The BEST episodes of Crime Beat
Every episode of Crime Beat ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Crime Beat!
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.
#1 - Mad Trapper
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/2024
When series of cabins are raided in northern B.C., and then a reclusive trapper suddenly goes missing, police believe the crimes could be connected; as Jules Knox reports, that triggers a series of events that leaves one Mountie dead.
#2 - The Death of Christine Demeter - By Persons Unknown Part 2
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/17/2024
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.
#3 - To Catch a Killer
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/24/2024
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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Double Deception
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/14/2024
Two brothers entered a bank with semi-automatic rifles; they demanded money and took everyone inside as hostages; the police arrived on scene and a hailstorm of bullets erupted, resulting in two deaths and many lives forever changed.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Murder in the Mountains
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/2024
The popular resort town of Banff was rocked when a young female taxi driver was found murdered in 1990. Investigators worked tirelessly to come up with a viable suspect, but the case went cold.
#9 - He's So Evil
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/2024
Crime Specialist Catherine McDonald recounts the story about of an obsession so deep it led to the death of an innocent child.
#10 - "Make Him Breathe"
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2024
It’s one of every new mother’s greatest fears. You put your child down for a nap, only to later notice muffled cries coming from the bedroom. What happened next lands Tammy Wynne Marquardt in jail for nearly 14 years and will haunt her for the rest of her life. Reporter Mark Carcasole shares Tammy’s harrowing story and learns more about the man whose testimony, she says, destroyed her life.
#11 - The Death of Christine Demeter - By Persons Unknown Part 1
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/10/2024
On a warm summer night in 1973, building developer Peter Demeter pulls a Mercedes full of tourists into his driveway after a shopping trip. As the garage door opens, headlights illuminate a horrific scene, the bludgeoned body of his wife and model, 33-year-old Christine Demeter.
#12 - Out of the Darkness
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/2024
Reporter Caryn Lieberman travels to Kingston to hear from the families and survivors reclaiming their voices in order to tell the story of 34-year-old Yvonne Rouleau, tortured and murdered at the Nozzles Gas Bar where she worked at.
#13 - The Investigators
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/2024
They have been called agents for the silenced. Homicide detectives investigating horrific murders work tireless hours to find answers for grieving families. We interview top detectives about some of their most memorable and impactful cases, including ones that still haunt them to this day. In ‘the Investigators’, we learn what real life is like as a homicide detective on the job and after.
#14 - Deadly Rumours
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/2024
In the spring of 2006 Calgary Police received an ominous call from someone worried a woman was being held captive in a downtown rooming house. Officers responded but found nothing suspicious. Over the next few days two patrol officers heard similar stories from several other people as details got more and more disturbing– alleging a woman had been held, tortured and killed. How could they solve a crime they weren’t sure had been committed? And without knowing if there was a victim? Follow along with Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares the details of Deadly Rumours.
#15 - Case Never Closed: Justice for Nicolle
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/2024
Nicolle Hands was a young Winnipeg mother, who was brutally attacked and stabbed in her apartment while her children were at home sleeping. Two decades after Nicolle’s murder, reporter Marney Blunt looks into a recent development in the case – information exclusively released to Global News – and learns why the family may still be no closer to achieving justice for their beloved Nicolle.
#16 - 24 Shots, 7 Seconds
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/2025
In December 2019, 26-year-old Koshin Yusuf was coming home from a night out with friends when he was cornered at his Scarborough apartment entrance and shot 24 times. But why? All police had to start with was a piece of grainy video surveillance that captured the actual murder. Was it a case of mistaken identity? Did Koshin know his attackers? Crime Beat tracks the investigation and learns why the judge would later call it a 'stunning' piece of police work.
#17 - "Die Like the Rest" Part 1
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/2025
A Winnipeg teenager is found savagely attacked; investigators arrest a B.C. man who was visiting; years later, another slaying of a teenage girl gives fresh light to old evidence that could help convict a killer.
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Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/19/2025
Detectives are slowly piecing together chilling clues from a series of brutal sexual assaults and murders across the country. Teenage girls are the target, and police are starting to question if one of their initial suspects was wrongfully convicted. As Jules Knox reports, a Mr. Big sting operation led officers to a second suspect who was hiding in plain sight.
#19 - A Million Dead Ends
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/26/2025
On May 14, 1971, just after dinner, six-year-old Ljubica Topic wandered off while playing outside with her older brother and some friends. When her brother gets home, Ljubica isn’t there. Questioned by his mother, he reveals that a stranger had approached them asking for help and Ljubica had gone off to assist. After a frantic search, the young girl is found dead just a kilometre away. Who did this and why remained a mystery for nearly 50 years.
#20 - Face-To-Face With Evil
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/23/2025
For more than twenty years, Mark Mariani suffered from Crohn’s disease. In the fall of 2010, he was told about medical advancements that brought renewed hope for a better quality of life. To celebrate he went to his favourite country bar. The following morning his family received a call from the police. Mark had been found dead in a northwest Calgary parking lot. Join senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she walks you through the trail of evidence police uncovered to learn how Mark Mariani came Face-to-Face with Evil.
#21 - The Tiny Town Mystery
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/2024
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.
#22 - The Hunt for a Predator
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2023
In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s a sexual predator was on the loose. Two little girls had heard about the man dubbed the 'Southwest Calgary Rapist', but they never imagined they would be attacked while riding their bikes one hot sunny day. At the same time, homicide investigators were on the trail for a killer. Follow along as Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt shares the stories of those attacked and the steps police took in their hunt for a predator.
#23 - Seeking Justice for Myles Gray
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2023
On a hot August day in 2015, 33-year-old Myles Gray traveled from the Sunshine Coast to Vancouver in his company truck to make his usual delivery of fresh greenery to wholesale florists. That same day, he was found dead in the backyard of a home. A coroner was unable to pinpoint a cause of death because his injuries were so severe. The only witnesses? A group of Vancouver police officers responding to a nuisance call about a man spraying a woman with a garden hose. An independent investigation recommended charges, but none were laid. It's taken Myles Gray’s family eight years to fight for justice for him - and find the truth.
#24 - In an Instant: The Neville-Lake Tragedy
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2023
Neville-Lakes' three children were killed by a drunk driver, Marco Muzzo, in a crash in Vaughan back in 2015; the driver, the son of a wealthy family, was sentenced to ten years in jail but is now out on parole while the mother is left grieving.
#25 - Chelsea Poorman and the Secrets of a Mansion?
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2023
Chelsea Poorman was last seen on Sept. 6, 2020, in downtown Vancouver. Her remains were found 17 months later behind a vacant home in the upscale Shaughnessy neighbourhood.