18 years of catching killers: Hank Idsinga Pt. 1

2026-06-27

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Serial killers, child victims, sleepless nights, near death experiences. This is what working in homicide actually looks like. Hank Idsinga spent 34 years with the Toronto Police Service, 18 of them in Homicide, before retiring as one of Canada's most experienced and decorated investigators. In this episode of I Catch Killers, Hank and Gary, two former homicide detectives with a combined seven decades experience, share the reality of what this work demands. Hank revisits the cases that defined his career, including serial gang...

Serial killers, child victims, sleepless nights, near death experiences. This is what working in homicide actually looks like.

Hank Idsinga spent 34 years with the Toronto Police Service, 18 of them in Homicide, before retiring as one of Canada's most experienced and decorated investigators.

In this episode of I Catch Killers, Hank and Gary, two former homicide detectives with a combined seven decades experience, share the reality of what this work demands. Hank revisits the cases that defined his career, including serial gang murderer Mark Moore, the heartbreaking case of a seven-year-old Katelynn Sampson whose story sparked a national conversation about child protection failures, and Bruce Macarthur, one of Canada's most notorious serial killers.

Hank is also the author of The High Road, a behind-the-scenes account of his career inside the Toronto Police Service.

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