Is The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox Based On A True Story? Everything You Need To Know

Hulu’s limited series The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, starring Grace Van Patten, has recently dropped its first two episodes on August 20, 2025. The eight-episode crime biographical drama depicts the story of a 20-year-old girl who travels to Perugia, Italy, for a study program and gets accused of the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher. 

The story is not a buildup or an adaptation of a book; instead, it’s a true story of an infamous murder case. However, Knox has written two memoirs titled Waiting to be Heard: Memoir and Free: My Search for Meaning. In both writings, she shared her horrifying experience during the interrogations by the Italian police and her tough time in prison. 

After a subsequent 53-hour investigation, trials, and interrogations by the Italian authorities, the two innocents, Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, were charged with the murder and sentenced to 26 and 25 years in prison, respectively.

Since she was wrongfully convicted, then who was the real murderer? How did they prove themselves innocent? Well, all eventually unfold as the drama drops its further episodes weekly on Wednesdays. 

Amanda Knox: The person who is now giving back to the media distortion

The case went back to November 2007, when Amanda, an American activist, journalist, and author, was studying at the University of Washington. Later, she moved to Italy for a study program. 

Meredith Kercher (the victim) was one of her roommates in the four-bedroom apartment. A few days later, Knox met an Italian computer engineering student named Raffaelo, and soon they started dating.

Things got messed up when, on November 2, 2007, Meredith was found dead in the shared apartment, and on questioning, Knox said that she spent the night of November 1 at her boyfriend Raffaelo’s place.

As the interrogation went ahead, the police claimed that Knox seemed ‘’unconcerned about the murder’’ and she accused herself and her boss, bar owner Lumumba, leading to all three of them, including Knox’s boyfriend, into the suspect list. 

Later, Lumumba was released because he had an alibi. Soon after, police found bloody fingerprints at the crime scene belonging to Rudy Guede, a known burglar. He was arrested and put on trial for Kercher’s murder.

In 2010, Knox and Sollecito’s case was looked at again because the DNA evidence didn’t seem reliable. In 2011, they were found innocent, and in 2015, they were completely cleared of any blame.

In The Atlantic’s article, Knox noted about the interrogation and said that it was ‘’the most terrifying experience of my life." 

She continued, 

“I was 20 years old, and was questioned for more than 53 hours over a five-day period in a language I was only just learning to speak. The night of Meredith’s murder, I had stayed with Raffaele Sollecito, a young man I’d just started dating. But no matter how many times I said that, the police refused to believe me.”

Her life update after the conviction

Amanda Knox is now in Washington State, living with her husband and two kids.

However, the idea of bringing her story to the screen was first discussed with Monica Lewinsky. They decided to go ahead to show the harsh reality and the impact of wrongful convictions and media trials. 

Knox is not only the subject of the story but also serves as an executive producer of The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox. The unusual media hype and dark reality within the bars are now in front of the world as the show and Amanda Knox are making headlines all over again.