Blue Murder is an Australian live television play which aired in 1959 on ABC.

Filmink magazine wrote "it sounds as if it would be great, campy fun.

[8] On Sydney's north shore, an ageing actress, Thelma Lane-Forest, is killed by her bitter and untalented son, Ricky.

The son's girlfriend, Jeanette, has a brother, Philip, who is a theatre critic.

The Sydney Morning Herald felt the plot was illogical, but also called it a "neatly constructed thriller, very competently produced" with "enough gloss on the writing and production to overcome any lingering questions raised by logic; and the play succeeded admirably on its own chosen level – it was craftsmanlike, thoroughly professional and pleasantly diverting.