The BEST episodes of Murdoch Mysteries

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

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.

Last Updated: 3/26/2024Network: CBC (CA)Status: Continuing
Share:
The Murdoch Trap
star
8.25
243 votes

#1 - The Murdoch Trap

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/15/2013

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

Directors: Laurie Lynd
Writer: Paul Aitken
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Darkness Before Dawn (2)
star
8.24
187 votes

#2 - Darkness Before Dawn (2)

Season 12 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/4/2019

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

Directors: Peter Mitchell
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Everything Is Broken (2)
star
8.18
117 votes

#3 - Everything Is Broken (2)

Season 14 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/15/2021

Reeling from a personal revelation, Murdoch seeks to avenge the murder of Anna Fulford.

Directors: Peter Mitchell
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Twentieth Century Murdoch
star
8.17
225 votes

#4 - Twentieth Century Murdoch

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/22/2012

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.

Directors: Gail Harvey
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Death of Dr. Ogden
star
8.15
283 votes

#5 - The Death of Dr. Ogden

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/7/2014

When Julia Ogden's father passes away, she uncovers an unexpected truth behind his death - and his life. Meanwhile, Brackenreid must take over for Murdoch in the investigation of a murder amongst a group of geniuses.

Directors: Michael McGowan
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Murdoch in Wonderland
star
8.15
220 votes

#6 - Murdoch in Wonderland

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/10/2011

When a man 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?

Directors: Cal Coons
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Up From Ashes
star
8.14
309 votes

#7 - Up From Ashes

Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2017

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

Directors: Don McCutcheon
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Hell to Pay
star
8.13
305 votes

#8 - Hell to Pay

Season 10 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/20/2017

When a burlesque dancer asks Murdoch for help, the Station House No. 4 team find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy and unforeseen danger.

Directors: Peter Mitchell
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Invention Convention
star
8.12
230 votes

#9 - Invention Convention

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/2012

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

Directors: Cal Coons
Writer: Paul Aitken
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Crime & Punishment
star
8.12
261 votes

#10 - Crime & Punishment

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/8/2013

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

Directors: Laurie Lynd
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Manual for Murder
star
8.12
191 votes

#11 - The Manual for Murder

Season 12 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/2019

After the release of Murdoch and Ogden's book, a series of copycat murders begin to take place.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Artful Detective
star
8.11
233 votes

#12 - Artful Detective

Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/2015

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

Directors: Don McCutcheon
Writer: Paul Aitken
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Murdoch and the Treasure of Lima
star
8.08
38 votes

#13 - Murdoch and the Treasure of Lima

Season 17 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/2024

Watts is abducted after he and Murdoch go north on a treasure hunt to find stolen Incan gold and a murder.

Directors: Cazhhmere Downey
Watch Now:Amazon
The Accident
star
8.08
268 votes

#14 - The Accident

Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2017

When a man suffers life-threatening injuries in a motorcar collision, Murdoch's investigation reveals sinister motives and a case that must be solved before the victim dies.

Directors: Alison Reid
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Everything Is Broken (1)
star
8.08
117 votes

#15 - Everything Is Broken (1)

Season 14 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2021

The brutal murder of a woman from Murdoch's past complicates his life.

Directors: Peter Mitchell
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Murdoch Au Naturel
star
8.07
224 votes

#16 - Murdoch Au Naturel

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2013

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

Directors: Harvey Crossland
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Love and Human Remains
star
8.07
339 votes

#17 - Love and Human Remains

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/13/2010

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.

Directors: David Sutherland
Writer: Lori Spring
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Still Waters
star
8.06
397 votes

#18 - Still Waters

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/13/2008

The body of Richard Hartley, the newest member of a prestigious men’s rowing team, is found washed up on a beach after a night of drinking with his teammates. According to his fiancée, Minerva Fairchild, Hartley had just replaced the team’s top rower Horace Briggs, who admits he’d been disappointed when he was bumped from the team – but not enough to kill. As the evidence mounts, it seems increasingly apparent that Hartley was killed in an initiation hazing gone wrong. Sure enough, the team’s coach admits that Hartley would have cost them a spot at the Olympics, so he instructed the boys to put him out of action so they could bring Briggs back. When things got rough, Hartley panicked and ran into the lake – but he was a strong swimmer; they never dreamed he’d drown. Still no closer to the truth, Murdoch orders a test on the water in Hartley’s lungs – and that’s when the investigation finally blows wide open.

Directors: Don McBrearty
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Spy Who Loved Murdoch
star
8.06
210 votes

#19 - The Spy Who Loved Murdoch

Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2018

When Murdoch impersonates a dead diplomat to save a treaty, political and sexual intrigue complicate matters.

Directors: Alison Reid
Writer: Simon McNabb
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Future is Unwritten
star
8.06
144 votes

#20 - The Future is Unwritten

Season 13 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/2/2020

After a colleague is murdered, Murdoch is convinced Violet Hart is involved.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Smell of Alarm
star
8.05
39 votes

#21 - The Smell of Alarm

Season 17 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/2024

When Murdoch investigates the bizarre death of a science professor, it appears the weapon may have been a swarm of bees.

Directors: Gary Harvey
Writer: Keri Ferencz
Watch Now:Amazon
Stroll on the Wild Side (2)
star
8.05
194 votes

#22 - Stroll on the Wild Side (2)

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/17/2012

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.

Directors: Michael DeCarlo
Writer: Carole Hay
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
On the Waterfront (2)
star
8.03
258 votes

#23 - On the Waterfront (2)

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2014

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

Directors: Laurie Lynd
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Dr. Osler Regrets
star
8.02
266 votes

#24 - Dr. Osler Regrets

Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2017

A spate of murders staged as suicides leads Murdoch to suspect a sequential killer targeting the elderly.

Directors: Alison Reid
Writer: Dan Trotta
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Night Before Christmas
star
8.01
119 votes

#25 - The Night Before Christmas

Season 15 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/2021

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

Directors: Laurie Lynd
Writer: Paul Aitken
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV