Beyond The Darklands: Katherine Knight

9:30pm – Monday, September 7 on Seven

Tonight on BEYOND THE DARKLANDS, meet the woman who committed a crime so barbaric it shocked the world.

Katherine Knight committed a murder that’s almost incomprehensible. In February 2000, the former abattoir worker stabbed her de facto husband to death, skinned him and then cooked his body parts in a pot on the stove. She then proceeded to set the table for his children’s arrival, complete with vindictive letters.

This appalling murder shows the darkest reaches of the human mind. Katherine Knight is Australia’s first and only women to be jailed for the remainder of her life without parole.

Tonight clinical psychologist Dr Leah Giarratano takes us inside the mind of Australia’s most vicious female killer and explains why she comes from Beyond the Darklands.

Could it be possible that Katherine Knight was sane when she committed this murder? How could someone in their right mind commit an act so completely deranged?

In BEYOND THE DARKLANDS, interviews with those who knew them best as well as the police who investigated their crimes allows Dr Giarratano to dissect their personalities and ultimately offer some insight into why they committed these horrific crimes.

How did these fearsome criminals come to be – was it their upbringing, their influences or were they born evil?

BEYOND THE DARKLANDS is narrated by SAMUEL JOHNSON.

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  • Kris

    The episode of Beyond the Darklands on the 7th September 2009 better be good and also they can edit all the psychologists parts out. I have lived in Cessnock and Singleton and studied this case as well as met people involved. She better not make any more generalized assumptions as she does per every other case. Benji being the most generalized story I have ever watched.

    Time to get a new host before they destroy this story.

  • Marc de Hugar

    Who are you talking about Kris? Psychologist Leah Giarratano? If you are I would personally disagree with you. Leah is on the money with every diagnosis in my opinion. I have not seen the Benji episode though.

  • glen

    i know who id rather spend the night with

  • Andy

    I’ve watched eight episodes of Darklands and found them all to be great. Keep them coming.

    I think Dr Leah is spot on too. She doesn’t just say that they’re all psychopaths, just the ones that are. I think Needy Smith and Benji Veniamen were the only two non psychopaths and it made sense why- cause they were able to have real friends and relationships.
    Darklands ROCKS!

    By the way, I’ll be having nightmares over Katherine Knight for years.