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Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer is teaming with ID, discovery+ and October Films in an expansive partnership and development deal for premium unscripted true-crime content. Under the pact, Spencer and her production company, Orit Entertainment, and producer October Films will develop and produce multiple projects for ID and discovery+, with Spencer set to executive produce. Production on the deal’s first two projects is underway, with additional titles in development. The first title announced under the agreement is the three-episode one-hour series Highway 20 (w/t).

“As an avid fan of true crime, to now be partners with ID and October Films is a dream,” said Spencer. “Everyone at Orit Entertainment is committed to shedding light on the most fascinating cases and crime stories with a unique perspective. We are thrilled to launch our collaboration with Highway 20 (w/t), an incredible series of cases that took place over decades, only recently connected into...

Octavia Spencer and her production company Orit Entertainment have partnered with ID and Discovery+ as well as October Films to develop and executive produce a slate of true crime projects.

Two projects are already in production, with more in development. “Highway 20” (working title) is the first project to come out of the deal. The three-episode documentary series begins with the case of a missing 13-year-old girl and expands to examine a stretch of Oregon’s U.S. Highway 20 where many women and girls went missing or were raped or murdered between the 1970s and 1990s. As the discovery of numerous unsolved crimes sparks fear in the local community, the series focuses on the possibility that a serial killer has been roaming the highway for decades, asking poignant questions of our society’s treatment of women.

“Highway 20” is inspired by the work of journalist Noelle Crombie, videographer Dave Killen and photojournalist Beth Nakamura of The Oregonian,...

A real-life fugitive has been captured by authorities thanks to a tip from a viewer of Investigation Discovery’s “In Pursuit With John Walsh,” the network said Wednesday.

William Stanson, who was featured in the Jan. 29 episode of the shows, was extradited to the U.S. on Wednesday after a phone tip from a viewer of the show made authorities aware of his location in Mexico. Stanson now faces charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and failure to appear in addition to first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

“Stanson marks the 12th fugitive featured on ‘In Pursuit With John Walsh’ to now be in custody, and we are thrilled that our ID audience has helped lead to the arrest William Stanson, hopefully closing a dark chapter for his victims,” said Henry Schleiff, group president for Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, American Heroes Channel and Destination America. “I am so proud of our...

In Monday’s roundup, Amazon drops the second trailer for “Homecoming,” and BBC America’s “Killing Eve” adds two cast members for Season 2.

First Looks

Amazon Prime Video has released the second official trailer for “Homecoming,” ahead of the series premiere on Nov. 2. Directed by Sam Esmail (creator of “Mr. Robot”), the psychological thriller stars Julia Roberts as a former caseworker who must relive her past when she’s questioned about why she left her job at a homecoming facility helping soldiers transition back to civilian life. The cast also includes Jeremy Allen White, Alex Karpovsky, and Dermot Mulroney. Watch the trailer below:

Casting

BBC America has announced two additions to the cast for Season 2 of “Killing Eve.” Henry Lloyd-Hughes (“The Inbetweeners”) and Shannon Tarbet (“Colette”) will join previously announced new cast members Nina Sosanya, Edward Bluemel, and Julian Barratt. The series stars Sandra Oh as an MI5 officer who...

Investigation Discovery has greenlit a second season of its breakout hit true-crime series Breaking Homicide.

The series follows veteran police detective and private investigator Derrick Levasseur as he doggedly pursues cold cases around the nation, answering the pleas of desperate families asking for help with investigating the unsolved murders of their loved ones. Season two is slated to premiere summer 2019, exclusively on ID.

In each episode, Levasseur re-examines each case with fresh eyes and the benefit of more advanced technology, applying his unique experiences as an undercover detective to dissect each case from top to bottom. Levasseur scours the locations of each crime for new information, sitting down with the original investigators and friends and families of the victims to try to uncover new clues that could solve the cases.

Levasseur and Breaking Homicide producers  are currently reviewing cases to be investigated this season. To submit a cold case for consideration,...

True-crime hub Investigation Discovery (ID) has renewed “Breaking Homicide” for Season 2, and production is already underway.

“Breaking Homicide” follows veteran police detective and private investigator Derrick Levasseur in his pursuit of cold cases around the nation, answering the pleas of families desperate for help investigating the unsolved murders of their loved ones.

Levasseur and producers are current reviewing cases for the upcoming season, which will run in Summer 2019 on ID. You can submit your own for consideration by emailing BreakingHomicide@gmail.com with an outline.

Don’t even think about it, Steven Avery.

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Each episode of “Breaking Homicide” provides fresh perspective and new hope to those who never gave up on the search for justice, per ID’s own description. Chasing down new clues and reviewing old ones, Levasseur re-examines...

Investigation Discovery has picked up a second season of Part2 Pictures-produced Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris, with premiere set for June 3.

In Scene of the Crime, Harris explores unbelievable injustices to better understand how horrific crimes came to be and why lives were forever changed.

In the Season 2 premiere episode “Down by the River”, Harris unravels the shocking case of three prostitutes brutally slain by a serial killer in Spokane, Washington. After 22 years and 15 more bodies are uncovered, DNA evidence finally surrenders a suspect – the last person investigators ever imagined. Harris scours police files, actual evidence and raw interrogation footage. He interviews veteran detectives on the case, a journalist and family members compelled to speak for the first time.

Scene of the Crime is produced for Investigation Discovery by Part2 Pictures with David Shadrack Smith, Amy Bucher, Robert Palumbo and Jonathan Grupper as Executive Producers. Lorna Thomas is senior executive producer for ID.

You can stop worrying that it has been cancelled. Investigation Discovery has renewed its Murder Chose Me TV show for a second season. The series features retired Shreveport homicide detective Rod Demery, whose own mother was murdered when he was just three years old. Jupiter Entertainment produces Murder Chose Me for Investigation Discovery. Jupiter's Todd Moss executive produces, and Erich Sturm co-executive produces. Lorna Thomas executive produces for ID. Read More…...

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Should the Juice be loose? Investigation Discovery (ID) has ordered the Hard Evidence: Oj Is Innocent TV series, narrated by Martin Sheen. The six-episode series will premiere in early 2017. Jimmy Fox, Greg Lipstone, Layla Smith, William C. Dear, and Sheen are executive producing for Objective Media Group America/All3Media America. Lorna Thomas is executive producing for ID.

“The series intends to explore three questions,” said executive producer Martin Sheen. “What if there were enough evidence that proved O.J. Simpson did not murder his ex-wife Nicole or Ron Goldman? What if the real killer were still at large? And finally, what if a grand jury convened to reconsider the case based on new evidence?”

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Investigation Discovery's new Evil Lives Here TV series, premieres Sunday, January 17, 2016, at 10:00pm Et/Pt. In this new, true crime series, family members recount living with loved ones who became killers. Watch a sneak peek, below.

Evil Lives Here is produced for Investigation Discovery by Red Marble Media. Lorna Thomas is executive producer for ID. Kevin Fitzpatrick, Stephen Dost and Jonathan Santos executive produce for Red Marble Media.

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Throughout history, a whole lot of murders have taken place at the hands of women named Mary. On the most appropriate night of the year to do so, Investigation Discovery collects together a handful of those real life tales for a horrific Halloween special appropriately titled "Bloody Marys."

From the Press Release

Legend has it that Bloody Mary was a ruthless killer, whose soul could be summoned by a simple ritual that unleashes a vengeful woman’s wrath. Though reciting “Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary!” into a mirror may be just a scary slumber party prank, it’s true that some of history’s most brutal female killers have borne the name of Mary. After all, Mary was the most popular name for females in the English-speaking world from the 1800s to the 1960s. In Investigation Discovery’s all-new special Bloody Marys, explore chilling tales of these notorious, like-named...