The 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible shocked the world. The Fifth Estate’s Mark Kelley investigates how an experimental sub was allowed to take passengers to one of the most unforgiving places in the ocean to explore the Titanic wreck.…
How Did John Connelly Die?
In December 2001, the Connelly family of Ottawa was given the worst possible news that their 22-year-old son John, a third-year university student, was dead. Police told them that their John Connelly had taken his own life by jumping off…
Hockey Fight: Wives Reveal Cost of Concussions
Behind the facade of glamour and wealth, the wives of some retired hockey enforcers are in their own fierce fight. They want the NHL to acknowledge that there’s a link between fights, and head injuries on the ice and long-term…
Is Murder in Your DNA?
In 1987, 18-year-old Tanya van Cuylenborg and her 20-year-old boyfriend Jay Cook left their home in Saanich, B.C., for an overnight trip to Seattle. Their bodies were found a week later. The case remained unsolved for three decades until William…
Dead End: Fatal ATV Crash Investigation Gone Wrong
Two young men were on an ATV at a cottage near Haliburton, Ont., in August 2012 when it crashed into a steel gate, leaving one dead and the other unscathed. What happened that day has become the subject of an…
Interview With a Murderer: Anthony George on the death of Adam Kargus from ‘The Fifth Estate’
In 2013, 29-year-old inmate Adam Kargus left the Eglin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) in a body bag. His death was caught on tape. His killer, his cellmate and EMDC regular Anonthy George. He agreed to an interview with Fifth-Estate co-host Habiba…