S17EP4: Inside the Cleveland Kidnapping Case
Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil
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🗓️ 24 July 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Freedom came with a price. In the final episode, Dr. Phil explores what happened after the escape—how Michelle Knight emerged from the shadows with no home, no family, and serious health issues. With support, she fought to reclaim her future—writing a bestselling book, finding love, and building a life of resilience. Meanwhile, Ariel Castro stood before a courtroom, denying the abuse, blaming his victims, and calling himself “not a monster.” But justice had its day. This episode breaks down the long-term trauma of captivity, the strength required to heal, and why Castro’s delusions couldn’t survive the truth.
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| 0:00.0 | This is our final episode on the Cleveland kidnapping case, |
| 0:12.7 | featuring excerpts of my exclusive interview with one of Ariel Castro's former victims, |
| 0:18.3 | Michelle Knight. All those years of being conditioned to being in captivity, |
| 0:23.3 | and suddenly these women and Amanda's young daughter could taste real freedom. But I can assure you |
| 0:35.9 | the journey to recovery, well, it certainly would not be easy. |
| 0:43.3 | Now, Michelle was separated from the other two because she didn't have family. |
| 0:50.3 | So there was nowhere for her to return home to. |
| 0:57.0 | As a result, she was sent to a hospice. |
| 1:00.0 | And this hospice was in the middle of nowhere. |
| 1:04.0 | And you're probably asking, why was she sent to a hospice? |
| 1:07.0 | Well, it was really a lack of resources that sent her there. |
| 1:11.6 | And she was quite ill. |
| 1:14.6 | She had so many complications. |
| 1:16.6 | She was almost blind. |
| 1:18.6 | She had problems with her vision going into this 11 years. |
| 1:22.6 | Then she was kept in the dark so much that her eyesight really faded further. |
| 1:29.3 | She had multiple head trauma. |
| 1:31.3 | So there were all kinds of problems with potential seizures. |
| 1:35.3 | She had tremors that she was having to deal with. |
| 1:39.3 | She had digestive problems. |
| 1:41.3 | She had so many blows to her abdomen. And all, she was just not a well individual. |
| 1:47.4 | When she came in, she just had the clothes on her back. And we helped her get new clothes, |
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