New Season Coming Soon
3/10/20263 min
Global News Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt, has been covering stories of senseless and horrific violence for 30 years. .
This season she'll take you inside shocking cases that show how careless people can be with human life.
And what happens when greed and selfishness take over.
You might listen to a lot of true crime podcasts this year, but they’re not Crime Beat.
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsNancy Hixt· Host0:00
Hey, it's Nancy. Before we begin today, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Crime Beat early and ad free on Amazon Music included with Prime. It's hard to shock me after 30 years of crime reporting, but some stories get under my skin. They're senseless crimes with horrific violence, and most of the time it's over very little, a pittance of a payoff.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:28
Just the sheer brutality of it. There w- really was no reason to strike a person in the back of the head. Simply brandishing it and demanding money would've been sufficient.
Nancy Hixt· Host0:38
I'm Nancy Hixt, a senior crime reporter for Global News. This season on Crime Beat, I'll take you inside shocking cases that show how careless people can be with human life and what happens when greed and selfishness take over.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:58
In my eyes, you'll be the coldest blooded son of a bitch I've ever met.
Nancy Hixt· Host1:02
I'll introduce you to people just going about their everyday lives when in an instant everything changed, like the beloved 75-year-old man who was washing up, getting ready for bed, when he was brutally beaten and killed. Despite an exhaustive investigation, the killer avoided arrest and struck again.
Speaker 2· Soundbite1:24
There's a lot of restless nights.
Nancy Hixt· Host1:25
Or the young man on his way home from evening classes who