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Crime Beat

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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 i...

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Listen to Crime Beat, a Society & Culture podcast by Curiouscast. Stream 145 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Vanished Part 01 | 05

Just days away from a family Easter dinner in 2019, a young single mom and her 22-month-old daughter vanished. As time passed, their loved o...

35:09Jun 16, 2026

Rerelease: Meika Jordan, The Broken Princess

On this episode of ⁠⁠Crime Beat⁠⁠, crime reporter ⁠⁠Nancy Hixt⁠⁠ goes through the evidence as it was uncovered by investigators in their que...

59:02Jun 2, 2026

Fighting For Meika | 04

A six-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital after her father and stepmother said she had fallen down the stairs. But Meika Jordan’s injur...

40:49Jun 2, 2026

Golden Years Gone Part 03 | 03

In 1994, a beloved senior was found beaten to death in his rural Alberta home. Despite exhaustive efforts, the killer eluded arrest. More th...

37:38May 19, 2026

Golden Years Gone Part 02 | 02

In August of 1995, a beloved father and grandfather vanished. A note was left on his kitchen table, suggesting he had gone fishing, but Bill...

31:50May 5, 2026

Golden Years Gone Part 01 | 01

A beloved senior was found beaten to death in his home in rural Alberta- leaving neighbours and surrounding communities shaken and fearful f...

33:39Apr 21, 2026

Sneak Peek: Golden Years Gone

A rural Alberta community was shocked when a beloved senior was found beaten to death in his own home. Despite exhaustive efforts by investi...

1:45Mar 23, 2026

New Season Coming Soon

Global News Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt, has been covering stories of senseless and horrific violence for 30 years. . This season she'l...

2:32Mar 10, 2026

I Survived A Serial Killer

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....

45:15Feb 24, 2026

A Random Encounter

64-year-old Annie Hang-Kam Chiu was looking forward to retirement when she was viciously murdered. Within approximately three hours, her kil...

49:44Feb 10, 2026

Who Killed Sonia?

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 did...

44:12Jan 27, 2026

Shootout at the Duke

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...

47:41Jan 13, 2026

Closure

In 1983, Susan Tice, a 45-year-old mother of four was found raped and stabbed to death in her Toronto home. Four months later, across town,...

48:46Dec 30, 2025

The Legacy of Jordan Manners

In May of 2007, 15 year old Jordan Manners was gunned down in a hallway at C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute, marking the first time a stud...

42:22Dec 16, 2025

Before My Eyes

Driving home from work, Royi Flescher could never have imagined what he was about to encounter. And when Soula Berdoussis pulled over, she t...

46:37Dec 2, 2025

Alicia Ross, Everyone’s Daughter

When Alicia Ross disappeared, it led to one of the biggest missing person searches in Ontario’s history. Reporter Catherine McDonald reconne...

40:14Nov 18, 2025

Special Announcement

As a senior crime reporter for Global News for almost 30 years, Nancy Hixt has been lucky enough to work with some amazing journalists. She'...

2:30Nov 11, 2025

Kelly Cook: The Back-up Babysitter - Part 2

In 1981, Kelly took a job to babysit for Bill Christensen. The 15-year-old was never seen alive again. What most people don’t know is that K...

52:04Sep 16, 2025