Maureen Jennings

"Detective William Murdoch ... solves the most perplexing mysteries of Edwardian-era Toronto with scientific insight and revolutionary techniques"--Container.

At the dawn of the 20th century, Detective William Murdoch solves Toronto's trickiest cases with scientific insight and ingenuity in this award-winning mystery series. From flying early aircraft to infiltrating nudist communities, consulting with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to helping a young Winston Churchill, Murdoch has always been a man ahead of his time. In Season Six, he also confronts legal and social challenges to be with his love, pathologist-turned-psychiatrist...

Days before Christmas in turn-of-the-century Toronto, Detective William Murdoch is called to investigate a daring train robbery. When witnesses insist the culprit exhibited super-human abilities, Constable Crabtree realizes the robber bears a striking resemblance to the title character of his new graphic novel, Jumping Jack.

Detective Murdoch and Dr. Ogden are thrilled with their new baby, but domestic bliss eludes Crabtree on his path to the altar and coroner Miss Hart as she deals with her menacing father.

After a night out with President Theodore Roosevelt, Murdoch and Julia are summoned by Terrence Meyers to help solve the murder of a Spanish intelligence agent who was electrocuted in a locked room. Meyers suspects a legendary assassin called El Noche.

Julia begrudgingly attends church with Murdoch, but they both receive a shock when a newly unveiled statue of the Virgin Mary appears to weep blood. The clergy believe it to be a miracle and try to stop Murdoch from investigating.

While on a camping holiday, Murdoch and Julia discover a man stabbed through the heart. To catch the killer, Brackenreid picks up the paintbrush again to infiltrate an artists' group that the victim had been associated with.

A young boy claims to have seen a winged knight on horseback kill a man with a lance. When the victim is identified as a Russian chess master, Murdoch sends Crabtree, aided by Nina, to infiltrate a chess tournament.

A carnival turns dour after a man falls to his death beside a vaudeville impresario. As Murdoch and Crabtree investigate, they meet Charlie Chaplin, a cocksure Englishman, who says the victim was an insult comic who tussled the previous night with performer Ed Ward. Ward claims Chaplin's friend Stan Laurel was also miffed, but Murdoch begins to suspect the intended victim was actually Mr. Chaplin.

Murdoch and Julia's dinner with Dr. Osler, Julia's mentor, is interrupted when a man accuses Osler of murder. Julia trains her new morgue assistant, Violet, while Crabtree receives a visit from journalist Louise Cherry.