The Husband the Wife and the Knife

Murder Files Unsealed · Sep 9, 2026 · 34m · transcript

This episode explores a violent and conflicting domestic assault case between estranged spouses Lee and Brock Orwig. The narrative presents two incompatible versions of a bloody morning in Minnesota: Lee claims a disguised intruder brutally beat her, while Brock alleges he was invited over and stabbed by his ex-wife. Investigating officers proposed a controversial theory that Brock inflicted his own wounds to frame Lee after his initial attack failed. However, a jury ultimately reached a nuanced verdict, acquitting Brock of attempted murder but convicting him of assault for using excessive…