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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Murdoch Mysteries Season 11 Episode 7 - The Accident
    9.2/10(585 votes)

    #1 - The Accident

    S11:E7

    Murdoch investigates a car accident and uncovers sinister motives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Murdoch Mysteries Season 4 Episode 6 - Dead End Street
    8.9/10(516 votes)

    #2 - Dead End Street

    S4:E6

    Murdoch makes a surprising discovery at a dolls house fair; in one of the houses the artist has placed a hand firing a gun. This is no ordinary model - it’s a crime scene. Murdoch finds the creator of the streetscape, an autistic 19-year-old, Lydia, who communicates best through model building. No one has reported a murder yet, but using the model’s intricate clues left by Lydia, Murdoch discovers that someone indeed has been killed – but what happened and why? Someone is far from happy by his investigations and things begin to get even more sinister in the neighbourhood.

    Director:Laurie Lynd
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Murdoch Mysteries Season 11 Episode 1 - Up From Ashes
    8.8/10(401 votes)

    #3 - Up From Ashes

    S11:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Murdoch Mysteries Season 5 Episode 13 - Twentieth Century Murdoch
    8.7/10(453 votes)

    #4 - Twentieth Century Murdoch

    S5:E13

    Murdoch investigates the claims of a man who says his time travels to the future provided him with information that allowed him to stop crimes, while the New Year's Eve Policeman's Ball offers exciting personal possibilities for the 20th century.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Murdoch Mysteries Season 9 Episode 16 - Bl**dy H*ll
    8.7/10(348 votes)

    #5 - Bl**dy H*ll

    S9:E16

    Murdoch and Brackenreid unwittingly put their careers at risk when they investigate high-level police corruption.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Murdoch Mysteries Season 3 Episode 1 - The Murdoch Identity
    8.6/10(473 votes)

    #6 - The Murdoch Identity

    S3:E1

    Murdoch finds himself with amnesia and running for his life on the streets of Bristol, England, very far from home, if he knew where his home was. Taking refuge in a pub, he gains the assistance of a vivacious barmaid who helps him reconstruct his memories, escape his pursuers, and foil an assassination plot.

    Director:Laurie Lynd
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Murdoch Mysteries Season 4 Episode 13 - Murdoch in Wonderland
    8.6/10(431 votes)

    #7 - Murdoch in Wonderland

    S4:E13

    When a woman is found murdered at a costume party held in honour of the late Lewis Carroll, all clues point to a man dressed as the Mad Hatter. It seems obvious that this is the killer? This is not welcomed news as this part was played by Murdoch himself. Murdoch becomes the Alice In Wonderland prime murder suspect and it’s up to his team to prove their favourite detective is not the killer – or can we be sure of that?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Murdoch Mysteries Season 5 Episode 11 - Murdoch in Toyland
    8.6/10(420 votes)

    #8 - Murdoch in Toyland

    S5:E11

    Detective Murdoch is taunted by a deranged criminal who leaves talking dolls with macabre personal messages at each crime scene.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Murdoch Mysteries Season 8 Episode 7 - What Lies Buried
    8.6/10(422 votes)

    #9 - What Lies Buried

    S8:E7

    Murdoch's own colleagues are suspects when a police officer's skeleton is discovered in the basement.

    Director:Deborah Chow
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Murdoch Mysteries Season 8 Episode 18 - Artful Detective
    8.6/10(436 votes)

    #10 - Artful Detective

    S8:E18

    During a hunt for a killer who collects macabre trophies, Murdoch becomes a target.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Murdoch Mysteries Season 3 Episode 9 - Love and Human Remains
    8.5/10(446 votes)

    #11 - Love and Human Remains

    S3:E9

    Workers laboring to build a bridge across the Don River make a grisly discovery – entombed in the swamplands bordering the river are the well-preserved bodies of a man and a woman. Called to the scene, Murdoch and Ogden quickly determine that the couple was murdered. When a third body is then discovered, Murdoch has to re-evaluate the nature of the crime.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Murdoch Mysteries Season 9 Episode 1 - Nolo Contendere
    8.5/10(380 votes)

    #12 - Nolo Contendere

    S9:E1

    While Crabtree serves time for the murder of his sweetheart's husband, Murdoch investigates an inmate stabbing that may be connected to the case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Murdoch Mysteries Season 12 Episode 18 - Darkness Before the Dawn (2)
    8.5/10(276 votes)

    #13 - Darkness Before the Dawn (2)

    S12:E18

    Murdoch suspects John is being framed for murder by Inspector McWorthy and Brackenreid goes after the corrupt copper.

    Director:Peter Mitchell
    Writers:Simon McNabb, Noelle Girard

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  14. Murdoch Mysteries Season 15 Episode 11 - The Night Before Christmas
    8.5/10(267 votes)

    #14 - The Night Before Christmas

    S15:E11

    Murdoch and company's Christmas at an idyllic country estate turns potentially deadly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Murdoch Mysteries Season 3 Episode 5 - Me, Myself and Murdoch
    8.4/10(438 votes)

    #15 - Me, Myself and Murdoch

    S3:E5

    A family celebration of Alexander Reynolds' 60th birthday is dampened when he's found with a knife plunged into his chest. Murdoch is called in and soon discovers the victim was universally despised by his kin. Reynolds' family instantly falls under suspicion but the field of suspects narrows considerably when daughter Charlotte Reynolds appears in a blood soaked dress and confesses to killing her father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Murdoch Mysteries Season 6 Episode 4 - A Study in Sherlock
    8.4/10(431 votes)

    #16 - A Study in Sherlock

    S6:E4

    Two bank safe deposit boxes that were being transferred are taken by thieves and the crime is investigated by Detective Murdoch. The getaway driver for the thieves is killed.  While on scene someone claiming to be Sherlock Holmes shows up and provides some helpful information.  Dr. Ogden figures out that he is actually David Kingsley who at one time was treated for mental illness.  "Sherlock Holmes" appears to have the qualities of the fictional character of the same name such as the ability to "read" an individual or a crime scene.

    Director:Don McCutcheon
    Writers:Cal Coons, R.B. Carney, Alexandra Zarowny, Graham Clegg

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  17. Murdoch Mysteries Season 6 Episode 13 - The Murdoch Trap
    8.4/10(420 votes)

    #17 - The Murdoch Trap

    S6:E13

    With his colleague sentenced to hang for murder, Detective Murdoch races to exonerate them and steps into a trap set by the real killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Murdoch Mysteries Season 7 Episode 18 - The Death of Dr. Ogden
    8.4/10(382 votes)

    #18 - The Death of Dr. Ogden

    S7:E18

    Julia discovers a secret about her father upon his death; Brackenreid takes over a murder investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Murdoch Mysteries Season 8 Episode 4 - Holy Matrimony, Murdoch!
    8.4/10(415 votes)

    #19 - Holy Matrimony, Murdoch!

    S8:E4

    As their wedding day approaches, Murdoch and Ogden intervene in the trial of a woman accused of killing her husband.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Murdoch Mysteries Season 9 Episode 9 - Raised on Robbery
    8.4/10(334 votes)

    #20 - Raised on Robbery

    S9:E9

    While applying for a loan to build his dream home for Ogden, Murdoch finds himself in the midst of a bank heist that puts his reputation at risk.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Murdoch Mysteries Season 10 Episode 18 - Hell to Pay
    8.4/10(375 votes)

    #21 - Hell to Pay

    S10:E18

    The team gets caught up in a conspiracy and is in danger when a dancer asks Murdoch for help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Murdoch Mysteries Season 11 Episode 3 - 8 Footsteps
    8.4/10(331 votes)

    #22 - 8 Footsteps

    S11:E3

    A recording device made by Alexander Graham Bell assists in the investigation of a murder at a dinner honoring Helen Keller.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Murdoch Mysteries Season 11 Episode 17 - Shadows are Falling
    8.4/10(302 votes)

    #23 - Shadows are Falling

    S11:E17

    Murdoch and Ogden put aside a personal matter when Nate Desmond is charged with murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Murdoch Mysteries Season 3 Episode 2 - The Great Wall
    8.3/10(411 votes)

    #24 - The Great Wall

    S3:E2

    Murdoch is called to Station House Five when a decorated constable is murdered and the local detective is ill. Murdoch finds that everyone is ready to blame an elderly Chinaman named Fong Choy because of something to do with his granddaughter, but she is nowhere to be found and Fong Choy won't talk.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Murdoch Mysteries Season 3 Episode 13 - The Tesla Effect
    8.3/10(418 votes)

    #25 - The Tesla Effect

    S3:E13

    Murdoch is called upon to investigate an exceedingly strange murder. The deceased was found inside a room locked from within with no other entrance. But there's more to the case than that – the victim appears to have exploded and burned, yet there is no trace of an explosion or fire. Before Murdoch can proceed with his investigation, the case takes a bizarre turn when old friend and world-renowned inventor Nikola Tesla appears, announcing cryptically that he is "too late."

    Director:Steve Wright
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Accident" is the best rated episode of "Murdoch Mysteries". It scored 9.2/10 based on 585 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/13/2017. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dead End Street".