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Murdoch Mysteries
Forensic sleuthing in the age of invention.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Murdoch Mysteries actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Murdoch Mysteries reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
20 seasons · 330 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20047 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200813 episodes
7.3IMDbThe Catholic detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) solves his cases in Protestant Toronto at the turn of the century in a highly unconventional way for his time: with the help of fingerprints, blood samples, precise analysis and searches for clues at the crime scene, he always succeeds in convicting the guilty party or parties, sometimes much to the astonishment of his superiors. With the help of his subordinate Constable George Crabtree (Jonny Harris) and the forensic pathologist Julia Ogden (Hélène Joy), Murdoch achieves successes that ultimately even convince Inspector Brackenreid (Thomas Craig) of his abilities.
Best episode · S01E13 Annoying Red Planet

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200913 episodes
7.2IMDbWilliam Murdoch has to deal with high-profile criminals and solves the mysterious cases in his usual manner in his own special way. Murdoch meets some of the most famous and notorious personalities of the time, from Buffalo Bill Cody to Jack the Ripper.
Best episode · S02E08 I, Murdoch

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201013 episodes
7.2IMDbFrom Bristol in England to Chinatown in Toronto - in the third season, progressive criminologist William Murdoch is drawn to the most adventurous mysteries everywhere. Tigers escape, axes are used to murder, paintings are forged, an execution is botched. In order to keep a cool head in the chaos of the late 19th century,
Best episode · S03E02 The Great Wall

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201113 episodes
7.7IMDbMurdoch and his team have their hands full again in the fourth season. They have to investigate a variety of mysterious cases, including the discovery of dismembered body parts in a concrete block, the murder of two soldiers in a barracks, a break-in at a police station and the murder of a married couple and their maid.
Best episode · S04E06 Dead End Street

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201213 episodes
7.3IMDbDetective Murdoch must tread carefully when he pursues a Catholic suspect in the murder of an Alderman, killed during the attempted assassination of the city's Protestant Mayor.
Best episode · S05E09 Invention Convention

Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
201313 episodes
7.7IMDbAfter a veteran of a brutal North African battle is slain by a sword, Detective Murdoch's prime suspect is the victim's fellow soldier, who is none other than Winston Churchill.
Best episode · S06E03 Murdoch on the Corner

Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
201318 episodes
7.6IMDbDetective Murdoch investigates the sudden death of bicycle racer Joe Fenton. Murdoch was himself a participant in the race trying out his newfangled gear shifting device but Fenton was the favorite having won several recent races. Fenton's manager, Chippy Blackburn, was seen giving him a potion and they suspect he may be may be fixing races. Dr. Grace however is having considerable difficulty finding a cause of death and with Dr. Ogden's assistance performs her first brain bisection. It leads her to believe he suffered a cerebral aneurysm leading to a brain hemorrhage. The discovery of an injection mark in Fenton's right arm leads to a different conclusion however. Meanwhile, Julia prepares to sell Darcy Garland's house but finds that his younger brother Leslie living is living there.
Best episode · S07E11 Journey to the Centre of Toronto

Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
201418 episodes
7.2IMDbDet. Murdoch investigates the murder of Richard Dawkins who was beaten to death at the dinner table by two masked men just as he was about to make an important announcement to his business associates. Since nothing was stolen Murdoch's new boss, Inspector Hamish Slorach, calls the killing an assassination. Dawkins was rumored to be selling his chandlery business. The harbor master says Dawkins was anything but a saint and the police should look to the seedier side for a solution to his death. Const. Jackson is badly beaten by two thugs which seems to confirm Murdoch's suspicion that the men who beat Inspector Brackenreid are the same ones who killed Dawkins. When they find a dead woman on the shore, Dr. Grace determines she was clubbed to death the night before the attack on Dawkins and was manacled before she died. Meanwhile, suffragettes recruit Julia to their movement and she is joined by Emily Grace.
Best episode · S08E06 The Murdoch Appreciation Society

Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
201518 episodes
7.5IMDbWhile investigating the murder of a rich benefactor and the theft of children's presents at a Christmas charity pageant, Murdoch discovers suggestions that a Christmas monster, a Krampus, may be involved.
Best episode · S09E16 Bl**dy H*ll

Season 10 · Complete
Season 10
201618 episodes
7.7IMDbSeason ten kicks off in grand style with a two-part mystery set in the world of Toronto debutantes, whose coming out is interrupted by the 1904 Great Fire of Toronto. Following the opener, Murdoch and the rest of Station Four find themselves embroiled in cases both fantastical and historical. From a murder involving the Olympic Champion Canadian soccer team, an investigation into a man wrongfully jailed, the introduction of H.P. Lovecraft (the master of the macabre), a wronged woman who goes on a serial killing spree, to the death of a prize pooch at a dog show, there is very little rest for Murdoch, Ogden, Brackenreid, Crabtree, James and the rest of Station Four. And as all this goes on, Murdoch tries to deliver on his promise to his wife and build her the home of her dreams. Or is it his nightmare? No matter what changes the future holds, Murdoch and the team will be there to solve each fresh mystery with tenacity and ingenuity.
Best episode · S10E11 A Murdog Mystery

Season 11 · Complete
Season 11
201718 episodes
7.7IMDbDetective Murdoch and Dr. Ogden travel to Vancouver Island to visit Murdoch's brother, RCMP officer Jasper Linney. There, they investigate a murder connected to an archaeologist who has uncovered an ancient Indigenous settlement, leading to encounters with the Songhees and Haida nations. Meanwhile, the Brackenreids are offered an investment opportunity that may not be all it seems, and Crabtree and Higgins plan a ski holiday with their sweethearts Nina Bloom and Ruth Newsome that may be more dangerous than expected.
Best episode · S11E07 The Accident

Season 12 · Complete
Season 12
201818 episodes
7.7IMDbAfter a telephone call reports a body has been discovered, as well as reports of gunshots have been reported, Murdoch and Crabtree find an unlikely suspect cowering near the body. Murdoch suspects the true killer is still out there.
Best episode · S12E04 Murdoch Without Borders

Season 13 · Complete
Season 13
201918 episodes
6.9IMDbDet. Murdoch and Dr. Ogden investigate a series of suspicious deaths in Kingston Penitentiary, while Inspector Brackenreid deals with a telephone operator strike with his daughter involved.
Best episode · S13E09 The Killing Dose

Season 14 · Complete
Season 14
202111 episodes
7.2IMDbWhile the Murdochs investigate a series of murders at a country inn while on vacation, Crabtree and Higgins investigate a beheaded accountant in a community garden.
Best episode · S14E01 Murdoch and the Tramp

Season 15 · Complete
Season 15
202124 episodes
6.8IMDbWilliam Murdoch goes to Montreal, following Harry's trail, unaware that he is being followed. Watts is called to a property in front of which a Japanese couple have lit a fire so that the spirit of their deceased daughter may rest in peace. According to them, the man who lives in the house is responsible for their daughter's death. In accordance with their religion, they have burned their daughter's body, which complicates the investigation.
Best episode · S15E03 Manhunt

Season 16 · Complete
Season 16
202224 episodes
7.2IMDbJulia Ogden is invited to dinner at the warden's, only to have a murder take place instead of dessert. Murdoch investigates the murder of Mrs. Hart's friend's fraternity brother.
Best episode · S16E04 Promising Young Ladies

Season 17 · Complete
Season 17
202324 episodes
6.1IMDbFour wishes that are fulfilled, but the fulfillment of wishes does not always bring a person to a good state. The results of the wishes of Julia Ogden and William Murdoch and Sergeant Brackenreid and Dr. Hart

Season 18 · Complete
Season 18
202422 episodes
8.9IMDbMurdoch, finding his home too quiet and empty, moves into a rooming house where a quirky fellow tenant insists that the detective help investigate an apparent murder in the building.

Season 19 · Complete
Season 19
202521 episodes
9.9IMDb- Poster unavailableSeason 20
Season 20 · Upcoming
Season 20
20261 episode
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S11E07
The Accident
Murdoch investigates a car accident and uncovers sinister motives.

S05E09
Invention Convention
After a ruthless inventor is killed at a convention, Murdoch's investigation is assisted by his idol, Alexander Graham Bell.

S11E01
Up From Ashes
A jailed Murdoch must prove his innocence amid police and government corruption after the constables are ambushed, Ogden is kidnapped, and Brackenreid goes missing.

S09E16
Bl**dy H*ll
Murdoch and Brackenreid unwittingly put their careers at risk when they investigate high-level police corruption.

S01E13
Annoying Red Planet
By all appearances, Martians are responsible for the hanging death of Rouge Valley landowner Henri Gaston, a Martian-obsessed loner with a shop full of telescopes, charts and journals.
- Directed by Shawn Thompson

S07E11
Journey to the Centre of Toronto
Crabtree insists that a string of robberies is caused by a species of mole people.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Maureen Jennings
Showrunner

Christina Jennings
Executive producer
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Claire Hookway
Executive producer
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Cal Coons
Executive producer
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Noel Hedges
Executive producer
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Samantha McMillon
Executive producer

Scott Garvie
Executive producer
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Mary Pedersen
Writer
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Naben Ruthnum
Writer
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Paul Aitken
Writer
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Graham Clegg
Writer
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Philip Bedard
Writer
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Noelle Girard
Writer
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Robert Rotenberg
Writer
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Andrea Scott
Writer
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Michelle Ricci
Writer
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Saleema Nawaz
Writer
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Mary Rogal-Black
Writer
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Janet McLean
Writer

Jason Sherman
Writer
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Simom McNabb
Writer
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Peter Mitchell
Writer

Alexandra Zarowny
Writer
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Nisha Khan
Writer
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Dan Trotta
Writer
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R.B. Carney
Writer
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Lori Spring
Writer

Laura Phillips
Writer
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Peter Mitchell
Writer
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Larry Lalonde
Writer
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Simon McNabb
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Stephen MontgomeryProducer
- Christina JenningsExecutive Producer
- Claire HookwayExecutive Producer
- Cal CoonsExecutive Producer
- Noel HedgesExecutive Producer
- Samantha McMillonExecutive Producer
Writing
- Mary PedersenWriter
- Naben RuthnumWriter
- Paul AitkenWriter
- Graham CleggWriter
- Philip BedardWriter
- Noelle GirardWriter
Direction
- Shawn ThompsonDirector
- Warren P. SonodaDirector
- Harvey CrosslandDirector
- Cal CoonsDirector
- Laurie LyndDirector
- Mars HorodyskiDirector
Cinematography
- Yuri YakubiwDirector of Photography
Music
- Robert CarliOriginal Music Composer
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