72 Hours: True Crime

A 1989 community is in fear when a sadistic criminal escapee is at large among them, setting fires and causing panic.

A mother is tied up in her home while her daughter is kidnapped, and this is made all the more scary by the fact that they are from Hong Kong and don't know Canada that well. But their kidnappers seem to know a lot about them.

New Year 1991. A youngster receives no answer from his phone calls to his mother, so goes to her house, where he finds her dead in a pool of blood. His distress is further compounded when he is accused of the crime.

In 1994 in the Seattle area, a South Asian family who formerly lived in Canada are reported dead by their son and his friend, who say they found them after a night out.

An unidentifiable body of a woman with mysterious unusual skin puncture marks is found.

In Whistler B.C., a winter wonderland for the rich and trendy, three people meet: the son of a wealthy Frenchman, a Vancouver businessman looking for investors, and a real estate agent trying to sell a mountainside estate. Unbeknownst to the other two, one of them is a notorious international con man.

It's Christmas 1983 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and young anthropologist Dora Ferguson, who was in a happy relationship with a fellow professor, is found tied up and dead on campus.

In 2000, a man is killed by a car, but it turns out the vehicle is stolen, and tracing the driver would not be straightforward.

A girl is horrified when traveling in a guy's car she turns around to find a head in a bucket on the back seat.

A couple die very closely together when nothing seemed to be wrong, which arouses suspicion.

A normally extremely reliable school librarian fails to turn up one day, causing much concern, especially when she also cannot be found at her home.

When his wife is late for work, a jeweler calls his neighbor who discovers her dead in the bath.

In 2002, several bank robberies take place, all linked by an overweight man. But when his identity is eventually revealed it is a huge surprise for all.