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Crime Beat Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 2023 - 2024
Episode 1
The Hunt for a Predator
45 mins
The story of the years long hunt for a 1970's and early 1980's serial predator, known as the Southwest Rapist in the city of Calgary, Canada. The city was stunned with fear over the predator who would perpetrate crimes in broad daylight.
Episode 2
Seeking Justice for Myles Gray
45 mins
On a hot August day in 2015, a 33 year old Myles Gray is making his usual fresh greenery deliveries from the Sunshine coast to Vancouver.
Episode 3
In an Instant: The Neville-Lake Tragedy
45 mins
In 2015 three children and a Grandfather are killed by a drunk driver in Vaughan. The story and aftermath are investigated.
Episode 4
Chelsea Poorman and the Secrets of a Mansion
45 mins
Chelsea Poorman goes missing in Vancouver. 19 months later her body is found in the backyard of a mansion in one of Vancouver's richest neighborhoods. Was it a crime at all?
Episode 5
Nothing is What it Seems, Part 1
45 mins
Out walking his dog, a man comes across a neighbors garage set ablaze. Later when the smoke clears, a dead woman and drugs are found.
Episode 6
Nothing is What it Seems, Part 2
45 mins
Nothing is what it seems and the police are left scrambling to find a killer on the run, who is attempting to leave the country.
Episode 7
The Deadly Night Shift
45 mins
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.
Episode 8
The Deadly Contract
45 mins
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.
Episode 9
The Ties That Bind
45 mins
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.
Episode 10
The Tiny Town Mystery
45 mins
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.
Episode 11
Sorry I Wasn't There
45 mins
An innocent victim, 28-year-old Mila Barberi is gunned down while picking up her boyfriend, Saverio Serrano from work.
Episode 12
The Long Road to Justice
45 mins
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.
Episode 13
Homicide 42
45 mins
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.
Episode 14
Surrey Six: The Gang Hit
45 mins
A well-placed surveillance team led officers to the suspects behind the largest gang-related mass murder in the province's history.
Episode 15
Surrey Six: Seeking Justice
45 mins
After six men were coldly executed in a Surrey condo building, police scrambled to collect evidence and determine a motive for the murder.
Episode 16
A Trail of Blood
45 mins
In 1995, 92-year-old Henrietta Knight is brutally beaten during a home invasion, managing to escape but dying months later; a connection appears 20 years later as police find links to a bank robbery, a car bombing and multiple murders.
Episode 17
Hunt for the Wolfpack
45 mins
Three bold murders in Kelowna, Vancouver, and Toronto have triggered a police investigation into the Wolfpack Alliance, a gang associated with Mexican cartels.
Episode 18
Incendiary Circumstances
45 mins
In 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 and within minutes the entire home was engulfed in flames; after desperate attempts to reach her children failed, the mother managed to escape; senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the unexpected twists the investigation took into who was responsible.
Episode 19
Closure
45 mins
Susan Tice and Erin Gilmour are found dead and assaulted; the women don't know each other and both cases remain unsolved for decades; 40 years later, the killer is arrested, charged and convicted thanks to genetic genealogy research.
Episode 20
The Death of Christine Demeter by Persons Unknown, Part 1
45 mins
One night in 1973, as Peter Demeter pulls his Mercedes into his driveway, the body of his wife Christine Demeter is revealed; investigators launch an investigation and discover a story and cast of characters that is stranger than fiction.
Episode 21
The Death of Christine Demeter by Persons Unknown, Part 2
45 mins
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.
Episode 22
To Catch a Killer
45 mins
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.
Episode 23
Murder They Wrote
45 mins
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.
Episode 24
The Rainbow Motel Shootout
46 mins
Curious about why the owner of an expensive sports car would be outside a notoriously seedy 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; when the onslaught is over, the ensuing investigation uncovers a string of crimes leading back to the elderly owners of a B.C. gun shop.
Episode 25
Double Deception
45 mins
Two brothers entered a bank in Saanich, B.C. dressed in body armor and armed with semi-automatic rifles; they demanded money and took everyone inside as hostages; then, instead of escaping with the cash, the brothers paced inside the bank as police arrived on scene before a hailstorm of bullets suddenly erupted resulting in two deaths and many people with their lives forever changed.
Episode 26
Benevolence Betrayed
45 mins
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.