Crime Beat
People know their hometowns by streets, a favourite restaurant or the local mall. Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt knows hers by the crime scenes she's been to over the past 20 years. Journey deep inside some of Canada’s most high-profile criminal cases. Each episode will take you inside the story to give you details you didn't hear on the news.
Winner of the 2020 & 2023 Edward R. Murrow Award (RTDNA).
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 126
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Kelly Cook: The Back-up Babysitter - Part 2
In 1981, Kelly took a job to babysit for Bill Christensen. The 15-year-old was never seen alive again. What most people don’t know is that Kelly was not the killer’s first choice. She was the “back…
00:52:04 |
Tue 16 Sep 2025
Kelly Cook: The Back-up Babysitter - Part 1
Kelly Cook was a young girl who was abducted from Standard, Alta., 38 years ago. She had taken a job babysitting someone new — and then, she was gone. Her body was found June 28, 1981 in an irrigatio…
00:58:06 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
Uncovering A Serial Killer - Part 3 | 14
Nearly 50 years after the mysterious deaths of four women, police finally got a break in the case. Historical homicide detectives used cutting-edge techniques to uncover a serial killer. Join Global…
01:01:34 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Uncovering A Serial Killer - Part 2 | 13
From 1976 to 1977, four young women were found dead, their bodies dumped outside of Calgary city limits. The first two were deemed “undetermined deaths.” The third and fourth were considered murders,…
00:40:05 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
Uncovering A Serial Killer | 12
In the late 1970s, there were a series of mysterious deaths. First, two jr. high girls were found in an underpass west of Calgary. Seven months later, another young woman was found in a ditch, beaten…
00:40:38 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Coming Soon: Uncovering a Serial Killer
In the 1970s, two young girls were found dead in an underpass. Seven months later, the body of a young woman was discovered in a ditch. And… just months after that, a fourth woman was found strangled…
00:01:36 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
Benevolence Betrayed Part 2 | 11
The spring of 1999 was filled with excitement about new adventures for Audrey Trudeau. After several years in Calgary, the physiotherapist had a new opportunity back home in Ontario, and she was look…
00:39:54 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Benevolence Betrayed | 10
An esteemed physiotherapist moved to Calgary in search of a fresh start. Audrey Trudeau quickly gained the respect and admiration of her colleagues at the Rockyview General Hospital and became well k…
00:29:35 |
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Shattered Dreams Part 2 | 09
When a beloved chef was murdered outside of his future restaurant, the case became a true whodunnit as homicide detectives struggled to find a motive or suspects. Join Global News senior crime report…
00:40:08 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
Shattered Dreams | 08
A highly respected, executive chef was weeks away from realizing his dream of opening his own restaurant in March of 2020 when he was violently killed. Join Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hi…
00:36:31 |
Tue 27 May 2025
Deadly Rumours - Part 2 | 07
When police responded to allegations of disturbing confinement, torture and murder of a Calgary woman at a downtown rooming house- there was no evidence of foul play. But two officers instinctively f…
00:48:18 |
Tue 13 May 2025
Deadly Rumours | 06
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. But ove…
00:31:20 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
The Day Mark Mariani Came Face-to-Face With Evil | 05 (Re-release)
On Oct. 1, 2010, Mark Mariani, 47, was given new hope, thanks to medical advancements.
He suffered from Crohn’s disease for more than half of his life. and doctors told him he might not need his colo…
01:04:37 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Face-to-Face with Evil | 04
An innocent man was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and was brutally beaten and stomped to death. On this episode of Crime Beat, Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the latest d…
00:38:36 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Inside Forensics: Solving a Murder in the Mountains | 03
In 1990, the peace and tranquility found in Banff National Park was shattered by the first murder there in twenty years and there was a lot of pressure on police to solve the case.
There were no witn…
00:39:48 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Murder in the Mountains - Part 2 | 02
A young woman was found murdered in 1990, investigators worked tirelessly to find a viable suspect. But the case went cold. A reward was offered for information leading to an arrest, and the case was…
00:40:33 |
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Murder in the Mountains | 01
The popular resort town of Banff was rocked with its first homicide in twenty years.
A young woman and taxi driver from Quebec was robbed and stabbed to death. Join Global News Senior Crime reporter …
00:33:18 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Crime Beat returns March 4th
There’s no limit to how far criminals will go… to cover their tracks…
But investigators will go even further to uncover the truth…
Nancy Hixt is a senior Crime Reporter for Global News. This season o…
00:01:06 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
Gone in an instant - The Hunt for Talal Amer Part 1 | 14
On a cool spring evening in 2022, chaos erupted as police received reports of two erratic drivers and then gunfire. One of the vehicles fled the shooting scene at high speed and moments later was inv…
00:25:05 |
Tue 24 Dec 2024
Gone in an instant - The Hunt for Talal Amer Part 2 | 15
In the spring of 2022, chaos erupted in southeast Calgary.
There were reports of two erratic drivers, followed by a shooting.
Moments later, a violent collision. Angela McKenzie, a mother of five, di…
00:29:26 |
Tue 17 Dec 2024
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