Crime Beat

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.

Season 8 drops April 21st but you can hear the first story one month early - only on Amazon Music.

https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/da11ab35-08e1-4cf0-9f43-0eff9aa23b31/crime-beat

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 revelations about what McArthur was planning for them, discovered only after McArthur's arrest. And the detective who finally connected the dots.

Catherine McDonald reports on this story of grief and guilt - and a haunting question: could lives have been saved if McArthur was caught sooner?

Premiered Feb 20, 2021

For more info, please go to ⁠https://globalnews.ca/tag/crime-beat/⁠

Subscribe to Crime Beat TV HERE: ⁠https://youtu.be/87RBEw6sTg8?si=RGDoMRXXAn_3xevi
⁠

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.

Premiered Oct 28, 2022

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/tag/crime-beat/

Subscribe to Crime Beat TV HERE: https://youtu.be/CS8tQy6dqck?si=pmYifMKNiNl0OcM3

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.

But Sonia’s family questions why it’s taking so long to make an arrest. Will new leads solve this 10-year-old cold case?

Premiered Oct 17, 2020

For more info, please go to ⁠https://globalnews.ca/tag/crime-beat/⁠

Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: ⁠https://youtu.be/Lu34bMiZVKI?si=HdKNA1wsfIePmjvR
⁠

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.

Premiered Mar 17, 2023

For more info, please go to ⁠https://globalnews.ca/tag/crime-beat/⁠

Subscribe to Crime Beat TV HERE: ⁠https://youtu.be/9WyS-suuf4Y?si=bh1l8uBRfZcLFcCQ

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices