72 Hours: True Crime was a television

Television

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 program that was broadcast by CBC Television

CBC Television

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 and produced by Kensington Communications

Kensington Communications

-Background:Kensington Communications is a Toronto-based production company that specializes in documentary films and television series. Founded in 1980 by president Robert Lang, Kensington Communications Inc. has produced over 150 productions from documentary series and films to performing arts...

. It focused on crime

Crime

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, specifically on the first 72 hour

Hour

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s after a crime is committed, a critical time period for solving it. Rather than focus on fictional crimes, as do Law & Order

Law & Order

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and other TV shows elsewhere, True Crime depicted actual crimes that occurred throughout Canada

Canada

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, using dramatic reenactments and documentary-style footage of crime scenes. The show was broadcast in high definition television. In 2007, CBC announced that 72 Hours was cancelled when it announced its new fall season http://insidethecbc.com/newshows2007print/.

Episode List

Season 1

1. Burning Obsession
2. Who Killed Santa?
3. Angel of Death
4. The Ghost
5. Loch Ness
6. Mad Bomber
7. Double Cross
8. Hijacked
9. Six Feet Under
10. Nightmare
11. The Saint
12. Danger in the Woods
13. Hate Crime
14. Hostage
15. Secret Life
16. Flying Bandit
17. Cold Hit
18. Kidnapped
19. Lone Wolf
20. The Game

Season 2

1. Nightmare
2. Monster of Miramichi
3. Lone Wolf
4. The Violinist
5. Betrayed
6. The Great Despisers
7. Faith Healer
8. Hustler
9. Murder on Campus
10. Head in a Bucket

Season 3

1. Bitter Truth
2. Vanished
3. Jeweler's Wife
4. Fat Bastard
5. Frenzy
6. Pointing to Murder
7. Good Doctor
8. Sweet Killer
9. The Stranger
10. Hunted
11. Predator
12. Evil Eyes
13. Lust
14. Model Killer
15. Dead End
16. Bull's Eye

External links

• CBC Television: 72 Hours program information
• Production company