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The Best Episodes of Murder by the Sea Season 5

Every episode of Murder by the Sea Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Murder by the Sea Season 5!

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Presented by journalist and true crime author Geoffrey Wansell, Murder by the Sea examines strange murders recorded at famous seaside resorts in the United Kingdom.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Murder by the Sea Season 5 Episode 4 - Massacre at Red Gables Hotel
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    S5:E4

    Former military commander Neil Rutherford unleashes terror on the unsuspecting guests of a remote Welsh seaside hotel in 1976, before turning the gun on himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Murder by the Sea Season 5 Episode 1 - The Hotelier and the Hitman
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E1

    An arrogant Bournemouth hotelier called Peter Taylor gets away with murdering his wife in 1982; but when he conspires to kill his son-in-law nine years later, his luck runs out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Murder by the Sea Season 5 Episode 2 - Brides in the Bath
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E2

    George Smith, an Edwardian man who married a string of women, only to drown them in a bath and steal their money, was eventually caught and hanged in 1915.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Murder by the Sea Season 5 Episode 3 - Roderick and Mark Newall - Jersey
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E3

    In 1987, two brothers from a well-to-do family killed their parents in such brutal fashion that it still haunts the people of Jersey to this day.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Murder by the Sea Season 5 Episode 5 - Robert Dixon - Little Ross
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E5

    The discovery of the body of a lighthouse keeper on the Scottish island of Little Ross in 1960 prompts a massive man hunt for his killer, assistant lighthouse keeper Robert Dickson.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Murder by the Sea Season 5 Episode 6 - Robert and Sonny Mone - Dundee
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E6

    For Dundees most infamous father-son pair, killing was a competition, and between them murdered seven innocent people from 1967 to 1979.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Murder by the Sea Season 5 Episode 7 - Hassan Shatanawi
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E7

    Having brutally murdered his wife in 1993, Hassan Shatanawi thought he had effectively made her vanish from the face of the earth but he made one crucial oversight.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Murder by the Sea Season 5 Episode 8 - The Seaside Lady Macbeth
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E8

    A scandalous love triangle between a beautiful socialite Alma Rattenbury, her young gardener George Stoner and estranged husband Francis cast a shadow of disrepute and death over 1930s Bournemouth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Murder by the Sea Season 5 Episode 9 - The Last Taxi Rider
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E9

    Port Talbot taxi driver Linda Thomas made a fatal journey one night in 1973, when she picked up a homicidal homeless drifter called Trevor Howell.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Murder by the Sea Season 5 Episode 10 - The Mystery of the Man in the Woods
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E10

    A young man, Tyrone France, becomes embroiled in Newport's drugs underworld, meeting a disastrous end in a remote forest clearing in 1996.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Massacre at Red Gables Hotel" is the best rated episode of "Murder by the Sea" season 5. It scored 8.5/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/29/2020. This episode is rated 8.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Hotelier and the Hitman".