The Knoxville Murders: A Crime That Shocked Tennessee
I Could Murder A Podcast
ICMAP LTD
4.7 • 700 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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In January 2007, a young couple set out for what should have been an ordinary evening in Knoxville, Tennessee. By the next day, a horrifying chain of events had unfolded - one that would leave a community grieving and a nation stunned.
The murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom became one of the most widely reported and emotionally charged criminal cases in Tennessee’s history. As investigators pieced together what had happened, the scale and brutality of the crime sent shockwaves far beyond Knoxville.
The arrests, trials, and years of legal battles that followed kept the case in the headlines, raising complex questions about justice, procedure, and accountability.
In this episode, we break down the timeline, the investigation, and the courtroom drama that followed and why this case continues to be discussed nearly two decades later.
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Presented by Tom Norris & Ben Carter
Written by Ben Carter
Produced by Dan J Lambert
Edited by Ben Bonsey
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| 0:23.8 | It began on a night just like any other. |
| 0:27.5 | Saturday, January 6th, 2007. |
| 0:30.5 | In a quiet North Knoxville neighbourhood, |
| 0:34.5 | where the streets usually fell silent beneath the dim glow of streetlights, |
| 0:38.6 | two young lives were about to collide with a level of violence that would shock and appall an entire country forever. In the middle of the car park of the Washington |
| 0:45.8 | Ridge apartment complex, 21-year-old Shannon Christian and her boyfriend, 23-year-old Christopher |
| 0:51.8 | Newsom, were just beginning what should have been an evening of celebration, |
| 0:55.0 | surrounded by loved ones and their closest friends. |
| 0:59.0 | However, as they made their way through the car park towards their vehicle, |
| 1:03.0 | they were unknowingly stepping into the final moments of their lives, |
| 1:07.0 | and a nightmare that they simply could not escape. |
| 1:15.4 | As the couple lingered by Shannon's parked car and shared a hug and a kiss, |
| 1:21.4 | they were completely oblivious to the fact that a group of violent and highly dangerous individuals had already marked them out as targets from deep within the darkness of the shadows. |
| 1:26.9 | These individuals just so happened to have chosen that specific time, that specific place, |
| 1:32.3 | and those specific victims for a night of calculated and shocking horror. |
| 1:37.3 | What followed was not random. |
| 1:40.3 | It was premeditated. It was brutal. |
| 1:43.3 | And it would leave investigators piecing together a trail of evidence so horrifying |
| 1:48.0 | that even seasoned detectives struggled to comprehend the full scale of the crimes. |
| 1:53.7 | Shannon and Chris were attacked at gunpoint, forced inside their vehicle, |
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