Name: 72 Hours: True Crime Season 1
Genre: Crime
Released: 2003

S01 Episode 1

Burning Obsession

An East Indian Sikh is lured to his death, but diligent detective work and DNA nails the killer, who believed he had gotten away with murder.

22 mins · Tue, 4 Nov 2003

S01 Episode 2

Who Killed Santa?

A homeless man nicknamed Santa Claus is brutally killed; the police use forensics to track the killer and put him behind bars for life.

22 mins · Tue, 11 Nov 2003

S01 Episode 3

The Ghost

A cunning arsonist stays one step ahead of the police and terrifies a small farming community until behavioural profiling helps detectives zero in on an unlikely suspect.

22 mins · Tue, 18 Nov 2003

S01 Episode 4

Loch Ness Monster

A sexual predator is caught thanks to the forensic sciences of behavioural and geographical profiling.

22 mins · Tue, 25 Nov 2003

S01 Episode 5

Angel of Death

An astute nurse and a team of detectives capture the person responsible for a number of deaths in an Indiana intensive care unit.

22 mins · Tue, 2 Dec 2003

S01 Episode 6

Mad Bomber

A serial bomber terrorises a community and manages to elude capture for eight years, until forensic document analysis helps ink a conviction.

22 mins · Tue, 13 Jan 2004

S01 Episode 7

Double Cross

The death of a Montreal businessman takes detectives into the lurid underworld of drug dealers, con men, crooked lawyers and shady characters.

22 mins · Tue, 20 Jan 2004

S01 Episode 8

Hijacked

In 1971, a New Yorker boarded a Toronto-bound DC-9 in Ontario and hijacked it to Havana, Cuba; the case is finally solved in 2002 by a fluke of modern technology.

22 mins · Tue, 27 Jan 2004

S01 Episode 9

Six Feet Under

A man leaves home for a business trip, but doesn't return; fearing foul play, his wife reports the disappearance to the police, but they need to find him before it's too late.

22 mins · Tue, 3 Feb 2004

S01 Episode 10

Nightmare

When a sexual predator begins attacking women in their own homes, authorities begin an unprecedented night-time operation to track the perpetrator.

22 mins · Tue, 10 Feb 2004

S01 Episode 11

The Saint

A young woman is assaulted in a fraternity house and the perpetrator is apprehended, revealing a sinister trail of crime and violence.

22 mins · Tue, 17 Feb 2004

S01 Episode 12

Danger in the Woods

Three teenagers accompany a delivery man to a densely wooded area for a party that, before long, turns into a nightmare for the teens.

22 mins · Tue, 24 Feb 2004

S01 Episode 13

Hate Crime

A young Orthodox Jewish man is gunned down because of the way he is dressed.

22 mins · Tue, 2 Mar 2004

S01 Episode 14

Hostage

Police believe the man who robbed an armoured car at gunpoint is responsible for a series of robberies.

22 mins · Tue, 9 Mar 2004

S01 Episode 15

Secret Life

An Ethiopian woman's husband is distraught when she is found strangled; something about him is strangely suspicious.

22 mins · Tue, 30 Mar 2004

S01 Episode 16

Flying Bandit

An American becomes one of Canada's most prolific bank and jewellery bandits, robbing stores from Toronto to Vancouver, until a police investigation discovers him by chance.

22 mins · Tue, 30 Mar 2004

S01 Episode 17

Cold Hit

A troubled mother is found raped and murdered; all possible suspects are eliminated and the case goes cold for three years, until a nine-year-old girl is raped and the DNA matches.

22 mins · Tue, 9 Mar 2004

S01 Episode 18

Kidnapped

A wealthy Asian girl is kidnapped in Vancouver; when the kidnappers make a fateful error by using the young girl's cell phone, police are able to track and capture the assailants.

22 mins · Tue, 16 Mar 2004

S01 Episode 19

Lone Wolf

Two murders shock a small farming community outside Toronto, but the crimes go unsolved; almost 28 years later, a veteran cop stumbles across vital evidence.

22 mins · Wed, 2 Mar 2005

S01 Episode 20

The Game

When a lonely man calls a Houston dating service, he gets more than he bargained for; as he answers the door, he is robbed at gunpoint by his "date".

22 mins · Wed, 9 Mar 2005

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