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FROM THE VAULT - Episode 305 - Natalia Grace: The Orphan

RedHanded

Wondery | RedHanded

True Crime

4.518.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2024

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

UPDATE: Since we released our episode on the Barnetts – who said their adopted 9-year-old daughter had turned out to be a murderous, adult woman – Natalia has finally broken her silence in a six(!)-part new interview series.

And the revelations are damning…

Relisten to the episode to brush up first, or skip to 1:20:00 for Hannah and Suruthi’s take on the latest shocking updates!

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In 2009, the Barnetts, a wealthy picture-perfect American family, adopted 6-year-old Natalia Grace from Ukraine. But within just 3 years, they’d abandoned her and fled to Canada.

Why? According to the Barnetts, Natalia – who had a rare form of dwarfism – wasn’t a little girl at all. She was actually a 22-year-old woman who was trying to murder their whole family. In this bizarre case, everything most definitely isn’t as it seems…

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:08.9

I'm Peter Frankepern and I'm Afro-Hirsch.

0:11.7

And we're here to tell you about our new season of Legacy, covering the iconic, troubled, musical genius that was Nina Simone.

0:20.0

Full disclosure, this is a big one for me.

0:22.6

Nina Simone, one of my favorite artists of all time, somebody who's had a huge impact on me,

0:29.7

who I think objectively stands apart for the level of her talent, the audacity of her message.

0:38.0

I was a first year at university the first time I sat down and really listened to her and engaged with her message.

0:44.0

It totally flawed me and the truth and pain and messiness of her struggle that's all captured

0:52.1

in unforgettable music that has stood the test of time.

0:55.7

I think that's fair, Peter.

0:56.9

I mean, the way in which her music comes across is so powerful no matter what song it is.

1:01.6

So join us on Legacy for Nina Simone.

1:10.0

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1:17.0

And they don't get much bigger than the man who made Badminton sexy.

1:21.0

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1:26.1

No? Short shorts? Free cocktails? Careless whispers? Okay, last one. It's not Andrew Ridgeley.

1:34.0

Yeah, that's right, it's stone cold icon, George Michael.

1:38.0

From Teen Pop Sensation to one of the biggest solo artists on the planet,

1:42.0

join us for our new series George Michael's

1:44.7

fight for freedom. From the outside it looks like he has it all, but behind the

1:50.1

trademark dark sunglasses is a man in turmoil. George is trapped in a lie of his own

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