Deadly Rumours | 06

Crime Beat

Curiouscast

True Crime, News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In the spring of 2006 Calgary Police received an ominous call from someone worried a woman was being held captive in a downtown rooming house. Officers responded but found nothing suspicious. But over the next few days there were other similar reports made to police alleging disturbing violence and a possible murder. Follow along as Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares details of Deadly Rumours. Contact: Instagram: @nancy.hixt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Nancy. Before we begin today, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Crime Beat early and ad free on Amazon music included with Prime.
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0:17.9	She met a new friend and puff. she's gone. An ordinary play date.
0:22.1	The missing child is Lucia Blix, nine years old.
0:24.9	Is about to become every parent's nightmare.
0:27.9	The people who took Lucia plund it meticulously.
0:31.5	She's hiding something.
0:32.7	I know it.
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0:45.0	If you're a long-time listener, you know most of the stories I cover share a common starting point.
0:52.6	Something suspicious happens, someone contacts the police,
0:56.0	and an investigation begins.
0:58.0	In the majority of cases,
1:00.0	a crime is confirmed to have taken place,
1:03.0	and there's a victim.
1:04.0	But what happens when police don't have either of those things?
1:09.0	It could be something, a delusion, it could be just rumors.
1:13.6	It was just really hard to tell.
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