Crime Beat Season 6
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.
Episodes
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.
Crime Specialist Catherine McDonald recounts the story about of an obsession so deep it led to the death of an innocent child.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
In July 2007, a joint birthday celebration for a 6-year-old and two 18-year-old girls draws a crowd of 50 to a Toronto community backyard on a warm summer day. As night falls and the cake is cut, the atmosphere shifts…
Evelyn Fox’s son – a father of four - was shot while trying to help a friend in trouble. Shauna Brown lost her son in a drive-by shooting as he played with his two-year-old daughter on the steps of their family home…
In the late 1970’s, there was a series of mysterious deaths. First, two jr. high girls were found in an underpass west of Calgary. Seven months later, another young woman was found in a ditch, beaten and strangled to…
In November of 1999, 16-year-old Julie Surprenant disappeared without a trace. She was last seen at a bus stop just meters from her back door in the Montreal suburb of Terrebonne, but somehow never made it home. Julie’s…