playnext.fm

Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings · Envision Podcast Productions

PART 2 | ANOTHER Knoxville Nightmare

·1 hr 28 min·1 clip
He was shot and he was burned, and then on top of that, they have to process he was raped.
KJ presents Part 2 of a true crime story about Shannon and Chris, a young couple who disappeared in Knoxville. After they fail to appear at a party, their families begin searching. Chris's body is found burned on railroad tracks after being shot multiple times and sexually assaulted. His family moves from normal routines to funeral planning overnight. Shannon's vehicle is found empty of belongings—stickers removed, contents missing, inside carpets muddy. Shannon's last call home was around midnight claiming she was at her friend Kara's watching a movie, promising to be home by 3 AM. When she doesn't return and her mother calls repeatedly, the phone alternates between ringing and going straight to voicemail. Cell phone evidence pings in Cherry Street, a dangerous neighborhood Shannon would never visit willingly. Police must reconcile discrepancies between what Shannon said and where evidence shows her to be.

As heard by us

A blunt true crime episode that keeps to the forensic facts and never softens the worst of them.

This true crime episode stays anchored in forensic detail and does not try to make the violence easier to take. It lays out Shannon's injuries, the rape findings, and the crushing force that left her crammed into a trash can, while also noting that she was alive when she was…

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

If you want the ugly details, this one stays with Shannon's case all the way through.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →
Listen to the show on
Apple PodcastsSpotify
Play clips from this episodeMore from Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings