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72 Hours: True Crime

Season 2 2005 - 2006
TV-14

  • 2005-11-10T05:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 1h
  • 6h 30m (13 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary, Mystery, Crime
Every detective knows that the first 72 hours after a crime are crucial to solving it, even if it sometimes takes years to put the criminal away. 72 Hours: True Crime focuses on true cases drawn from the files of police and forensic scientists. Shot in a "nouveau noir" style, 72 Hours combines dramatic recreations with dynamic documentary footage of real people who were involved in each case. The result is a riveting series about the twists and turns in a criminal investigation and the clever techniques used to solve these true crime thrillers.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

2005-11-10T05:00:00Z

2x01 Betrayed

Season Premiere

2x01 Betrayed

  • 2005-11-10T05:00:00Z30m

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.

2005-12-01T05:00:00Z

2x02 The Hustler

2x02 The Hustler

  • 2005-12-01T05:00:00Z30m

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.

2006-10-16T04:00:00Z

2x03 Bitter Truth

2x03 Bitter Truth

  • 2006-10-16T04:00:00Z30m

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

2006-01-05T05:00:00Z

2x04 Head in a Bucket

2x04 Head in a Bucket

  • 2006-01-05T05:00:00Z30m

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.

2005-12-08T05:00:00Z

2x05 Murder on Campus

2x05 Murder on Campus

  • 2005-12-08T05:00:00Z30m

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.

2005-11-17T05:00:00Z

2x06 The Great Despisers

2x06 The Great Despisers

  • 2005-11-17T05:00:00Z30m

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.

2006-10-23T04:00:00Z

2x07 Vanished

2x07 Vanished

  • 2006-10-23T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2006-11-06T05:00:00Z

2x08 Jeweler's Wife

2x08 Jeweler's Wife

  • 2006-11-06T05:00:00Z30m

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

2005-11-24T05:00:00Z

2x09 Faith Healer

2x09 Faith Healer

  • 2005-11-24T05:00:00Z30m

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

2005-11-03T05:00:00Z

2x10 The Violinist

2x10 The Violinist

  • 2005-11-03T05:00:00Z30m

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.

2006-11-13T05:00:00Z

2x11 Fat Bandit

2x11 Fat Bandit

  • 2006-11-13T05:00:00Z30m

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.

2005-12-29T05:00:00Z

2x12 Thrill Krill

2x12 Thrill Krill

  • 2005-12-29T05:00:00Z30m

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.

2005-10-27T04:00:00Z

2x13 Monster of Miramichi

2x13 Monster of Miramichi

  • 2005-10-27T04:00:00Z30m

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

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