hi guys how are you today
my name is Bailey Syrian
and today it’s Monday
which means murder mystery and makeup
I’m way too excited
but if you are new here
every Monday I’ve been doing a murder
mystery and makeup video where I sit down
I get ready
so it’s like a get ready with me
and we talk about a true crime
today’s story is
it’s that and just a little disclaimer
before we get started
today is like it’s pretty bad and it’s pretty gory
be aware okay
okay in the comment section
I kept seeing this name pop up over and over again
um so naturally I was like let me look into this
this lady is intense
let’s get into it okay
today we’re going to be talking about Catherine Knight
are you familiar
you probably are
she was a big deal
I think she still is
but not really
shut up Bailey
get to the point
okay so Catherine Knight lived in Aberdeen
New South Wales
which is north of Sydney Australia
a little background
she worked in a slaughterhouse in 1971
she then worked on animal carcasses
and she would work in the boning room
so she would get all the meat off of the animals
and she would cut the marrow off as well
her co workers would say like
she was really good with a knife
and she was really good at her job
based off of reports
it seemed like she also really enjoyed it
Catherine though
she in her personal life
had a string of bad relationships
first marriage
while working as a boner in the butcher shop
Catherine met a guy named David
we’ll call him David K
David K His last name is Klett
I think Klett
David was reported to be a raging alcoholic
and prone to fist fights
or just fighting
so he would drink
and then he would
he would fight
it was reported that David would try to beat Catherine
but she could hold her own
so David quickly learned that Catherine actually
could throw down
she never backed down
and she always would fight back
so if he tried to attack her
she would come at him 10 times harder
in 1974 Catherine convinced David to get married
even though they had problems in the relationship
marriage seemed like a good idea
so they got married
and throughout the marriage they
David was obviously drunk
because he was an alcoholic
which would cause issues in the relationship
and anyone’s relationship
really on their wedding night
after love making
David fell asleep
and Catherine got really upset
so it triggered something in her
and some people reported that
it had to do with hearing friends and family
um saying we did it
03:57 times a night
on our wedding night
so she was like
comparing her wedding night
to what she’s heard
it’s supposed to be like
so when they only did it one time
and then David fell asleep
it made Catherine really upset
so she then decided to strangle him
because that
I guess that just made sense to her
but he ended up waking up
and he fought Catherine off of him
so despite Catherine Almost killing David
on the first night of their marriage
they ended up staying together for 10 years
in those 10 years
they had 2 daughters also
in that 10 years
David ended up leaving one time
so apparently
David had snuck out of the house
in the middle of the night
to try and leave Catherine
and when he left
it sent Catherine into a really deep depression
at one point
Catherine ended up staying in a psychiatric hospital
for a couple of months
after she had gone to a mechanic
who had worked on david’s car
she tried to fight him
or she threatened to kill him
you see she was upset with a mechanic
because the mechanic had fixed david’s car
which helped
get David away from Catherine
so she was upset at the mechanic
because how dare he help David get away from her
in her mind
it made sense to us
we’re like girl no
and once she got out
her and David actually ended up back together again
it didn’t last long though
and then they ended up separating once
Catherine and David had been separated for a while
then Catherine met another David
named David Saunders
and they ended up in a relationship
David number 2
a few months after meeting
David and Catherine
ended up moving in together
so everything was moving very quick
but he also kept his own apartment
so he’s kind of living in 2 places
at one time
David did not want to move in with Catherine
he liked having his own place
and this pissed
Catherine off to her
it meant that he was living this double life
he obviously had his
like a whole
another separate life
that he didn’t want to combine his life with hers
it probably means that he’s cheating on her
it made her mad
because it meant that
he just didn’t want to spend time with her
it really set her off
and made her just very upset
to a degree
that you and I probably don’t understand
because what she did
to prove that she was upset
is just like what
in an argument
Catherine took their 2
month old puppy
she slit the
puppy’s throat
in front of David
just to show him
what she was capable of
if that’s not a red flag
I don’t know what is
after some time
I’m sorry for laughing
this isn’t funny
but this parts
kind of funny
you see her
the her reasoning behind slitting the puppy’s throat
was that she was just cranky
like that was her excuse
that she was just cranky
despite all like
that happening
they ended up having a daughter together
and shortly
after the daughter was born
there was an altercation
they got into a fight
and Catherine
stabbed David
with a pair of scissors
I’m not really sure what the fight was
and if he reported it or not
I guess I could have dug a little bit deeper
on that one
but I didn’t
that relationship ended
so then Catherine
gets into another relationship
his name is John
Chillingworth
they actually had a relationship
for about 3 years
there wasn’t
much abuse going on
in this new relationship
they ended up having a son together
and it said that
this relationship was really calm
and good because
most of the time
Catherine was
cheating on John
with another man
whose name was John Price
it said that
her relationship was good
because she was having an affair
and so that’s why
there was no reports of
her being crazy
so John was 45
at the time
and this would just be the relationship
that really pushed her
over the edge
when the relationship
first started
it was going really well
they would go out
um socially
have some drinks
with friends
at the local pub
John had 2 wait
are these all the same names
John had 2 children
who lived with him
they were a little bit
older though
so they weren’t young
and the children
reported to really
like Catherine
they didn’t have any issues with her
John worked in the
local mines
and he made
pretty good money
and he did really well
for himself
but Catherine
did suggest
to John that
they get married
but John actually declined
he was like no this is
this isn’t a good idea
I don’t really want to get married
and when he declined
that’s when
obviously things
once again just
didn’t go so
well that’s
when friends
would notice
that Catherine
started to become
very verbally
abusive towards
him mentally
she was always
in his head
she would also become
physically abusive
with John as well
so she was just
beating the poor guy up
the worst thing about
well not the
this is the worst
thing about her
but the thing
with Catherine is
when she was
upset she would
always fight
with vengeance
like she wouldn’t
just fight with you
like a normal person
with Catherine
she would like
she was just cut throat
like one thing
she had done was
John took home
1/1 aid kit
from his work
and Catherine
took video of it
showing that the
first aid kit
was in his possession
and then she sent that
to john’s boss
which then got him
fired because
to the company
it was seen as him
stealing property
or whatever
so she did that
because she was mad at him
that he wouldn’t get
married to her
but then she ended
she ended up
getting him
fired so now
john’s like dude
what the fuck
I mean it turns out
the first aid
kit was only
worth like 20
so it was really
upsetting to John
and John actually
ended up kicking her out
of the house
that they lived in
which was john’s house
so John was
fired from his job
and then he kicked Catherine out
they actually
were apart for
about 3 months
but somehow
Catherine would always
weasel her her
way back in
with these guys
so Catherine
would constantly
pressure John
to marry her
I don’t know
what it is with her
in marriage
like she just
wanted to be married
John refused
and it would just
lead to more
and more fights
their friends
and their family
started to notice
it even more
anytime that
there was an altercation
though with
between Catherine and John
John would go
tell a friend
what was going on
that way he always
had a witness
or somebody
who knew what happened
just in case
Catherine wanted
to flip the script
and act like
she was the victim
in the relationship
so at least
he was kinda smart
in that sense
like he was
trying to let
people know
like this is
what happened
if you hear
something else
then it’s a lie
so eventually
John ended up
calling the police
because he wanted Catherine
out of the house
he wanted her gone
and she wouldn’t leave
so he called the police
thinking that
they could pretty much
escort Catherine
out of the household
he could get rid of her
just remove her
from my house
but the police came back
saying that he
John needed a
court order
to get her removed
from the house
in February of 2000
there was a
fight between
Catherine and John
which ended
with a chest wound
so Catherine
tried to stab John
and she ended up
going to police
and reported
that he was
being violent
towards her
and it was in
self defense
she then took
a restraining order out
against him
but these restraining orders
no matter like
who got one
they would always
end up back
together I think
John knew that
something was
going to happen
because he ended
up telling co
workers he ever
goes missing
or something
happens to him
that it was
Catherine Catherine
would kill him
so he was telling co
workers this
and really just like
being open about it
he also sent
down his boss
and told his boss
everything that
was going on
as well and
the same thing
if anything
had happened to him
that it was
Catherine the
bitch is crazy
so John ends up
going to the
courts because
he wants to
get Catherine
removed from the
house and also
a restraining order
against her
so he goes to the courts
he tells them
everything that’s going on
and he left
there with a
straining order
which would
limit contact
from Catherine
but of course
they went ignored
by Catherine
like she didn’t
give 2 shits
so a little
while later
John comes home
from work and
he has like
a home routine
where he goes
to the neighbors
he says hello
checks in with everybody
and then he ends up
falling asleep
we’re going
to bed at 11 pm
Catherine came home
shortly after that
she made herself dinner
she watched some TV
she took a shower
and then she
went up to bed
and she woke
John up they had
sexual relations
and then they went
back to bed
well John went
back to bed
Catherine kept
a butcher’s
knife in her bed
stand next to
the bed in one
of the drawers
suspicious and
then this is
when everything
just goes bad
and I don’t know
what exactly
triggered this
something was triggered
so Catherine
opens up her
nightstand she grab
she takes out
her butcher
knife and then
she proceeds
to stab John
37 times and
according to
blood evidence
it seemed that
John definitely
like try to
fight back and he
tried to make
a run for it
but eventually
he passed away
after killing John
she then took a
bunch of pills
lay down and
I think she
tried to kill herself
or she was just
putting on like
a chauffeur
police we don’t
really know
the next day
um john’s co
workers you know
took his word for it
he didn’t show
up for work
that day they were
like John said
if he doesn’t
come up to like
if he doesn’t
come to work
to call the police
because Catherine
killed him so
John doesn’t show
up for work
and his co workers
being great
people call
the police police
go to the house
then go do it
a check see what’s
going on now
police knock
at the door
they’re knocking
an answer they see
that john’s
truck is there
so you know
obviously he’s
home they knock
nobody’s answering
so then they look
through the
little people
not the people
where they put the mail
the mail slot
they look through
the mail slot
just to see
if they can
see anything
the police reported
that all he
could see was
a big curtain
hanging and
it was blocking
his view so
after no response
the police go inside
of the home
and they proceed inside
so they’re walking
towards this
big curtain
the other police
officer thought
it was a big
blanket that
was kind of
covering the
way they could
automatically see
when they walked in
there’s just blood
everywhere right
so they know
something went
down in here
okay they’re
walking towards
this curtain
the police pushes
the curtain aside
so they proceed
into the room
so he uses his
left arm to
push it aside
the police looks down
and realizes
his whole arm
is covered in blood
so he looks at
this curtain
that he just
pushed aside
he looks at
the curtain
he realizes
it’s not a curtain
this is serious
he looks and he realizes it’s not a curtain
nae nae it’s skin
skin hanging from the door frame just skin
then he looks down on the ground
and sees a torso on the ground
no head side note
I know a police officer is supposed to be you know
brave and strong
but any of us would have ran out of there
so quick screaming hell no
that’s like something you would just see in a movie
not real life
uh uh so the officer keeps walking
and sees that
there’s blood all over the walls
just splattered everywhere
floor was covered in blood
then the officers walk into the kitchen
and they see plates of food being prepared
like there was vegetables
there was meat cooked
they searched the house
they went upstairs into the hallway
and then they heard someone snoring
bitch run you know
but they didn’t
Catherine was on the bed sleeping
police officers tried to wake her up
but she wasn’t responding
they then picked her up
carried her outside and put her on the back lawn
so police go back into the home
and then that’s when they start to just see more
that they didn’t want to see
so they realized that
the skin was hanging from butchers
hooks on the door frame
just skin john’s head
because his torso was on the ground
and there was no head
they found his head
and it was cooking in a stew in the kitchen
so it was on the stove
john’s head was on the stove
forensic investigators show up to the house
and instantly they notice a sweet smell
but it’s like that sweet smell
as if it’s a body I guess
anyway so they walk into the house
and and instantly they notice the flesh
the skin hanging from the meat hooks in the doorway
so forensic investigators determined that
based off of the blood spatters again
blood spatters tell a lot more than I thought
based off the blood spatters
they could tell that
okay John was on the bed right
Catherine stabbed him
shit ton of times
John then tried to get up
make a run for it
so he gets up off of the bed
and there’s blood on the light switch
so they are like okay
so he must have been like
reaching for the light switch
they then noticed like down the hallway
that there’s blood on swipes down the hallway
so they see okay
so he’s trying to run down the hallway
as it proceeded downwards
they noticed that the blood spatters
were getting lower and lower
so John was like
slowly falling downwards
probably because he’s getting weaker and weaker
then they noticed that the front door
had blood on the screen
so he made it
John made it to the front door
but then they saw on the ground
that there was like this dragging motion of blood
so Catherine must have grabbed him
and then like
dragged him
drug him no
dragged him back to wherever she was going with it
in the lounge room
that’s where the torso was found
and that’s where like
the biggest pool of blood was
so I guess Catherine just laid him on the ground
that’s where she skinned him
and at first
I was like dang
how’d she know how to skin him
well back when she was skinning the animals and stuff
in the butcher place
that’s where she learned her little tricks I guess
so she skinned John
and then she took his skin off
and she placed it onto the carpet
like next to her
and then they know that the head was still on the body
when he was on the ground
because that there was like
an outline on the carpet
or the floor
of where his head was
forensic investigators assumed
okay well she then cut his head off
and then she carried it to the kitchen
because there were blood stains
now leading into the kitchen
where they assumed
she carried his head
it’s like hard to believe honestly
it just sounds like something from a movie
right like what
I made the mistake of looking up the images
so then in the kitchen
is where she cut a big piece of muscle
from his back
so like your big back muscle
she cut that into 5 separate pieces
like 5 little mini steaks
and then she cooked it in the oven
350 degrees
for about 45 minutes
they saw that
she had 4 plates made
and then the dog outside
had the 5th piece of meat that she had cut up
so then they also noticed that there were
what’s it called
table settings
table was made
because she was gonna have dinner
guests over
so there was little nameplates
and it was all the nameplates
of their children
so Catherine
was planning on
I guess having people over
and feeding them
their own father
did she think that people were gonna come over
and not notice
like the blood everywhere
that’s a crazy
I don’t wanna know
so police um
investigators
obviously took all of the items
in the house
that had blood on it
look like it had been touched
look like she had used
as evidence
so police investigators were saying
cause this is the timeline
that they put together
once she killed John
she then took a shower
she changed
she then took john’s wallet
and she ran to do some errands
and they know this
because at 12 a m
john’s bank card
was used to
take money out
they’re assuming it was Catherine
that she took his card
and she took out 1 000
what she planned to do
with the money
nobody knows
they ended up
never finding the money
that she took out
so they assumed that
she took out this money
and then she buried it somewhere
so she was gonna go back and get the money
but they just
they never found it
so Catherine
was immediately detained
and she was in a coma
I believe for 4 days 5 days
so they couldn’t interview her
until she woke up
and of course
when she woke up
and she was being interviewed
she had no memory
of what happened
before they never do the whole interview
she just wasn’t giving anything away
she does eventually accept the fact
that she killed John
she claimed that she killed him
due to the long string of abuse
that she was
receiving from John
throughout their relationship
they never get
like a clear
story from her
like what happened
but she does
admit that she killed him
um catherine’s brother said that
she told him
she was going to kill John
and get away with it
because she was going to act crazy
which is exactly what she proceeded to do
Catherine originally in court
pled not guilty
and then midway through the
court trial
she ended up
changing her plea to guilty
but she didn’t give any reason
as to why she did that
nothing at all
she just was like
I wanna change it
and she change it to guilty
the judge was nervous about that
because he knew exactly what she was
gonna try and do
she was going to appeal the case
saying that she pled guilty
because she was insane
at the time
when she pled guilty
so she was just
gonna say that
she was not in the
right mental state
to plead guilty
so she’s like
she just knew what she was doing
she’s a pretty
smart cookie
give her that
psychiatrist
actually ended up doing an
evaluation on her
and determined that
she was definitely
in her right mind
that she was not
mentally unstable
like she was saying
she was what
kind of test
they gave her
I don’t know
I think we can all agree
that she was
mentally ill
because who
in the right mind
would do that
right but Nene
you should not
get off lightly
for that cause
that is disturbing
throughout court
she did not show
any type of emotion
she was just like
then out of nowhere
she randomly started
acting crazy
she would start screaming
at the top of her lungs
rocking back and forth
trying to portray this
not I’m sick
you know which
she’s never done this
throughout her
her entire life
and so people knew that
she was just acting
she just want to
manipulate the situation
and the judge knew that
he was really smart
and there was an interview on YouTube
that I watched
where he was like
breaking it all down
and he just knew
exactly what
she was doing
the judge determined that
she would get
life in prison
without the possibility of parole
and she’s the
first woman
in Australia
to get a life sentence
with no chance
of parole so
good for you
Catherine no one
fully knows
what took place that night
because Catherine still
to this day
like has not
talked about it
and no one knows
like what she did
with the money
what did she do
when she left the house
what the hell was she doing
like what in 2006
Katherine did
apply to appeal
she claimed
that her life
sentence was too severe
for her crime
she did obviously rejected this appeal and said no
Catherine no
but Judge has said
like this is the worst thing we’ve ever seen
in our lives
pretty much
psychologists have examined Catherine
determined that killing and dismembering
John was premeditated
and an act of revenge
plus it just got her off on her perverted pleasure
Catherine really enjoyed
she’s just a sick sick lady in prison
Catherine attends church on a regular basis
and she sings in a woman’s choir
I was reading different articles about Catherine
like in jail
and they’re saying
like she’s the boss bitch around there
pretty much
that everybody listens to her
she calls the shots
and she I don’t know if she’ll ever
come clean about what she did that night
and that concludes the story about Catherine Knight
so I think we can all agree that Catherine was not well
and poor John
his life was taken from him
because of Catherine I don’t know why she was that way
I don’t think any of us will
really know why she was that way
so let me know what you think down below
there’s really not much you can say
other than what the F
I don’t know what the takeaway is with this
because I felt like John did everything that he was
supposed to do
he told his friends
he told his boss
he told his family
like what was going on with Catherine
he tried to get the police involved
and it’s never a smooth process
with going to the police and whatnot
and I think that’s all I have to say
I hope that you have a great day today
make good choices
don’t go murdering anybody okay
and don’t go eating them
don’t think you should do that
I will see you guys later bye