This week on the fifth estate Mr. Big Stings : Cops, Criminals and Confessions. It’s one of the most controversial police investigation techniques and it’s homegrown. Illegal in many other countries, including the U.S. the RCMP’s “Mr. Big sting” has recently had serious limits imposed by the Supreme Court of Canada. Cops get murder suspects to confess by posing as a criminal gang, befriending suspects and gaining their trust through odd jobs and payment. Eventually, suspects meet the crime boss,

15K views · 165 reactions | This week on a new Dateline: True Crime Weekly, Andrea Canning has details on a retrial in California, a Texas woman accused of poisoning her fifth husband, and the whole Dateline crew (except Josh, who is busy working on Friday’s season premiere) stop by to preview our event this weekend. Listen now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-woman-allegedly-kills-her-fifth-husband-a/id1745566056?i=1000728378763 | Dateline NBC | Facebook

223K views · 121 shares | This week the fifth estate talks to Jacine Jadresko, one of the most controversial trophy hunters in Canada. Watch 'The Hunter and The Hunted' Friday, February 10, at 9/9:30 NT. | CBC | Facebook

11K views · 461 reactions | Longtime Fifth Estate host Hana Gartner...