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 to over the past 20 years. Journey deep inside some of Canada’s most high-profile criminal cases. Each episode will take you inside the story to give you details you didn't hear on the news. New episodes every other week.
Winner of the 2020 Edward R. Murrow Award (RTDNA).
In the fall of 2013, a little boy was taken to a Calgary hospital by his parents.
The 14-month-old child was in “severe medical distress.”
Soon after, he was transferred by ambulance to the nearby Children’s Hospital where he suffered a cardiac arrest.
Multiple trauma doctors and specialists...
Published 01/12/21
If you watch CSI or crime shows on TV, this special edition of the Crime Beat podcast is a must-listen.
Global News crime reporter Nancy Hixt takes you on a behind-the-scenes look at forensic investigations.
She’s joined by Sgt. Jodi Arns, an expert in bloodstain pattern analysis with the...
Published 12/29/20
In early November 2011, Cherry Ledesma was looking forward to a fresh start.
She was living in temporary housing, run by a social agency while waiting to get into a substance abuse treatment program.
Ledesma battled addictions most of her life and had been in treatment before but this time she...
Published 12/15/20