Explore the new season of ‘The Curious Case Of…’ on ID Africa

Viewers with an appetite for unconventional true crime will have six new cases to examine when The Curious Case Of… returns to Investigation Discovery (ID) Africa with a fresh season next month.

The anthology series, which focuses on real-life cases marked by unusual behaviour and controversial beliefs, premieres on Monday, February 9 at 9.55pm on ID Africa (DStv channel 171). Each episode is guided by legal analyst Beth Karas, who unpacks cases that have challenged investigators, experts and communities alike.

Now in its latest run, the series revisits stories that sit outside traditional crime narratives, exploring how deception, pseudoscience and obsession can have far-reaching consequences. The new season includes cases involving a con woman who fabricated multiple illnesses, a secondary school headteacher whose fixation with hypnotism raised serious concerns, and the fallout from Dr Robert O Young’s so-called ‘pH Miracle’ diet.

One episode examines the diet’s impact on families who followed its claims, while another looks into a mysterious Tourette’s-like outbreak that affected a small community in upstate New York, raising questions about psychological influence and mass behaviour.

The opening episode, titled Death by Detox?, sets the tone for the season by focusing on the dangers of alternative health movements when untested theories are promoted as medical fact.

The Curious Case Of… has previously become one of ID’s strongest-performing series, and the new season continues in the same anthology format, with each episode standing alone while maintaining a consistent investigative approach.

New episodes will air weekly on ID Africa following the premiere, adding to the channel’s slate of factual programming centred on crime, justice and human behaviour.

While the series revisits cases that are often unsettling, it does so through a legal and analytical lens, offering viewers context rather than sensationalism as it explores how extraordinary claims can lead to very real consequences.

Episode guide:

1. February 9: Death by Detox?
2. February 16: The Killer Cheesecake
3. February 23: The Principal Who Hypnotised His School
4. March 2: The Woman Dying for Attention
5. March 9: The Town with Tourette’s
6. March 16: The Corpse Who Came to Dinner

Catch THE CURIOUS CASE OF... every Monday at 9.55pm on Investigation Discovery Africa (DStv 171).