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The Fifth Estate | Season 38, Episode 20 | Mar 1, 2013 | 45:17

The Vanishing

A daughter's twelve-year quest to solve her mother's mysterious disappearance uncovers the dark secrets of a close-knit family.

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The Fifth Estate - The VanishingMar 1, 2013 | 45:17The Fifth Estate The Vanishing VideoClosed Captions available
The Fifth Estate The Vanishing Mar 1, 2013 | 45:17A daughter's twelve-year quest to solve her mother's mysterious disappearance uncovers the dark secrets of a close-knit family.
The Fifth Estate - Undercover Police VideoMar 1, 2013 | 1:50The Fifth Estate Undercover Police Video Video
The Fifth Estate Undercover Police Video Mar 1, 2013 | 1:50More video footage of the undercover police sting against Denis Ratte.
The Fifth Estate - Bob McKeown on The VanishingFeb 27, 2013 | 1:35The Fifth Estate Bob McKeown on The Vanishing Video
The Fifth Estate Bob McKeown on The Vanishing Feb 27, 2013 | 1:35Bob McKeown reflects on The Vanishing the story of a daughter's twelve-year quest to solve her mother's mysterious disappearance uncovers the dark secrets of a close-knit family.
The Fifth Estate - The VanishingFeb 26, 2013 | 1:30The Fifth Estate The Vanishing Video
The Fifth Estate The Vanishing Feb 26, 2013 | 1:30A daughter's twelve-year quest to solve her mother's mysterious disappearance uncovers the dark secrets of a close-knit family.
The Fifth Estate - The UnrepentantFeb 22, 2013 | 45:12The Fifth Estate The Unrepentant VideoClosed Captions available
The Fifth Estate The Unrepentant Feb 22, 2013 | 45:12Linden MacIntyre stares down some of Canada's most frightening criminals. They are dangerous, disordered personalities whose lack of guilt and shame makes them both fascinating and horrifying.
The Fifth Estate - Linden MacIntyre on Lightning LeeFeb 22, 2013 | 3:40The Fifth Estate Linden MacIntyre on Lightning Lee Video
The Fifth Estate Linden MacIntyre on Lightning Lee Feb 22, 2013 | 3:40Linden MacIntyre talks about Melbourne "Lightning" Lee, a former kick-boxer described as a "textbook psychopath" who brutally victimized women and children.
Video - Lightning LeeFeb 20, 2013 | 21:53Video Lightning Lee Video
Video Lightning Lee Feb 20, 2013 | 21:53In January of 2000 a Toronto judge declared one of Canada's worst criminals a dangerous offender and ordered him locked up indefinitely. It is the harshest punishment possible under Canadian law. Lightning Lee has the dubious distinction of scoring higher than any other Canadian ever has on the scientific test for psychopaths. For many of Lee's victims the court victory was bittersweet. They blamed much of the tragedy on the police, charging they ignored repeated warnings about Lee and let Canada's worst psychopath slip through their fingers time and time again. Could the authorities have prevented several rapes - and a gruesome murder? In this report, originally aired in January of 2000, the fifth estate raised a disturbing question: How much did faulty police work contribute to the making of a monster.
The Fifth Estate - Karla HolmokaFeb 20, 2013 | 43:20The Fifth Estate Karla Holmoka Video
The Fifth Estate Karla Holmoka Feb 20, 2013 | 43:20At the time of the fifth estate’s original full report on Karla Homolka,aired in November of 1997, many questions lingered over Karla Homolka's case, and especially over the plea bargain deal that exchanged Homolka's help in convicting her husband for a far lighter sentence than many Canadians believed--and still believe--she deserved. The fifth estate conducted a detailed examination of the case, and the plea bargain, and raised many serious and legitimate questions about the conduct of the Ontario crown in making that deal.
The Fifth Estate - Linden MacIntyre on The UnrepentantFeb 19, 2013 | 7:16The Fifth Estate Linden MacIntyre on The Unrepentant Video
The Fifth Estate Linden MacIntyre on The Unrepentant Feb 19, 2013 | 7:16Linden MacIntyre reflects on some of Canada's most frightening criminals, featured in this week's the fifth estate, The Unrepentant, including Karla Homolka, Russell Williams, Sebastian Burns & Atif Ahmad Rafay and Melbourne "Lightning" Lee
The Fifth Estate - The UnrepentantFeb 19, 2013 | 0:15The Fifth Estate The Unrepentant Video
The Fifth Estate The Unrepentant Feb 19, 2013 | 0:15Linden MacIntyre stares down some of Canada's most frightening criminals. They are dangerous, disordered personalities whose lack of guilt and shame makes them both fascinating and horrifying.
The Fifth Estate - CrossfireFeb 8, 2013 | 44:44The Fifth Estate Crossfire VideoClosed Captions available
The Fifth Estate Crossfire Feb 8, 2013 | 44:44The furious fight over guns in America.
The Fifth Estate - Crossfire (promo)Feb 5, 2013 | 0:10The Fifth Estate Crossfire (promo) Video
The Fifth Estate Crossfire (promo) Feb 5, 2013 | 0:10The Furious fight over guns in America.
The Fifth Estate - Target bin LadenFeb 1, 2013 | 45:15The Fifth Estate Target bin Laden VideoClosed Captions available
The Fifth Estate Target bin Laden Feb 1, 2013 | 45:15The true story of how the CIA tracked the world's most wanted terrorist.
The Fifth Estate - Barack Obama announces death of Osama bin LadenFeb 1, 2013 | 9:40The Fifth Estate Barack Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden Video
The Fifth Estate Barack Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden Feb 1, 2013 | 9:40On May 2, 2011 at 11:35 p.m. (EST) , from the East Room at the White House, President Barack Obama announced to the world that the United States had killed Osama bin Laden.
Video - Target bin Laden (promo)Jan 30, 2013 | 0:56Video Target bin Laden (promo) Video
Video Target bin Laden (promo) Jan 30, 2013 | 0:56The true story of how the CIA tracked the world's most wanted terrorist.

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