Crime Beat

Kelly Cook was a young girl who was abducted from Standard, Alta., 38 years ago. She had taken a job babysitting someone new — and then, she was gone. Her body was found June 28, 1981 in an irrigation canal south of Taber. Investigators said it was obvious someone had gone through a lot of work to make sure Kelly would never be found. In this rerelease of Kelly Cook The Backup Babysitter Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt takes you through the abduction and murder of Kelly Cook Contact: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@nancy.hixt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/nancy.hixt/] Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/] Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca⁠⁠⁠ [nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Nearly 50 years after the mysterious deaths of four women, police finally got a break in the case. Historical homicide detectives used cutting-edge techniques to uncover a serial killer. Join Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares how a husband and father became a monster, and why experts believe he’s likely responsible for many more unsolved crimes. Contact: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@nancy.hixt⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/nancy.hixt/] Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/] Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca⁠⁠⁠ [nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

From 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 [https://www.instagram.com/nancy.hixt/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/] Email: ⁠⁠nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca⁠ [nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

In 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 [https://www.instagram.com/nancy.hixt/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/] Email: ⁠⁠nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca⁠ [nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

In the 1970s, two young girls were found dead in an underpass. Seven months later, the body of a young woman was discovered in a ditch. And… just months after that, a fourth woman was found strangled to death. Their cases went cold. On the season finale of Crime Beat, Nancy Hixt, a Senior Crime Reporter for Global News, brings you a special three-part series in which she'll share the haunting details of these cases and introduce you to the detectives that used cutting-edge techniques to break the cases wide open nearly 50 years later. For the first time, in exclusive interviews, the killers' own family is speaking out. Could this serial killer be responsible for other unsolved murders? Find out in Uncovering a Serial Killer available July 22, you can get it ad-free and a week early on Amazon Music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]