

Forensic sleuthing in the age of invention.


A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.

Episode 1
Murdoch investigates an explosion inside the morgue as a private citizen while he and his fellow officers fight to reopen the station house against Mayor Vaughan's orders.

Episode 2
Inspector Choi is taken hostage in a roadside inn while transporting a criminal back to Toronto. The Crabtrees must make a difficult decision about their future when George gets a job offer.

Episode 3
A contestant is murdered during the "Toronto's Smartest Man" battle of the wits, leading Murdoch to join the contest to see if he can puzzle out who the killer might be.

Episode 4
Constable Roberts investigates the death of an old friend in his hometown, defying local police who rule it accidental. Murdoch's son Harry moves in, but it's a tight fit in his rooming house.

Episode 5
Murdoch pursues Terrence Meyers who is suspected of murdering two men and committing treason. Watts tracks down a man's neighbour who vanished while making a chocolate treat.

Episode 6
A Japanese scholar is kidnapped and Inspector Choi suspects his estranged brother is involved.

Episode 7
A crime novelist pushes her way into Murdoch's investigation of an attorney murdered at his own retirement party.

Episode 8
Effie enlists Murdoch's help to defend a maid accused of killing the owner of a prominent fashion label, while Violet's neighbourhood safety program proves to be anything but safe.

Episode 9
Murdoch pursues a thief when a diamond tiara is stolen during a special Christmas event, while Margaret Brackenreid tries to convince Anna Pavlova to perform in a charity Nutcracker ballet.

Episode 10
The suspicious death of a cowboy has Murdoch and Brackenreid investigating alongside Annie Oakley at the first "Stampede" in Calgary.

Episode 11
Murdoch investigates a murder connected to classified ads, while Effie helps Louise track down a man who scammed her. The Brackenreids try to hobnob with the Rathnelly gilded class.

Episode 12
Constable Higgins goes undercover in a tow truck company embroiled in a deadly turf war.

Episode 13
Reporter Louise Cherry investigates a suspicious death of a man in a meat processing plant by going undercover as a sausage maker.

Episode 14
A battle of the sexes tennis match is disrupted when the woman playing is injured, and Chief Constable Brackenreid discovers it was deliberate sabotage.
Episode 15
Rupert Newsome is accused of murdering his wife Lucinda, and despite his choice to represent himself in court, Effie tries her best to help.
Episode 16
A string of vicious animal attacks in High Park terrorize the residents of Toronto.
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