Series synopsis
Crime Beat is a Canadian documentary crime reality television series that premiered on Global TV on March 7, 2020. It stars Antony Robart, Nancy Hixt and Caryn Lieberman.
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.
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Episodes
This series spans 7 seasons with 158 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | March 7, 2020 | June 6, 2020 |
| Season 2 | 15 | October 3, 2020 | March 27, 2021 |
| Season 3 | 26 | October 1, 2021 | June 10, 2022 |
| Season 4 | 26 | October 8, 2022 | June 16, 2023 |
| Season 5 | 26 | October 13, 2023 | June 21, 2024 |
| Season 6 | 26 | October 18, 2024 | June 27, 2025 |
| Season 7 | 26 | October 17, 2025 | June 19, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Meika Jordan: The Broken Princess Crime reporter Nancy Hixt reviews the case of Meika Jordan, a six-year-old girl whose life was tragically cut short; Nancy reveals the details of this case and the evidence uncovered by investigators in their quest for justice. |
March 7, 2020 |
| 2 |
Farah Khan: A City’s Lost Child 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. |
March 14, 2020 |
| 3 |
The Final Homecoming of Lukas Strasser-Hird After a year studying abroad, Lukas Strasser-Hird had dreams to be a doctor; he went out with friends to celebrate when he arrived home, but no one could have predicted how dangerous the situation was to become. |
March 21, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Who Killed Kelly Cook, The Back-Up Babysitter In 1981, 15-year-old Kelly Cook had taken a new babysitting job in her hometown of Standard, Alberta. She was supposed to check in with her parents when she arrived at the babysitting job, but that call never came. |
October 3, 2020 |
| 2 |
Who Killed Sonia? 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. |
October 10, 2020 |
| 3 |
The Final Chapter of the Christine Jessop and Guy Paul Morin Tragedy 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. |
October 24, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hunted by Evil Part 1 A little boy had a sleepover at his grandparent’s home. When his mother returned to pick him up the next morning—all three were gone. That was the starting point of one of the longest Amber Alerts in Canadian history. Who would kidnap a five-year-old child and his grandparents, and why? It was a race against the clock to find the missing trio. Follow along as police uncover shocking forensic evidence and learn the twist that finally leads investigators to identify a suspect. |
October 1, 2021 |
| 2 |
Hunted by Evil Part 2 With a little boy and his grandparents still missing, police make a dramatic arrest. A search of the suspect’s property leads to one disturbing discovery after another. DNA was found, but still no bodies. What happened to Nathan O’Brien, and Alvin and Kathy Liknes? Learn how a petty grudge festered and grew into a murderous plot, and the shocking key evidence seen from high above the killer’s property… in the conclusion of Hunted by Evil. |
October 8, 2021 |
| 3 |
The Big Lie to Die For When a triple-murder nearly wipes out an entire family, police struggle to establish a motive. At the home, investigators discover a gruesome scene and identify an unexpected murder weapon — a crossbow. They also meet the lone survivor who fought for his life and barely escaped. The mystery deepens when a suspicious package is discovered, and the killer’s double-life is revealed. |
October 15, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sarah and Taliyah: Stolen Dreams Family and friends of a young mother become frantic when she fails to show up for work. An exhaustive search of her home leads to a horrifying discovery and an Amber Alert for her missing five-year-old daughter. Follow along as investigators take you inside what happened to Sara and Taliyah, how they tracked the suspect, and the motive behind this senseless crime. |
October 8, 2022 |
| 2 |
The Hired Hit When former beauty queen Alexandra Pesic is gunned down in a brazen daylight shooting on a midsummer evening in 1992, a quiet community in a suburb of Vancouver, B.C. is stunned; evidence of a contract killing is found motivated by greed and hate. |
October 15, 2022 |
| 3 |
A Random Encounter: A Night of Terror 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. |
October 22, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Hunt for a Predator 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. |
October 13, 2023 |
| 2 |
Seeking Justice for Myles Gray 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. |
October 20, 2023 |
| 3 |
In an Instant: The Neville-Lake Tragedy 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. |
October 27, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Murder in the Mountains 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. |
October 18, 2024 |
| 2 |
He's So Evil Crime Specialist Catherine McDonald recounts the story about of an obsession so deep it led to the death of an innocent child. |
October 25, 2024 |
| 3 |
"Make Him Breathe" 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. |
November 1, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Vanished Just days away from a family Easter dinner in 2019, a young single mom and her 22-month-old daughter disappeared. Days passed, and their loved ones grew increasingly concerned, eventually contacting the police. Investigators said it appeared all footprints of life had come to a sudden end. An exhaustive search eventually led them deep into the wild and forested mountains of Kananaskis Country. |
October 17, 2025 |
| 2 |
A Knock at the Door 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. |
October 24, 2025 |
| 3 |
Not Without Her Daughter In October 2006, pregnant mother and schoolteacher Manjit Panghali left a yoga class in Surrey, BC, and was never seen again. Her family said her disappearance was out of character because the loving mother would never leave her young daughter. Days after she disappeared, burned remains were discovered along a container terminal causeway. Join reporter Christa Dao as she reveals how, without a smoking gun, investigators worked tirelessly to piece together enough evidence to find her killer. |
October 31, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Global TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 7, 2020 |
| Last aired | June 19, 2026 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Sunday at 19:00:00 |