Crime Stories

7 seasons available

Firsthand accounts and re-enactments show what happened during Canada's highest-profile crimes.
The Ghost of Baton Rouge
S10 E1

Derrick Todd Lee charms his way into the homes of several young women in neighborhoods in and near Baton Rouge; his intention is to rape and murder them; like a ghost, he vanishes after he commits his crimes.

Deadly Obsession
S10 E2

Earl is a long time friend of Blaine, who gives him work and a place to live in his home; after the Hodges' home goes up in flames and the bodies of Blaine and his family are found inside, police realize that the fire was deliberately set.

Truck Stop Killer
S10 E3

Bruce Mendenhall is a trucker who travels the highways, looking for victims; when seven prostitutes are found murdered and their naked bodies are left near truck stops along the Interstate highways, police investigators search for their killer.

Serial Slasher
S10 E4

Elias Abuelazam attacks several African American men in Flint, Mich., stabbing them repeatedly, killing several of his victims; he escalates his attacks, taking seven victims in seven days, terrorizing the city.

The Executioner
S10 E5

Sean Doutre is a hit man who carries out two murders; one of a housewife in West Palm Beach, Fla., and the other of a single father in Atlanta, Ga.; local, State and Federal investigators realize that several other murder attempts are related.

In Too Deep
S10 E6

Re-enactments, footage and first-hand accounts reveal how the FBI convicted attorney Thomas Capano of Anne Marie Fahey's murder.

Party of Death
S10 E7

Daniel Wolfe, the leader of a Native Indian gang in Canada, attacks a home in the village of Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan; with 23 rapid fire shots, he kills two members of a rival gang and wounds several people.

Monsters of the Night
S10 E8

Anthony Cook and his brother, Nathaniel, unleash a reign of terror on Toledo, Ohio, for over two years; they attack several young Caucasian women and their partners; they rape the women, then murder them and their partners.

Thrill Kill
S10 E9

Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay are self-indulgent high school buddies from a wealthy section of Vancouver, Canada; inspired by the 1924 Leopold-Loeb thrill murders, they travel to Bellevue, Wash., and slaughter Atif Rafay's father, mother and sister.

Rave Rage
S10 E10

Dominick McCulloch is a young dropout in the college town of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; he is a doper who comes to Jamie Wheeler's apartment to buy drugs; her dealer roommate is not home when McCulloch tries to have his way with Jamie, but she resists.

The Perverted Preacher
S9 E1

Anthony Hopkins is a traveling preacher in Mobile, Ala.; left with eight children to raise after his wife leaves him, he tells his congregation that she died giving birth; Hopkins forces his stepdaughter to engage in sexual acts.

Friendly Fire
S9 E2

Gary Evans makes his living robbing antique stores throughout New York State and is well known by police in the area; after two years of no contact with him, police are thrust back onto his path in late 1997, a path that is littered with bodies.

The Poughkeepsie Killer - Kendall Francois
S9 E3

The school hall monitor who killed eight women in New York; he hid their bodies in his home.

A Deadly Divorcee
S9 E4

Bruce Firman is found dead in his garage by soon-to-be ex-wife, Margaret Benesch and her daughter, Elizabeth Gatenby; suspicion falls on Benesch; as the sole heir in Firman's will, she is entitled to receive everything, but produces a strong alibi.

The Bad-Tempered Boyfriend - Michael Bridges
S9 E5

Eighteen-year-old Erin Chorney goes missing; investigators immediately suspect her abusive boyfriend, Michael Bridges, but do not have enough evidence to arrest him.

The Campus Killer
S9 E6

The body of Katherine Foster is discovered at the University of Alabama; a student reports hearing gunshots the night before she was found, leading police to conclude that Foster was shot and left in the woods.

The Woeful Widow - Stacey Castor
S9 E7

Investigators find David Castor dead with a glass of bright green liquid nearby; his wife Stacey's fingerprints are on the glass and police locate a turkey baster in the garbage with David's DNA on the tip; they suspect Castor poisoned her husband.

Killer Cabbie - Paul Durousseau
S9 E8

Detectives investigate the murders of four young women in Florida, leading them to a predatory cab driver who had been killing for years.

The Insidious In-Law - Greg Markwardt
S9 E9

Kathy Odom is found stabbed to death in her home; there are signs suggesting that she knew her attacker, but detectives cannot make an arrest; years later, a new technique is developed that allows DNA to be collected from items used in a murder.

A Deadly Disappearance
S9 E10

In 2002, San Antonio police finds Susan McFarland's abandoned vehicle; soon after, her husband, Richard, files a missing persons report; police find a stolen SUV across from the McFarland home with blood on the back bumper.

The Lethal Injector
S8 E8

Nurse Kristen Gilbert is convicted of three counts of first-degree murder after several of her patients die from inexplicable heart attacks.

The Doctor of Death
S7 E4

Neurologist Richard Boggs is linked to the murder of a patient.

Terror by Text
S7 E5

Text messages reveal pastor Helge Fossmo incited his mistress to murder his wife.

The Arbitrary Assassins
S7 E6

Police were led to an assortment of suspects after finding the body of Raymond Collin in a snow-covered truck.

The Slaying Sweethearts
S7 E7

Erika De Nardo's story about the killings of her mother and brother crumbled with the finding of evidence.

The Blacktown Boys
S6 E1

A beauty queen is found dead in a field and all accounts lead to John Travers.

The Love Slave Murders
S6 E2

Gerald and Charlene Gallego earned the title of the first husband-wife serial murderers when they raped and murdered 10 people across the western United States between 1978 and 1980.

The BTK Strangler
S6 E3

In 1974, a man identifying himself as the BTK Strangler starts a two-decade killing spree in Kansas that leaves 10 dead.

The Wilderness Murderers
S6 E6

Police discover a bizarre plot when led to a former convict.

The Backpack Killer
S5 E1

In New South Wales, Australian backpackers started going missing.

Laser Man
S5 E2

In Sweden, a man began shooting immigrants with a laser guided rifle.

The Killing Cousins
S5 E3

Police find the body of a 17-year-old girl after David Allen Gore confesses and implicates his cousin, Fred Waterfield, in five other murders.

The Night Stalker
S5 E4

Richard Ramirez, known as the "Night Stalker," killed 14 people before being arrested.

The Candyman
S5 E5

After an accomplice shoots American serial killer Dean Corll in August 1973, police connect him to the disappearances of 27 boys and young men.

The Rockhampton Rapist
S5 E6

The murder of a 9-year-old girl leads to the arrest of Australian serial killer Leonard Fraser.

The Tattoo Man
S2 E5

Five police services work together to end Peter John Peters' crime spree.