The Fugitive Mother (Part 1 of 2)
The Knife: A True Crime Podcast
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This is part 1 of a 2-part series. Embroiled in a hellish custody battle over her 9-month-old daughter, Lee Barnett made a surprising and criminal decision, to leave the life she'd known behind and start a new one, as an international fugitive.
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| 0:00.0 | This is exactly right. |
| 0:07.0 | People who didn't do what John of God wanted them to do, they usually disappeared. |
| 0:15.0 | John of God was once Brazil's most famous spiritual healer. |
| 0:20.0 | But in this limited series podcast, we uncover the darker truth behind his global empire of faith and fear. |
| 0:29.0 | From exactly right and Adonde Media, this is two-faced, John of God. |
| 0:34.6 | Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:41.3 | This story contains adult content and language. Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:47.0 | The claims and opinions in this podcast are those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent the knife or exactly right media. |
| 0:56.0 | What is it? |
| 0:57.0 | He says, I can't take medicine. |
| 0:58.4 | I'm pregnant. |
| 0:59.1 | He goes, oh, no, this will be really good for you. |
| 1:01.3 | And he prescribed me naving. |
| 1:03.3 | And Harris would call me every day and go, |
| 1:05.2 | you take in your medicine like a good little girl. |
| 1:21.5 | Yeah. Good little girl. Welcome to The Knife. I'm Hannah Smith. |
| 1:23.9 | I'm Pasha Eaton, and this week we have part one of a two-part series, and part two will air next week. |
| 1:29.9 | We speak with Lee Barnett, who for many years was only known as the woman who kidnapped her own child and disappeared, leading to an international FBI manhunt. |
| 1:39.2 | And then, almost 20 years later, Lee and her now adult daughter were located and Lee was arrested. |
| 1:45.6 | Lee Barnett joins us to tell us her side of the story. Over these two episodes, Lee tells us about |
| 1:50.6 | the events leading up to her disappearance, why she felt she had no choice and what she did |
| 1:55.6 | all those years on the run. Let's get into the interview. |
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