Murder in Perugia: The truth about Amanda Knox

The 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a British exchange student in Perugia, Italy, may be the most widely debated criminal case of the century. The victim’s American roommate, Amanda Knox, along with her Italian boyfriend and an Ivory Coast-born Perugia resident, were initially convicted of the murder. After serving four years in prison, Knox and her boyfriend were definitively acquitted on appeal. But the case has continued to captivate the public’s attention, largely because of Knox's crusade denouncing both Italian investigators and international news coverage. Acclaimed investigative journalist Antonio Iovane, who covered the original case, long believed that the full truth had never been revealed. To discover it required going beyond the public obsession with Knox, speaking to those directly involved and pursuing the evidence wherever it might lead. What really happened that night in Perugia in 2007? This exclusive, seven-part podcast series is Iovane’s singular quest for the truth. Murder in Perugia is a co-production of OnePodcast and Worldcrunch

Episodes

7. Meredith

September 17, 2025 • 37 mins

March 27, 2015, and it’s over. Eight years have passed since Meredith's death, the judges reconstruct all the errors committed during the investigations, the findings of the scientific police that did not follow the guidelines of the international scientific community, the genetic analyses. And in the end, Raffaele and Amanda are acquitted; only Knox is sentenced to three years for slandering Patrick Lumumba. The only person respon...

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6. Raffaele’s version

September 17, 2025 • 27 mins

The case is ultimately destined for the Court of “Cassazione,” located in Rome, Italy’s Supreme Court for last appeals. The acquittal obtained in the second degree gives hope to the defenders of Sollecito and Amanda – who followed the trial from the United States. The behavior of the Seattle native after the crime is back at the center of attention: why would she have accused Lumumba if not to deflect suspicion from herself? And t...

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5. Hidden evidence

September 10, 2025 • 30 mins

On a first appeal, the Amanda and Raffaele return to the courtroom — and this time, the opinions of DNA experts will take over. The incriminating evidence is dismantled, piece by piece; testimonies that had led to the convictions in the first degree were deemed invalid. In the end, the two young defendants are acquitted on appeal. Knox receives a hero’s welcome. She would not come back to Italy for subsequent trials. Sollecito, a n...

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4. Beyond Foxy Knoxy

September 10, 2025 • 32 mins

Amanda and Raffaele are tried before the court in Perugia, under Italian law that includes three levels of judgment. In the first instance, the court will conclude that Meredith was killed during a perverse sexual game that degenerated into violence: Raffaele and Amanda, in Rudy's presence, stabbed Meredith to death. The verdict enrages much of America. For the U.S. media and many notable public figures, the young woman from Sea...

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3. Exit Patrick, Enter Rudy

September 3, 2025 • 30 mins

During the investigations inside Meredith's room, the forensic police found a footprint: it belonged to a 21-year-old drifter originally from Ivory Coast who lives in Perugia. His name is Rudy Guede and he had been in Italy for five years. The police are hunting for him, but discover that he had left Italy immediately after the crime, and is now in Germany. With a trick and the help of Guede’s friend, the officers manage to arrest ...

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2. Amanda’s truth and lies

September 3, 2025 • 36 mins

Amanda Knox tells investigators that Meredith's killer was Patrick Lumumba, the Congolese-born owner of the the Perugia pub Le Chic, where Knox works. The Seattle student recounts that on the night of the murder, Patrick had gone to the house on Via della Pergola and had sex with Meredith. Then Amanda had heard screams coming from her English friend's room. "He killed her," Knox tells police. Lumumba is arrested, and the Italian ...

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1. Scene of the Crime

September 3, 2025 • 38 mins

It was November 2, 2007, when the lifeless body of a young woman was found with multiple stab wounds in Perugia, a charming city in central Italy renowned for its chocolate production. The victim is a 21-year-old from England named Meredith Kercher, who had come to study in Italy thanks to the Erasmus exchange program. In a small rented house, on Via della Pergola, she lived with three other women, including Amanda Knox, a student ...

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September 1, 2025 • 3 mins

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Murder in Perugia: The truth about Amanda Knox

Episodes

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5. Hidden evidence

4. Beyond Foxy Knoxy

3. Exit Patrick, Enter Rudy

2. Amanda’s truth and lies

1. Scene of the Crime

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7. Meredith

6. Raffaele’s version