Murdoch Mysteries: Season 3
In the third season of Murdoch Mysteries, progressive criminologist William Murdoch is drawn to adventurous mysteries ranging from Bristol in England to Chinatown in Toronto. Amidst the chaos of the late 19th century, Murdoch faces diverse and unusual challenges, including escaped tigers, axe murders, art forgeries, and a botched execution. Using cutting-edge forensic techniques such as fingerprinting and trace evide
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- William Murdoch is a progressive criminologist and detective working in Victorian-era Toronto during the 1890s.
- Murdoch employs cutting-edge forensic techniques for the time, including fingerprinting and trace evidence analysis.
- Investigations are set against the backdrop of the late 19th century, incorporating steampunk-style inventions.
- Cases involve various crimes and mysteries requiring forensic sleuthing in the age of invention.
Season overview
In the third season of Murdoch Mysteries, progressive criminologist William Murdoch is drawn to adventurous mysteries ranging from Bristol in England to Chinatown in Toronto. Amidst the chaos of the late 19th century, Murdoch faces diverse and unusual challenges, including escaped tigers, axe murders, art forgeries, and a botched execution. Using cutting-edge forensic techniques such as fingerprinting and trace evidence alongside steampunk-style inventions, the Victorian-era Toronto detective works to keep a cool head and solve complex crimes during the age of invention.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
The Murdoch Identity
Feb 16, 2010 · 60 min
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 Great Wall
Feb 23, 2010 · 60 min
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 nam
Victor, Victorian
Mar 2, 2010 · 60 min
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 a
Rich Boy, Poor Boy
Mar 9, 2010 · 60 min
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.
Me, Myself and Murdoch
Mar 16, 2010 · 60 min
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 un
This One Goes to Eleven
Mar 23, 2010 · 60 min
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 Pen
Blood and Circuses
Mar 30, 2010 · 60 min
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 devour
Future Imperfect
Apr 6, 2010 · 60 min
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 Toron
Love and Human Remains
Apr 13, 2010 · 60 min
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.
The Curse of Beaton Manor
Apr 20, 2010 · 60 min
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 B
Hangman
Apr 27, 2010 · 60 min
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
In the Altogether
May 4, 2010 · 60 min
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 phot
The Tesla Effect
May 11, 2010 · 60 min
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 th