Grace vs. Abrams

In 2011, Casey Anthony was found not guilty of murdering her young daughter Caylee in a heated trial that dominated the headlines and captured the country’s attention. Nancy Grace and Dan Abrams take a deeper look at the case, arguing legal points from the trial. The episode uncovers new information relevant to the trial, and features added insight from Judge Belvin Perry, who presided over the trial; Russ Huekler, an alternate juror on the trial; and, in her first interview, Robyn Adams, a close friend of Casey’s during her time in prison.

Nancy Grace and Dan Abrams take a new look the mysterious disappearance of Stacy Peterson. Did she leave with another man as her husband Drew insisted? Or did she die at her husband’s hands as her friends and family believe? The episode includes interviews with Drew’s former defense attorney Joel Brodsky; Stacy’s pastor, Neil Schori; Drew’s close friend Rick Mims; Nicole Speakman, who dated Drew while he was in prison; and, in an exclusive interview, Drew’s second wife Vicki Connelly speaks out for the first time.

Nancy Grace and Dan Abrams reexamine the unsolved murder of Chandra Levy. Ingmar Guandique was convicted of her murder, but was granted a new trial when it was discovered that a witness had lied during testimony. Prosecutors declined to proceed with a new case. Interviews include Brad Garrett, the lead FBI agent on the case; Chad Condit, the son of former Congressman Gary Condit; defense attorney and advisor on the case, Bernie Grimm; and Sharae Bacon, a juror in Guandique’s trial.

Nancy Grace and Dan Abrams take a new look at the unsolved murder of actor Robert Blake’s wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. Blake was tried and acquitted for her murder, but was found liable for her death in a civil trial and ordered to pay her children a multi-million dollar judgement. Who is responsible for Bonny Lee Bakley’s death? Special guests include M. Gerald Schwartzbach, Robert Blake’s criminal defense lawyer; Eric Dubin, who represented Bakley’s children in their civil case against Blake; Holly Gawron, Bonny’s eldest daughter; and Chrisie Paola, a friend of the late stuntman Gary McLarty’s, who claimed Blake tried to hire him to kill Bonny.

The blockbuster podcast Serial raised questions about Adnan Syed’s conviction for the first-degree murder and kidnapping of his former girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. In March 2018, an appeals panel vacated Syed’s conviction and ruled he should be granted a new trial. Nancy Grace and Dan Abrams join the debate over a case that has captivated the world. The program features exclusive interviews with Hae’s close friend in high school who was also a close friend of Adnan’s and Judge William Quarles, who presided over the original trial. Bob Ruff, host of the podcast Truth & Justice, and Markus Kypreos, a trial attorney who is an expert on the case, also join the debate.