Series

Murdoch Mysteries 2008

Created by Maureen Jennings

  • Mystery, Drama
  • 60 min episodes
  • 20 seasons
  • 331 episodes
  • Returning
  • TV-PG

Forensic sleuthing in the age of invention.

A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.

MysteryDramabased on novel or bookcanadatoronto, canadavictorian englandperiod dramapolice detectiveprocedural19th centuryeuphoricexcitedcosy crimeCBC Television, Citytv

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