The BEST episodes of Crime Beat

#1 - Finding Nicole Morin

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/2026

On July 30, 1985, a then eight-year-old Nicole Morin reportedly left her top-floor apartment on The West Mall in Etobicoke to meet a friend for a swim. She was never seen again. Nicole’s disappearance marked one of the largest and most extensive searches in Toronto police’s history. Now, police are offering a new $50,000 reward for anyone with information about her disappearance.

#2 - The Babes in the Woods

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2022

When the remains of two children are found in Vancouver's Stanley Park in 1953, the public and police are puzzled about their identities; advances in DNA technology help investigators make a shocking discovery.

#3 - The Day Ryan Lane Vanished

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/27/2021

Looking into some of Canada's most infamous criminal cases with extensive archives and intimate family interviews and exploring the lasting impacts on the community and justice system.

#4 - Shannon Madill's Last Audition

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/2020

Shannon Madill had everything going for her; she had just landed an audition for a role in a television series; was looking forward to moving from Calgary to Edmonton; the audition was recorded on video; hours later she vanished.

#5 - A Knock at the Door

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/2025

Imagine there's banging on your door. What you don't realize is that the person on the other side of the door has a gun. For residents of a Vaughan condo building, just north of Toronto, it was a night that changed their lives forever in one of Canada's worst mass shootings. Reporter Catherine McDonald covered the story back in 2022 and spoke with the only shooting victim who survived, along with her husband who fought off the gunman. She returns now to meet the first responders who helped save their lives.

#6 - The Rainbow Motel Shootout

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/7/2024

Curious about why the owner of an expensive sports car would be outside a 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.

#7 - Sarah and Taliyah: Stolen Dreams

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2022

A young mother was found dead in her home, her little girl was missing sparking an amber alert. A nation was on alert and held out hope that Taliyah would be found alive. Police used advancements in technology to find the little girl. Her ex was in the spotlight and public opinion pointed to him but this was a true whodunnit.

#8 - The Final Chapter of the Christine Jessop and Guy Paul Morin Tragedy

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/2020

It was October 1984 in a small town outside Toronto; a young girl went missing; three months later, Christine Jessop's body was found more than 50 kilometers away from her Queensville home.

#9 - Cindy James: Terror in the Shadows Part 1

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2023

For seven years, Cindy James told police she was being stalked; when the Vancouver nurse's lifeless body was found two weeks after she went missing, and no suspects, a coroner's inquest is called in hopes of solving the mystery.

#10 - Two Doors Down: The Tragic Case of Mr. Kelloway

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/2020

Two neighbors that live just two doors apart decide they should get together for a barbeque; that get-together takes a deadly turn that results in a shocking 911 call and a compelling police interrogation.

#11 - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - the Story of Terrie Ann Dauphinais

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2022

Terrie Ann Dauphinais, a young Metis woman, is found dead in her home; her death was deemed a homicide, but no charges were ever laid, and the case went cold; new developments in the investigation lead to a dramatic turn of events.

#12 - Fatal Façade: The Murder of Dr. Elana Fric

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2020

The body of 40-year-old doctor Elana Fric was discovered by a passerby in a ravine just north-west of Toronto; the man arrested and charged for the crime sent shockwaves through Toronto's tight-knit medical community.

#13 - Farah Khan: A City’s Lost Child

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/14/2020

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.

#14 - The Murder of the Millionaire Philanthropist Part 1

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2022

Glen Davis was a multi-millionaire philanthropist, well-known for his generosity; he and his wife donated millions to charities, including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

#15 - Murder They Wrote (Mieke Anderson)

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/31/2024

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.

#16 - Cindy James: Terror in the Shadows Part 2

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/2023

#17 - Benevolence Betrayed

Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 6/21/2024

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.

#18 - Awaking to a Nightmare: The Rhoderie Estrada Murder

Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/3/2022

A caring nurse and mother of three viciously murdered after a break-in at her home, while her 3 children slept in another room unaware of the attack.

#19 - Who Killed Sonia?

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2020

New leads in the 10 year old case of a 42-year-old nurse brutally murdered in her home; her family questions why it is taking so long to make an arrest.

#20 - Innocence and Evil, Part 2

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/8/2022

Reporter Caryn Lieberman reveals how Larry Arnold's murder investigation is linked to the 1997 killing of a 20-year-old woman hundreds of kilometers away in North Bay, Ontario. Sarah Whitehead was sexually assaulted and murdered as she left a mall. Both murders were mysteries that almost went unsolved, two seemingly unrelated cases, until DNA from a cigarette butt led police to the killer. A serial rapist and murderer whose crimes crossed provincial borders and some of which likely remain unsolved to this day.

#21 - The Murder of the Millionaire Philanthropist Part 2

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2022

Detectives investigate leads in what they believe was a targeted killing; reporter Mark Carcasole reveals the twists and turns in the plot to kill Davis, and just how close to home it was.

#22 - Karissa Boudreau: Up With The Angels

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2020

Penny Boudreau reported her 12-year-old daughter Karissa missing on the night of a heavy snowstorm in January 2008; in an emotional news conference, the Nova Scotia mother made a tearful appeal for the public's help in finding the little girl.

#23 - For No Reason: The Murders of Dianna and Richard

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/20/2021

In 2017 the brutal slayings of Dianna Mah-Jones, 64, and Richard Jones, 68, sent shock waves throughout Vancouver. Who could have done such a horrific crime? And would they strike again?

#24 - Gone in Town

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/3/2026

When Reita Jordan vanished without a trace in March 2013, she wasn’t immediately reported missing. Her long-time boyfriend told detectives she’d likely left on her own because most of her clothing was gone. But why couldn’t anyone get in touch with her? After two months of investigating, Halifax police would finally start to piece together the grisly details of what happened to Reita – and their quest for justice would turn into a precedent-setting legal case that went all the way to the Supreme Court.

#25 - Four Little Words

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/2026

Jermaine Titus was a rising chef and devoted father to a 4-year-old son; hard-working and much-loved, having no reason to be killed. But one Wednesday morning as he was on his way to get a haircut, a bullet pierced his car window and then his head. The 32-year-old died on scene, leaving behind a family traumatized that such violence had entered their lives. Even worse, the resulting investigation revealed that he’d still be alive were it not for an exchange of text messages between two people he didn’t even know.