Crime Beat (2020)
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.
Crime Beat: Season 1 - 13 Episode s
1x1 - Meika Jordan: The Broken Princess
March 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.
1x2 - Farah Khan: A City’s Lost Child
March 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.
1x3 - The Final Homecoming of Lukas Strasser-Hird
March 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.
1x4 - Alison Parrott: Leader of the Pack
March 28, 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.
1x5 - Alicia Ross: Everyone's Daughter
April 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.
1x6 - Darkness in the Pass
April 11, 2020
With two people dead and a two year old missing, a small community in the Rocky Mountains is broken.
1x7 - The Legacy of Jordan Manners
April 18, 2020
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.
1x8 - If Anything Happens To Me: The Ottey Sisters
April 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.
1x9 - The Disappearance of Lisa Mitchell
May 2, 2020
1x10 - Kimberley Kasatkin: No Body, No Crime
May 9, 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.
1x11 - Guy Paul Morin & the Murder of Christine Jessop
May 24, 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.
1x12 - The Brentwood Five Massacre: Part 1
May 31, 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.
1x13 - The Brentwood Five Massacre: Part 2
June 6, 2020
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.
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