News

The producers of The Curious Case of Natalia Grace have six other bizarre and disturbing stories lined up for Investigation Discovery, and the docuseries The Curious Case Of… will delve into each one, starting on Monday (January 13) night at 10/9c. These are “some of the most shocking true crime cases and unbelievable scandals,” according to the network, which adds that The Curious Case Of… will “go inside these real-life cases exposing bizarre secrets, shattered lives, and twisted motives.” Guiding us through the sordid sagas is Beth Karas, the former New York City assistant district attorney who served as a legal analyst in the Natalia Grace series. “Led by Karas, with her extensive legal expertise and insight, each gripping story will uncover deceit, greed, and manipulation and offer key access to shocking, firsthand accounts — proving the truth is much more chilling than fiction,” ID says. Here’s what we already know...

The second half of The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter delves into the “hell loop,” as legal expert Beth Karas describes it, that Natalia has repeatedly found herself in as tensions with the DePaul family, who helped her escape the home of her adoptive family, Bishop Antwon and Cynthia Mans, come to ahead.

Unlike the mistreatment Natalia experienced with her first adoptive family, Michael and Kristine Barnett, and allegedly the Manses as well, Vincent and Nicole DePaul have created a helpful environment for Natalia to thrive in since moving her from Nashville, Tennessee, to upstate New York to live with them. However, Natalia’s perceived allegiance to Antwon and Cynthia has left the DePauls frustrated as their efforts to help her lead an independent life as a young woman with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita are derailed when she continues to give the Manses access to money that she needs for health care,...

Natalia Grace is back in the headlines as a new, two-night special seeks to resolve her story after the shocking twist that ended season two of the hit Investigation Discovery series The Curious Case of Natalia Grace.

ID will release The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter on Jan. 6 and 7, 2025, offering “a conclusion to Natalia’s story as she strives for healing and resolution in her tumultuous journey filled with decades of unexpected twists and turns,” per a release. On Jan. 13, 2025, ID will premiere The Curious Case Of…, a new six-part spinoff series featuring The Curious Case of Natalia Grace legal analyst Beth Karas.

At a Glance: How to Stream The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter Online

Premiere date: Jan. 6, 2025 at 6 p.m. Pt/9 p.m. Et TV channel: Investigation Discovery Stream online: Max, Discovery+ Other ways to watch ID online: DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV,...

The drama surrounding Natalia Grace, the Ukrainian-born American adoptee, continues with new revelations. Just when producers Eric and Shannon Evangelista, as well as ID boss Jason Sarlanis thought the saga had concluded, they received a shocking call from Natalia’s new adoptive family, Bishop Antwon and Cynthia Mans, a call that changed everything, The Hollywood Reporter claims.

It was Christmas Eve, and the Mans family had concerns about Natalia’s well-being. They claimed something wasn’t right with her, leading the Evangelistas to return to the story, camera in hand.

The next chapter of Natalia’s journey, featured in The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter, picks up where the previous seasons left off. As of 2023, Natalia is 22 years old, but life with the Mans family proves to be just as troubling as her earlier years with the Barnetts.

The Mans family had adopted her after she was abandoned by her former parents,...

Almost exactly one year ago, the ID channel aired what were expected to be the final episodes of the saga of Ukrainian-born American adoptee Natalia Grace. But just as Hot Snakes Media cofounders and producers Eric and Shannon Evangelista turned in the edit for the season two finale of The Curious Case of Natalia Grace, they received a phone call from Natalia’s new adoptive family, Bishop Antwon and Cynthia Mans. The preacher on the other end frustratingly telling them, “We got a situation. Something ain’t right with Natalia.”

“It was Christmas Eve, and it was, for us, this bombshell phone call,” Shannon now tells The Hollywood Reporter. “From then, we just said we had to pick up our cameras and follow it. That’s what we did.”

The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter, airing on Jan. 6 and 7, picks up with that phone call, which led...

On Wednesday January 1 2025, Investigation Discovery broadcasts The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Road to Natalia Speaks!

Episode Summary

A new episode of “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace” is set to air on Investigation Discovery. Titled “The Road to Natalia Speaks,” this episode promises to delve deeper into the complex story that has captivated many. It focuses on the twists and turns of Season 1, highlighting the unique journey surrounding Natalia Grace.

Beth Karas, a well-known figure in true crime reporting, will lead the episode with fresh interviews. She aims to unpack the many layers of this intriguing case. Viewers can expect to hear from various people involved, shedding light on the events that have unfolded. The anticipation builds as the episode prepares for Natalia’s own words and perspective.

As the series has already drawn attention for its unusual narrative, this upcoming episode looks to tie together the key moments from the first season.

The Curious Case Of… is coming soon to ID, and the cable network has revealed details about the new docuseries, which takes viewers into shocking true crime cases and scandals. The premiere episode will dive into the life of Jackass star Bam Margera. Legal analyst Beth Karas hosts the series.

shared more about the new series in a press release.

In an extended season premiere episode, The Curious Case Of... Bam Margera, airing Monday, January 13 at 10/9c, ID's new series The Curious Case Of... delves into the tumultuous sobriety journey of Jackass star Bam Margera. The premiere examines whether Margera's path to sobriety spiraled into complete chaos after being caught in the crosshairs of two unique personalities. When Bj Corville, a lawyer and YouTuber passionate about celebrity conservatorships, discovers Margera is in a legal guardianship led...

The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Road to Natalia Speaks is set to air on January 1, 2025, at 9:00 Pm on Investigation Discovery. This special episode promises to dive deep into the twists and turns of the first season, providing viewers with new insights and revelations. Beth Karas will lead the way, offering her expertise and perspective on the intriguing story of Natalia Grace.

This preview episode will take a closer look at the complex narrative that unfolded in Season 1. It will revisit key moments and introduce fresh interviews that shed light on the many questions that arose. Fans of the series can expect to hear from those directly involved, as they share their thoughts and experiences related to the case.

As anticipation builds for Natalia Speaks, this special will serve as a crucial bridge, connecting the past events to what lies ahead. It will be a chance for viewers...

On Friday, the first trailer was released for Investigation Discovery’s new season of its hit The Curious Case of … series, which looks into the conservatorship under which former Jackass star Brandon “Bam” Margera was placed while he was being treated for substance abuse and addiction.

The trailer for the ID series shows Margera caught between Bj Corville, a lawyer who discovers the former Jackass star is in a legal guardianship being led by Lima Jeramovic, a tech entrepreneur using her VR technology to treat Margera’s addiction.

The premiere episode of The Curious Case Of… Bam Margera focuses on the Jackass and Viva La Bam star’s tumultuous journey toward sobriety. This included the introduction of a conservatorship, which is a legal guardianship where decision-making power is handed over to one individual or several other people. Britney Spears’ battle to be released from her conservatorship spawned a grassroots movement...

Former New York City Assistant District Attorney and legal analyst Beth Karas lends her expertise to Investigation Discovery’s new series The Curious Case Of…. The series kicks off on January 13, 2025 with an episode focusing on the controversy surrounding Jackass star Bam Margera’s conservatorship. Additional season one episodes Will look at a missing persons case that takes a weird twist and a self-proclaimed prophet obsessed with cats.

New episodes air on Mondays at 10pm Et/Pt on ID.

Poster for ‘The Curious Case Of’ (Photo Credit: ID) The Curious Case Of… Episode Guide The Curious Case Of… The Girl Who Died Twice

Premieres Monday, January 20 at 10/9c on ID

In 1981, 13-year-old Mary Day vanishes, and investigators suspect her stepfather may have killed her, but they never recover her body. Decades later, a woman claiming to be Mary appears, stirring suspicion and debate. Is this Mary Day or an imposter?...

One of the wildest stories in recent memory has got to be that of Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian-born woman who was adopted by an American family, but abandoned two years later after her age was called into question. Investigation Discovery took a crack at making sense of it all with the true crime series The Curious Case of Natalia Grace which premiered in 2023, and in its follow-up season, Natalia Speaks, in 2024. Now, things are set to conclude with the third and final installment that will air over two nights and stream on Max.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter follows Natalia "as she reckons with the aftermath of that phone call and navigates an entirely new set of challenges." If you’ll recall, the second season concluded with Natalia being taken in by the Mans family. All seemed well until a shocking phone...

The hit Investigation Discovery series The Curious Case of Natalia Grace will return in January with its final season, titled The Final Chapter. The two-night event will air on January 6 and 7 from 9 to 11 p.m. and will also stream on Max.

This season will pick up where the previous one left off, following Natalia as she faces the consequences of a phone call that changed everything. Viewers can expect new challenges as Natalia navigates the aftermath.

But that’s not all. Along with The Final Chapter, a new six-part spinoff series will premiere on January 13 at 10 p.m. called The Curious Case Of…. Hosted by legal analyst Beth Karas, the show will dive into strange, shocking, and bizarre cases, with each episode bringing new twists and insights from firsthand sources.

The original series, which aired in 2023, revealed the unusual story of Natalia Grace, a woman born in Ukraine with a rare dwarfism condition.

The Curious Case of Natalia Grace has been one of Investigation Discovery’s biggest break out hits over the last couple of years.

The true-crime series will wrap up its third season – The Final Chapter – in January and has set a spinoff series.

The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter will premiere across two nights on January 6 and January 7.

Natalia Speaks followed Natalia Grace Barnett as she shares her story and confronts her former adoptive parents Michael and Kristine Barnett’s accusations head on. Picking up where the finale of the first installment left off, Natalia Speaks retraced her adoption saga and the Barnett’s allegations from Natalia’s perspective, offering insight into what really went on behind closed doors in the Barnett’s home.

ID launched The Curious Case of Natalia Grace in May 2023 and followed it up with Natalia Speaks earlier this month. The network said...

David Letterman has launched “Letterman TV”, an 24/7 channel streaming all things Letterman, exclusively on Samsung TV Plus. Starting today in the United States and Canada, the channel will stream “The Late Show With David Letterman,” curated moments, interviews and never-before-seen commentary from Letterman.

“Dave’s show was the original viral video,” said Walter Kim, Executive Producer for digital at Letterman’s production company Worldwide Pants, Inc. “As someone who worked for the entirety of “The Late Show”, it’s a thrill to help assemble and create programming around some of our favorite moments from the show, and with more than 4000 hours from which to choose, the channel will continuously change.”

“Letterman TV” is available for free on Samsung TV Plus.

First Looks

Prime Video has announced that the biblical drama series, “House of David,” will premiere on Feb. 27 with three episodes before continuing to drop episodes weekly.

The series comes...

The second season of ID’s The Curious Case of Natalia Grace concluded Wednesday night with a surprise ending that left audiences with even more questions about the story of Ukrainian orphan Natalia Grace.

The six-episode series, The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks, is a follow-up to the 2023 docuseries that focused on Natalia’s adoptive parents, Kristine and Michael Barnett, and their claim that the child, who’d been diagnosed with the rare dwarfism condition spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, was actually an adult woman who terrorized their family from 2010 to 2013.

Over the course of the three-night special, Natalia tells her side of the story as she seeks to find answers to questions of her own about her real age and why no one in the Indiana community where she alleges she was in fact victimized by the Barnetts intervened, including Michael, whom she confronts face-to-face for the first time...

Get ready for a riveting night of investigative storytelling as Investigation Discovery presents “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Road to Natalia Speaks” Season 1 Episode 1. Airing at 9:00 Pm on Tuesday, December 26, 2023, this episode, featuring interviews from Beth Karas, delves into the twists, turns, and shocking revelations of the first season in anticipation of Season 2.

Beth Karas, known for her in-depth coverage, guides viewers through the intricate details of the curious case of Natalia Grace. With a keen eye for unraveling mysteries, Karas provides insights into the complex narrative, building anticipation for the upcoming season.

Tune in at 9:00 Pm for an evening of true-crime exploration, as “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Road to Natalia Speaks” Season 1 Episode 1 sets the stage for a compelling journey into the enigmatic story, only on Investigation Discovery.

Release Date & Time: 9:00 Pm Tuesday 26 December 2023 on Investigation Discovery

The Curious Case of...

The Curious Case of Natalia Grace burst onto screens earlier this year and told the story we'd heard so much about.

Missing from the story was Natalia's input, as we were essentially told one side of a story, which doesn't always give the whole picture.

Natalia's adoptive father, Michael Barnett, was front and center throughout the initial run, revealing how he and his then-wife came to be in the care of Natalia.

On The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks, we'll see Natalia reunited with Michael as they go through the bombshells from the first season, with Natalie offering input.

The next chapter "offers exclusive access to Natalia Grace Barnett as she shares her story and confronts her former adoptive parents Michael and Kristine Barnett's accusations head on," ID teases.

Throughout six parts, we see Natalia open up about her adoption saga and her family's allegations from Natalia's perspective,...

Exclusive: Usg Audio, the podcast division of Universal Studio Group, is ramping up its slate with two new series.

The company, which was previously known as UCP Audio, is launching Close to Death hosted by comedian Utkarsh Ambudkar, and a second season of The Followers.

The shows form part of the nascent division’s audio slate, which has included Alligator Candy, Loot: Scandalous Stories of the Art World, The Greatness with Kareem Maddox and The Lost Kids. The idea is to use its audio stories as a development tool across its TV units, a move that has already seen UCP developing a docuseries around Josh Bloch’s The Lost Kids.

The Followers: Madness of Two, which will be released on September 15, asks how did a perfect suburban mom get wrapped up with doomsday preppers and prophets? It will tell the story of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell and what drew...

Worse than hell.  The Snapped: Notorious series takes on the infamous Cleveland Strangler in a haunting new two-hour special, airing Saturday, July 24. Snapped Notorious: The Cleveland Strangler details the discovery of eleven decomposing bodies in the home of former Marine Anthony Sowell; the story is told through interviews with six survivors who managed to escape Sowell's abuse. In E!'s exclusive sneak peek, investigative journalist Beth Karas reflects on the especially gruesome case. "It [had] been over two years since women started vanishing in the neighborhood," Kara explains of the break in the case, "and now the police make a shocking...

Get prepared, true crime fans. Catching a Serial Killer: Sam Little is coming to Oxygen as part of its 12 Dark Days of Serial Killers event, and you can watch the exclusive trailer here. Just two years ago, 78-year-old Sam Little confessed to murdering over 90 women across 17 different states on a killing spree lasting 35 years. Since then, the FBI has confirmed 50 of his victims—making Little America's most prolific serial killer. In the trailer, former prosecutor and investigative journalist Beth Karas talks to a number of key players in Little's case, including alleged survivors. "I remember thinking,...

Is Sam Little America's most prolific serial killer? As part of their 12 Dark Days of Serial Killers, Oxygen will take a closer look at Little's trail of terror in a new, two-hour special, Catching a Serial Killer: Sam Little. In this exclusive clip from the special, which premieres Sunday, Apr. 12 at 7 p.m., investigative journalist Beth Karas details how Little confessed to a shocking 93 murders during "a single, seven-hour session." "In 2018, detectives from the Texas Rangers reach out to him with an offer: If he'll confess to one of their unsolved murders, they'll waive the death penalty and extradite him to a more comfortable county jail in Texas. Sam agrees," Karas recounts....

In today’s TV news roundup, Universal Content Productions announces a new podcast platform, and Netflix announces Ronny Chieng’s debut comedy special.

Dates

Hgtv announced that the holiday special “Outrageous Holiday Houses” will air Nov. 28 with Nsync founder Lance Bass as the host. Bass will take viewers on a coast-to-coast tour of North America’s holiday displays, spotlighting festive towns like Santa Claus, Indiana and North Pole, Alaska. The special will kick off with Drew Scott and his wife Linda Phan showcasing their historic home after it has been transformed into a gingerbread house bakery just in time for the holidays.

Netflix announced that Ronny Chieng’s stand-up comedy special, “Asian Comedian Destroys America!,” will premiere Dec. 17. In his Netflix comedy debut, Chieng will share his perspective on the effects of consumerism while theorizing the efficacy of the United States under an Asian-American president. All of his experiences combined...

Crime television is all around us. Almost every network dives into the flavor of the week in an attempt to capitalize on crimes past and present and draw in viewers with their offerings.

In Defense Of is doing something different.

Where most shows focus solely on the criminals, the cases, the law enforcement, or the prosecution of the case, In Defense Of is bringing to light what it takes to ensure all of those protected by the U.S. Constitution receive what they are due: the right to counsel as guaranteed in the Sixth Amendment.

The attorneys who defend what can often be the ugliest and most evil of us don't always find themselves hailed by the media, but In Defense Of is a limited series on Oxygen showcasing their success with particular cases, their challenges with the same, and much more.

I had the opportunity to sit with some of the participants,...

Nancy Grace has settled a lawsuit in which she was accused of slandering Michael Skakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy who has been suspected in the murder of a 15-year-old girl. Skakel was convicted in 2002 for the 1975 killing of Martha Moxley, but after spending 11 years in prison, he was freed a year ago for a possible retrial. Read more Hollywood Docket: Don Henley Sues; T Rex Bangs; Wyclef Jean Wins In a segment of her Hln show following a January 2012 hearing on his conviction, Grace spoke with legal commentator Beth Karas about the case. They discussed in no uncertain terms whether Skakel's DNA had

read more...

A high-profile, four-decade-old murder mystery took its latest turn Friday, when a federal judge in Connecticut refused to dismiss defamation claims made against Nancy Grace, legal commentator Beth Karas and Time Warner Inc. The individual suing the talk show host is Michael Skakel, nephew of Robert F. Kennedy. Photos: The Most Talked-About TV News Faces Skakel has been suspected of the 1975 killing of 15-year-old Martha Moxley, and after 11 years in prison following a 2002 conviction, was freed from prison in November to await a possible retrial. Grace has covered the Skakel trial

read more...

Exclusive: Starz has put in development Gringo, a drama written by Spartacus alums Aaron Helbing and Todd Helbing and executive produced by Steve Lee Jones (HBO’s You Don’t Know Jack) of Bee Holder Prods. Inspired by The Shadow Catcher, the nonfiction book by decorated U.S. Immigration Officer Hipolito Acosta, Gringo will chronicle a Mexican-American Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent who infiltrates one of Mexico’s most deadly drug and human smuggling cartels. Acosta, who wrote Shadow Catcher with Lisa Pulitzer, will serve as a a consultant. “Gringo provides a thrilling and uniquely personal look into international organized crime, never seen by the American public, from the viewpoint of a federal undercover agent on the front lines,” said Starz managing director Carmi Zlotnik. Jones’ Bee Holder Prods is developing DeLorean, a miniseries with writer Adam Mazer about the auto industry maverick; series Rube, about the godfather of the...