72 Hours: True Crime

In 1988, a promiscuous 22-year old boy from the Sikh community has one affair too many and ends up losing his life. Diligent detective work and DNA help police nail the killer who believed he had gotten away with murder.

In 2001, there are a series of murders of homeless people in Toronto. The latest killing is of a gentle man, well known in the area by residents who nicknamed him Santa Claus.

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

In 1998, in a normally peaceful suburb, a pervert on a bicycle appears, performing sexual acts on himself and then attacking teenage girls. For reasons apparent to the residents, they nickname him after the Scottish Loch Ness monster.

An angel of mercy turns out to be an angel of death when the number of deaths in an Indiana Intensive Care Unit skyrockets. One astute nurse believes there must be more to this than just natural causes.

In 1996 a serial bomber begins planting bombs in public places and terrorizes the Prince Edward Island community. The mystery person leaves a strange swastika as a calling card, eluding capture for eight years.