Santa Claus: The Serial Killer

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Mobeen Azhar investigates the story behind the murders of eight men in Toronto, Canada.

A shopping mall Santa targeted and terrorised Toronto's gay village - murdering eight men in a seven-year killing spree. Why wasn't he stopped sooner? Mobeen Azhar investigates.

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Mobeen Azhar

Jeremy Lee

Harry Harris

Jonathan Low

Ben Crichton

Santa Claus: The Serial Killer: Series 1: Missing from the Village

Missing from the Village

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Mobeen Azhar arrives in Toronto to investigate the story behind men who went missing.

Journalist Mobeen Azhar arrives in Toronto to investigate the story behind men who mysteriously went missing from the city’s gay village.

Journalist Mobeen Azhar travels to Canada to investigate the mysterious cases of men who went missing from Toronto’s gay village. 

It was the summer of 2017, just one day after Toronto’s annual Pride parade, and a dark shadow fell over the city’s gay area. As the street parties faded away, one man had vanished. His name was Andrew Kinsman. 

Mobeen looks into what happened and finds that Andrew was a popular guy in the area who was known to keep a regular schedule. Andrew’s friends organised search parties, but it gradually became clear his face was not the only one on missing person posters across the village. There was another man. 

Mobeen meets the detective who led the police’s hunt for answers. They initially struggled for leads, but finally they had an unlikely breakthrough. A clue left by Andrew himself. When the suspect gets exposed, it sends shockwaves through the tight-knit community.

Santa Claus: The Serial Killer: Series 1

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Award-winning journalist Mobeen Azhar investigates the story behind the murders of eight men in Toronto, Canada.

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