List of Murdoch Mysteries characters
Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian drama television series produced by Shaftesbury Films that premièred in January 2008 and was broadcast on Citytv in Canada and on Alibi in the UK.
The show follows the titular character William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario, through the turn of the 19th century into the 20th, who makes use of what was, in the late Victorian era, the latest in forensic science to solve crimes.
The show was developed for television by Cal Coons and Alexandra Zarowny based on the characters in the Detective Murdoch series of novels written by Maureen Jennings.
Jasper is a sergeant in the North-West Mounted Police and his mannerisms, interests and investigative techniques are similar to those of Murdoch's own (mentioned above), and the two prove successful in working together to solve a gold mining scam case.
After being convinced by his wife that being a policeman was his life, he began a lone and almost maniacal search for the person responsible for the attack and other crimes, proving willing to eschew the "rules" to achieve his objective.
At the beginning of the season 5 (Back and to the Left), however, she terminates her employment in the City Morgue and starts her own private practice in Toronto, leaving the work to her protégée, Dr. Emily Grace.
She is actively trying to divorce Darcy and is framed for his murder at the end of the season, though Murdoch uncovers the real killer and clears her name barely in time to prevent her execution by hanging.
He was later re-united with his mother at the end of the episode after taking part in a plan to uncover the murderer of a professor; he learns that she was forced to leave him on the church's doorstop after her husband died and she couldn't provide for their son.
In the season 7 episode "Republic of Murdoch", it is revealed that these Aunts are, or at one time have been, prostitutes who live in a large house rented to them by the Reverend who became Crabtree's guardian after he was abandoned.
When Prince Alfred visited Toronto and Constable George Crabtree was assigned to his security, Higgins assisted Detective William Murdoch with an investigation into the murder of Maggie Gilpatrick.
(Season 7 Episode 17, "Blast of Silence") It's also known that Henry's mother is from the Gaspé in Quebec, and he knows how to speak a bit of French as shown in "Convalescence and Monsieur Murdoch".
While Henry quits the constabulary believing that he has married into wealth, the apparent loss of the Newsome fortune humbles him into asking for his job back and begins moonlighting as a motorcar cab driver for additional money to support his new family.
Portrayed by Mouna Traoré,[9] Rebecca is a young woman of humble origins who has recently arrived in Toronto, living at the Junction, and working as an overnight cleaner for the city morgue.
On principle, he refuses to leave his prison cell after all the other men are released and begins a hunger strike, until Violet Hart spikes his water with amines and encourages him to use his voice in a setting where he will be heard.
However, Inspector Brackenreid looks favourably upon Violet's competence and recommends her to officially take over the morgue as its chief coroner when Dr. Ogden departs to become a surgeon, becoming the first black woman to hold the position.
She coerces him into submission and takes control of his finances, investing her new wealth into Toronto's Black community through the local Starbright Club run by Cassiopeia Bright.
However, Dr. Grace later learns that Leslie is behind a series of threatening letters addressed to Julia from the long-dead James Gillies as a form of revenge on Dr. Ogden and Murdoch.
In Season 8, "On the Waterfront, Part 2", Leslie has passed the bar and is arguing for the Crown Prosecutor, against Julia and Emily, both were arrested for advocating for women's right to vote.
His funeral occurs at the beginning of season 11; when the constables attempt to place his portrait at the station house to honour him, corrupt councilman Franklin Williams takes it down.
Portrayed by Marc Senior, American Robert Parker is a private investigator who served in the U.S. Army and was a Pinkerton agent who was once part of the squad that tracked Butch Cassidy to Colorado.
Parker is later found dead and his body left among tramps, with the implication that Miss Hart may have been involved with his death in order to protect her own position as chief coroner.
Murdoch later finds out that her fiancé was a member of the Black Hand, a criminal organization and forerunner of the Mafia, who chose to elope with Anna with the counterfeit money he was smuggling.
With the attempt was thwarted by Gladys, the women tossed Joe overboard, leaving him for dead, and staged a boating accident that left Helen the sole survivor because they knew the police would not believe their version of what had occurred.
When Julia almost died as a result of his decision, Isaac resolved never to allow another woman suffer as his friend did and has performed abortions in order to save the lives of other women.
When Brackenreid, Murdoch, Crabtree and Dr. Ogden go to question him, they discover that Dr. Roberts has been frozen alive by Professor Harms, his stepbrother, in hopes that he can be revived and cured in the future.
In season 6 episode 12, "Crime & Punishment" he arrested Dr. Ogden for the murder of her husband Dr. Darcy Garland and suspended both Murdoch and Brackenreid, but when they secretly continued their investigation, he reinstated them.
Priding himself on always being one step ahead of the detective, he often employs people as dispensable pawns to aid in his machinations, not hesitating to kill them when they no longer prove useful, to ensure their silence.
She subsequently takes on the identity of Cassie Chadwick, claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie, and manages to become the fiancée of Ian Worthington, president of the Canadian Bank.
Eva is later sent to an insane asylum, where she and other female "lunatics" such as Mrs. Lynd, Rose Maxwell, and Charlotte, as well as a murderess named Hannah, concoct an escape plan.
In her final appearance, the now-mentally-unstable Eva attempts to kill Julia and kidnaps Murdoch, with the intention of forcing herself on him to "give him the child he has always wanted" as she has become obsessed and delusional with him, having never succeeded in seducing him.
