Wednesday October 25, 2006
LUCK OF THE DRAW
It's a gamble that most of us have taken at one point or another: bought a ticket at a corner store and hoped that when those little white balls stop spinning we will be the newest lottery winner. Most of us remain disappointed in the results. But what if you did win the lottery? And what if you never found out? A
fifth estate investigation has uncovered new statistics about how often clerks or retailers are winning. A prominent statistician talks about the chances of this happening as often as it does. The results may astonish you.
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Wednesday October 18, 2006
AVENGING ANGEL
To his family and friends in Cape Breton, Stephen Marshall was a quiet, sweet-natured young man. But, on the Easter weekend of 2006, his family, his community, the country was stunned by the news that Stephen Marshall had gunned down two men whose names he'd found in a Maine sex offender registry on the internet and then killed himself. The quiet, young man from Cape Breton joined a growing list of killers whose crimes are swift, brutal, incomprehensible. The survivors are left asking why. Linden MacIntyre and
the fifth estate went in search of an answer.
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Wednesday October 11, 2006
CRIME PAYS
Some people have found that not only does crime pay in this country, but it can also be an extremely lucrative career choice. Bob McKeown looks at five individuals linked by their prosperous careers on the wrong side of the law. Find out about "Mr. Big" who runs a drug smuggling enterprise from the Halifax port. Who is the "Teflon Don" of Canada's organized crime families? Who is British Columbia's "Mister Clean", believed to be connected to all manner of criminal activity, but never been charged? In their private lives, they indulge themselves in expensive pastimes and toys, and it's great, as long as they can stay one step ahead of the law. It's life in the fast, and felonious lane.
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Wednesday October 4, 2006
LOST IN THE STRUGGLE
For almost a year, three young men who grew up on the rough streets of the Jane and Finch area of Toronto, gave Gillian Findlay and
the fifth estate unprecedented access to the complexities that make up their neighbourhood and their world. For these three friends--Chuckie, Burnz and Freshy--the Jane and Finch area is a tough world to navigate, an even tougher one to escape. It is a story that will resonate in cities across the country.
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