72 Hours : True Crime

72 Hours : True Crime: Summary

Airs Next:CBC at Monday 9:00 PM (60 min.)
Status:Returning Series
Premiered:January 15, 2004
Show Categories:Drama

Every detective knows that the first 72 hours after a crime are crucial to solving it. 72 Hours: True Crime is a riveting series of true crime mysteries based on real cases from across Canada and the USA.

Through an original cinematic blend of potent documentary footage and dramatic re-enactments, each half-hour episode focuses on one unforgettable case, featuring the actual detectives and forensic scientists who worked on it. Murder, assault, robbery, hijacking, bombing and arson - the stories go behind the headlines to reveal the amazing technologies, clever techniques and penetrating insights that help solve these crimes.

72 Hours: True Crime episodes are structured like a good crime novel with compelling story-telling and characters, Each story takes the viewer through the painstaking investigative process until the case is solved and the criminal convicted. In the end, justice is always served. Every detective knows that the first 72 hours after a crime are crucial to solving it. 72 Hours: True Crime is a riveting series of true crime mysteries based on real cases from across Canada and the USA.

Through an original cinematic blend of potent documentary footage and dramatic re-enactments, each half-hour episode focuses on one unforgettable case, featuring the actual...