Episode 268 - Lights, Camera…Justice? - The Murder of Anita Knutson
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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4.4 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Who really killed Anita?
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Editing:
Aiden Wolf
Sources:
‘Cold Justice’ Investigation Into North Dakota Murder Helps Lead To An Arrest Years Later
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Anita Knutson Obituary
Family Of Murdered MSU Student Demands Answers
10 years later
Witnesses’ testimonies highlight alleged confessions by Rice
Autopsy shows student was stabbed to death in Minot
Road to Resolution: A timeline of the Anita Knutson investigation
Arrest made in Anita Knutson case
Cold case solved
Cold cases: Local police kept cases active
Judge rules on proposed gag order
Defense DNA expert testifies; Rice case in state of limbo
Rice’s attorney says moving forward sets ‘dangerous precedent’
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Cold Justice – The Key to the Crime: Part 1
Cold Justice – The Key to the Crime: Part 2
Roommate Murder Mystery — ND v. Nichole Rice — Day 1
Roommate Murder Mystery — ND v. Nichole Rice — Day 2
Roommate Murder Mystery — ND v. Nichole Rice — Day 3
Roommate Murder Mystery — ND v. Nichole Rice — Day 4
Roommate Murder Mystery — ND v. Nichole Rice — Day 5
Roommate Murder Mystery — ND v. Nichole Rice — Day 6
Roommate Murder Mystery — ND v. Nichole Rice — Day 7
Devin Hall Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
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| 0:33.3 | The The In 2013, the TV show Syke aired its 100th episode. |
| 1:11.2 | A whodunit, where the audience chose the ending. |
| 1:15.1 | It was a clever twist, multiple suspects, shifting clues, |
| 1:20.1 | a mystery built to make you second guess everything. |
| 1:23.5 | But it was fiction. |
| 1:25.9 | Now imagine something like that, only real. |
| 1:30.3 | In June 2007, in the quiet city of Minot, North Dakota, |
| 1:35.3 | 18-year-old Danita Knutzen was found murdered in her apartment. |
| 1:40.3 | The case stayed cold for 15 years, |
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