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). Nominated as Best International Podcast at the 2026 iHeart Podcast Awards.
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June 16, 2026 • 35 mins
Just days away from a family Easter dinner in 2019, a young single mom and her 22-month-old daughter vanished. As time passed, their loved ones became increasingly concerned and contacted the police. Join Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares shocking details of the investigation and the exhaustive steps officers took to find Jasmine Lovett and Aliyah Sanderson.
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June 2, 2026 • 59 mins
On this episode of Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt goes through the evidence as it was uncovered by investigators in their quest for justice for Meika Jordan.
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June 2, 2026 • 40 mins
A six-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital after her father and stepmother said she had fallen down the stairs.
But Meika Jordan’s injuries didn’t match that explanation.
Her hair was matted with clumps missing, her tiny body was covered with bruises, a third-degree burn covered the palm of her hand, and she had severe abdominal injuries.
She died in hospital, sparking a lengthy police investigation that uncovere...
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May 19, 2026 • 37 mins
In 1994, a beloved senior was found beaten to death in his rural Alberta home. Despite exhaustive efforts, the killer eluded arrest. More than a year later, a Calgary senior disappeared. A note was left behind suggesting he’d gone fishing, but a search of the home revealed something much more violent had happened. Join Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares how the two cases intersected, the senseless moti...
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May 5, 2026 • 31 mins
In August of 1995, a beloved father and grandfather vanished. A note was left on his kitchen table, suggesting he had gone fishing, but Bill Vomastic’s family was suspicious. As loved ones took a closer look at his home, they found signs of violence and reported him missing to the police. Join Global News Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares the chilling details uncovered as investigators made a haunting connection ...
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April 21, 2026 • 33 mins
A beloved senior was found beaten to death in his home in rural Alberta- leaving neighbours and surrounding communities shaken and fearful for their own safety. The 75-year-old lived a frugal life, officials believed he was targeted for the little money he had. Join Global News Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares how the case went cold despite exhaustive efforts by investigators.
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March 23, 2026 • 1 min
A rural Alberta community was shocked when a beloved senior was found beaten to death in his own home. Despite exhaustive efforts by investigators, the murderer eluded arrest.
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March 10, 2026 • 2 mins
Global News Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt, has been covering stories of senseless and horrific violence for 30 years. .
This season she'll take you inside shocking cases that show how careless people can be with human life.
And what happens when greed and selfishness take over.
You might listen to a lot of true crime podcasts this year, but they’re not Crime Beat.
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February 24, 2026 • 45 mins
They each met him online and knew him only as 'Bruce.' He gained their trust, only to turn on them when they were at their most vulnerable. In this episode, two men reveal their near-death experiences at the hands of notorious serial killer Bruce McArthur.
The exclusive details of their 9-1-1 call that led to McArthur being questioned by police, but later released, and ultimately going on to kill two more people. The terrifying re...
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February 10, 2026 • 49 mins
64-year-old Annie Hang-Kam Chiu was looking forward to retirement when she was viciously murdered. Within approximately three hours, her killer had turned himself in.
The accused surrendered to the police carrying a type of homemade-looking bomb-like device… but what investigators would uncover went far beyond one homicide – the case would lead them into the dark world of international terrorism.
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January 27, 2026 • 44 mins
Police say they won’t quit until they find Sonia Varaschin’s killer.
The investigation into the 42-year-old nurse’s death began when she didn’t show up for work at a Mississauga pharmaceutical company.
Her remains were discovered a week later in Caledon, approximately 12 kilometres from her home.
Investigators say she was “brutally murdered in her residence” in Orangeville.
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January 13, 2026 • 47 mins
When a dispute outside a Toronto tavern between a jealous boyfriend and several gang members ends in a hail of gunfire, a young woman new to the city is killed.
Four others are wounded, including a woman who discovers she’s pregnant when doctors try to remove the bullet. Another wounded man nearly dies trying to protect the killer. And the missing gun turns up in an unrelated crime.
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December 30, 2025 • 48 mins
In 1983, Susan Tice, a 45-year-old mother of four was found raped and stabbed to death in her Toronto home. Four months later, across town, 22-year-old Erin Gilmour returns home from work and is attacked the same way.
The women didn’t know each other, and both cases remained unsolved for decades. In 2000, DNA profiles from each crime proved their attacker was the same man – but didn’t reveal his identity.
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December 16, 2025 • 42 mins
In May of 2007, 15 year old Jordan Manners was gunned down in a hallway at C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute, marking the first time a student was shot and killed inside a Toronto school. Catherine McDonald looks back at the murder, its impact on the community and his family, and how this tragic story led to a major review of school safety procedures.
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December 2, 2025 • 46 mins
Driving home from work, Royi Flescher could never have imagined what he was about to encounter. And when Soula Berdoussis pulled over, she thought she was stopping to help at the scene of a car accident.
What unfolded next would change them forever – as they found two women brutally stabbed, taking their last breaths lying at the side of a busy Toronto thoroughfare.
Reporter Catherine McDonald takes us back to that fatefu...
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November 18, 2025 • 40 mins
When Alicia Ross disappeared, it led to one of the biggest missing person searches in Ontario’s history. Reporter Catherine McDonald reconnected with Alicia’s mother to tell her story as part of the TV documentary series, inspired by the podcast..
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November 11, 2025 • 2 mins
As a senior crime reporter for Global News for almost 30 years, Nancy Hixt has been lucky enough to work with some amazing journalists.
She's working hard on the next season but until then she has a special series of Crime Beat for you.
In each episode, you’ll ride along with Catherine McDonald, one of her colleagues from the Crime Beat TV documentary series, as she takes you deep inside the cases she’s worked on.
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October 18, 2025 • 33 mins
Taj Khyber Rowland knows he’s not who people think he is but he can’t quite remember how his life went so off course.
He decides to spool backwards, to his younger self. A daredevil seven year old Chellamuthu, living happily, but in abject poverty, with his large family in rural India.
But when Chellamuthu disobeys his mother and goes to play at the bus station, he’s persuaded to board a bus with some bigger b...
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September 30, 2025 • 41 mins
In the summer of 1981, a group of teenagers stopped to scout a path around a lake in southeastern Alberta when they came across something that would haunt them even 40 years later.
It was the body of Kelly Cook, the backup babysitter. Her murder remains unsolved.
In this rerelease, join Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt as shares an emotional meeting of two victims in this case.
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September 16, 2025 • 52 mins
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 “backup babysitter.”
Christensen's first choice was a 17-year-old girl, but she already had plans so she turned him down.
Christensen then asked about other babysitters in the area. The original target, who we’...
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