The Fifth Estate

Episode 1

Targeted; Is Murder In Your DNA

Genealogist Cece Moore tracks a Canadian cold case with a new and controversial technique that could potentially revolutionize crime fighting. Bob McKeown investigates.

Episode 2

When Terror Comes Home

The plan for de-radicalizing returning ISIS fighters; the federal government says it has a plan to keep the public safe if or not when ISIS fighters return to Canada; Bob McKeown investigates.

Episode 3

The Forgotten: The Children of Marian Hall Speak; Havana Syndrome: Investigating What Made the Diplomats Sick

Some women from Quebec's youth protection system discover they're still haunted by the horrors of their treatment; Jayme Poisson digs into a new Canadian study about what caused dozens of Canadian and U.S. diplomats in Cuba to get sick.

Episode 4

The Hood: Cops, Gangs and a Community in the Crossfire

People in Regina are caught in between the growing violence among indigenous gangs and the police in one of Canada's most dangerous neighbourhoods.

Episode 5

Dear Dr. Bissonnette

Mark Kelley looks at whether the next mass shooting could be stopped if one could get inside the mind of a mass murderer; exclusive conversations with Alexandre Bissonnette's family and the leading profilers who've studied him.

Episode 6

My Father's Killer: Murder Mystery on Cortes Island; Wronged: Did Ashley Smith's death end solitary confinement?

A son travels to a remote island in British Columbia to search for his father's killer, only to discover a problematic police investigation; Ashley Smith's tragic death in prison was supposed to lead to reforms.

Episode 10

Hockey Fight: Wives Reveal the Cost of Concussions; Sexism in Science

Retired hockey enforcers' wives demand change from the NHL; the story of Anne Innis Dagg, the little known Canadian pioneer for the rights of women and a groundbreaking scientist on the behaviour of giraffes.

Episode 11

Passport Babies: the Growing Shadow Industry of Birth Tourism; Confronting Hate: How Antifa is tracking the Extreme Right

Episode 15

The Priest's Confession: What the Bishops Knew; John Connelly's Death: Parents Fight for Answers

An abusive priest's prison confession in Quebec raises questions about how clergy sexual assault is prosecuted in Canada; after nearly 20 years of fighting Toronto police, John Connelly's parents appear to have reached the end of the line.

Episode 18

The Autopsy Pt.1: What if Justice got it wrong?

An autopsy tells the story of the dead but can also determine the future of the living, especially in criminal cases. Concerns raised about autopsy findings in some cases in Alberta prompted the provincial Justice Ministry to commission an expert panel to conduct a review. The Fifth Estate has discovered that review led to questions about autopsy findings used in some murder cases, including whether there was even murder at all.