Crime Beat
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The boy who overcame the odds | 17
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode begins with an investigation that rocked Alberta's foster care system. Garry Prokopishin took in troubled teenage boys: kids with behavio...
Crime, the Courts, and Covid-19 | 16
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Global News crime reporter Nancy Hixt, turns to the experts including police, judges and lawyers, to answer your questions about crim...
The Brentwood Five Massacre - Part 3 | 15
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Global News podcast Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt brings us to Part 3 of her special series, the Brentwood five massacr...
The Brentwood Five Massacre - Part 2 | 14
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence Hong, Kaiti Perras, Jordan Segura, Josh Hunter and Zackariah Rathwell were a group of talented young people with promising futures. On this e...
The Brentwood Five Massacre - Part 1 | 13
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On April 14, 2014, a group of friends had a small get-together at their home near the University of Calgary campus in the northwest neighbourhood of B...
Conversation with retired homicide Det. Tom Barrow | 12
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Global News crime reporter Nancy Hixt is joined by an investigator who’s worked on many of the high profile cases featured on Crime ...
Natasha Farah's final goodbye | 11
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Hixt shares a story that highlights how fragile life can be. On a crisp summer evening in August 2014, a young woman was enjoying a night out wi...
The horror that lurks | 10
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2002, Lisa was 19 and working several jobs to put herself through university. One of which was at a Calgary tanning salon. Lisa is not her real nam...
The Disappearance of Lisa Mitchell | 9
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At 29 years old, Lisa Mitchell had a lot on her plate. Lisa and her common-law husband, Allan Shyback, had two children. In the fall of 2012, she jug...
Special Conversation with Christopher Goffard | 8
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this special year-end episode of Crime Beat, Global News crime reporter Nancy Hixt is joined by L.A. Times journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist C...
The final homecoming of Lukas Strasser-Hird Part: 2 | 7
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
18-year-old, Lukas Strasser-Hird had aspirations of becoming a trauma surgeon. Instead, on November 23, 2013, he laid on an operating table, as a trau...
The final homecoming of Lukas Strasser-Hird Part: 1 | 6
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At 18, Lukas Strasser-Hird’s future was bright. After a year studying abroad, he had aspirations to become a doctor. The day he arrived back in Calg...
Righting a wrong, the story of Maryam Rashidi | 5
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Maryam Rashidi’s life focused on creating opportunities for her son. But in 2015, both Rashidi and her husband were laid off from their jobs in th...
Brittney McInnes, The Concrete Angel | 4
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Global News podcast Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the story Brittney McInnes, the concrete angel. At 17 and ...
The Boy Who Fell Through The Cracks | 3
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Global News Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the story of a young boy who fell through the cracks. You’ll hear ...
Darkness In The Pass: Part 2
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a case the family of the victims call a real life horror show. On this episode of the Global News podcast Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy H...
Darkness In The Pass: Part 1
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two people dead ...and a two year old child gone missing. A small community in the Rocky Mountains...shattered. On this episode of the Global News pod...
Trailer - Season 2
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Season two premieres October 8th. Ride along with Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt, as she takes you through some of Canada’s most high profile criminal ca...
Inside Crime Beat
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Executive Producer Chris Duncombe sits down with Global News crime reporter and host of Crime Beat, Nancy Hixt, for an in depth interview about the po...
Who killed Sara and Taliyah? - Part 2
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In July 2016, a Calgary mother, Sara Baillie, was found dead in her home, and her five-year-old daughter, Taliyah Marsman, was missing. Three days lat...
The Story of Sara and Taliyah - Part 1
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Crime reporter Nancy Hixt tells the story of an inseparable duo, a young Calgary mother and her little girl. In July 2016 Sara Baillie was found de...
The Day Mark Mariani Came Face-to-Face With Evil | 10
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Global News podcast Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt tells the story of a man who came face-to-face with pure evil. Mark Maria...
Sarah Rae: Daddy's Little Girl | 9
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Hixt tells the story of an unbreakable bond between a Calgary father and daughter. Sarah Rae was Gord Rae’s only child. In his eyes, the sun...
The Day Ryan Lane Vanished | 8
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Hixt tells the story of a young Calgary father who vanished without a trace. For several years, Ryan Lane had been involved in a battle to see h...
Surviving a Predator | 7
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Global News podcast Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the devastating impact of a sexual predator. In 2003, a young C...
Kelly Cook: The Back-up Babysitter - Part 2
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we're bringing you details of the Kelly Cook case that have never been reported before. In 1981, Kelly took a job to babysit for someo...
Kelly Cook: The Back-up Babysitter - Part 1
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt tells the story of Kelly Cook, a young girl who was abducted from Standard, Alta., 38 years a...
Shannon Madill's Last Audition | 4
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Crime reporter Nancy Hixt tells a story of an aspiring actress who mysteriously disappeared from Calgary, Alta., in November 2014. Shannon Madill ha...
If I Can't Have You... | 3
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we look at a story of deadly infatuation. Join Nancy Hixt as she explains how a young girl was targeted — simply because she spurned...
I Dodged a Bullet | 2
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt takes you through the mind blowing twists and turns in Randy Safronovich’s life. Safronov...
Meika Jordan, The Broken Princess | 1
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt takes you through the case--step by step. Follow along as she reveals the shocking behind th...
Trailer - Season 1
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
People know their hometowns by streets, a favorite restaurant or the local mall. Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt knows hers by the crime scenes she's been t...