder Case Intrigues Italian University City - The New York Times

(2007-11-16) Foxy DNA is found on knife - Mirror.co.uk

(2008-10-19) Amanda Knox ‘led ritual killing’ - Daily Star

(2008-10-28) Amanda Knox Faces Murder, Sex Assault Trial - ABC

(2008-10-29) Parents Confident Knox Will Be Acquitted - ABC News

(2009-02-08) Housework friction of Foxy Knoxy - Daily Star

(2009-04-03) Amanda Knox’s court demeanor causes tongues to wag - Seattle Times

(2009-12-04) Amanda Knox guilty of Meredith Kercher murder - The Guardian

(2011-10-03) Amanda Knox freed after four years in case that has no winners - The Guardian

(2014-01-30) Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito lose Meredith Kercher murder appeal - The Guardian

(2016) Amanda Knox - Netflix

(2016) What's in a name?: The UK Newspapers’ Fabrication and Commodification of 'Foxy Knoxy' - Eugene McLaughlin

(2019-01) Knox c. Italy - European Court of Human Rights

(2021-09) E239 A Trash Pile of Ghostly Magazines and the Paranormal D.A.R.E. Program - And That's Why We Drink Podcast

(2021-09) E240 A Haunted Hotline and a Vegan Doc Marten Sized Baby - And That's Why We Drink Podcast

(2023-11-30) Amanda Knox and Husband Christopher Robin Welcome Baby No.2: 'Easy-Peasy' - People

(2024-06-05) Italian court upholds Amanda Knox slander conviction - The Guardian

(2024-11) Nick Pisa: Controversial Journalist and the Amanda Knox Case - News Dipper

(2024-11) Meredith Kercher's sister speaks out as Amanda Knox project starts filming it Italy - The Guardian

(2025-01) Amanda Knox Slander Conviction Is Upheld by Italy's Highest Court - The New York Times

(2025-03-25) Amanda Knox Reveals If There’s a Chance at Moving Forward With Meredith Kercher’s Family After Trial - US Weekly

Daily Mail

(2007-11-15) Daily Mail Homepage via Way Back Machine

(2007-11-16) Daily Mail homepage via Way Back Machine

(2009-01-19)  The Foxy Knoxy show: Smiling murder suspect makes grand entrance as trial begins - Daily Mail

(2010-11-09) Amanda Knox will face slander trial over claim police beat her up while quizzing her over Meredith's murder - Daily Mail

(2010-25-11) Not so Foxy Koxy: Killer Amanda looks pale and spotty as she arrives at court for murder appeal - Daily Mail

(2010-12-19) 'I'm innocent,' weeps Amanda Knox as Meredith Kercher murder appeal starts - Daily Mail

(2010-12-26) Amanda Knox marks fourth Christmas behind bars with carols, her family and a special turkey dinner - Daily Mail

(2011-02-08) Amanda Knox 'cried and almost fainted' after she saw film trailer about Meredith Kercher murder - Daily Mail

(2011-03-24) Fresh hope for Amanda Knox after new DNA tests on knife 'proved to be insufficient to convict her' - Daily Mail

(2011-05-17) Back in the dock ... but this time she's charged with slander: Amanda Knox in fresh trial over claims police beat her to make her confess - Daily Mail

(2011-06-16) Fresh Hope for Amanda Knox after five inmates agree to testify she is innocent of murdering British student - Daily Mail

(2011-11-06) Strain shows on Amanda Knox's pale, spotty face as judge prepares to announce murder appeal verdict on Monday - Daily Mail

Misc

Amanda Knox - Amanda Knox.com

Nick Pisa - Senior Reporter Global - Daily Mail

(2010) Talk with Amanda Knox in prison: Take me with you by Rocco Girlanda - Barnes and Noble

(2015) Waiting To Be Heard by Amanda Knox - Barnes and Noble

(2025) Free: My Search for Meaning by Amanda Knox - Barnes and Noble

The Amanda Knox Case: A Chronology - Famous Trials