In 2001, there are a series of murders of homeless people in Toronto. The latest killing is of a gentle man, well known in the area by residents who nicknamed him Santa Claus.

A cunning arsonist stays one step ahead of the police and terrifies a small farming community until behavioral profiling help detectives zero in on a very unlikely suspect.

In 1998, in a normally peaceful suburb, a pervert on a bicycle appears, performing sexual acts on himself and then attacking teenage girls. For reasons apparent to the residents, they nickname him after the Scottish Loch Ness monster.