When Austin Harrouff woke up in his bed at St. Mary’s Medical Center weeks after investigators say he killed two people and was found biting one of their faces, he had no idea what was going on, he told Dr. Phil McGraw in a nationally televised interview.

"Why did you think you were in the hospital when you woke up?"

"Well, I had memories of what the incident was. And I remember my feet were handcuffed to the hospital bed and there being an officer inside the room. So I knew something wasn’t right," Harrouff said in the interview. "I didn’t know if it was reality or a dream. It’s like waking up from a nightmare."

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Harrouff told McGraw about voices he hears, a "sketchy child" from his childhood and how he still doesn’t know how he allegedly killed two people on Aug. 15., in an interview on "The Dr. Phil Show" that aired Thursday afternoon. Harrouff, 20, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbings of John Stevens and Michelle Mishcon. He’s also charged with attempted first-degree murder of Jeff Fisher, a neighbor on Kokomo Lane who attempted to save Mishcon but was stabbed, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.

The interview was initially set to air Oct. 28 but was pulled by the Dr. Phil team "in light of developments." The show’s staff did not specify what "developments" were. The interview took place just days before Harrouff was arrested in October.

Twenty-two unedited minutes of the Dr. Phil interview were released to the public by the State Attorney in Martin County Tuesday after a judge ruled against Harrouff’s attorneys’ request to keep the video from the public, concerned it would take away their client’s chance at a fair trial.

MORE ONLINE: Read The Post’s complete coverage of the murders of John Stevens and Michelle Mishcon

One of Harrouff’s attorneys, Nellie King, released a statement Thursday saying the interview was conducted without the defense’s knowledge, but that it does show Harrouff "suffering from shock and physical trauma" after the attacks. King said Harrouff was held under the Baker Act when he was admitted to the hospital in August.

File photo Austin Harrouff arrested in Martin County (2016)

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"There is a mountain of information about this young man that will substantiate his mental illness at the time of the offense," King wrote. "The fact that some of this was discussed in an interview with a TV personality does nothing to change the fact that Austin was mentally ill at the time of the incident."

King said the defense fought to keep the video out of the public record they believe it gives prejudice to her client and hurts the family of the victims further. In the interview, Harrouff apologizes several times.

Stevens’ son, John Stevens IV, spoke with The Palm Beach Post Wednesday and said he did not want an apology from Harrouff.

During the interview, Dr. Phil McGraw asked Harrouff the one question many people have been trying to answer since the fatal attack on the Martin and Palm Beach county lines.

Why did he kill Stevens and Mishcon?

"I don’t know," he said. "I guess something mentally wasn’t right."

Harrouff was in critical condition at St. Mary’s Medical Center for several weeks after ingesting an unknown toxic substance that nearly caused him to die, according to attorneys. When he woke up, things were still strange.

"I’ve had weird dreams and I’ve heard voices and things," Harrouff said.

On the day of the fatal stabbings, Harrouff said he remembered seeing a "dark-figure" named Daniel. Harrouff explained Daniel was a "sketchy kid" from his childhood, but on that night he didn’t know if he was real or part of his imagination so he ran. Harrouff said he ran for help and that’s when he came upon Stevens’ and Mishcon’s home.

King said her client suffered from an undiagnosed mental illness at the time of the attacks. As of this week, neither Harrouff’s family nor his attorneys have said if he’s been formally diagnosed. Wade Harrouff previously told The Palm Beach Post his son had shown signs of schizophrenia in the weeks prior to the fatal stabbings.

Austin Harrouff’s mother told Jupiter police her son had said he had superpowers and was immortal.

McGraw asked why Harrouff why he thought he has superpowers.

"‘Cause I’m alive and ‘cause of what I lived through," Harrouff replied.