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Jan 2024
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#487: The Exploitation of Natalia Grace

Real Crime Profile / Wondery
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From the very start of her life, Natalia Grace has been passed around like a human football and exploited. Today we examine Natalia’s complex and convoluted case, made only more confusing by the docu-series “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace”. 
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