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Crime Beat
Hosted by Curiouscast · EN
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.
Winner of the 2020 & 2023 Edward R. Murrow Award (RTDNA).
Nominated as Best International Podcast at the 2026 iHeart Podcast Awards.
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Listen Next... Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy | Through A Glass Darkly | 1
Oct 1800:33:54Tap to summarizeTaj Khyber Rowland knows he’s not who people think he is but he can’t quite remember how his life went so off course. He decides to spool backwards, to his younger self. A daredevil seven year old Chellamuthu, living happily, but in abject poverty, with his large family in rural India. But when Chellamuthu disobeys his mother and goes to play at the bus station, he’s persuaded to board a bus with some bigger boys. He’s kidnapped. And there’s no going back. Contact: Facebook: @BlanchardHouseStories Instagram: @BlanchardHouseStories X (formerly Twitter): @BlanchardTweets Blanchard House website: blanchard-house.com Listen to Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy early and ad-free by subscribing to Curiouscast Discovery on Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Uncovering A Serial Killer - Part 2 | 13
Aug 5, 2025Tap to summarizeFrom 1976 to 1977, four young women were found dead, their bodies dumped outside of Calgary city limits. The first two were deemed “undetermined deaths.” The third and fourth were considered murders, and police felt the same offender was likely responsible. For decades, the four families were left without answers. Join Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares how a team of cold case investigators uncovered shocking evidence of a serial killer nearly 50 years later. Contact: Instagram: @nancy.hixt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Uncovering A Serial Killer | 12
Jul 22, 2025Tap to summarizeIn the late 1970s, there were a series of mysterious deaths. First, two jr. high girls were found in an underpass west of Calgary. Seven months later, another young woman was found in a ditch, beaten and strangled to death. Just months after that, a fourth woman was found strangled to death. Follow along as Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt takes you through the haunting details of each case and explains why each investigation went cold for nearly half a century. Contact: Instagram: @nancy.hixt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Benevolence Betrayed Part 2 | 11
Jul 8, 2025Tap to summarizeThe spring of 1999 was filled with excitement about new adventures for Audrey Trudeau. After several years in Calgary, the physiotherapist had a new opportunity back home in Ontario, and she was looking forward to spending more time with her siblings.Her house was listed for sale, and she was getting packed up to move, when she disappeared. Her family and coworkers were baffled. It didn’t make sense. Join Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares what investigators uncovered and the disturbing discovery that cracked open the case five months later. Contact:Instagram: @nancy.hixtFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Benevolence Betrayed | 10
Jun 24, 2025Tap to summarizeAn esteemed physiotherapist moved to Calgary in search of a fresh start. Audrey Trudeau quickly gained the respect and admiration of her colleagues at the Rockyview General Hospital and became well known for her kind and generous spirit. Then, on the eve of an exciting new opportunity, she disappeared. Join Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares what made Audrey’s family and coworkers suspicious and details the desperate search that followed.Contact:Instagram: @nancy.hixtFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Deadly Rumours - Part 2 | 07
May 13, 2025Tap to summarizeWhen police responded to allegations of disturbing confinement, torture and murder of a Calgary woman at a downtown rooming house- there was no evidence of foul play. But two officers instinctively felt they should persist. Learn how these tenacious investigators worked to solve a crime they weren’t sure had been committed without knowing if there was even a victim. Join Global News Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares how these officers uncovered details of a crime that seemed more like deadly rumours than reality.Contact:Instagram: @nancy.hixtFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Deadly Rumours | 06
Apr 29, 2025Tap to summarizeIn the spring of 2006 Calgary Police received an ominous call from someone worried a woman was being held captive in a downtown rooming house. Officers responded but found nothing suspicious. But over the next few days there were other similar reports made to police alleging disturbing violence and a possible murder. Follow along as Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares details of Deadly Rumours.Contact:Instagram: @nancy.hixtFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Murder in the Mountains | 01
Mar 4, 202500:38:18Tap to summarizeThe popular resort town of Banff was rocked with its first homicide in twenty years.A young woman and taxi driver from Quebec was robbed and stabbed to death. Join Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she explains how the case went cold, despite the tireless efforts that went into tracking the killer in part one of “Murder in The Mountains.” Contact:Instagram: @nancy.hixtFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Gone in an instant - The Hunt for Talal Amer Part 1 | 14
Feb 27, 202500:30:05Tap to summarizeOn a cool spring evening in 2022, chaos erupted as police received reports of two erratic drivers and then gunfire. One of the vehicles fled the shooting scene at high speed and moments later was involved in a violent and deadly crash. Senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the story of a mother of five whose life was senselessly taken and the hunt for the man responsible.Contact:Twitter: @nancyhixtFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Crime Beat returns March 4th
Feb 4, 202500:01:06Tap to summarizeThere’s no limit to how far criminals will go… to cover their tracks…But investigators will go even further to uncover the truth…Nancy Hixt is a senior Crime Reporter for Global News. This season on the Crime Beat she takes you from the crime scene to the courtroom and inside some of Canada’s most high profile cases and some you’ve likely never heard of before.Crime Beat returns March 4th Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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