Max Haines is a syndicated crime columnist.

Haines was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

. At a young age he attended St George's College, Weybridge

St George's College, Weybridge

St George's College, Weybridge is an independent mixed Roman Catholic co-educational day school in Surrey, England. It had historically been an all-boys' boarding school. The first girls entered the 6th Form in the 1960s and the school decided to take girls at age 11 in 1998...

. He began researching murders from around the world, past and present as a hobby. His "Crime Flashbacks" column made its debut in the Toronto Sun

Toronto Sun

The Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl feature and for what it sees as a populist conservative editorial stance.-History:...

in 1972. His first column was about Lizzie Borden.
Since then, he has researched over 2,000 crimes. Today "Crime Flashbacks" is syndicated across Canada and in several Latin and South American countries. Readership is over 3 million per week. He resides in Toronto, Ontario with his wife Marilyn. He began selling individual stories to the Sunday Sun, and he eventually joined their team, appearing in the paper every week.