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The Knife: A True Crime Podcast

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The Knife: A True Crime Podcast

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True Crime

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Chancy Lewis, a retired schoolteacher and recent widower, struck up an unlikely online friendship after receiving a text from a wrong number. Five short weeks later, his entire world began to unravel. 

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0:00.0

This is exactly right.

0:06.9

Hey, it's Jake Brennan, and on my podcast, Disgraceland, I tell stories from the dark side of the music business.

0:13.2

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0:18.0

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0:28.4

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0:37.0

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0:43.3

This story contains adult content and language. Listener discretion is advised.

0:49.1

The claims and opinions in this podcast are those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent the knife or exactly right media.

0:58.7

I suddenly made

1:00.1

almost $100,000.

1:02.1

I'm watching it happen right there in front of me,

1:04.8

on the screen.

1:06.6

And I'm going, is that how people get rich?

1:24.9

Yeah. And I'm going, is that how people get rich? Welcome to The Knife.

1:26.2

I'm Hannah Smith.

1:27.4

I'm Pasha Eaton. This week, we're speaking with Chancy Lewis, a retired school teacher in Colorado who, while grieving the loss of his wife, formed an unlikely friendship with a stranger. And soon he was pulled into a complex scheme.

1:40.9

But during our conversation, something unexpected happened. We began to realize that it might not be

1:46.7

over. And actually, there might be another scheme already in motion. This was happening as Pasha and I were

1:53.2

wrapping up the interview. And then we basically attempted to intervene in real time.

1:59.5

Let's get into it.

2:03.6

Hi, Chancy.

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