Episode list

The Fifth Estate

Disappearing Act
David Reiner simply vanished after stealing almost a million dollars from twenty-one non-profit daycare centers. Why Reiner turned into a thief and then did a Disappearing Act was a mystery.
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Shadows of Doubt
In October 2003, third-year Royal Military College cadet Joe Grozelle's body was recovered from the St. Lawrence River, but multiple investigations were unable to determine just how, when, where or why Grozelle died.
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After the Storm
She was an artist, a maker of animated films. He was doctor who dedicated his professional life to treating the poor and disadvantaged.
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Strangers in Paradise
Around the world, millions have gone on-line to create a virtual life for themselves - a simulated fantasyland where the economy booms, the sun shines and everyone looks gorgeous.
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Collateral Damage
He was sentenced in the killing of four Mounties. But, his story has never been heard. Until now. The Mayerthorpe tragedy occurred on March 3, 2005, on the farm of James Roszko, just north of Rochfort Bridge near the town of Mayerthorpe in the Canadian province of Alberta. Roszko shot and killed four Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He then committed suicide. The attack occurred as the officers were executing a search warrant for stolen property and a marijuana-growing operation on the farm. Two individuals who were not present at the shooting, Shawn Hennessey and Dennis Cheeseman, pled guilty to manslaughter for assisting Roszko to return to his farm.
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Powerless

Thu, Feb 12, 2009
The world of teenaged addiction is as frightening and confusing a place as any a parent will enter. Most rehab centres claim a 30 to 40 per cent success rate.
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Black Widow

Sun, Feb 19, 2012
When PEI native Melissa Friedrich was arrested in Florida and charged with exploitation of the elderly, her past revealed a long and complex criminal history that began in the Maritimes and included a conviction for manslaughter.
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The Code

Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Fighting in hockey, through the eyes of the people who know it best: the players. When Don Sanderson died in January after hitting his head on the ice during a hockey fight, a national debate erupted.
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Top Gun

Thu, Mar 05, 2009
When Brandon Crisp's parents took away his Xbox, they had no idea that their attempt to restrict their son's video gaming would lead to tragedy. In retaliation, Brandon ran away. His body was found three weeks later.
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Staying Alive

Thu, Mar 12, 2009
It is Insite, provincially-funded, and the first and only supervised injection site in North America where addicts can bring their drug of choice and, with the clean needles provided, can inject themselves.
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Cruel Camera (Update)
Twenty-five years ago, Bob Mckeown and a fifth estate crew stunned the country with an investigative report that showed that many of the wildlife documentaries we'd grown up watching on television were staged for the television cameras.
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