Nancy Hixt - Crime Beat
Nancy Hixt is an award-winning Global News senior crime reporter: Crime Beat podcast & Crime Beat TV
Nancy has been reporting for more than 20 years, covering crime since 1997, starting at the former RDTV in Red Deer before moving to Global Calgary.
Crime Beat returns with season 8 of the podcast on April 21!
Listen wherever you find your favourite podcasts- I hope you'll join me then!
Here's a preview:
04/15/2026
Remembering the Brentwood Five ❤️
Lawrence Hong, Zackariah Rathwell
Jordan Segura, Kaiti Perras and Josh Hunter.
04/07/2026
Have you had a chance to check out the new season of my podcast?
Season 8 of Crime Beat premieres on April 21 with “Golden Years Gone,” but you can hear the whole story now - one month early - only on Amazon Music.
Leave me a comment below if you've been listening!
Crime Beat is (back) in Times Square!
When we started the Crime Beat podcast in 2019, I never imagined we would be featured in Times Square…twice!
Thank you, Amazon Music for your incredible support!
I’m so proud to share these important stories that give a voice to victims and their families, and so grateful that so many of you are listening!
Season 8 begins with a special three-part series, “Golden Years Gone.”
You can hear the whole story now - one month early - only on Amazon Music.
*link in comments to listen now
**Please leave me a comment if you've been listening to this special early launch of season 8!
I'm back with a whole new season of my Crime Beat podcast!
Join me as I share "Golden Years Gone."
You can hear the whole story now - one month early - only on Amazon Music.
**Link to listen early in the comments below- and please, let me know when you've had a chance to listen!
Two men arriving at a local sandwich shop find the store clerk lying in a pool of blood.
They called for help, but despite their best efforts, the young woman passed away. The cash register was missing. As detectives followed the trail of evidence, they learned Tara McDonald wasn’t the only one savagely attacked that night.
Join me tonight as I share how the two investigations came together as police searched for a killer.
Crime Beat TV: The Night Shift airs tonight on Global TV.
Here's a preview:
It was a case that left our city in fear: a brazen and violent attack on a young store clerk.
There were no eyewitnesses and no CCTV.
And, soon, investigators discovered she wasn’t the only victim.
There had also been a savage attack at an ATM just hours earlier.
Join me for the latest episode of Global TV’s true crime documentary series- as I share how key evidence from that case- helped police track the killer in “The Night Shift.”
Please leave me a comment below if you will be joining me on Friday, March 13th, on Global TV for Crime Beat TV.
I’m celebrating several major milestones this month wanted to share two of the biggest ones:
**Seven years ago, we launched the Crime Beat podcast!***
**Thirty years ago, I put together my first story for Global News- working at the former RDTV in Red Deer!**
I can’t express enough how much I appreciate your continued support of both the Crime Beat podcast and our Crime Beat TV documentary series! A special thank you to every family who has trusted me to share their story
02/06/2026
Can you help?
The families of the Brentwood Five have reported a theft from the special place created to honour Lawrence Hong, Zackariah Rathwell, Jordan Segura, Kaiti Perras and Josh Hunter.
The bronze plaque is missing from Quinterra Legacy Garden- see photo below.
If you can help or have information please contact police asap.
** The Quinterra Legacy Garden is a special place people can go to heal and remember the five young people, and will include elements that reflect each of their personalities through arts and design.
Please join me tonight for Crime Beat TV: Golden Years Gone on Global TV - and please invite your friends and family to watch this important story as well.
Here's a preview:
Watch Global TV on Friday, December 12th, for Crime Beat TV.
A beloved senior was found beaten to death in his own home in rural Alberta. Despite exhaustive efforts, the murderer eluded arrest. More than a year later, a Calgary retiree disappeared.
A note was left behind suggesting he’d gone fishing. A subsequent search of the home revealed that something much more violent had happened. Join me for the latest episode of Crime Beat TV on Global TV- as I share how these two seemingly unrelated cases intersected in “Golden Years Gone.”
Let me know in the comments below if you will be watching!
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