Partners in Motion: Crime Stories

TV Series

38 x 60 Minutes
This investigative series takes the viewers behind the scenes with those who record the investigations up close - on film, on paper, and on tape. Along with police officers, the family and friends of the victims, defence lawyers and prosecutors, they share their recollections of the crimes and their consequences. These first-hand accounts, coupled with dramatic re-enactments, news footage, clippings and photographs paint a comprehensive picture of the grim truth.
	Episode #1 - The Monster of Miramichi In 1989, the entire town of Miramichi is held hostage by a monster. This troubled man with a heinous past embarks on a 7-month crime spree, including brutal beatings, rape, arson and serial murder. His victims are women, both young and old. The rampage culminates in the killing of a local priest. Finally, Canada’s most intensive manhunt frees the people from Allan Legere, the Monster of Miramichi.
	Episode #2 - The Abbotsford Killer In 1995, terror descends upon the Bible belt community of Abbotsford, BC. An attack on two teenage girls leaves one dead and starts a 7-month siege of torment. The killer hides, phoning and taunting both police and community with details of his horrific crimes. Behind the voice is Terry Driver, a devote husband and father with a terrifying double life. His crimes change the community forever.
	Episode #3 - The House Hermit A young Vancouver woman is tied to a tree and sexually assaulted for 9 straight days just yards away from the busiest highway in Canada. A wealthy Ontario realtor and his wife are found murdered in the trunk of their car. Behind it all, a reclusive loner named David Snow. Snow’s passion for antiques is so intense that it sends him down a violent path from which there is no turning back.
	Episode #4 – The .22 Calibre Killer When two suburban housewives are killed in their homes within a week of each other in May 1970, it leaves the rural areas surrounding Toronto in fear. Thirty years later, the murders are solved, and the man responsible is caught, thanks to the meticulous collection and preservation of DNA evidence. But there is a surprising twist - Ronald West was a Toronto police officer at the time of the murders.
	Episode #5 – The Killer Handyman A man who was once accepted into a small Quebec community and commonly referred to as Bill l'Anglais turns out to be a murderer, whose crimes cover nearly twenty years. When he makes four trips from Barrie, ON to Montréal, QC in the fall of 1999 in an accelerating frenzy of rape and murder, he leaves behind a single fingerprint. Through skillful police work and intense surveillance, the police are able to catch their killer in the process of disposing incriminating evidence.
	Episode #6 – The Pictou Sadist On December 11, 1987 a hard luck child living in a group home in Ontario was reported missing when she failed to return home from school. Trina Campbell had been known to run away on occasion but, this time she had been abducted by a convicted rapist. With the help of the suspect's sister and brother-in-law, authorities begin a surveillance mission that would take them across three provinces and lead them directly to where Trina's remains were hidden.
	Episode #7 – The Vampire Rapist Known as the Vampire Rapist for his distinctive modus operandi, Wayne Boden would rape, strangle and bite the breast of his victims. It was a bite mark that he left on his Calgary victim that proved he was the person responsible for these crimes. Superior evidence gathering and the help of a local orthodontist would work to ensure his conviction for his Calgary crime, and forced him to plead guilty to three similar cases in Montréal.
	Episode #8 – The Wells Grey Gunman In August of 1982, six members of the Bentley/Johnson family disappear in Wells Grey National Park without a trace. Over a month later, the burned out Johson vehicle is found with the remains of all six family members burnt beyond recognition inside. A massive manhunt for the killer begins, finally ending with a local man, David Shearing confessing to the crimes.
	Episode #9 – The Tattoo Man A weeklong crime spree began with the murder of a young woman, found naked, stabbed and strangles in the closet of an abandoned apartment in London, Ontario. Then, a Toronto man was found murdered in a parking garage, bludgeoned to death with a pipe. Now on the run and headed into rural Ontario, Peter John Peters embarked on a desperate journey of abduction, rape, and robbery in an attempt to fuel his escape. It is the skill of five police services that bring this man to a halt near Sault Ste. Marie, ending his reign of terror over Ontario. More Episodes
PRODUCER Nova Herman EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ron Goetz *DIRECTOR Chris Triffo View One-Sheet pdf 632kb
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