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Crime Beat
2020 - 2025 5.8 (9 votes) 6 Seasons
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Crime Beat

Overview

A true crime series that takes viewers deep into some of Canada’s most infamous criminal cases. Using extensive archives and intimate family interviews, each week new details are revealed that go beyond the news headlines giving a voice to victims and their families, unraveling how each case was solved, and exploring lasting impacts on the community and justice system.

Key Crew

Creator: George Browne, Nancy Hixt

Top Cast

Antony Robart

Nancy Hixt

Caryn Lieberman

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2020)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Meika Jordan: The Broken Princess
2020-03-07

Crime reporter Nancy Hixt reviews the case of Meika Jordan, a six-year-old girl whose life was tragically cut short; Nancy reveals the details of this case and the evidence uncovered by investigators in their quest for justice.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Farah Khan: A City’s Lost Child
2020-03-14

Dismembered remains belonging to a child are uncovered, and Alan Carter returns to the scene of the crime 20 years later, reuniting with the lead detective and a community coming together in grief.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: The Final Homecoming of Lukas Strasser-Hird
2020-03-21

After a year studying abroad, Lukas Strasser-Hird had dreams to be a doctor; he went out with friends to celebrate when he arrived home, but no one could have predicted how dangerous the situation was to become.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Alison Parrott: Leader of the Pack
2020-03-28

Coaxed from her home for a photoshoot, a promising young athlete never returns: Caryn Lieberman brings us through the DNA breakthrough that cracks the case to a mother's national safety campaign.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Alicia Ross: Everyone's Daughter
2020-04-04

Alicia's disappearance leads to one of the largest missing person searches in Ontario's history; reporter Catherine McDonald reconnects with Alicia's mother to tell the tale.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Darkness in the Pass
2020-04-11

With two people dead and a two year old missing, a small community in the Rocky Mountains is broken.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: The Legacy of Jordan Manners
2020-04-18

Catherine McDonald looks back at the impact of the murder of Jodan Manners, who was gunned down at a C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute hallway.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: If Anything Happens To Me: The Ottey Sisters
2020-04-25

Teenage sisters Marsha and Tamara Ottey were stabbed to death in August 1995; months later, Dimitrija Trajceski became the first TTC worker killed on the job. Caryn Lieberman shares the story of how these two families' lives became intertwined.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: The Disappearance of Lisa Mitchell
2020-05-02

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Kimberley Kasatkin: No Body, No Crime
2020-05-09

Kimberlee hasn’t been heard from since 2016; her partner says she left and abandoned the family and her parents accuse him of murder; Rumina Daya investigates this unsolved case that’s testing the limits of international justice.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Guy Paul Morin & the Murder of Christine Jessop
2020-05-24

Almost three months after she went missing, Christine Jessop's body was found more than 50 kilometers away from her Queensville home; after an intense police investigation, a former neighbor, Guy Paul Morin was charged.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: The Brentwood Five Massacre: Part 1
2020-05-31

An accomplished dancer, an aspiring urban planner, two talented musicians, and a young man who was well on his way to becoming a humanitarian became victims of the biggest mass killing in Calgary's history.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: The Brentwood Five Massacre: Part 2
2020-06-06

What started out as a party to mark the end of classes at the University of Calgary ended in a horrific tragedy; to add to the complexity of the case, investigators quickly learned the suspect was the son of one of their own.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 2 (2020)

No overview available.

15 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Who Killed Kelly Cook, The Back-Up Babysitter
2020-10-03

In 1981, 15-year-old Kelly Cook had taken a new babysitting job in her hometown of Standard, Alberta. She was supposed to check in with her parents when she arrived at the babysitting job, but that call never came.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Who Killed Sonia?
2020-10-10

New leads in the 10 year old case of a 42-year-old nurse brutally murdered in her home; her family questions why it is taking so long to make an arrest.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: The Final Chapter of the Christine Jessop and Guy Paul Morin Tragedy
2020-10-24

It was October 1984 in a small town outside Toronto; a young girl went missing; three months later, Christine Jessop's body was found more than 50 kilometers away from her Queensville home.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Shannon Madill's Last Audition
2020-10-31

Shannon Madill had everything going for her; she had just landed an audition for a role in a television series; was looking forward to moving from Calgary to Edmonton; the audition was recorded on video; hours later she vanished.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Karissa Boudreau: Up With The Angels
2020-11-07

Penny Boudreau reported her 12-year-old daughter Karissa missing on the night of a heavy snowstorm in January 2008; in an emotional news conference, the Nova Scotia mother made a tearful appeal for the public's help in finding the little girl.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Fatal Façade: The Murder of Dr. Elana Fric
2020-11-14

The body of 40-year-old doctor Elana Fric was discovered by a passerby in a ravine just north-west of Toronto; the man arrested and charged for the crime sent shockwaves through Toronto’s tight-knit medical community.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Two Doors Down: The Tragic Case of Mr. Kelloway
2020-11-21

Two neighbors that live just two doors apart decide they should get together for a barbeque; that get-together takes a deadly turn that results in a shocking 911 call and a compelling police interrogation.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Stolen Second Chances: The Jessica Newman Story
2021-02-06

A Calgary mother disappeared in March 2015. Months later her body was found in a ditch by a road construction crew. The autopsy revealed she was stabbed 75 times.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: I Survived a Serial Killer
2021-02-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: For No Reason: The Murders of Dianna and Richard
2021-02-20

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: The Evil and Senseless Plot Against Ray Johnson
2021-02-27

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: An Enigma: Hiding in Plain Sight
2021-03-06

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Tori Stafford: Never Forget
2021-03-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Tori Stafford: Never Forget Part 2
2021-03-20

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: The Day Ryan Lane Vanished
2021-03-27

Runtime: 45 min
Season 3 (2021)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Hunted by Evil Part 1
2021-10-01

A little boy had a sleepover at his grandparent’s home. When his mother returned to pick him up the next morning—all three were gone. That was the starting point of one of the longest Amber Alerts in Canadian history. Who would kidnap a five-year-old child and his grandparents, and why? It was a race against the clock to find the missing trio. Follow along as police uncover shocking forensic evidence and learn the twist that finally leads investigators to identify a suspect.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Hunted by Evil Part 2
2021-10-08

With a little boy and his grandparents still missing, police make a dramatic arrest. A search of the suspect’s property leads to one disturbing discovery after another. DNA was found, but still no bodies. What happened to Nathan O’Brien, and Alvin and Kathy Liknes? Learn how a petty grudge festered and grew into a murderous plot, and the shocking key evidence seen from high above the killer’s property… in the conclusion of Hunted by Evil.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: The Big Lie to Die For
2021-10-15

When a triple-murder nearly wipes out an entire family, police struggle to establish a motive. At the home, investigators discover a gruesome scene and identify an unexpected murder weapon — a crossbow. They also meet the lone survivor who fought for his life and barely escaped. The mystery deepens when a suspicious package is discovered, and the killer’s double-life is revealed.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Innocent Blood
2021-10-22

After a torso is found floating in the Oshawa Harbour, the family of 18-year-old Rori Hache is horrified to learn the human remains belong to the missing teen. But when a local plumber calls in a “flesh-like” substance clogging a drain, the horror only grows.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Remember Her Name - Chantel Moore
2021-10-29

Chantel Moore, a 26-year-old woman from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation in British Columbia, was shot and killed by an Edmundston police officer who was called in to do a wellness check on her.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Forbidden Love The Murder of Jassi Sidhu
2021-11-05

While visiting in India, a young newly-wed from British Columbia was attacked, kidnapped, and her lifeless body discovered in a canal the next day. Her husband was severely beaten and left for dead, but survived to tell the story.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Arlene Westervelt Murder or Misadventure?
2021-11-12

Jules Knox goes through the many twists and turns of a mishandled investigation, family outrage and an exclusive interview with Arlene's husband and the accused, Bert Westervelt.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Blindsided: The Story of Mylan Hicks
2021-12-10

A young man who grew up in one of the most deadly cities in North America beat the odds to become a professional football player. Mylan Hicks hoped playing in the CFL for the Calgary Stampeders would be a stepping stone to his dream of playing in the NFL. In the fall of 2016, Hicks went out with his teammates to celebrate an important win when tragedy struck. Follow along as witnesses explain what they saw that fateful night and how Hicks was blindsided.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
2021-12-17

Did not air

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Mr. Murder' - Four Lives Lost
2021-11-19

In the fall of 2010, four men were gunned down in their prime -- shot and killed in Toronto in three separate shootings. Devoted father Jahmeel Spence, family man Carl Cole, along with Mike James, a budding chef, and his good friend and aspiring tradesman Courthney Facey. Investigators would discover that the murders were all connected… and the evidence would lead them to a serial killer hungry for notoriety and fame.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: The Friendly Cop: Who Killed Constable André Lalonde?
2022-01-14

25 years ago, an unknown driver shot and killed Constable André Lalonde, known for his friendly nature and big mustache; Mike Armstrong explores the impact of this murder on Lalonde's wife and two children, and the continuing hunt for the killer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Shattered By a Call
2022-01-21

A young Calgary woman goes missing, and a 911 call results in the discovery of an older couple dead in their home, leading police to uncover the tragic connection between the two cases as they uncover evidence of a senseless killing spree.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Mindy Tran: The Abduction of Innocence
2022-01-28

On August 17, 1994, in Kelowna B.C., eight-year-old Mindy Tran hopped on her bike and pedaled over to a nearby friend's house to ask her to play; she was never seen again.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: I Heard Her Screams
2022-02-25

Two Eritrean refugees looking for a better life in Canada are murdered; 55-year-old Nighisti Semret is stabbed walking home from work; The remains of 28-year-old Rigat Ghirmay are discovered by a dog walker in a west-end park.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Picture Perfect: The Shattered Dreams of Maple Batalia
2022-03-04

On September 28, 2011, 19-year-old Maple Batalia, an aspiring model, actress and doctor, is shot and killed in a university campus parking lot; security camera footage pans away at the last moment, leaving her last minutes alive a mystery.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Justice for Lacey
2022-03-18

A series of 911 calls leads first responders to multiple scenes and the disturbing discovery of a young woman's body. What happened to Lacey Jones-McKnight? Learn the shocking details revealed on the 911 calls and the painstaking lengths forensic investigators went to in an effort to find Justice for Lacey.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: A Monster in the Woods
2022-03-25

It was a crime unlike anything ever seen before in Canada. The horror of the 'Wells Gray Murders' forty years ago still haunts investigators involved in the case, as well as family and friends of the victims. In August 1982, David Shearing stalked and murdered three generations of a family while they were out on a summer camping trip in B.C. After a long cross-country investigation, police learn the killer was always closer than suspected. What was the murderer's motive for such a horrific crime?

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: Innocence and Evil, Part 1
2022-04-01

Reporter Caryn Lieberman tells the story of the 1994 disappearance of Larry Arnold, a man who went missing from Toronto's gay village. Arnold's body wasn't found until weeks later, discovered in an area 'known for sexual cruising.' We hear the frustration of family members, who feel investigators initially didn't take the case seriously enough. Until...police got a break that would change everything. Larry Arnold wasn't this killer's only victim.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: Innocence and Evil, Part 2
2022-04-08

Reporter Caryn Lieberman reveals how Larry Arnold's murder investigation is linked to the 1997 killing of a 20-year-old woman hundreds of kilometers away in North Bay, Ontario. Sarah Whitehead was sexually assaulted and murdered as she left a mall. Both murders were mysteries that almost went unsolved, two seemingly unrelated cases, until DNA from a cigarette butt led police to the killer. A serial rapist and murderer whose crimes crossed provincial borders and some of which likely remain unsolved to this day.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: A Prayer for Arcelie
2022-04-29

A hardworking mother of five disappeared while on her way home from work and there were indications she was being attacked; investigators raced against the clock to find Arcelie Laoagan.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: The Story Blood Tells
2022-05-06

An in-depth look at how forensic experts examine blood spatter to help piece together what happened at the crime scene and how it helped secure convictions in some of Canada's most high profile murder cases.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: The Secrets of Salmon River, Part 1
2022-05-13

When 27-year-old Caitlin Potts disappears from the North Okanagan in February 2016, police are puzzled. Although her body has never been found, Mounties believe she has been murdered. And then, over the next year and a half, four other women disappear too. One of the women's bodies is found on the Sagmoen family farm and many start to point the finger at Curtis Sagmoen. But although he has spent time in jail for other offences, he's never been charged with murder. In this episode of Crime Beat, reporter Jules Knox investigates whether these cases could somehow be connected?

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: The Secrets of Salmon River, Part 2
2022-05-20

Five women have mysteriously vanished from near B.C.'s Shuswap region over a year and a half, leaving their families desperate for some sort of closure. When police suddenly discover a body more than five years later, it leads to an arrest in one of the women's murders. But will it help officers crack the other cases? In the conclusion of the Secrets of Salmon River, reporter Jules Knox investigates why police are struggling to make more arrests.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: Obsessed
2022-05-27

A police manhunt leads to a high speed chase and a life-or-death situation for two officers. Learn the extreme lengths one man was willing to go to and the tragic outcome of his obsession with Nadia El-Dib.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: Awaking to a Nightmare: The Rhoderie Estrada Murder
2022-06-03

A caring nurse and mother of three viciously murdered after a break-in at her home, while her 3 children slept in another room unaware of the attack.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: In Broad Daylight: The Abduction of Holly Jones
2022-06-10

Lead homicide detectives reveal the tactics used to catch the killer of Holly Jones, a Toronto 10-year-old who was found murdered in 2003; Holly's mother shares memories of her daughter and her family's efforts to fight child pornography.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 4 (2022)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Sarah and Taliyah: Stolen Dreams
2022-10-08

Family and friends of a young mother become frantic when she fails to show up for work. An exhaustive search of her home leads to a horrifying discovery and an Amber Alert for her missing five-year-old daughter. Follow along as investigators take you inside what happened to Sara and Taliyah, how they tracked the suspect, and the motive behind this senseless crime.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: The Hired Hit
2022-10-15

When former beauty queen Alexandra Pesic is gunned down in a brazen daylight shooting on a midsummer evening in 1992, a quiet community in a suburb of Vancouver, B.C. is stunned; evidence of a contract killing is found motivated by greed and hate.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: A Random Encounter: A Night of Terror
2022-10-22

Annie Hang-Kam Chiu was looking forward to retirement when she was viciously murdered; within approximately three hours, her killer had turned himself in; the accused surrendered to the police carrying a type of homemade looking bomb like device.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: The Babes in the Woods
2022-10-29

When the remains of two children are found in Vancouver's Stanley Park in 1953, the public and police are puzzled about their identities; advances in DNA technology help investigators make a shocking discovery.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Against All Odds
2022-11-05

A German tourist travels across the world with his family to witness the splendor of the Canadian Rockies; without warning, a chance encounter and a single bullet interrupts their trip and changes their lives forever.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: The Tragic Slaying of a Good Samaritan: Rose McGroarty
2022-11-12

When a dismembered body was found, detectives set out to identify the victim; after intense police work, they set out to find Rose McGroarty's killer.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 7: The Murder of the Millionaire Philanthropist Part 1
2022-11-19

Glen Davis was a multi-millionaire philanthropist, well-known for his generosity; he and his wife donated millions to charities, including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 8: The Murder of the Millionaire Philanthropist Part 2
2022-11-26

Detectives investigate leads in what they believe was a targeted killing; reporter Mark Carcasole reveals the twists and turns in the plot to kill Davis, and just how close to home it was.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 9: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - the Story of Terrie Ann Dauphinais
2022-12-02

Terrie Ann Dauphinais, a young Metis woman, is found dead in her home; her death was deemed a homicide, but no charges were ever laid, and the case went cold; new developments in the investigation lead to a dramatic turn of events.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 10: Cindy James: Terror in the Shadows Part 1
2023-01-06

For seven years, Cindy James told police she was being stalked; when the Vancouver nurse's lifeless body was found two weeks after she went missing, and no suspects, a coroner's inquest is called in hopes of solving the mystery.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 11: Cindy James: Terror in the Shadows Part 2
2023-01-13

For seven years, Cindy James told police she was being stalked; when the Vancouver nurse's lifeless body was found two weeks after she went missing, and no suspects, a coroner's inquest is called in hopes of solving the mystery.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 12: The Wrongful Confession
2023-01-20

When a man turns up dead on a hunting trail in Killarney, police have no idea if it was an accident or murder. Until they find the killer who says he was hired to do it. The woman he points the finger at claims she’s completely innocent and must travel a long road to prove it. When she finally gets her day in court – a decision is handed down that has far reaching implications.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: A Monster in Uniform Part 1
2023-02-03

In a small town located less than an hour from Canada's largest military base, a rash of break-ins escalates to assault and then murder; tire tracks point police to someone above suspicion.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: A Monster in Uniform Part 2
2023-02-10

When the key suspect in a series of assaults and murders is brought in for questioning, a cat and mouse game unfolds in the interview room and ultimately leads to a shocking confession from a man leading a secret double life.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: The Crossfire
2023-03-03

Police work to end a decade-long feud between rival gangs the FKs and the FOBs that has left more than two dozen dead, including innocent bystanders hit in the crossfire.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Shootout at the Duke (Catherine McDonald)
2023-03-10

A dispute outside a Toronto tavern between a jealous boyfriend and several gang members ends in a hail of gunfire, in which a young woman new to the city is killed, and the missing gun turns up in an unrelated crime.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: The Search for Theresa Allore's Killer
2023-03-31

Homocide analyst John Allore tirelessly probes unsolved murders in his ultimate quest to uncover the fate of his sister, Theresa, found dead in Quebec's Eastern Townships region in 1979.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: The Manhunt Part 1
2023-04-14

A cross-country manhunt ensues when a young Australian American couple is murdered, a much-loved university professor is found dead, and two teens go missing in northern British Columbia.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: The Manhunt Part 2
2023-04-21

A cross-country manhunt ensues when a young Australian American couple is murdered, a much-loved university professor is found dead, and two teens go missing in northern British Columbia.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: The Second Shift
2023-04-28

Loved ones and police go to painstaking efforts to locate 26-year-old Dilleen Hempel after she goes missing in 1992 as she was heading home from her new job.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: Terror in the Playground
2023-05-05

After a man fired a gun on a local playground and seriously injured two girls, outraged parents demanded answers from local politicians as to how to stop the cycle of violence terrorizing their neighbourhoods.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Victims of Love
2023-05-12

Days after Stephanie Forster is killed near her home in Coquitlam, B.C., her estranged husband, Luigi Derossi, kills himself, but her brother believes Forster discovered Derossi's notoriety as a serial romance scammer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: My Never-Ending Story: Amanda Todd
2023-05-19

In an unprecedented case, an internet tormentor is extradited from the Netherlands to stand trial after targeting 15-year-old Amanda Todd, who died by suicide after being blackmailed and harassed over several years.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: The Senseless Killing of Rosemarie Junor
2023-06-02

Ultrasound technician and newlywed Rosemarie "Kim" Junor is stabbed in the chest by a stranger in 2015, and the subsequent trial results in a verdict that still haunts Junor's family.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: A Deadly Betrayal
2023-06-09

A man scouring for bottles in downtown Calgary dumpsters makes a grisly discovery, and a trail of forensic evidence leads police to uncover a deadly betrayal.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: The Story Is Never Finished
2023-06-16

Senior crime reporters provide updates on a few stories they previously covered; they share several significant developments -- including a major decision made by the Supreme Court of Canada that's impacted multiple murder cases across the country.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 5 (2023)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Hunt for a Predator
2023-10-13

In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s a sexual predator was on the loose. Two little girls had heard about the man dubbed the 'Southwest Calgary Rapist', but they never imagined they would be attacked while riding their bikes one hot sunny day. At the same time, homicide investigators were on the trail for a killer. Follow along as Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt shares the stories of those attacked and the steps police took in their hunt for a predator.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 2: Seeking Justice for Myles Gray
2023-10-20

On a hot August day in 2015, 33-year-old Myles Gray traveled from the Sunshine Coast to Vancouver in his company truck to make his usual delivery of fresh greenery to wholesale florists. That same day, he was found dead in the backyard of a home. A coroner was unable to pinpoint a cause of death because his injuries were so severe. The only witnesses? A group of Vancouver police officers responding to a nuisance call about a man spraying a woman with a garden hose. An independent investigation recommended charges, but none were laid. It's taken Myles Gray’s family eight years to fight for justice for him - and find the truth.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 3: In an Instant: The Neville-Lake Tragedy
2023-10-27

Neville-Lakes' three children were killed by a drunk driver, Marco Muzzo, in a crash in Vaughan back in 2015; the driver, the son of a wealthy family, was sentenced to ten years in jail but is now out on parole while the mother is left grieving.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 4: Chelsea Poorman and the Secrets of a Mansion
2023-11-03

Chelsea Poorman was last seen on Sept. 6, 2020, in downtown Vancouver. Her remains were found 17 months later behind a vacant home in the upscale Shaughnessy neighbourhood.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 5: Nothing is What it Seems: Part 1
2023-11-10

When a man walking his dog comes upon a neighbor's garage engulfed in flames, little does he know the treachery behind it. When the smoke clears, a woman is found dead with drug paraphernalia nearby. But nothing is what it seems, and police are left combing through a web of lies to find the killer.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 6: Nothing is What it Seems: Part 2
2023-11-17

When a man walking his dog comes upon a neighbour’s garage engulfed in flames, little does he know the treachery behind it. When the smoke clears, a woman is found dead with drug paraphernalia nearby. But nothing is what it seems, and police are left combing through a web of lies to find the killer. As they home in on the suspect they discover he’s planning to leave the country and try to intercept him, at the same time, putting an elaborate Mr. Big operation in motion.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 7: The Deadly Night Shift
2023-12-01

In 2006, 17-year-old Brigitte Serre was working her first overnight shift at a Montreal gas station when three men attempted an armed heist. Brigitte was murdered in the robbery gone wrong, stabbed 72 times. The killer was eventually caught in a cross-country manhunt and sentenced to 25 years without parole for the brutal slaying. But for the Serre family, the painful reminders of their tragic loss would surface time and time again as the convicted murderer applied for early release.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 8: The Deadly Contract
2023-12-08

January 16th, 2006, started like any other for Jack Beauchamp; the financier grabbed a coffee and went to work in his downtown Calgary office; minutes after he arrived, he was shot six times and left for dead on his office floor.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 9: The Ties That Bind
2024-01-05

An elderly Mississauga woman is found dead beside Christmas presents she’d been wrapping. Within hours of the discovery, investigators receive a call from Niagara police about the attempted murders of two people living an hour away that they believe are connected. The ensuing investigation uncovers a story of betrayal, obsession, stalking and vengeance.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 10: The Tiny Town Mystery
2024-01-12

When a 20-year-old English tourist suddenly stops contacting his family while backpacking across Canada, his mother tries to raise the alarm. Police are slow to respond until an anonymous note prompts them to search a nearby lake. When a body is found, there is hope that it will help bring closure to the missing man’s family. But as Jules Knox reports, another twist in this story means that the case can’t be so easily closed.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 11: Sorry I Wasn't There
2024-02-09

An innocent victim, 28-year-old Mila Barberi is gunned down while picking up her boyfriend, Saverio Serrano from work.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 12: The Long Road to Justice
2024-02-16

The family and friends of Adrienne McColl had no idea the heartbreaking news they were about to get - and the long road to justice they were about to embark on.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 13: Homicide 42
2024-02-23

It was 1am on a cold, wet November night in 2011 when police found Leanne Freeman lying unconscious in a pool of blood. She later died in a downtown hospital, becoming Toronto’s 42nd homicide of the year. The 23-year-old Freeman lived a lonely, troubled life, on the streets of Canada's largest city. Addicted to drugs, she ended up being a part of a group called 'The Crystal Circle', named for their use and dealing of crystal meth. It was members of that group who became suspects in her murder.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 14: Surrey Six: The Gang Hit
2024-03-08

When a mother left her Surrey, B.C. condo for work in the morning, she never imagined that it would be the last time she would ever see her son. She returned to a building that was surrounded by yellow police tape, and it wasn’t long before word leaked out that six men had been slaughtered inside. As Jules Knox reports, a well-placed surveillance team led officers to the suspects behind the largest gang-related mass murder in the province’s history, but several unexpected twists in this case soon jeopardized the search for justice.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 15: Surrey Six: Seeking Justice
2024-03-15

After six men were coldly executed in a Surrey condo building, police scrambled to collect evidence and determine a motive for the murder. As they dove deeper into their investigation, it didn’t take officers long to find their suspects, but police misconduct along the way threatened to derail the search for justice for the victims’ families. Jules Knox reports on the rival gang dispute that claimed two innocent lives.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 16: A Trail of Blood
2024-04-05

It began as a cold case. In 1995, a 92-year-old woman had been brutally beaten during a home invasion, managed to escape, but died months later. At the time, no one knew who’d so viciously attacked Henrietta Knight. But 20 years later as police are investigating the disappearance of a known criminal, they find a connection. As the investigation unfolds, they find links to a bank robbery, a car bombing and multiple murders. A trail of blood that leads them to the one man responsible for it all.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 17: Hunt for the Wolfpack
2024-04-12

Three brazen murders in Kelowna, Vancouver and Toronto spark an extensive police investigation into the Wolfpack Alliance, a crew of gangsters running operations connected to Mexican cartels. The kingpins are quick to take out anyone in their way, leaving authorities scrambling to build a case against the killers. As Jules Knox reports, while a murder trial is finally underway, a cunning escape leaves authorities at a loss and the public looking for justice.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 18: Incendiary Circumstances
2024-04-19

On November 17, 2004, a young Calgary family settled in for the evening. At about 9 pm, the husband left for work as a security guard, while his wife stayed home with their two children. In the middle of the night, she woke to the sound of shattered glass. Within minutes the entire home was engulfed in flames. After desperate attempts to reach her children failed, the mother managed to escape. The children didn’t survive. Senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the unexpected twists the investigation took into who was responsible for the devastating double-fatal fire.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 19: Closure
2024-05-03

In 1983, Susan Tice, a 45-year-old mother of four was found raped and stabbed to death in her Toronto home. Four months later, across town, 22-year-old Erin Gilmour returns home from work and is attacked the same way. The women didn’t know each other, and both cases remained unsolved for decades.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 20: The Death of Christine Demeter By Persons Unknown: Part 1
2024-05-10

On a warm summer night in 1973, building developer Peter Demeter pulls a Mercedes full of tourists into his driveway after a shopping trip. As the garage door opens, headlights illuminate a horrific scene, the bludgeoned body of his wife and model, 33-year-old Christine Demeter.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 21: The Death of Christine Demeter By Persons Unknown: Part 2
2024-05-17

Millionaire Builder Peter Demeter is charged with non-capital murder in connection with his wife's death. His trial in London Ontario's brand-new courthouse is explosive, with investigators uncovering new evidence daily. Who killed Christine Demeter?

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 22: To Catch a Killer
2024-05-24

Jolene Riendeau, a 10-year-old girl, disappears without a trace from a Montreal neighborhood, she was last seen at a local convenience store; her remains were unearthed twelve years later near a bridge and her parents are still searching for answers.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 23: Murder They Wrote (Mieke Anderson)
2024-05-31

True crime novels are often topping best sellers lists; to explore the reason of public fascination with this genre of storytelling, "Crime Beat" sits down with five authors pushing the boundaries of true crime.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 24: The Rainbow Motel Shootout
2024-06-07

Curious about why the owner of an expensive sports car would be outside a Toronto motel, police knock on the door and are met with gunfire; over the next several hours, hundreds of bullets are fired in the biggest shootout in the city's history.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 25: Double Deception
2024-06-14

Two brothers entered a bank with semi-automatic rifles; they demanded money and took everyone inside as hostages; the police arrived on scene and a hailstorm of bullets erupted, resulting in two deaths and many lives forever changed.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 26: Benevolence Betrayed
2024-06-21

Audrey Trudeau moves to Calgary in the late 90's in search of a fresh start following a divorce; then, on the eve of an exciting new opportunity, she suddenly vanishes; her disappearance puzzles her loved ones.

Runtime: 46 min
Season 6 (2024)

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23 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Murder in the Mountains
2024-10-18

The popular resort town of Banff was rocked when a young female taxi driver was found murdered in 1990. Investigators worked tirelessly to come up with a viable suspect, but the case went cold.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 2: He's So Evil
2024-10-25

Crime Specialist Catherine McDonald recounts the story about of an obsession so deep it led to the death of an innocent child.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 3: "Make Him Breathe"
2024-11-01

It’s one of every new mother’s greatest fears. You put your child down for a nap, only to later notice muffled cries coming from the bedroom. What happened next lands Tammy Wynne Marquardt in jail for nearly 14 years and will haunt her for the rest of her life. Reporter Mark Carcasole shares Tammy’s harrowing story and learns more about the man whose testimony, she says, destroyed her life.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 4: Mad Trapper
2024-11-08

When series of cabins are raided in northern B.C., and then a reclusive trapper suddenly goes missing, police believe the crimes could be connected; as Jules Knox reports, that triggers a series of events that leaves one Mountie dead.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 5: Out of the Darkness
2024-11-15

Reporter Caryn Lieberman travels to Kingston to hear from the families and survivors reclaiming their voices in order to tell the story of 34-year-old Yvonne Rouleau, tortured and murdered at the Nozzles Gas Bar where she worked at.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 6: The Investigators
2024-11-22

They have been called agents for the silenced. Homicide detectives investigating horrific murders work tireless hours to find answers for grieving families. We interview top detectives about some of their most memorable and impactful cases, including ones that still haunt them to this day. In ‘the Investigators’, we learn what real life is like as a homicide detective on the job and after.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 7: Deadly Rumours
2024-12-06

In the spring of 2006 Calgary Police received an ominous call from someone worried a woman was being held captive in a downtown rooming house. Officers responded but found nothing suspicious. Over the next few days two patrol officers heard similar stories from several other people as details got more and more disturbing– alleging a woman had been held, tortured and killed. How could they solve a crime they weren’t sure had been committed? And without knowing if there was a victim? Follow along with Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares the details of Deadly Rumours.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 8: Case Never Closed: Justice for Nicolle
2024-12-13

Nicolle Hands was a young Winnipeg mother, brutally attacked and stabbed in her apartment while her children were at home sleeping. Two decades after Nicolle’s murder, reporter Marney Blunt looks into a recent development in the case, information exclusively released to Global News, and learns why the family may still be no closer to achieving justice for their beloved Nicolle.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 9: 24 Shots, 7 seconds
2025-01-05

In December 2019, 26-year-old Koshin Yusuf was coming home from a night out with friends when he was cornered at his Scarborough apartment entrance and shot 24 times. But why? All police had to start with was a piece of grainy video surveillance that captured the actual murder. Was it a case of mistaken identity? Did Koshin know his attackers? Crime Beat tracks the investigation and learns why the judge would later call it a 'stunning' piece of police work.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 10: Die Like the Rest Part 1
2025-01-12

When a Winnipeg teenager was found savagely attacked in a donut shop, investigators arrested a B.C. man who was visiting the area. After serving nearly four years behind bars, he was suddenly released, prompting some people to question if a murderer had now walked free. As Jules Knox reports, years later, another slaying of a teenage girl halfway across the country gave fresh light to old evidence that could help convict a killer.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 11: Die Like the Rest Part 2
2025-01-19

Detectives are slowly piecing together chilling clues from a series of brutal sexual assaults and murders across the country. Teenage girls are the target, and police are starting to question if one of their initial suspects was wrongfully convicted. As Jules Knox reports, a Mr. Big sting operation led officers to a second suspect who was hiding in plain sight.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 12: A Million Dead Ends
2025-01-26

On May 14, 1971, just after dinner, six-year-old Ljubica Topic wandered off while playing outside with her older brother and some friends. When her brother gets home, Ljubica isn’t there. Questioned by his mother, he reveals that a stranger had approached them asking for help and Ljubica had gone off to assist. After a frantic search, the young girl is found dead just a kilometre away. Who did this and why remained a mystery for nearly 50 years.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 13: Face-To-Face With Evil
2025-02-23

For more than twenty years, Mark Mariani suffered from Crohn’s disease. In the fall of 2010, he was told about medical advancements that brought renewed hope for a better quality of life. To celebrate he went to his favourite country bar. The following morning his family received a call from the police. Mark had been found dead in a northwest Calgary parking lot. Join senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she walks you through the trail of evidence police uncovered to learn how Mark Mariani came Face-to-Face with Evil.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 14: The Hand Behind the Gun
2025-03-09

A teenager is gunned down at a church while attending his best friend's funeral, another is ambushed, shot 7 times while out for pizza, and an innocent child is killed when bullets fly at a birthday party. Illegal firearms flooding across the border and into the hands of Toronto’s most notorious gangs causing a surge in homicides. Join Senior Reporter Caryn Lieberman as she follows a major takedown of a criminal organization, and a historic Toronto Police bust that stops hundreds of weapons from hitting the streets.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 15: Deadly Retribution
2025-03-16

On a sunny spring day, a man walked into an office in midtown Toronto and opened fire. There was panic at the neighbouring daycare and nearby schools, fearing a gunman was still on the loose. When police arrived, they discovered the shooter had killed two people, Arash Missaghi and Samira Yousefi, before turning the gun on himself. Initially officials did not release the motive for the attack, but his wife said her husband, 46-year-old Alan Kats, could not handle 'losing our life’s savings' in an alleged mortgage fraud the two victims were accused of.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 16: 'I Wish I Could Hold You'
2025-03-23

When 10-year-old Heather Thomas suddenly vanishes while riding a bike in Surrey, B.C., hundreds of people show up to help search for the missing girl. With few leads to go on, detectives are stymied until an attentive 911 dispatcher, an eagle-eyed security guard and a distinct vehicle offer a trail of clues that lead to a possible suspect. As her grieving mother fights for justice, the prime suspect claims he is not guilty despite a shocking interrogation video detailing a violent crime.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 17: Death of the Window Dresser
2025-03-28

Australian Kevin McBride was known for being fun-loving and outgoing, the life of the party. So, when the 47-year-old window dresser and antiques dealer is found stabbed to death in his Toronto apartment no one can believe it. As police track suspects across Canada and the US, the victim’s diary is found 400 km away. It’s missing the page from the day he was murdered, but it provides a name. The problem for investigators – that name belongs to someone who can’t be found.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 18: The Strange Disappearance of Marilyn Bergeron
2025-04-13

The family of Marilyn Bergeron searches for answers and reveals some startling theories in the mystery of a young Quebec woman who disappeared in 2008.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 19: Shattered Dreams
2025-04-20

A highly respected, executive chef is weeks away from realizing his dream of opening his own restaurant when he is violently killed; the case becomes a true whodunnit as homicide detectives follow a complicated trail of evidence.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 20: The Melrose Avenue Murder
2025-05-04

After a violent gunfight erupts in a quiet Saskatoon neighbourhood, several suspects flee the scene, and nobody wants to talk about what happened. Police follow a trail of blood to an apartment where they find zip ties and duct tape but no murder weapons. Follow along with Crime Beat reporter Jules Knox as detectives discuss the investigative techniques that finally lead them to a key piece of missing evidence – and their prime suspect - one of Canada’s most wanted fugitives.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 21: Before My Eyes
2025-05-11

Driving home from work, Royi Flescher could never have imagined what he was about to encounter. And when Soula Berdoussis pulled over, she thought she was stopping to help at the scene of a car accident. What unfolded next would change them forever – as they found two women brutally stabbed, taking their last breaths lying at the side of a busy Toronto thoroughfare. Reporter Catherine McDonald takes us back to that fateful day in late August 2022 and hears from these eyewitnesses about coming face-to-face with the killer. But it wasn’t until they testified at his trial that they’d learn the full disturbing details of what led up to that day.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 22: The 'Mr. Big' Playbook
2025-05-18

When there is insufficient evidence or cooperation from the suspect - what’s left for authorities to try to get a conviction? The 'Mr. Big' technique is often a last resort for police to solve a murder. But the elaborate tactic to elicit confessions from suspects is under fire. The technique has become so controversial that some countries have gone as far as to ban the practice. Reporter Jayme Doll delves into a number of high profile cases and examines: how far should undercover police go to catch a killer?

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 23: A Recipe for Disaster
2025-05-25

Runtime: 46 min

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