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CBC True Crime

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The fall of an empire | Ep.5 | The Most Wanted Olympian

2.2K views · 2w ago · 29:17

Ryan Wedding is led off a US Department of Justice plane, flanked by law enforcement on either side. In late 2025, his alleged crime syndicate began to fall apart after a series of blockbuster arrests: including a jeweller, a hitman and a lawyer who goes by the social media handle ‘Cocaine Lawyer’.

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Death of an informant | Ep.4 | The Most Wanted Olympian

2.2K views · 2w ago · 27:18

On a warm afternoon in Medellín, Colombia, a man is shot point-blank while eating lunch. The assailants flee, and a photo of the man’s body - still holding a fork - is shared online. It’s clear that this is a targeted killing. The victim is Jonathan Acebedo Garcia, a longtime associate of Ryan Wedding.

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From snowboarder to drug lord | Ep.1 | The Most Wanted Olympian

3.9K views · 2w ago · 34:50

Shots ring out in a neighbourhood north-west of Toronto. A father is dead and a mother and daughter are in hospital, battling for their lives. When Toronto Star reporter Calvi Leon arrives on the scene days later, witnesses tell her what really happened. What she learns starts her down a path she could never have imagined and leads to one man: former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding.

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Greed, corruption, and jazz: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba | Crime Story

3.9K views · 2mo ago · 56:34

In the early 60s, there was a voice calling for an Africa free from foreign powers, a united Africa, a liberated Africa. And then those same foreign powers plotted his murder. In his Oscar-nominiated documentary, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, director Johan Grimonprez explores the historical and cultural context surrounding the assassination of the Congo’s first democratically-elected leader – and why the film is historic, but not nostalgic.

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The Case of Lucy Letby | Crime Story

14K views · 3mo ago · 47:16

How much does public perception really mean? In the case of Lucy Letby, a neonatal nurse from the UK, it became the difference between a normal life, and a life behind bars. The facts stand, but how they are seen can paint an entirely different picture. On one side, this could be one of the most horrific cases of serial killing the UK has ever seen. And on the other side, this could be one of the most egregious miscarriages of justice in the country’s history.

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Getting high on Godmother’s supply: The story behind NYC’s Godmother of Weed | Crime Story

2K views · 3mo ago · 34:21

Eleni Polinski grew weed so wonderful that she had New York state officials courting her throughout the cannabis legalization process. Then she came home to a busted down door, and no weed to be found. Reporter Rosalind Adams joins Crime Story to talk her article "The 'Godmother' of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent," which she wrote for The City. She tells us about the time she spent with the Godmother, and how New York has been handling legalization.

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Unknown Number: The High School Catfish | Crime Story

2.9K views · 4mo ago · 30:31

Guest: Unknown Number

Two years of anonymous texts, stalking, questions and harassment. And the person behind it all only introduces more questions once they are revealed. Skye Borgman comes back to Crime Story to discuss her docuseries Unknown Number: The High School Catfish. You can watch Unknown Number on Netflix.

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Selling suicide: the poisonous chemical linked to teen deaths | Crime Story

2.7K views · 4mo ago · 26:51

In 2023 Ontario resident Kenneth Law was arrested in his Mississauga home and later charged with first degree murder. He was accused of selling poison to people at risk of self-harm. More recently, prosecutors said that the murder charges would be dropped as Law would plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide. His trial had previously been scheduled to start in spring 2026.

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Hunting the Suicide Salesman | Episode 1 | “Don't touch the glass”

6.7K views · 4mo ago · 46:58

After a young British man ends his life with a mysterious substance, his grieving family stumbles into the online world that helped him – and countless others – die. If you are thinking about suicide or are worried about someone you know, call or text 9-8-8 in Canada or the United States for support. If your life is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. You can find additional and international resources at cbc.ca/hunting.

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Hunting the Suicide Salesman | Episode 5 (Finale) | ‘What if it's this simple?’

3.7K views · 4mo ago · 51:00

Putting Kenneth Law behind bars won’t do anything to stop people from wanting to die... or going online to learn how. What – if anything – will? If you are thinking about suicide or are worried about someone you know, call or text 9-8-8 in Canada or the United States for support. If your life is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. You can find additional and international resources at cbc.ca/hunting.

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Hunting the Suicide Salesman | Episode 4 | One Star Reviews

3.6K views · 4mo ago · 38:12

Guest: One Star Reviews

The business of suicide is far bigger than one man. Meet the lawyers taking on the trillion-dollar company that sold far more of the substance than police allege Kenneth Law ever did. If you are thinking about suicide or are worried about someone you know, call or text 9-8-8 in Canada or the United States for support. If your life is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. You can find additional and international resources at cbc.ca/hunting.

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