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Crime Beat

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156 episodes

People know their hometowns by streets, a favourite 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.

More about the show

Winner of the 2020 & 2023 & 2025 Edward R. Murrow Award (RTDNA).

Nominated as Best International Podcast at the 2026 iHeart Podcast Awards.

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  1. Kelly Cook: The Back-up Babysitter - Part 1

    · 1 h 00 min · S1 E5

    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 ago. Kelly had taken a job babysitting someone new — and then, she…

  2. Shannon Madill's Last Audition | 4

    · 1 h 02 min · S1 E4

    Crime reporter Nancy Hixt tells a story of an aspiring actress who mysteriously disappeared from Calgary, Alta., in November 2014. Shannon Madill had everything going for her. She had just landed an audition for a…

  3. If I Can't Have You... | 3

    · 40 min · S1 E3

    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 a young man’s advances. Nadia El-Dib’s family said Nadia had broken…

  4. I Dodged a Bullet | 2

    · 43 min · S1 E2

    On this episode of Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt takes you through the mind blowing twists and turns in Randy Safronovich’s life. Safronovich jokes that he must have nine lives. The Sylvan Lake businessman…

  5. Meika Jordan, The Broken Princess | 1

    · 1 h 00 min · S1 E1

    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 the scenes details of the Meika Jordan case --and goes through the…

  6. Trailer - Season 1

    · 1:30 · Trailer

    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…

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