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- 2008– 44mTV-PG7.7 (309)TV EpisodeDirectorHarvey CrosslandStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyDetective Murdoch investigates a series of robberies where the thieves have dug through the the ground and into various shops or banks. The thieves only steal diamonds however. Murdoch suspects the thief is using some type of boring device and that he and Julia may have actually felt it burrowing under the ground the night of the first robbery. Constable Crabtree develops his own theories after interviewing Elva Gordon, a deep cave explorer who believes the Earth is hollow and that there might be an entire world of people living underground. Crabtree now believes "mole people" may be at work. That theory doesn't impress Murdoch who decides to use modern technology to track the boring machine.Like Jules Verne Stories
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigWhen a famous Rembrandt nude is stolen while it is in transit on a moving elevator, Murdoch, who was present during the theft, finds himself asking how, not who.
- DirectorSudz SutherlandStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyAfter testifying at Mary Thompson's trial for murdering her husband Percival that the woman is criminally insane and should be committed to an asylum, Julia Ogden receives an anonymous postcard saying she has condemned an innocent woman. Julia and Detective Murdoch re-examine the case and find an anomaly in the time-line but the Crown Attorney isn't interested as he's convinced the woman is guilty. Further investigation reveals that Percival Thompson's business partner, Alexander Wainwright, automatically assumed 100% of their business upon Thompson's death - an agreement they signed just one week before the murder. Wainwright promptly vanishes. With the assistance of the indefatigable Mrs. Brackenreid, who has clearly taken charge, Julia is in the final preparations for her wedding. She and William make it to the altar on the big day but midway through the ceremony they realize they overlooked something very important in the Thompson case.
- DirectorDon McCutcheonStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyDuring a hunt for a killer who collects macabre trophies, Murdoch becomes a target. Meanwhile, Crabtree discovers the recently returned formerly presumed dead husband of his love is an abusive brute.
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyAfter a series of seemingly random murders, Murdoch rigs a film camera with a timer on a downtown street corner in order to capture the killer.
- DirectorAlison ReidStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigMurdoch investigates a car accident and uncovers sinister motives.very emotional
- DirectorLeslie HopeStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigTheodore Roosevelt sneaks into Canada for a hunting trip.
- DirectorGary HarveyStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigAt the wedding of Henry Higgins and Ruth Newsome on the Newsome estate, random murder attempts on Higgens are just the beginning of the machinations happening there.
- DirectorFarhad MannStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigMurdoch faces a serial killer-could he be Jack the Ripper?
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigA Robin Hood-like bank robber with a flair for style kisses pretty female bank employees before donating the money to a local orphanage.
- DirectorDon McCutcheonStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigJonny HarrisWhen Detective Murdoch investigates a series of deaths linked to an exhibition of Egyptian antiquities, Constable Crabtree is convinced a mummy's curse is to blame.
- DirectorLaurie LyndStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigA series of murdered women whose bodies are electroplated and displayed in public as nude sculptures puts Murdoch on the case.
- DirectorGail HarveyStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyAs New Year's Eve and a new century approach, a seemingly unbalanced man who claims to have visited the future in a time machine prevents an accident and murder that he knew were going to happen.
- DirectorGary HarveyStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyMurdoch is summoned by no less than Prime Minister Laurier to head off the launch of an explosive-armed missile set to be fired from Canada to New York City unless a ransom demand of $4 million is met within the next 24 hours.
- DirectorDon McCutcheonStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyWhen a flying machine crashes, killing a man on the ground, Murdoch's investigation uncovers high-level conspiracy and sabotage in the race to achieve the first human-controlled flight.
- DirectorYannick BissonStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyWhen an anonymous madman threatens the citizens of Toronto with a deadly toxic gas, Murdoch must race against the clock to stop him.
- 2008– 44mTV-PG8.1 (398)TV EpisodeDirectorGail HarveyStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyDetective Murdoch and many others attend a special showing of a film that will also include sound. The man behind the scheme is James Pendrick and his main competitor, Thomas Edison, is also present for the showing. The film includes a scene where a shot is fired but when the lights come up, one of the patrons, Pendrick's principal investor, has been shot in the head. Thanks to an observation by Dr. Ogden, Murdoch concludes that the shot was intended for Pendrick himself. Pendrick decides to make a film about the cases of Detective Murdoch but in one scene, the actor playing Murdoch is shot by a real bullet. In the original script a character called constable Tom, played by Pendrick, was to be shot again seeming to confirm that Pendrick is the main target. With the investigation ongoing, movie making is proving to be a distraction.first episode I see
- DirectorGail HarveyStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyMurdoch finds his investigation into a nanny's disappearance assisted by the man who considers himself the real Sherlock Holmes.
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyDetective Murdoch investigates the death of Sarah Bosen who apparently threw herself from her hospital room window and breaking her neck in the fall. Sarah was being treated by Julia Ogden for arachnophobia and had been making some progress in overcoming her fears. Murdoch however finds a dead spider in her room. The three remaining members of the treatment group begin to have their doubts about their therapy. Julia's colleague, Dr. Charles Linden, thinks her therapy is a waste of time and as far as he is concerned, Sarah's death proves him correct. He launches a formal complaint to have her research terminated. When her other patients are forced to face their phobias, Murdoch concludes that someone is trying to kill her patients. Meanwhile, Crabtree tries to save his pet spider from Dr. Grace's experiments and Dr. Ogden helps Murdoch overcome his own irrational fear.
- DirectorCal CoonsEleanore LindoStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyInspector Murdoch investigates shooting of vaudeville comedian Bert Grady who is found dead on the street, shot three times in the chest. Grady had just finished his performance at the Bradley theatre, with Constables Crabtree and Higgins in the audience. The shooting looks like - or was made to look like - a robbery. He was not well-liked by others in the show, including a young juggler by the name of W.C. Fields and Ed Ward, Grady's one time comedic partner who is now far less popular on his own. The police find Grady's hotel room ransacked and suspect someone may have been out to steal his jokes. Would-be comedians Crabtree and Higgins join the show undercover and quickly identify Grady's mistress, Eleanor Moffat, wife of the show's manager, Lewis Moffat who became aware of their affair a week ago. A buried body gives them the clue to solving the crime.
- 2008– 45mTV-PG7.9 (322)TV EpisodeDirectorHarvey CrosslandStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyWhile investigating a mysterious death in Markham, Det. Murdoch discovers a hidden ornate and booby-trapped laden building that could contain the Holy Grail.
- DirectorPeter MitchellStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyGeorge Crabtree investigates a suspicious death in the world of entertainment wrestling.
- DirectorDon McBreartyStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyJulia and her colleagues are going to vote for a female candidate as a gesture for women's suffrage; meanwhile, Murdoch investigates the death of a man who may be one of Terrence Meyer's minions.
- DirectorDon McBreartyStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyA bad thing happens to a young opium smoker.
- DirectorEleanore LindoStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyA baffling bank heist risks Murdoch's reputation.
- DirectorJill CarterStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyA young girl raised in the wild is the prime suspect in a murder case. Julia tries to locate their child's real parents.
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyMurdoch investigates the death of an elderly groom; Crabtree meets Lucy Maud Montgomery at a writing class.
- DirectorLaurie LyndStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigA recording device made by Alexander Graham Bell assists in the investigation of a murder at a dinner honoring Helen Keller.
- DirectorEleanore LindoStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigAfter obituaries are published in advance of two men's deaths, Murdoch discovers more intended victims, including Detective Watts.
- DirectorPeter MitchellStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigAn avenging angel strikes down a Russian Chess player. A Polish emblem is found on the dead man. Crabtree goes under cover as a chess player but his moves are actually being orchestrated by another. They are not the only ones playing deviously as the Russians and Poles compete outside the tournament.
- DirectorAlison ReidStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigWhen a French diplomat to a secret international meeting to create the Triple Entente is found dead, Murdoch is drafted to temporarily impersonate him.
- DirectorLeslie HopeStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigMurdoch helps a detective recover a ship loaded with antiques. Brackenreid considers leaving.
- 2008– 44mTV-PG8.1 (253)TV EpisodeDirectorMina ShumStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigMurdoch enlists inventor Nikola Tesla to help with the murder investigation of a man experimenting with invisibility.
- DirectorSherren LeeStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigMurdoch investigates the bizarre murder of a young woman who disappeared a decade earlier yet somehow hasn't aged a day.
- DirectorSherren LeeStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigWhile moonlighting as a cab driver, Higgins finds a dead passenger in the backseat.
- DirectorPaul FoxStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigA geologist turned paleontologist has found a rare femur from an Albertosaurus, but when he unveils it, a mummified body is found in the mouth of another dinosaur skeleton.
- DirectorCraig WallaceStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigA body is found during a fox hunt - Murdoch and Brackenreid suspect a group opposed to fox hunting maybe responsible.
- DirectorHarvey CrosslandStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyMurdoch and Brackenreid unwittingly put their careers at risk when they investigate high-level police corruption.
- DirectorHarvey CrosslandStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyJonny HarrisMurdoch suspects a connection between dead men found with lipstick smudges on their faces and constable Crabtree's burlesque dancer sweetheart.
- DirectorEleanore LindoStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyJonny HarrisMurdoch and Crabtree pretend a murdered witness is still alive in order to catch a killer
- DirectorEleanore LindoStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyDuring a women's fashion show for undergarments, a model is found dead.
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigGeorgina ReillyAn obnoxious but brilliant inventor who is thoroughly disliked by his colleagues wins First Prize at an 'invention convention' but is shot in the forehead by an unknown killer as he accepts the award.
- DirectorHarvey CrosslandStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyThe suspicious death of a land surveyor just outside Murdoch's station house sends him and Crabtree to rural Northern Ontario to investigate both the crime and his mysterious dying words.
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyDetective Murdoch investigates the apparent murder of an inventor who is found sitting in a chair he invented. That chair was meant to provide a mild electrical current as a rejuvenation technique but Dr. Grace is certain that he was in fact electrocuted. He had a young woman with him the night he died but the investigation leads him to inventor Thomas Edison and the main suspect - his son Thomas Edison Jr. Meanwhile, the mayor tells Inspector Brackenreid to speak to Murdoch about Julia's plans to run in the upcoming election - fully expecting he will exercise his authority as her husband. Murdoch makes it clear to everyone that he has no intention of interfering and will support Julia in her campaign.
- DirectorYannick BissonStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyLegendary U.S. lawman Bat Masterson is in Toronto and claims to have seen the equally legendary Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Masterson is now a newspaperman and he's already filed a story about the sighting with his New York paper. Murdoch is doubtful about the whole thing and is under the impression that Butch and Sundance had fled to Argentina the previous year. Brackenreid is keen however - and just a bit starstruck - and they set off to find the two men Masterson says he saw. After the Bank of Toronto is robbed - and that quickly followed by a train robbery - Masterson's claims appear confirmed. Masterson himself thinks otherwise and comes clean. Meanwhile, Julia and William's wedding day is fast approaching but they have yet to select just where they will be married. Julia has an idea however. The men of Station 4 plan Murdoch's bachelor party.
- DirectorMichael McGowanStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyWith Murdoch away, Constable Crabtree finds himself investigating the apparent death by poisoning of a visiting Chinese official who was in Toronto seeking men who had participated in the Boxer Rebellion. Their immediate suspect is Wu Chang but as Crabtree gets to know the young man, he is increasingly convinced of his innocence. It turns out it's not Boxers they're after. Murdoch and Julia Ogden meanwhile are trying to find their nemesis, James Gillies. Things take a strange twist when the Cobourg police inform them they may have found Gillies' remains. Ballistics settles the issue but one question remains: who wrote the threatening letters. Murdoch settles that mystery as well.
- DirectorSudz SutherlandStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyDuring their honeymoon in New York, Murdoch and Ogden uncover a deadly conspiracy threatening U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt, while Brackenreid and Dr. Grace investigate a murder by motorcar back in Toronto.
- DirectorPeter MitchellStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyDetective Murdoch and his colleagues face an entirely new dilemma when they find a local industrialist, Richard Welch, tied down at the top of a telephone pole with a noise-activated bomb strapped to his chest. Mayor Clarkson orders all industries in the area shut down and the police do their best to keep the noise pollution to a minimum. Under pressure, the mayor eventually relents and work resumes, but not until after the bomb is detonated by a loud car horn. The next victim turns out to be the mayor himself and Murdoch has only 3 hours to find the culprit and deactivate the device. Meanwhile, Julia is increasingly frustrated as Murdoch has yet to ask her the big question.
- DirectorDon McCutcheonStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyDetective Murdoch investigates the death of Peter Farrelly who had a loud altercation with someone the night before his body was found. Dr. Grace determines he was beaten to death. She also found chloral hydrate in his system - a bottle of which they found in the victim's luggage. They believe both the victim and his killer are from Newfoundland and so Murdoch and Crabtree head off to St. John's in the hopes of finding the suspected killer Ezekiel Farrelly. Crabtree was actually raised in St. John's by several aunts who, it turns out, have an interesting occupation. The solution to murder lies with finding an old pirate treasure map.
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyDetective Murdoch investigates the death of Katie Buchanan who is found dead at the beach, on a hot summer's day, by her friend Elaine Lawson. Both were entrants in a beauty pageant known as the Miss Purity competition, to select the new face of Alexander soap. Dr. Ogden, who is spending her day off at the beach finds what appears to be a large animal bite on the woman's torso. Katie's boyfriend, James Bennett, had recently left her for another competitor, Marie Nicholson and becomes the prime suspect. Inspector Brackenreid however is certain he saw a monster in Lake Ontario and Murdoch is skeptical until he too sees a creature in the water. Constable Crabtree is dismissive of any suggestion that there might be a monster in the water and pursues a more realistic line of inquiry.
- DirectorGail HarveyStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigJonny HarrisTwo hockey teammates have a locker room altercation, and one of them is injured with a head wound. He does not go with his teammates for a post-practice drink and is later found dead in the locker room from a second blow to the head.
- 2008– 48mTV-PG8.1 (332)TV EpisodeDirectorHarvey CrosslandStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigGeorgina ReillyDetective Murdoch suspects the ambitious inventor of an electric vehicle murdered an associate who stood in the way of his plans to compete with Henry Ford.
- DirectorJohn L'EcuyerStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigDet. Murdoch and Const. Crabtree investigate when a body is uncovered by workmen. The remains are quite old and date from perhaps the mid-1860s. Dr. Ogden's review of the remains indicate that he might have been murdered. Among the remains is a gin flask with a note secreted in a false bottom. The note is signed by none other than the man who would later become Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. MacDonald. The dead man is soon identified and Murdoch's old nemesis from Ottawa, spook Terence Meyers, is on the scene as well. A surprise visitor to the station gives them vital information about the theft of $1 million in gold and a connection to the U.S. Civil War.
- DirectorLaurie LyndStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigMurdock comes across a made-to-scale diorama of a cul-de-sac Toronto street replete with miniature residents and discovers evidence that at murder took place there.
- DirectorJohn L'EcuyerStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigA flamboyant Parisian detective arrives in Toronto and insinuates himself into the disappearance of a French woman visiting her married sister.
- DirectorHarvey CrosslandStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigTragedy strikes close to home when Brackenreid's son Bobby suddenly disappears while playing with a friend on a sunny afternoon in bustling Allen Gardens.
- DirectorKelly MakinStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigSix men who participated in hunting trip are being killed by an animal who tears their throats out like a wolf.
- DirectorLaurie LyndStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigA university professor from England is shot in the head through his window either looking at a comet or being a voyeur with a beautiful coed.
- DirectorJohn L'EcuyerStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigAfter a research physician of brain abnormalities is murdered with a crossbow, Murdoch traces the hooded killer to the patients of his institute.
- DirectorHarvey CrosslandStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigMurdoch investigates an explosion at a suffrage rally attended by Dr. Talbot (Claire Goose) and Julia, after a man dies.
- DirectorFarhad MannStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigThere is disagreement whether Toronto should continue with Edison's DC system or Nikola Tesla's AC system, differences that seemingly result in murder.
- DirectorFarhad MannStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigA youthful Harry Houdini becomes the chief suspect when the bank adjoining his theater is robbed, but he ultimately helps Murdoch find the culprit.
- DirectorLaurie LyndStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigA young boy witnesses what sounds like a robot and men with guns near the creek where he was fishing, but no one at the precinct quite believes him.
- DirectorEleanore LindoStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyA series of violent drowning deaths of university-educated unmarried career women leads Murdoch to suspect sexist and racist motives.
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyMurdoch strives to apprehend a lecherous costumed criminal known as....The Lurker! Then The Lurker's amorous encounters have escalated to murder!
- DirectorRenuka JeyapalanStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyJonny HarrisA man claims to be a child who was kidnapped 20 years ago.
- DirectorPeter MitchellStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyMurdoch's investigation into the death of a roller-skating champion takes him into the world of an aggressive and ruthless sporting competition. Rebecca James competes in a roller-skating race, but her competitors have an unknown advantage.
- DirectorLeslie HopeStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigAfter the judge of a cooking contest is poisoned, Murdoch realizes other competitors also tasted the tainted ingredient - including Crabtree and Margaret Brackenreid.
- DirectorCraig WallaceStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigAfter 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.
- DirectorSherren LeeStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigMurdoch's distressing childhood memories are evoked while investigating the death of an orphan under the care of the same Jesuit priest who taught him.
- DirectorShamim SarifStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigDet. 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.
- DirectorYannick BissonStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigA death at an investment event leads Crabtree to the father he never knew. And Murdoch to suspect he may be culpable.
- DirectorHarvey CrosslandStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyMurdoch goes undercover to solve a murder. Crabtree tries to sample his first banana split.
- DirectorSherren LeeStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigMurdoch investigates a murder surrounding vaudeville entertainers Harry and Al Jolson. Detective Watts learns more about his own family history.
- DirectorDawn WilkinsonStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyOn his deathbed, Jeffrey Roundhill confesses to having killed his wife Evelyn some 8 years before and tells Murdoch where to find her remains. Dr. Grace confirms the identity of the skeleton as that of Mrs. Roundhill but the manner in which she died doesn't match Roundhill's statement. Further investigation reveals that Roundhill was actually in Winnipeg on the day his wife disappeared. Julia recalls a case, that of Amelia Thompson, who was killed just as Roundhill describes. At the time, Murdoch was convinced that her husband was responsible for his wife's death. Could the two men have killed each other's spouse? Meanwhile, George Crabtree hasn't seen much of Emily lately and takes Leslie Garland to task for interfering in their relationship.
- DirectorLaurie LyndStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyAs the local temperance movement's crusade for local prohibition gains momentum, an opposing politician is found dead after an incident at a drinking establishment.
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyAs Murdoch investigates the strange death of a footballer, Brackenreid gets caught up in the team's run to the Olympics.