MIDSOMER MURDERS 'BODY COUNT'

A list of all the murders and the names of the victims that have occurred in 'Midsomer'

PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE POSSIBLE SPOILERS IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE EPISODES!

The Killings at Badger's Drift

Written in Blood

Death of a Hollow Man

Faithful Unto Death

Death in Disguise

Death's Shadow

Strangler's Wood

Dead Man's 11

Blood Will Out

Death of a Stranger

Blue Herring

Judgement Day

Beyond The Grave

Garden of Death

Destroying Angel

The Electric Vendetta

Who Killed Cock Robin

Dark Autumn

Tainted Fruit

Ring Out Your Dead

Murder on St. Malley's Day

Market for Murder

A Worm in the Bud

A Talent for Life

Death & Dreams

Painted in Blood

A Tale of Two Hamlets

Birds of Prey

The Green Man

Bad Tidings

The Fisher King

Sins of Commission

The Maid in Splendour

The Straw Woman

Things that Go Bump in the Night

Dead in the Water

Ghosts of Christmas Past

Orchis Fatalis

Bantling Boy

Second Sight

Hidden Depths

Sauce for the Goose

Midsomer Rhapsody

The House in the Woods

Dead Letters

Vixen's Run

Down Among the Dead Men

Four Funerals & A Wedding

Country Matters

Death in Chorus

Last Years Model

Dance with the Dead

The Animal Within

Kings Crystal

The Axeman Cometh

Death & Dust

Picture of Innocence

They Seek Him Here

Death in a Chocolate Box

Shot at Dawn

Blood Wedding

Midsomer Life

Left for Dead

The Magician's Nephew

Days of Misrule

Talking to the Dead

The Dogleg Murders

The Black Book

Secrets & Spies

The Glitch

Small Mercies

The Creeper

The Great & The Good

The Made to Measure Murders

The Sword of Guillaume

Blood on the Saddle

The Silent Land

Master Class

The Noble Art

Not in my Backyard

Fit for Murder

Death in the Slow Lane

Dark Secrets

Echoes of the Dead

The Oblong Murders

The Sleeper under the Hill

The Night of the Stag

A Sacred Trust

A Rare Bird

The Dark Rider

Murder of Innocence

Death & the Divas

Written in the Stars

The Sicilian Defence

Schooled in Murder

 


EPISODE 1
THE KILLINGS AT BADGERS DRIFT

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Emily Simpson

Neck Broken by blow with a blunt instrument in her cottage (attempt to make it look like suicide)

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Bella Trace

Shotgun blast while on hunt (actually occurred two years previously).

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Dennis Rainbird/Mrs. Rainbird

 

A double murder. Hacked to death with blade. Mrs. Rainbird described as having her head almost decapitated.

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Phyllis Cadell

.

Committed suicide in police custody (hanged herself).

Katherine & Michael Lacey

.

Shotgun in suicide pact.

Total: 4 murders, 3 suicides

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EPISODE 2
WRITTEN IN BLOOD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Hanlon (historical murder in 1955)

Shotgun blast.

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Gerald Hadleigh

Bludgeoned with Candlestick.

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Max Jennings

Posioned drink.

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Annoria Lyddiard

.

Fell from window.

Total: 3 murders, including 1 historical + 1 accidental death

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EPISODE 3
DEATH OF A HOLLOW MAN

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Agnes Gray

Blunt instrument (crowbar). Body dumped in lake.

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Esslyn Carmichael

Slashed throat with razor on stage during production of play; safety tape having been removed by murderer.

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Total: 2 murders

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EPISODE 4
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Brenda Buckley

Forced into road accident. Her car shunted under lorry.

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Alan Hollingsworth

Poisoned whiskey.

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Total: 2 murders

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EPISODE 5
DEATH IN DISGUISE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

William Carter

.

Broken neck after being pushed down stairs.

Ian Craigie

Carving knife thrown at him across a room.

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Guy Gamelin

Heart failure after pills withheld by murderer.

.

Total: 2 murders, 1 accidental death

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EPISODE 6
DEATH'S SHADOW

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Felix Bryce (boy)

.

Accidentally hanged.

Richard Bailey

Decapitated by sword.

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David Whitley

Burnt to death in caravan.

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Simon Fletcher

Shot with bow and arrow.

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Rev. Stephen Wentworth

.

Commits suicide by jumping off scaffolding on church steeple.

Total: 3 murders, 1 accidental death, 1 suicide

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EPISODE 7
STRANGLER'S WOOD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Carla Constanza

Strangled with necktie.

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Anna (au pair)

Run over by car and then injected with pure liquid nicotine.

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Dr. Aycott

(unspecified) Killed in surgery which was set on fire.

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Leonard Pike

Slashed to death in shower. Throat lacerated.

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3 girls (unamed)

Strangled in wood (historical)

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Total: 7 murders, including 3 historical.

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EPISODE 8
DEAD MAN'S 11

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Matthew Draper

,

Quarry explosion.

Tara Cavendish

Bludgeoned to death with cricket bat.

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Emily Beavis

Pushed into quarry (occurred previously).

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Charles Jennings

Stabbed in back with ornate dagger at cricket match.

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Trish Smith

.

Stabbed in struggle.

Total: 3 murders, 2 accidental deaths

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EPISODE 9
BLOOD WILL OUT

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Hector Bridges

Shotgun.

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John Smith (gypsy leader)

Killed in caravan by hitting head on basin in struggle.

.

Total: 2 murders

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EPISODE 10
DEATH OF A STRANGER

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Michael Darrow (tramp)

Clubbed to death in pit after getting caught in animal trap.

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Ben Gurdey

Shotgun.

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Spt. Ron Pringle

Thrown from horse which had been doped.

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Marcia Tranter

Shotgun.

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Graham Tranter

.

Suicide. Hanged himself.

Simon Tranter (historical)

Unspecified. Occurred years previously.

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Total: 5 murders, including 1 historical, 1 suicide

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EPISODE 11
BLUE HERRING

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Celia Armstrong

Smoothered with pillow.

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Mrs. Mortimer/Muriel Harrop/Madge Fielding

.

Murder suspected but later revealed to have died of natural causes.

Total: 1 murder

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EPISODE 12
JUDGEMENT DAY

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Mrs. Foster (Nanny)

Stabbed with large kitchen knife (historical murder)

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Peter Drinkwater

Impaled with pitchfork.

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Rosemary Furman

Poisoned wine.

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Samantha Johnston

Stabbed to death.

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Bella de Vere

Suffocated with pillow.

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Total: 5 murders, including 1 historical

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EPISODE 13
BEYOND THE GRAVE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Marcus Lowery

Beaten to death with slide projector.

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James Tate

Beaten to death (unspecified)

.

Total : 2 murders

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EPISODE 14
GARDEN OF DEATH

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Cynthia Bennett

Strangled with tights (historical murder)

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Felicity Inkpen

Hit over the head with shovel.

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Elspeth Inkpen

Force fed poisoned food.

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Gerald Bennett

Appeared to be suffocated?

.

Total : 4 murders

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EPISODE 15
DESTROYING ANGEL

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Karl Wainright

Suffocated with pillow.

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Gregory Chambers

Shot with bow and arrow.

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Tristan Goodfellow

Poisoned mushrooms.

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Kenneth Gooders

Crushed by falling drinks cabinet which had been unscrewed from wall.

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Susannah Chambers

Shotgun blast in chest.

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Evelyn Pope

.

Suicide - overdose of pills.

Total: 5 murders, 1 suicide

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EPISODE 16
THE ELECTRIC VENDETTA

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Ronald Stokes

.

Had weak heart and accidentally electrocuted himself.

Eddie Field (burgler)

.

Electrocuted whilst attempting to steal electricity from the mains.

Steve Ramsay

Electrocuted in wired pick-up truck.

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Lloyd Kirby

Thrown down stairs.

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Dave Rippert

.

Killed in collision with combined harvester.

Total: 2 murders, 3 accidental deaths (n.b. The death of Eddie Field was never made fully clear but appeared to be accidental)

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EPISODE 17
WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Robin Wooliscroft

Two blows to the head with a heavy spanner. Body dumped in Well.

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Mary Mohan

Pills forced down throat.

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Total: 2 murders

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EPISODE 18
DARK AUTUMN

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Dave Cutler

Hacked to death, almost decapitated with machette.

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Debbie Shortlands

Hacked to death with machette.

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Simon Reason

Crushed by falling, heavy oak desk in warehouse.

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Owen August

Bludgeoned to death with walking stick.

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Total: 4 murders

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EPISODE 19
TAINTED FRUIT

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Melissa Townsend

Deadly drugs injected into liver with syringe.

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Adam Keyne

Fell through sawn through beams in barn and onto plough.

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Raif Kenning

Injected with deadly drugs.

.

Total: 3 murders

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EPISODE 20
RING OUT YOUR DEAD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Rev. Jonathan Ebbrel (historical)

Murdered by bell ringers in 1860.

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Greg Tutt

Shot through heart.

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Emma Tysoe

Shot through heart at wedding.

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Marcus Steadman

Drowned. Pushed in river whilst having asthma attack.

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Wing Commander Reggie Barton

.

Natural causes but a murder originally suspected.

Total: 4 murders including 1 historical

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EPISODE 21
MURDER ON ST. MALLEY'S DAY

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Archie Bellingham

Clubbed with blunt instrument and thrown in lake.

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Daniel Talbott

Stabbed.

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Dudley Carew

Beaten around head and smoothered with a roller for good measure.

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Total: 3 murders

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EPISODE 22
MARKET FOR MURDER

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Majorie Emson

Multiple blows to back of head with walking stick after falling down stairs.

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Ginny Sharp

Struck with ashtray and drowned in swimming pool.

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Lady Lavinia Chetwood

Pushed off roof of Stately home.

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Total: 3 murders

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EPISODE 23
A WORM IN THE BUD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Susan Bartlett (farmers wife)

Rendered unconcious by concentrated valirium and drowned.

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James Harrington

Rendered unconcious by concentrated valirium in drink and then drowned.

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Victoria Bartlett

Shotgun blast.

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Total: 3 murders

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EPISODE 24
A TALENT FOR LIFE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Isabelle Hewitt

Clubbed to death with stake.

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Dr. Gough

Clubbed to death with stake.

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Keith Scholey

Locked in walk-in freezer and suffocated.

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Total: 3 murders

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EPISODE 25
DEATH & DREAMS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Martin Wroth

Drugged and blasted with shotgun which was rigged to look like suicide.

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Tony Parish

Drugged. Drowned in river and then hanged to look like suicide.

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Gordon Leesmith

Strangled

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Dr. Moore's husband (historical)

Revealed at end of episode to have been pushed off cliff.

.

Total: 4 murders including 1 historical

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EPISODE 26
PAINTED IN BLOOD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Ruth Fairfax, also known as Angela Browning

Stabbed in back on green with chisel.

.

Total: 1 murder

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EPISODE 27
A TALE OF TWO HAMLETS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Larry Smith

Killed when bomb planted in summer house.

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Frank Webster

Electrocuted on excerise bike.

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Danny Pinchall

Drowned in cauldron of soup.

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Total: 3 murders

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EPISODE 28
BIRDS OF PREY

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Julian Shepherd

Drowned in bath, body placed in car and dumped in lake to look like suicide.

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Charles Edmonton

.

Natural causes?

Edward Darwin

Run over - died of injuries.

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Major Hamilton

Stabbed in chest with native spear.

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Total: 3 murders, 1 natural death, n.b. It is never completely established whether Charles Edmonton died naturally or not.

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EPISODE 29
THE GREEN MAN

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Eric Edwards (historical)

Murdered with an axe + dumped in tunnel.

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Simon Mayfield

Caught in animal trap and shot in head with .22 rifle.

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Stephen Curtis

Hit on head and shot with .22 rifle.

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Lillian Webster

Shot in head with .22 rifle.

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Total: 4 murders including 1 historical

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EPISODE 30
BAD TIDINGS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Fiona Thompson

Stabbed to death and dumped in field.

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Dr. Charles Rust

Stabbed to death in his cottage.

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Jacob Stoke

Stabbed and burnt to death in his hand-cart whilst in drunken stupor.

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Total: 3 murders

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EPISODE 31
THE FISHER KING

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Roger Heldman (historical)

Murderer caused barrow to collapse burying him.

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Gareth Heldman

Bled to death after being stabbed in thigh with ancient spear.

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David Hartley-Reid

Shot with bow and arrow.

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Dr. Lavery

Hit over head with iron bar and fell into mill stream.

.

Total: 4 murders including 1 historical

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EPISODE 32
SINS OF COMMISSION

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Richard Rackham

Neck broken and thrown down stairs.

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Neville Williams

Hit with stone and knocked off roof in struggle.

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Jezebel Tripp

Impaled with tent peg.

.

Total: 3 murders

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EPISODE 33
THE MAID IN SPLENDOUR

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Jamie Cruickshank

Blasted with 12 gauge shotgun.

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Stephen Bannerman

Shotgun blast.

.

Total: 2 murders

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EPISODE 34
THE STRAW WOMAN

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Alex Dakin (Curate)

Drugged, put inside straw effigy and burnt to death.

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Reverend Jim Hale

Burnt alive after clothes sprinkled with phosphorous.

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Liz Francis

Knocked out with candlestick and burnt alive.

.

Total: 3 murders

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EPISODE 35
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Patrick Pennyman (Funeral Director)

Hit over head with funeral urn & wrists slashed.

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Elizabeth Key

Struck over head with spade and wrists slashed.

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John Whittle

Blow to head with railway track tool and wrists slashed.

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Total: 3 murders

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EPISODE 36
DEAD IN THE WATER

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Guy Sweetman

Hit on the head twice with a piece of local stone, then held under water in The Thames until he drowned.

.

Total: 1 murder

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EPISODE 37
GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Aunt Lydia

Dies in hospital after being pushed down the stairs.

Jennifer Carter

Gun cartridge switched causing it to backfire.

Ferdy Villiers

.

Suicide - shot himself (historical)

Claire English

 
.

Suicide - Car fumes - hose pipe connected to exhaust whilst in woods.
(historical)

Total: 2 murders, 2 suicides (historical)

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EPISODE 38
ORCHIS FATALIS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Madeline Villiers

Poisoned by Hemlock

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Henry Plummer

Strangled with a wire, then hung in his shed..

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Munro Hilliard

Impaled in the back by a gardening fork whilst relaxing in a deckchair.

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Total: 3 murders

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EPISODE 39
BANTLING BOY

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Bruce Hartley

Hit over head with blacksmith's hammer in stable.

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Dr. John Osgood

Hit over head with same hammer after going outside to see who was vandalising his car.

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Trevor Machin

Hit over head with the hammer while taking out rubbish.

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Joanna Craxton

Also struck over head with the hammer in stable.

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Total: 4 murders

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EPISODE 40
SECOND SIGHT

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

John Ransom

Hit over the head with a candlestick whilst in a drunken state after leaving pub. N.B. This sequence is quite cleverly shot in as much as the viewer is unaware that the victim has actually been struck.

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Dr. Gregory Ransom

Thrown down flight of stone steps.

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Max Ransom

Bludgeoned with heavy tree branch.

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Total : 3 murders

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EPISODE 41
HIDDEN DEPTHS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Jack Wilmot

Hit over head with cricket bat and then dropped head first from roof onto concrete flag stones.

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Otton Benham

Drugged then staked out with arms and legs pinioned by croquet hooks on his own lawn which had been marked out as a target (see photo). Then bombarded with bottles of wine from a gaint catapult with his wheelchair bound wife forced to watch

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Mike Spicer

Death by claret! TV Quiz Master Spicer had his head thrust into a TV set from which the insides had been removed. The set was then slowly filled with bottles of wine by the murderer who taunted his victim with gameshow style questions until he eventually drowned in the wine.

.

Total : 3 Murders

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EPISODE 42
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Dexter Lockwood

Crushed against towers of bottled sauce with a forklift truck before being thrown naked into a 200-degree sterilizer.

 

Total : 1 Murder

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EPISODE 43
MIDSOMER RHAPSODY

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Arthur Leggott

Skull cracked after being hit over the head with a torch.

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Owen Swincoe

Thrown off bridge and drowned whilst drunk.

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Harvey Crane

Decapitated by trip wire whilst on motorcycle.

.

 

 

Total : 3 Murders

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EPISODE 44
THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Peter Cave

Garotted

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Caroline Cave

Garotted

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Harriet Davis

Garotted

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PC Colin Armstrong

.

Shot - historical

Total: 4 Murders (including 1 historical)

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EPISODE 45
DEAD LETTERS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Marion Slade

Drowned. Head held under water whilst in a drugged state.

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Mark Castle

Throat cut whilst in a drugged state.

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Dr. Wellow

Stabbed to death

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Bella Slade

.

Died after an abortion

Total: 3 murders +1 accidental death - historic

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EPISODE 46
VIXEN'S RUN

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Henry York

Overcome by fumes and fell out of window when his cottage was set on fire.

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Sandra Butler

Shot in the forehead with a rifle

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Sir Freddy Butler

.

Natural causes

Total : 2 murders, 1 natural death 

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EPISODE 47
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Martin Barrett

Blasted by a Shotgun

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Total : 1 murder

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EPISODE 48
FOUR FUNERALS & A WEDDING

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Mildred Danvers

Poisoned brandy (Barbituates)

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Rev. Anthony Gant

Shot through the head with a rifle whilst taking part in Skimmington Ride.

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Deaon Cathy Hewlett

Hit over head with blunt instrument.

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Vivian Marwood

Suicide during incurable illness

Total : 3 Murders/1 suicide

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EPISODE 49
COUNTRY MATTERS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Frank Hopkirk

Stabbed in heart with chef's knife after having a stroke.

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Total : 1 Murder

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EPISODE 50
DEATH IN CHORUS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Connor Simpson

Bludgeoned to death by a fire iron

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Sam Judd

Fired at by a Shot Gun

-

Total : 2 murders

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EPISODE 51
LAST YEARS MODEL

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Frances Trevelyan

Clubbed to death with a saucepan

-

N.B. Murder does not take place within the timeframe of the episode

Total : 1 murder

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EPISODE 52
DANCE WITH THE DEAD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Simon Bright

Carbon monoxide poisoning.
Knocked out with blunt instrument & left in car with engine running & exhaust blocked.

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Laura Sharpe

Clubbed to death with blunt instrument.

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Tony Kirby

Stabbed twice with long bladed knife

-

Total : 3 Murders

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EPISODE 53
THE ANIMAL WITHIN

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Rex Masters

Drowned in weir after being knocked out with a torch.

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Miles King/Eileen Carnack

Double murder - both stabbed to death with kitchen knives.

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Total : 3 murders

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EPISODE 54
KINGS CRYSTAL

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Alan King

Poisoned with powdered glass causing car crash in Shanghai

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Peter Baxter

Stabbed with masonic knife & body thrown in river.

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Ian King

Hanged from beam in barn whilst sedated with barbituates.

-

Total : 3 murders

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EPISODE 55
THE AXEMAN COMETH

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Mimi Clifton

Electrocuted with faulty rigged microphone whilst performing on stage.

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Nicky Harding

Suffocated by pillow whilst drunk (body left in car in swimming pool).

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Total : 2 murders

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EPISODE 56
DEATH & DUST

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Dr. Alan Delaney

Deliberate hit and run with pick-up truck.

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Megan Mostyn's daughter

-

Appeared to die of natural causes although she was "helped along" by Delaney

Total : 1 murder/1 death by natural cause?

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EPISODE 57
PICTURE OF INNOCENCE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Lionel Bell

Strangled with cord of camera light meter/

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Steve Bright

Strangled with cord.

-

Total : 2 murders

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EPISODE 58
THEY SEEK HIM HERE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Nick Cheyney

Decapitated by guillotine on film set

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Gwen Morrison

Decapitated by guillotine

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Total : 2 murders

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EPISODE 59
DEATH IN A CHOCOLATE BOX

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Maria Godbold

Hit over head with winding mechanism

Historical

Jack Colby

Land Rover forced him off road & then hit with winding mechanism

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Eddie Marston

Hit over head with winding mechanism

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Gina Colby

-

Suicide

Total : 3 murders including 1 historical + 1 suicide

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EPISODE 60
SHOT AT DAWN

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Tommy Hicks

Executed during World War I - 1916

Colonel Henry Hammond

Shot in the head with WW1 revolver in his wheelchair which was then sent by remote control to crash into oncoming milk van.

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Johnny Hammond

Killed by machine gun fire rigged to activate when he opened his garage door.

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Total : 2 Murders + 1 other related death

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EPISODE 61
BLOOD WEDDING

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Marina Fellowes

Skewered to wooden panel by knife

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Peggy Benson

Stabbed through the ear with a hatpin

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Robin Lawson

Shot in the heart with an arrow.

-

Total : 3 Murders

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EPISODE 62
MIDSOMER LIFE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Charlie Finleyson

Died of heart attack in car after being chased through the woods.

Guy Sandys

Stabbed through the heart by paper pin.

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Eleanor Crouch

Pushed into drier and spun to death.

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Frederick Tomlin

Throat slit with knife

Total : 3 Murders + 1 accidental death

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EPISODE 63
LEFT FOR DEAD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Ron Wilson

Pushed down the stairs

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Libby Wilson

-

Died from natural causes

Louise

Stabbed with a knife

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Jack Purdy

Stabbed with a knife

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Michael Wilson

-

Run over by car - historical

Total : 3 Murders + 1 death from natural causes, 1 accident - historical

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EPISODE 64
THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Jean Wildacre

Poisoned by a deadly toxin secreted by a topical frog. Toxin was put on a blade in the 'Cabinet of Death'.

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Hugo Cartwright

Fell down drunk on glass contamined by frog toxin and was poisoned by it.

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Aloysius Wilmington

Hit on head with axe, then frog poison entered body through wound.

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Tristan Balliol

-

Poisoned by frog toxin - accidental

Total : 3 murders + 1 accidental death

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EPISODE 65
DAYS OF MISRULE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Alex Grainger

Clubbed to death with gun butt during fight.

-

James Parkes

Stabbed with clasp knife during struggle

-

Total : 2 murders


EPISODE 66
TALKING TO THE DEAD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Terence Lowler

Stabbed to death

-

Colin Thomas

Shot at close range with 12 bore shotgun during struggle

-

Molly Thomas

Shot in the back with 12 bore shotgun

-

Lynton Pargetter

Crushed to death in Iron Maiden

-

Cyrus Le Vana

-

Frightened to death

Monks

-

Historic massacre of monks (unspecified no.)

Total : 4 murders + 1 unexplained death


EPISODE 67
THE DOGLEG MURDERS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Ali Kingslake

Hit over the head with a golf club and then battered with second club

-

Ed Monkberry

Repeatedly stabbed

-

Total : 2 murders


EPISODE 68
THE BLACK BOOK

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Felicity Law

Throat cut after having been tortured on hot plate

-

Graham Spate

Repeated blows to the skull with blunt instrument after being tortured with razor blade

-

Anthony Prideaux

Throat slit with razor blade

-

Total : 3 murders


EPISODE 69
SECRETS & SPIES

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Geoffrey Larkin

Stabbed in neck with corkscrew and lacerated with prehistoric animal skull

-

Nicky Fraser

Stabbed ? (unconfirmed) and lacerated with prehistoric animal skull

-

Total : 2 murders


EPISODE 70
THE GLITCH

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Emily Harte

Knocked off bycycle by car and then run over

-

Daniel Snape

Knocked unconscious with wrench and put under car ramp

-

Total : 2 murders


EPISODE 71
SMALL MERCIES

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Richard Tanner

Stabbed with bodkin (small sharp tool) and staked out in model village

-

Christa Palfrey

Impaled with home made trident

-

Harriet Compton

Hit over head with hammer

-

Mary (former Guardian of Bernice)

Historic - possibly posioned - unconfirmed

Total 3 murders + 1 possible historic


EPISODE 72
THE CREEPER

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

David Roper

Drugged with coedine tablets and suffocated with a pillow.

-

Dr. Sylvia Goring

Blasted in throat at short range with shotgun.

-

Total : 2 murders


EPISODE 73
THE GREAT & THE GOOD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Councillor Jim Hanley

Throat cut with knife

-

Lawrence Mann

Throat cut with knife

-

Total : 2 murders


EPISODE 74
THE MADE TO MEASURE MUDERS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Sonia Woodley

Struck over the head and then strabbed in churchyard with tailor's shears.

-

Rev. Moreland

Struck over head and throat severely slashed with tailor's shears.

-

Gerald Woodley

-

Heart attack - allowed to die (delay in calling ambulance)

Total : 2 Murders + 1 other death


EPISODE 75
THE SWORD OF GUILLAUME

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Hugh Dalgleish

Decapitated with antique sword whilst riding on fairground ghost train.

-

Jenny Russel

Decapitated with antique sword in her bedroom

-

Total 2 murders


EPISODE 76
BLOOD ON THE SADDLE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Faye Lennox

Shot with Winchester 73

-

Jack Fincher

Roped around ankles and draggedto death by horseman.

-

Leo Fincher

Shot with Wild West Colt

-

Fergal Jenner

Stabbed in chest with Bowie knife

-

Total : 4 murders


EPISODE 77
THE SILENT LAND

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Gerald Ebbs

Struck over head with stone edging from grave.

-

Jeff Bowmaker

Thrust over balcony on old stairs.

-

Total : 2 murders


EPISODE 78
MASTER CLASS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Orlando Guest

Struck over the head and hanged.

-

Father Gregory

Throat slashed with blade.

-

Mad Molly

-

Commits suicide by jumping in the river.

Total : 2 murders + 1 related suicide


EPISODE 79
THE NOBLE ART

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Solicitor - Giles Braithwaite

Knocked unconcious with knuckleduster and suffocated.

-

Boxing Manager - Frank Bishop

Knocked unconscious with knuckleduster and suffocated.

-

Iris Holman

Suffocated.

-

Total : 3 murders


EPISODE 80
NOT IN MY BACKYARD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Maureen Stubbs

Stabbed in the back with broken bottle.

-

Clifford Bunting

Caught in electronic sliding door and choked to death.

-

Geoff Rogers

Drugged with Ketamine and asphyxiated by being covered in concrete whilst in car.

-

Total: 3 murders


EPISODE 81
FIT FOR MUDER

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Lucy Potinger

Drowned in flotation pool at Health Farm whilst under influence of drugs and drink.

-

Luke Archbold

Crushed by exercise machine.

-

Total: 2 murders


EPISODE 82
DEATH IN THE SLOW LANE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Duncan Palmer

Shot through head in vintage racing car.

-

Dave Doggy Day

Impaled with starting handle from vintage car.

-

Thomas Brightwell

Crashed car after brakes interfered with.

Total: 3 murders including 1 historical


EPISODE 83
DARK SECRETS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Gerry Dawkins

Hit overhead with rifle butt and placed in a canoe which overturns.

-

Mary Bingham

Suffers heart attack after being crushed by huge pile of old newspapers.

-

The Bingham's son

Related historic death:
Drowned after car plunges into river.

Total: 2 murders + 1 related historic death


EPISODE 84
ECHOES OF THE DEAD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Dianne Price

Strangled and dumped in bath.

-

Fran Carter

Strangled, dismembered and left in basket at railway station.

-

Len & Olive Merryman

Clubbed to death with sledge hammer.

Total: 4 murders


EPISODE 85
THE OBLONG MURDERS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Jeremy & Carolyn Lambert

Rigged gas explosion on their boat.

-

Max Fuller

Stabbed in heart.

-

Freddie Raft

Stabbed in back

-

Total: 4 murders


EPISODE 86
THE SLEEPER UNDER THE HILL

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Alex Preston

Blundgeoned with blunt instrument, disembowled and dumped in druid circle.

-

Leticia Clifford

Stabbed multiple times (10)

-

Sgt. Trevor Gibson

Stunned with hammer and drowned in a barrel of water.

-

Total: 3 murders


EPISODE 87
THE NIGHT OF THE STAG

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Peter Slim

Shaken to death by vehicle used for pruning apples. Body later dumped in VAT of mulberry wine.

-

Rev. Conrad Walker

Beaten to Death in with farming implements in his church.

-

Total: 2 murders


EPISODE 88
A SACRED TRUST

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Mother Thomas Aquinas

Strangled in chicken coop.

-

Father James Behan

Strangled
Motive connected with historical massacre of 23 natives in Africa 30 years previously.

-

Total: 2 murders


EPISODE 89
A RARE BIRD

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Patrick Morgan

Trapped in net, beaten with bramble beater and thrown in river.

-

Dr. Markham

Trapped in net and blasted with shotgun.

-

Total: 2 murders


EPISODE 90
THE DARK RIDER

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Bentham DeQuetteville

Fell off roof of manor having had a heart attack after being frightened by a headless horseman.

Julian DeQuetteville

Hit with huge log rigged on chain.

-

Sir Ludovic DeQuetteville

Crushed by stone gargoyle pushed from roof.

-

Total: 2 murders (+ 1 accidental (debatable) victim frightened to his death


EPISODE 91
MURDER OF INNOCENCE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Giles Harrison

Injected with lethal dose of morphine.

-

Kyle Gideon

Injected in neck with lethal dose of morphine.

-

Caroline Garrett (Solicitor)

Killed in rigged gas explosion.

-

Keith Mullery

Life support switched off in hospital.

-

Daniel Denning

Clubbed with rifle butt - Historic

Total: 5 murders including 1 historical


EPISODE 92
DEATH & THE DIVAS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Eve Lomax

Stabbed in the neck by two pronged carving fork to simulate vampire bites.

-

Cy Davenport

Stabbed in back with carving knife and fell over stairway banister.

-

Colin Yule

Suffocated by being wrapped as Egyptian mummy.

-

Total: 3 murders


EPISODE 93
WRITTEN IN THE STARS

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Jeremy Harper

Clubbed with piece of meteorite rock.

-

Peter Groves

Impaled with thrown spear

-

George Dormer

Struck in throat by thrown moonstone disc causing cardiac arrest.

-

Mary Dutta

Fell down stairs in scuffle. Accidental death, historical 15 years earlier.

Total: 3 murders
Accidental death: 1


EPISODE 94
THE SICILIAN DEFENCE

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Edward Stannington

Struck in back with ice pick.

-

David Farmer

Strangled with climbing rope.

-

Total: 2 murders


EPISODE 95
SCHOOLED IN MURDER

VICTIMS

MURDERS

OTHER DEATHS

Debbie Moffett

Crushed to death by a giant round of cheese.

-

Oliver Ordish

Found in woods, garrotted by cheese wire cutter and mouth stuffed with maggots.

-

Gregory Brantner

Stabbed through the heart with a cheese needle.

-

Helen Caxton

Hit with a wrench as she tended her cattle, then trampled to death by them.

-

Jim Caxton

Trampled to death by cattle.

-

Total: 5 murders


 

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