Crime Beat

Looking into some of Canada's most infamous criminal cases with extensive archives and intimate interviews and exploring the lasting impacts on the community and justice system.

Genre: Crime

Cast:Antony Robart , Nancy Hixt , Caryn Lieberman , Catherine McDonald , Rumina Daya , Eric Sorensen , Neetu Garcha , Jules Knox , Steve Irwin , David Hobson , Dave Perry , Matt Demarino , Rolf Prisor , Lesley Parrott , Shubham Sapre , Khalid Usman , Julia Hird , Patty Segura

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Meika Jordan: The Broken Princess

Sat, Mar 7, 2020

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.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Farah Khan: A City's Lost Child

Sat, Mar 14, 2020

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.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Final Homecoming of Lukas Strasser-Hird

Sat, Mar 21, 2020

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.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Alison Parrott: Leader of the Pack

Sun, Mar 29, 2020

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.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Alicia Ross: Everyone's Daughter

Sat, Apr 4, 2020

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.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Darkness in the Pass

Sat, Apr 11, 2020

A small community in the Rocky Mountains is shattered when two people are found dead and a two-year old goes missing; Nancy Hixt recounts one of the most disturbing cases she's covered.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Legacy of Jordan Manners - Catherine McDonald

Sat, Apr 18, 2020

In May of 2007, 15 year old Jordan Manners was gunned down in a hallway, marking the first time a student was shot and killed inside a Toronto school and Catherine McDonald remembers the murder, its impact on the community and his family.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ If Anything Happens To Me: The Ottey Sisters

Sat, Apr 25, 2020

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.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ The Disappearance of Lisa Mitchell

Sat, May 9, 2020

At 29 years old, Lisa Mitchell and her common-law husband, Allan, had two children and she juggled two jobs to try to make ends meet and then one day, she disappeared, leaving her common-law husband and two children behind.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Kimberley Kasatkin: No Body, No Crime

Sat, May 16, 2020

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.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Guy Paul Morin & the Murder of Christine Jessop

Sat, May 23, 2020

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.

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S1.E12 ∙ The Brentwood Five Massacre: Part 1

Sat, May 30, 2020

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.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Who Killed Kelly Cook, The Back-Up Babysitter

Sep 2020

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.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Who Killed Sonia?

Sat, Oct 10, 2020

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.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Final Chapter of the Christine Jessop and Guy Paul Morin Tragedy

Sat, Oct 24, 2020

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.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Shannon Madill's last audition

Sat, Nov 7, 2020

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.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Karissa Boudreau: Up With The Angels

Sat, Nov 7, 2020

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

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Fatal Façade: The Murder of Dr. Elana Fric

Sat, Nov 14, 2020

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 shock waves through Toronto's tight-knit medical community.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Two Doors Down: The Tragic Case of Mr. Kelloway

Sat, Nov 21, 2020

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

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Stolen Second Chances: The Jessica Newman Story

Sat, Feb 6, 2021

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.

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S2.E9 ∙ I Survived a Serial Killer

Sat, Feb 13, 2021

They each met him online and knew him only as 'Bruce.' He gained their trust, only to turn on them when they were at their most vulnerable. two men reveal their near-death experiences at the hands of notorious serial killer Bruce McArthur.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ For No Reason: The Murders of Dianna and Richard

Sat, Feb 20, 2021

In 2017 the brutal slayings of Dianna Mah-Jones, 64, and Richard Jones, 68, sent shock waves throughout Vancouver. Who could have done such a horrific crime? And would they strike again?

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ The Evil and Senseless Plot Against Ray Johnson

Sat, Feb 27, 2021

Ray Johnson was a loving father and grandfather. He lost the love of his life to cancer--and also battled cancer himself. His hobby was hunting for bargains and he was well known in garage sale/antique/flea market circles.

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S2.E12 ∙ An Enigma: Hiding in Plain Sight

Sat, Mar 6, 2021

In July of 2000, 18-year-old Tina Wu was murdered and her younger sister Theresa suffered horrific injuries when an attacker broke into their Toronto apartment.

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S2.E13 ∙ Tori Stafford: Never Forget

Sat, Mar 13, 2021

The town of Woodstock was the setting for one of Canada's most horrific child murders. 8-year-old Tori Stafford was abducted, raped, and murdered on April 8, 2009. Her body was found months later, stuffed into bags and covered with rocks.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Tori Stafford: Never Forget Part 2

Sat, Mar 20, 2021

In part 2 we document the battles the family of Tori Stafford has had to go through making sure the perpetrators serve their sentences as outlined by the courts, a fight that has further challenged their healing process.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ The Day Ryan Lane Vanished

Sat, Mar 27, 2021

Looking into some of Canada's most infamous criminal cases with extensive archives and intimate family interviews and exploring the lasting impacts on the community and justice system.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Picture Perfect: The Shattered Dreams of Maple Batalia

Fri, Mar 4, 2022

In the Fall of 2011, Maple Batalia, a young university student with a promising career as an actor and model, was brutally shot and slashed to death on the campus parking lot in Surrey, B.C. The killing made international headlines, sparking Surrey's Punjabi community and her family to make continued calls for justice and to arrest her murderer. Amid rapidly mounting pressure, the RCMP are tasked with piecing together Maple's mysterious personal life and the days leading up to her death, only to find several of the key clues missing, including a security camera that panned away from the scene of her death just moments before she was killed.

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S3.E16 ∙ Justice for Lacey

Fri, Mar 18, 2022

Several 911 calls lead emergency services to multiple scenes and the discovery of a body. This documentary shows the meticulous investigation police undertook to catch a killer.

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S3.E21 ∙ The Story of Blood Tells

Fri, May 6, 2022

A bloody, violent struggle throughout a house and the subsequent spatter and stain analysis and investigation of a double murder. Diana Mah Jones and Richard Jones were killed savagely in Vancouver, 2017.