Canada

In Her Defence: Breach of Trust is a seven-episode investigative podcast from The Globe and Mail, launching September 8, 2026, covering the case of Regina police officer Sgt. Robert Semenchuck.

Satan Wants You is a 2023 documentary about Michelle Smith and psychiatrist Lawrence Pazder, whose book Michelle Remembers sparked the real-world Satanic Panic. Streams on CBC Gem, Tubi, Apple TV and Kanopy.

The podcast 'Forged' investigates one of the largest art fraud cases in Canadian history, in which more than 1,000 forged works were attributed to celebrated Ojibwe artist Norval Morrisseau and sold for enormous sums.

Robert J. Hoshowsky profiles a carefully selected series of unsolved Canadian murders, disappearances and cold cases, detailing the victims, investigative timelines and forensic dead ends that left them unresolved. The book deliberately gives renewed public attention to these forgotten crimes in the explicit hope of generating fresh leads and reviving official interest in dormant cases.

Nick Pron details the shocking crimes of Canadian couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, who raped and murdered at least three teenage girls in Ontario between 1990 and 1992. The book covers the videotaped evidence of their atrocities, the extensive investigation and the deeply controversial plea deal that granted Homolka a reduced sentence and outraged the nation.

Former Vancouver detective Lori Shenher delivers a searing memoir about the failed investigation into the city's missing women and serial killer Robert Pickton, whose pig farm concealed dozens of victims. Her account confronts institutional indifference, the deep marginalisation of Indigenous and sex-worker victims and the devastating personal toll of years of unheeded warnings.

CBC Podcasts' award-winning true crime series Uncover has released a new episode, 'The Expert Witness', exploring the growing role of artificial intelligence in criminal justice systems — arriving at a moment when the debate over AI and crime is accelerating worldwide.

Between 1980 and 1981, Clifford Robert Olson murdered 11 children across British Columbia, earning him the grim nickname 'The Beast from British Columbia.' His arrest in August 1981 exposed one of Canada's darkest chapters in criminal history.

Richard Lee McNair, a former U.S. Air Force sergeant convicted of murder, escaped from custody three times between 1988 and 2006 using increasingly sophisticated methods—from lip balm to an ingeniously constructed escape pod—evading recapture for months each time.

Highway of Tears is the name given to a cluster of disappearances and murders of women and girls along a 724-kilometer stretch of Highway 16 in British Columbia, Canada, with a disproportionate number of Indigenous victims since 1969.

The Bonanno crime family emerged from the violent Castellammarese War of the early 1930s to become one of New York City's most powerful Mafia organizations. Led for three decades by Joseph Bonanno, the family expanded from Brooklyn across North America until internal corruption and federal investigation fractured its ranks.

The Minds of Madness, hosted by Tyler Chamberlain in Toronto, Ontario, is an award-winning true crime podcast that investigates violent crimes and their impact on survivors. Distributed across major platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify, the show features first-hand accounts from homicide survivors and professionals in forensics and psychology.

In November 2018, federal prosecutors secured convictions against four men who operated some of the darkest corners of the dark web, running multiple child abuse sites with tens of thousands of users. The case exposed a sprawling criminal enterprise that had evaded detection for years—until journalists and investigators began pulling at the threads.

Small Town Dicks is a true crime podcast hosted by Yeardley Smith alongside twin detectives Dan and Dave, exploring crimes from small communities. The series covers sexual offenses, child abuse and violent crimes through original recordings and expert analysis.

Crime Beat, produced by Global News, has spent years documenting Canada's most high-profile criminal cases through investigative journalism and survivor interviews. The series combines archival footage, forensic details, and detective insights to reveal the full story behind murders, serial killings, and gang violence that captivated the country.