Forensic sleuthing in the age of invention.

Murdoch Mysteries is a one-hour drama set in Toronto in the late 1890s and early 1900s during the age of invention, where Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson), the methodical detective and his impassioned wife Dr. Julia Ogden (Hlne Joy) enlist radical forensic techniques like fingerprinting and ultraviolet light to solve a range of gruesome murders. Murdoch's associates include his gruff boss Inspector Thomas Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), Constables George Crabtree (Jonny Harris) and Henry Higgins (Lachlan Murdoch), and eccentric Detective Llewellyn Watts (Daniel Maslany). All are valuable allies helping Murdoch solve cases across the many stratums and evolving manners of Victorian society. With his wife in London, Detective Murdoch finds himself at loose ends. Despite his promotion after Brackenreid was appointed chief constable, Murdoch realizes solving crimes is what he does best. He declines the role in order to keep investigating and the station house welcomes Inspector Choi (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee). While Murdoch focuses on policing, Crabtree feels the lure of his creative pursuits, coroner Violet Hart runs her nightclub and Effie Newsome-Crabtree becomes a crown attorney. Cases include the killing of a man during a battlefield reenactment, a paleontologist's murder, a drug overdose at a low-cost housing complex, and a murder mystery at an event for Charles Dickens aficionados.