72 Hours
Every detective knows that the first 72 hours after a crime are crucial to solving it. 72 Hours: True Crime is a riveting series of true crime mysteries based on real cases from across Canada and the USA.
Bitter Truth
When the curiosity of an insurance claims investigator is piqued by the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a young Sikh man, a trail of bigamy, deceit and murder is soon uncovered.
Vanished
A small-town public school teacher fails to arrive for work for the first time in thirty years, leaving an empty house and a baffled community.
Jeweler's Wife
The wife of a successful jeweler is found dead in their home. The jeweler immediately falls under suspicion, but he's not alone.
Fat Bandit
A string of bank robberies in Winnipeg confound local police. Most bank-robbers are addicts, usually quite thin. This new man doesn't fit the profile: this bandit is fat.
Frenzy
Three bodies are found in a house, arms tied behind their backs. Stab wounds to the neck. Bloody footprints in the hall. A killing spree that leaves a woman, her boyfriend and a church deacon dead.
Pointing to Murder
A withered corpse is found half-buried in a field beside a theme park. Too decayed to identify properly, detectives have only the leathery fingers of one hand to work from.
Good Doctor
A single mother in Saskatchewan visits a hospital in the midst of a panic attack. Her doctor sedates her. Then, she is certain, he rapes her.
Sweet Killer
An aging hippy is going through bad times. When he's found dead in his home with a gut of antifreeze, it's a closed case. Then a shocking confession reveals a maelstrom of lies and a story of cold-blooded murder.
The Stranger
Bored at home, a retiree takes a job at a 24-hour convenience store. On her third night at work, a customer finds her behind the register in a pool of blood.
Hunted
A real estate broker doesn’t return home. Her family can't find her. But police do - dead in a closet in her office. The DNA on her body is tested against 150 men. No match. The case runs cold.
Predator
The phone rings in the middle of the night. On the other end of the line, the sounds of an attack. The couple that receives the call rush to its source and discovers a horrific scene.
Evil Eyes
A dead woman is found in a park. It’s learned the deceased is a divorced landlady of a group home for transients. The suspect list is long; the clues to follow are few.
Lust
One morning in the stairwell of a Toronto building, a guard makes a grotesque discovery: the dead body of a Filipina nanny. It's clear she's been savagely murdered and raped.
Model Killer
A gorgeous young model is bludgeoned to death in her downtown apartment. The wounds to her head are so severe police initially presume she's been shot.
Dead End
A young couple hits the road, hitchhiking across North America. Free spirits keen to explore the world. When the young woman stops phoning home, her father is alarmed.
Bull's Eye
A Girl Guide leader is found dead on the floor of her bedroom. When an autopsy reveals a bullet lodged in her brain, detectives learn they’re investigating a murder.
