The Fugitive Mother (Part 2 of 2)
The Knife: A True Crime Podcast
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
This is part 2 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. |
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| 0:41.3 | This story contains adult content and language. Listener discretion is advised. The claims and |
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| 0:58.6 | And I said, are there any of you guys FBI? |
| 1:00.7 | Because there was like 12 of them raiding the house. |
| 1:02.5 | He goes, there's two of them waiting outside. I said, bring them on in. |
| 1:03.9 | So I knew then. |
| 1:05.2 | That was it. |
| 1:22.8 | Yeah. Welcome to The Knife. I'm Hannah Smith. |
| 1:24.0 | I'm Pasha Eaton. |
| 1:26.7 | This is part two of a two-episode series. |
| 1:28.9 | If you have not heard part one, we recommend you go back and listen to that now. We will be back at the end of the episode to discuss the series. |
| 1:34.4 | Let's get into part two. |
| 1:39.7 | Last episode we heard about Lee Barnett's crumbling marriage and the vicious divorce trial and custody battle. |
| 1:46.9 | Lee was devastated to lose custody of her daughter, Savannah. |
| 1:51.2 | Now, if this were a movie, the screen would go dark here and then reopen in an entirely different genre. |
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