Every season of Murdoch Mysteries ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Murdoch Mysteries!

While the electrocution of a young woman leads Murdoch to a war between rival electricity suppliers, and no less than Nikola Tesla, Crabtree finds himself attracted to a suspect.

Power

When two respected officers of the court are murdered, Brackenreid fears he’s next on the hit list.

Glass Ceiling

Fannie Robinson stands out as the most viable suspect in the death of her husband, boxer Amos Robinson.

The Knockdown

Skeptical Murdoch teams with his hero, Arthur Conan Doyle, to solve a murder that was revealed during a séance.

Elementary, My Dear Murdoch

When it is revealed that a man murdered on his wedding day was homosexual, Murdoch finds himself fighting his own beliefs.

Til Death Do Us Part

When his estranged father’s drunken body is found passed out near a murder scene, Murdoch finds himself questioning his own objectivity.

Let Loose the Dogs

When a skeletal corpse falls to the stage during a performance, Murdoch discovers not only a sinister murder plot, but Brackenreid’s  secret love for the theatre.

Body Double

When a wealthy rowing club member is found murdered, Murdoch investigates Toronto’s rich and powerful – and discovers a hidden side of Dr. Ogden.

Still Waters

Murdoch questions the confession of a mad ventriloquist who claims he killed his alcoholic father.

Belly Speaker

Children are the prime suspects in the murder of a wealthy philanthropist.

Child's Play

A killer disguised as the grim reaper vows to reveal a grisly secret by terrorizing the associates of a medical research institute.

Bad Medicine

While investigating the murder of an Irish girl, Murdoch discovers a plot to kill a visiting British Prince.

The Prince and the Rebel

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.

Annoying Red Planet

When the traveling Buffalo Bill Cody's Western Extravaganza settles in Toronto, murders happen. Inspector Murdoch must investigate the crimes while his boss becomes enamored with Annie Oakley.

Mild, Mild West

An investigator arrives from Scotland Yard who is after the infamous Jack the Ripper. Meanwhile, Murdoch takes dancing lessons so that he can escort Dr. Ogden to a ball.

Snakes and Ladders

When the unveiling of a reconstructed dinosaur skeleton at a gala event reveals the dead body of a young man found in its jaws, Murdoch must enter the world of bone-hunters to find the culprit.

Dinosaur Fever

The young Harry Houdini becomes Murdoch's prime suspect when he investigates a daring robbery-homicide. Meanwhile, Dr. Ogden's sister comes to visit and soon becomes attracted to Murdoch.

Houdini Whodunit

The romance between Inspector Murdoch and Dr. Ogden heats up as Murdoch finds himself investigating the death of a young woman working as a high-class prostitute.

The Green Muse

As they investigate a young woman's death, Murdoch and Dr. Ogden find their relationship threatened when they turn out to be of opposite opinions in the matter of abortion.

Shades of Grey

Detective Murdoch fears that his relationship with Dr. Ogden has been permanently damaged, as he heads into investigating a seemingly perfect crime, the murder of a university professor. Meanwhile, Constable Crabtree continues his search for his biological mother.

Big Murderer On Campus

Murdoch finds himself drawn to the widowed mother of a boy who has gone missing, but the case starts to take a strange turn involving spies, midgets and a robotic super weapon.

I, Murdoch

Dr. Ogden and Enid compete to nurse the injured Murdoch back to health, as in his delirium he begins to suspect his landlady of planning a murder. Meanwhile, Constable Crabtree investigates a case involving a disagreeable parrot.

Convalescence

The discovery of a decomposed body leads Murdoch into the fascinating world of telegraphy - the 1895 equivalent of the internet.  When Murdoch calls on Enid to assist in the investigation, she finds herself in peril.  Meanwhile, Inspector Brackenreid's erratic behavior has Dr. Ogden questioning the Gold Cure the Inspector is taking to help him stop drinking.

Murdoch.com

Murdoch's investigation into the death of a young Jewish man leads to Toronto's small Jewish getto - the Ward.  There he finds a tale of forbidden romance and himself again being drawn to Dr. Ogden.

Let Us Ask the Maiden

A savage murder, seemingly at the jaws of a wild beast, leads Murdoch into the mysterious worls of North American shamaism and lycanthropy.  While searching for a reational explanation, Murdoch is forced to choose between Enid and Dr. Ogden.

Werewolves

While investigating a murder, Murdoch find himself teamed with a North West Mounted Policeman whose methods and mannerisms are strikingly similar to this own -- perhaps too similar?  Murdoch hope to rekindle his relationship with Dr. Ogden -- but is it too late?

Anything You Can Do

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.

The Murdoch Identity

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.

The Great Wall

Inspector Brackenreid and Constable Crabtree are present when a man undergoing the candlelit initiation ceremony in a Masonic Temple is murdered. Murdoch's investigation uncovers another even-more-secret society.

Victor, Victorian

Tragedy strikes close to home when Brackenreid's son Bobby suddenly disappears while playing with a friend on a sunny afternoon in bustling Allen Gardens.

Rich Boy, Poor Boy

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.

Me, Myself and Murdoch

James Pendrick, owner of the Pendrick Building, proudly shows off his extensive art collection to a group of admirers. The highlight of the tour is a magnificent Rembrandt that Pendrick purchased on a recent trip to France. The constabulary is hired to guard the painting's return to the Pendrick mansion and is daringly stolen from the elevator, leaving a dead security guard in the car.

This One Goes to Eleven

There's pandemonium at Police Station Four. Something has gone terribly wrong at Barnett's Travelling Royal Circus. Lulu, the white Siberian tiger went berserk and partially devoured its trainer before escaping into the streets. Lulu has since been shot and killed but rumors have started circulating that this wasn't simply a case of 'tiger gone bad'.

Blood and Circuses

Murdoch is invited to attend a mysterious meeting in High Park. With Ogden to accompany him they find themselves mixing with some of city's greatest minds at a meeting of the Toronto Society for The Advancement of Eugenics, lead by James Pendrick. Murdoch discovers that Sally Pendrick invited him. The guest speaker is none other than the great science fiction writer HG Wells, and beside him stands Ruby Ogden, Julia's younger sister.

Future Imperfect

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.

Love and Human Remains

It is a dark and stormy night. A lonely light burns in the tower of stately Beaton Hall. Suddenly, lightening flashes across the sky and a bloodcurdling scream is heard. Chauncey Beaton runs down the halls of the mansion from an unseen pursuer. He comes to a Juliet balcony and realizes he has nowhere else to go. Murdoch arrives at the scene, where Chauncey's body lies crumpled on the paving stones. He obviously fell from the balcony but did he jump or was he pushed?

The Curse of Beaton Manor

Cecil Fox, a hateful reprobate convicted of killing Justice Horace Mead, is led to the gallows at the Toronto Court House. Murdoch, there on witness duty, winces as Pleasant pulls the trap door handle and sends Fox to his maker. When she carries out the post mortem, Ogden notices a curious puncture wound in the throat. Puzzled, she leans in for a better look and Fox's eyes open! Before Ogden can react, Fox knocks her unconscious and runs out.

Hangman

Murdoch is drawn into the naughty world of Victorian erotica and blackmail when he investigates the murder of Abigail Tunstall, a young woman who had been posing for salacious photographs. Interviews with Abigail's friends and family and the discovery of one of her erotic photos help Murdoch zero in on the location where the pictures were taken – a studio owned by a photographer named Marcus Evans. When Murdoch searches through photo collections for clues to Abigail's murder he makes a startling discovery – one of McHugh's erotic models is none other than Sally Pendrick, the vivacious and beautiful wife of Murdoch's nemesis, the rich and powerful industrialist James Pendrick.

In the Altogether

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."

The Tesla Effect

When a strange case crosses his desk; body parts – a foot, a hand and a headless torso - have surfaced along the Don River. Ogden’s replacement, Dr. Francis Philpott, insists the body parts are from one murder victim. But Murdoch has his doubts and contacts Ogden. Initially reluctant, Julia can’t help but be intrigued by the case. Murdoch secretly ships her the evidence and Ogden’s examination reveals they are dealing with three different victims but likely one killer.

Tattered and Torn

Murdoch and the gang are called to the scene of a grisly murder in the Don Valley, after a young man is found savagely beaten to death. The victim is Tom Meeks, a cadet at Fort York, who was on a rigorous training course that teaches guerrilla tactics. When another body is found with a ripped face to try and avoid identification, Murdoch investigates the military unit further and finds out some very disturbing underhand medical practices that the soldiers are unaware of.

Kommando

Despite an unsolved break-in at the station house, Murdoch announces he’s taking a vacation. His holiday turns out to be a trip in response to a telegram from Dr. Ogden requesting his help in Buffalo to solve what she thinks is a murder at The Children’s Hospital. Murdoch agrees to go - thoughts of rekindling their relationship in the back of his mind. The case involves a 14 year-old terminally ill boy, Ben Wilkie, who has died under what Ogden feels are mysterious circumstances.

Buffalo Shuffle

When the master of a wealthy household, is found face down in his morning porridge, it would seem that Murdoch has entered into a conventional drawing room mystery. The characters are all there: The murdered Percival, his aggrieved wife and two very different sons. But whereas most drawing room mysteries revolve around the affairs of the upper class, Murdoch learns that the heart of this mystery lies in the servant’s hall below the stairs, where there’s a mix of unsettled emotions and grudges to bear.

Downstairs Upstairs

Julia is getting married to Rafe in a week - the letter she wrote to Murdoch confessing her love for him is lying beneath his desk blotter and he has no idea it exists. On top of his heartbreak, he has made no progress on a case involving a young French woman who had arrived in Toronto to visit her sister, and then vanished without a trace. The case is further complicated when Murdoch arrests a dashing young Frenchman breaking into a suspect’s apartment, only to learn that he is a detective who has been hired by the disappeared woman’s father.

Monsieur Murdoch

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.

Dead End Street

The murdered body of an elderly drifter is found near the docks with a whiskey flask clenched in his hands. It looks at first like another drunk has met an unkind fate. But, when Ogden determines the victim had the liver of a teetotaler, Murdoch inspects the whiskey flask and finds a secret compartment containing what appears to be part of a coded message. The case takes an even stranger turn when a man identifying himself as the dead man’s son comes to the morgue to claim his body. Investigations lead to political conspiracies being uncovered and a far bigger case is on their hands than first expected.

Confederate Treasure

A young switchboard operator, overhears a murder over the telephone lines and reports it to Station House #4. When Murdoch traces the address, no one is home and there’s no body. But Murdoch is suspicious of the particularly clean room and instructs Crabtree to fetch his murder bag. This is a crime scene.

Dial M for Murdoch

When Murdoch is called to the scene of a murder Joe Prestia, a handsome thirty-something, he discovers that he once had a relationship with the victim’s beautiful fiancée, Anna Fulford. Dr. Ogden discovers evidence suggesting Joe was the victim of a skilled assassin. Anna has no idea who would have wanted to kill Joe. Matters take a frightening turn when the assassin makes an attempt on Anna’s life. Why would anyone want Anna dead too? Murdoch’s investigation reveals that the murdered man had a much darker past than anyone knew.

The Black Hand

As the sisters of the Immaculate Conception prepare to put the coffin of elderly Sister Ignatius into her final resting place in the convent’s cemetery, a young novitiate peers into the dug grave and sees something poking out of the dirt – a human hand. Murdoch is called to the scene and his constables lift the bloodied body of the convent’s gardener out of the grave. But a dead body is not the only surprise the convent holds.

Voices

When a young teenage girl collapses and dies in her nightgown at the fountain at The Gordon Academy for Young Women, Ogden and Murdoch are called in to investigate. Why had she snuck out? She had lost a lot of blood, but only a trickle was there when they found her? And who is the mysterious lone figure that seems to haunt the school at night? The schoolgirl witnesses tell tales of trances and beautiful pale-skinned young men, and soon people begin to believe that vampirism is behind the murder...

Bloodlust

The Toronto Bank is thrown into chaos when a masked man bursts through the door and fires two shots into the ceiling. The robber gets the tellers to fill his bag. When he finishes he kisses a teller on the lips and escapes into the street. The Kissing Bandit has struck a third bank and so Murdoch is put on the case. During each robbery the bandit kisses one teller before fleeing, and takes such little money that it hardly seems worth the risk, and then the stolen cash is distributed to local charities. Who is this modern day Robin Hood?

Kissing Bandit

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?

Murdoch in Wonderland

Murdoch joins the Gold Rush in the Yukon and meets radical author Jack London.

Murdoch of the Klondike

Detective 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.

Back and to the Left

When 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.

Evil Eye of Egypt

While investigating an explosion, Detective Murdoch infiltrates an anarchist group lead by American labour organizer, Emma Goldman.

War on Terror

With the close assistance of opera-loving Inspector Brackenreid, Detective Murdoch investigates the murder of a young opera singer acting as the understudy for a tempestuous diva.

Murdoch at the Opera

Detective 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.

Who Killed the Electric Carriage?

Detective Murdoch's investigation into the disappearance of a quiet librarian leads to a reunion with former love Anna Fulford and the discovery of a seamy underworld.

Stroll on the Wild Side Part 1

After saving his lover Anna from the Black Hand, Detective Murdoch bargains for her life. During his investigation into the murder of a shy librarian with a secret life, he encounters another young woman behaving seductively.

Stroll on the Wild Side (Pt 2)

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

Invention Convention

After a high stakes card game involving Dr. Grace ends with the death of a player, Murdoch is shocked to learn the true cost of their wagers is the opportunity to die.

Staircase to Heaven

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

Murdoch in Toyland

Detective Murdoch's investigation into the murder of a member of the Toronto Wellingtons hockey team takes him to Ottawa.

Murdoch Night in Canada

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.

Twentieth Century Murdoch

Murdoch investigates the crash of a flying machine that killed a man, uncovering conspiracy and sabotage.

Murdoch Air

Detective Murdoch suspects a soldier after a veteran is slain by a sword.

Winston's Lost Night

Murdoch films a street corner to catch a killer.

Murdoch on the Corner

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.

A Study in Sherlock

Murdoch enlists some revealing detective work while investigating a murder at a nudist community.

Murdoch Au Naturel

A toxic gas will be released into the city of Toronto, unless Murdoch can find a way to stop it.

Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom

While investigating the death of a politician, rumored to have been killed by a vengeful ghost, Crabtree's theories of the paranormal conflict with Murdoch's scientific beliefs.

The Ghost of Queen's Park

Murdoch investigates the murder of an Eaton's department store manager who was disliked by the shop girls.

Murdoch in Ladies Wear

A murder investigation is hindered by an uncooperative witness.

Victoria Cross

Murdoch investigates multiple drownings of a single career woman.

Twisted Sisters

A delusional woman is the prime suspect in the stabbing of her fiance.

Lovers in a Murderous Time

Detective Murdoch and his methods are compromised when one of his colleagues is implicated in a suspicious murder.

Crime & Punishment

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

The Murdoch Trap

The owner of the SS Keewatin, Clarence MacFarlane, receives a threat and Detective Murdoch and Inspector Brackenreid board to investigate.  About to sail on its maiden voyage bound for Rochester, New York, Murdoch wants to stay aboard after he learns that Julia is one of the guests on board for the maiden voyage.  Their investigation uncovers a real threat to the ship.

Murdoch Ahoy

Murdoch suspects an athlete died from large doses of a mysterious stimulant.

Tour de Murdoch

While investigating a murder in a movie house, Murdoch is pulled into the drama of James Pendrick's filmmaking venture.

The Filmed Adventures of Detective William Murdoch

Murdoch investigates a nanny's disappearance with the so-called real Sherlock Holmes.

Return of Sherlock Holmes

A man who appears to have returned from the dead is the prime suspect in his wife's murder.

Murdoch of the Living Dead

Detective Murdoch faces his fears when a phobia patient is murdered.

Murdochophobia

When a body washes ashore in Toronto, rumours quickly spread of a sea monster.

Loch Ness Murdoch

Murdoch and Crabtree follow a murder suspect to Newfoundland.

Republic of Murdoch

Detective Murdoch goes with convicted murderer James Gillies to his hanging.

Midnight Train to Kingston

Detective Murdoch investigates a ragtime group's complicated past when its lead singer is found dead.

Murdoch in Ragtime

Crabtree insists that a string of robberies is caused by a species of mole people.

Journey to the Centre of Toronto

After a death-bed murder confession leads to a body, Murdoch suspects the true killer is still out there.

Unfinished Business

Murdoch orchestrates an elaborate sting when a past suspect returns with a deadly con.

The Murdoch Sting

Julia and Emily go to a bachelorette party; Murdoch and the boys get involved in a high stakes curling match.

Friday the 13th, 1901

Murdoch is put in the middle of a web of international espionage and intrigue after the assassination of U.S. President McKinley in Buffalo.

The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold

Crabtree teams up with the prime suspect in the murder of a Chinese dignitary, in the hope of finding the true killer.

Kung Fu Crabtree

Murdoch risks his life in an attempt to defuse a bomb strapped to a factory owner.

Blast of Silence

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

The Death of Dr. Ogden

Murdoch believes that the brutal murder of a waterfront merchant could be linked to the shocking assault on Inspector Brackenreid.

On the Waterfront: Part One

Murdoch and the force have to confront more violence on the waterfront as they try and bring Brackenreid to justice. Dr. Ogden and Dr. Grace go head to head in court.

On the Waterfront: Part Two

Murdoch and legendary lawman Bat Masterson unite to hunt for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid.

Glory Days

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

The Best Seasons of Murdoch Mysteries

The Best Seasons of Murdoch Mysteries

Season 11

Season 3

Season 4

Season 6

Season 5

Season 9

Season 8

Season 7

Season 2

Season 10

Season 12

Season 16

Season 13

Season 1

Season 15

Season 17

Season 14

Season 18