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15 Episodes 2008 - 2012
Episode 1
41 mins
David Reiner simply vanished after stealing almost a million dollars from twenty-one non-profit daycare centers. Why Reiner turned into a thief and then did a Disappearing Act was a mystery.
Episode 3
In October 2003, third-year Royal Military College cadet Joe Grozelle simply disappeared. His body was recovered weeks later from the St. Lawrence River, but multiple investigations were unable to determine just how, when, where or why Grozelle died. In 2008, Linden MacIntyre revealed a hasty military investigation that only clouded the tragedy, and a family determined to get answers.
Episode 5
She was an artist, a maker of animated films. He was doctor who dedicated his professional life to treating the poor and disadvantaged.
Episode 8
23 mins
What's killing the professional football players?
Episode 9
19 mins
They are known as "the Newfoundland Ladies" - a mostly underground network of women who, when the fishery industry that their families depended on for generations folded, began to export their most unique resource - themselves. It is estimated that there may be as many as three hundred women making the seven-hour ferry ride from Newfoundland to Nova Scotia, but nobody knows for sure.
Episode 11
41 mins
William Mullins-Johnson spent twelve years in prison, wrongfully convicted of murder in the death of his four-year-old niece, Valin. For the first time, the full story of Valin's death, the mistakes that led to that wrongful conviction and its impact not just on Bill Mullins-Johnson, but his entire family.
Episode 13
Around the world, millions have gone on-line to create a virtual life for themselves - a simulated fantasyland where the economy booms, the sun shines and everyone looks gorgeous. For many "second lifers," the game is just that, a game. But, for others, it takes on a life of its own. Hana Gartner introduces us to two women who fell in love with their fantasy life and lovers. They gave up everything, husbands and children, to meet the man behind their fantasies. Find out, if the real thing measured up.
Episode 14
He was sentenced in the killing of four Mounties. But, his story has never been heard. Until now. The Mayerthorpe tragedy occurred on March 3, 2005, on the farm of James Roszko, just north of Rochfort Bridge near the town of Mayerthorpe in the Canadian province of Alberta. Roszko shot and killed four Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He then committed suicide. The attack occurred as the officers were executing a search warrant for stolen property and a marijuana-growing operation on the farm. Two individuals who were not present at the shooting, Shawn Hennessey and Dennis Cheeseman, pled guilty to manslaughter for assisting Roszko to return to his farm.
Episode 15
The world of teenaged addiction is as frightening and confusing a place as any a parent will enter. Most rehab centres claim a 30 to 40 per cent success rate. AARC's founder says the facility works with "the worst of the worst" among addicted teens - yet it claims an extraordinary 80 per cent recovery rate of those that come through its doors. Gillian Findlay investigates the centre's claims of its success rate, as well as its controversial treatment program.
Episode 16
42 mins
When PEI native Melissa Friedrich was arrested in Florida and charged with exploitation of the elderly, her past revealed a long and complex criminal history that began in the Maritimes and included a conviction for manslaughter in the death of one husband. Another husband died under what his family believes are suspicious circumstances and what finally landed her in a Tampa jail was enough evidence to convince authorities that yet another man might be at risk. Linden MacIntyre investigates the story of the woman who has been called a "black widow."
Episode 17
Fighting in hockey, through the eyes of the people who know it best: the players. When Don Sanderson died in January after hitting his head on the ice during a hockey fight, a national debate erupted. On one side, those who argue that fighting debases what is already a fast, violent sport and imperils the lives of the players. But, there are those who argue that fighting actually makes the game safer, is a natural release valve and will always be a part of our national sport. Bob McKeown talks to some of the NHL's storied and current heavyweights: Marty McSorley, Nick Kypreos, and Georges Laraque, as well as Leafs' General Manager Brian Burke and two of the sports most knowledgeable and vocal commentators: Don Cherry and Bob McCown. And he talks to Don Sanderson's father, Mike, for whom this is no debate at all, but a tragedy.
Episode 18
When Brandon Crisp's parents took away his Xbox, they had no idea that their attempt to restrict their son's video gaming would lead to tragedy. In retaliation, Brandon ran away. His body was found three weeks later. His disappearance, and death, became a national news story as it revealed a dark side to what many thought was a harmless entertainment. Gillian Findlay investigates how a video gaming obsession can turn to addiction and a pro gaming circuit with thousands of dollars in potential winnings, experts say, can fuel the need to play.
Episode 19
The federal government wants it shut down. The people who use it and who work there say it is saving lives. It is Insite, provincially-funded, and the first and only supervised injection site in North America where addicts can bring their drug of choice and, with the clean needles provided, can inject themselves. Insite's clients are some of the most desperate who live on Vancouver's downtown east side. Now, for the first time, cameras have been allowed inside the facility for an exclusive look at the place and the people. Follow Hana Gartner inside and make up your own mind about whether Insite is, as one federal politician has said, an "abomination", or whether there should be more of them in this country.
Episode 20
Looking for answers, but to which questions?
Episode 26
Twenty-five years ago, Bob Mckeown and a fifth estate crew stunned the country with an investigative report that showed that many of the wildlife documentaries we'd grown up watching on television (remember the famous footage of the lemmings going off the cliff or some of the memorable moments from shows like Wild Kingdom?) were staged for the television cameras. As well, they revealed that animals often died during the making of movies; all for the sake of the entertainment value. Now, Bob McKeown and an investigative team have returned to the subject to find out what has changed since the fifth estate's first Cruel Camera documentary. What they found may astonish you.