The Tragic End of Henrietta Knight

The Tragic End of Henrietta Knight

Author: Dark Poutine / Curiouscast February 23, 2026 Duration: 59:28
Episode 407: On a quiet street in Kingston, Ontario, a 92-year-old woman named Henrietta Knight opened her front door on a summer afternoon in 1995. She was violently assaulted during a home invasion, left badly injured, and her house was ransacked. Though she survived the attack and spoke to police, paramedics, and doctors, her health steadily declined, and she died months later. What caused her death, and whether it was connected to the assault, would linger as an unanswered question for decades. This episode traces the case from its beginnings in eastern Ontario in the mid-1990s through years of silence and uncertainty, leading to a courtroom many years later, where the truth proved far harder to define than anyone expected. Sources: Jan 12, 1996, page 9 - The Kingston Whig-Standard at Newspapers.com™Sep 24, 1999, page 10 - The Kingston Whig-Standard at Newspapers.com™https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2023/2023onsc1379/2023onsc1379.htmlhttps://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2023/2023onsc1165/2023onsc1165.htmlhttps://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2022/2022onsc5319/2022onsc5319.htmlhttps://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2022/2022onsc4291/2022onsc4291.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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