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Oct 25, 2026
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An exhaustive 18-month investigation follows the murder of a young woman in North Bay. The prime suspect’s DNA matches that on the woman’s clothes. In a startling development, further DNA tests prove the wrong man has been charged.
A car carrying six friends crashes. As bodies fly in all directions, four teenagers die and two are critically injured. Sara LeBeau, who owns the car, survives but has total amnesia. Who was driving?
In 1990, John Willis of Chicago is sentenced to 105 years in prison for a series of bizarre robberies and sexual assaults. They all take place in women’s beauty shops. Willis proclaims his innocence.
She was a typical teenager. In 15 minutes she went from living an ordinary life to becoming a quadriplegic. Her name is Barbara Turnbull and she was shot in a Mississauga convenience store in a senseless robbery.
The beaten and frozen dead body of a missing man is found in his abandoned car in Ottawa. The suspects are his wife and/or two male tenants. Detectives unearth stories of jealousy, abuse and a bloody boot. Whoever wore the boot killed the man.
Michael Giroux confesses to a sexual assault. A psychological assessment supports his claim that this was a one time offence. While in prison, his house is sold and the new owner finds numerous photo IDs.
The body of a cocktail waitress is found shot and burned beyond recognition. Detectives follow a maze of clues to find the killer. However, the body is so charred, it is impossible to see if the blood in the suspect’s car matches the victims.
A young female taxi-driver is fatally stabbed and left to die in Banff. The investigators find a knife and blood in the abandoned cab. Hundreds of men are questioned and give blood samples in a cross continent manhunt.
A woman goes missing in Summerside, PEI. The blood inside her abandoned car tells a terrible story. DNA confirms the blood on a splattered man’s jacket matches that of the missing woman. The jacket is also covered with white cat hairs.
Disguised bandits fell a Brinks guard in Oshawa. The police find a fake bomb in the abandoned getaway car. It is a major forensic clue in tracking the gang. The bandits are charged – but the prosecution needs to find the murder weapon.
Firefighters find two dead bodies on a burning boat in. Another boat has been broken into. The assailants may have drunk beer from the discarded cans on the boat. Whoever broke into the second boat also killed the couple on the burning boat.
A hunter makes a gruesome discovery near Saskatoon – a human skull. Detectives find the remains of two more bodies close by. A forensic anthropologist determines the three victims are female and aboriginal, all killed in the same time frame.
A middle aged Vancouver barber is having remarkably bad luck with his girlfriends – they kept dying. Coincidentally they were all native and alcoholics, so it is some time before an astute pathologist questions the staggeringly high blood alcohol levels.
In this special one-hour episode, a labour dispute at the Giant gold mine in Yellowknife has the town divided. After months on strike, tensions reach a boiling point when replacement workers are brought in and union members begin crossing the line.
A family is found murdered in their home. They have been sealed up in their suburban house for over a week. The police come upon a ghastly scene. There is no sign of forced entry. Is this a burglary gone terribly awry or something more sinister?
A young Asian student is raped and murdered in the apartment she shares with her sister. The killer has left a minute trace of himself in the apartment. His identity is a complete mystery. Who could have killed this innocent girl and why?
Two teenage girls are ambushed by a man wielding a baseball bat. He wants to party. The girls resist but, in the struggle, one girl is beaten and left in a coma and the other is raped and murdered, her body dumped in the nearby river.
After the dead body of a beautiful young woman is found in a stream, suspicion falls on a wannabe biker who was seen drinking with the victim the night before. But before police can make an arrest, they discover their prime suspect is destroying evidence.
A gas station attendant is found dead. He has been shot twice and the gas station robbed. With no eyewitnesses, the police have a monumental task before them. The case reaches a dead end, until another shooting reveals a forensic connection.
On Victoria Day as fireworks are going off, someone is on a killing spree. The next morning, three prostitutes are found dead. One transvestite; one transsexual and the third is a woman. The bullets from each killing prove to come from the same gun.
When a young man goes missing and his wallet is found near Algonquin Park, his sister and mother call it murder, but without evidence, the police must deem him a “missing person.” But on the eve of his memorial service, police get a tip about his murder.
When a respected gallery owner suspects he is being scammed, he calls in the police. He has been sold a painting by a well-known artist that he fears is a fake. The trail to convict the master con-artist is a winding one and crosses international borders.
On a cool November evening, a young woman walks home from the bus stop through a local park. Suddenly, she is approached by a man. He politely asks her if she dropped any money. But before she can respond, he grabs her and drags her off the path.
Ronald Dalton has an idyllic life – a loving marriage, three beautiful children and a solid career in banking. But in one night, all that is ripped away from him. His wife dies under unusual circumstances and the forensic pathologist says it is murder.
25 years after its premiere, Forensic Files remains the most successful true-crime series of all time. Inspired by the O.J. Simpson murder case, the series went onto over 400 episodes where science catches the bad guys.
No one is immune to this popular form of the age-old advance loan fraud known as the 419 scam.
Are you sure the money in your pocket is real and would you be able to tell the difference and if you did find a fake bill, what should you do with it - we’re about to show you.
This story will show how scam artists take advantage of people's generosity to charities.
A travel agent is sentenced to four years for defrauding over 30 customers out of more than $278,000 in bogus vacation packages.
There are many ways, simple and sophisticated, of grabbing your debit card information including you PIN number. This story features rare police surveillance footage of criminal technology used to gather this information and take your money.
One of the most tragic victims in the world of fraud are the elderly. In this story an 83-year-old woman loses most of her belongings by financing promises of lottery winnings.
A college student trying to earn some extra cash and finds himself involved in a job where instead of making money, he loses it due to a fraudulent cheque
Repeat Fraudster Harris Dempsey ''Butch'' Ballow wasted no time when he was released on bail after being convicted of a stock fraud. He set up another stock scam taking more than $3 million.
An individual loses a lot of money getting involved in a pyramid scheme that promised an easy, fast return.
A homebuilder suffers eye damage after fraudulent Oakley sunglasses shatter. He sued the retailer that sold the counterfeit merchandise and was awarded $70,000.
A profile on resume fraud and how fake credentials can hurt the reputation of legitimate academic institutions, businesses and even risk people?s lives.
In an ultimate act of breach of trust, a college professor defrauds the families of eight of his own students.
we look at how credit card skimming works and then a story about a woman loses her entire business due to the deception of an Advanced Fee fraud.
In this story, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan tell how their identities were stolen, destroying their families while they were away serving their country.
In the world of sports memorabilia, counterfeit products can make criminals rich.
Affinity frauds are perpetrated against people of particular social or ethnic groups - victims come out to tell their stories about how they were taken by these criminals because they all shared a common belief or background.
Society?s altruism can be easily affirmed through the donations given to charities in times of need - however, there are individuals out there that want to exploit these good-natured donations and re-direct them into their own pockets.
Automobiles play a major part of our daily lives and we put our trust in those people that maintain and sell used vehicles - in this episode we will encounter unscrupulous car salesmen.
In this episode you will find out the inner workings of how a Ponzi scheme works and the devastation and loss it can cause to many innocent victims.people that are manipulated into investing.
A crooked investment manager targets over 70 elderly individuals.
There are thousands of fraudsters claiming to represent legitimate lotteries around the world to get your money - this is one story.
Stephen Port preyed on young men though his grindr account, he spent hours searching web porn, a predator and he was to take the lives of four much-loved young men.
William Devin Howell kept a secret for 14 years; when a string of women went missing from towns near this Highway in Connecticut, he was responsible. As the opioid-addicted women became frantic for their next hit, they'd turned to selling sex.
James Fairweather is no ordinary teenager in 2014. Most his age don't choose the dark, violent games and websites that James does as he returns from school, retreats behind the bedroom door.
Mark Martin made no secret of the fact that when he grew up he wanted to be a serial Killer. The Krays, Donald Neilson, Ian Brady all serial killers, were his childhood heroes.
Shawn was a good looking boy, and he learnt that he could turn on a smile and get what he wanted. He was popular with women but often in trouble for abusing them. He was sent to prison at 22 for choking his pregnant girlfriend.
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