Shortly after Mayor Alex McKenzie presents the key to the city of Toronto to local hero and basketball game inventor Dr. James Naismith, the mayor is found dead in the gymnasium equipment room, crushed under a barbell. With the cash box missing, what initially looks like misadventure is quickly ascertained as murder. Detective Murdoch and his colleagues are on the case!
As far as career highlights go, a @CBCMurdoch role has to be up there with being named Coach of the Year and winning the @NBA Championship with the @Raptors, right?
Nick Nurse makes his acting debut: pic.twitter.com/YFmkBX90rY
— CBC Gem (@cbcgem) February 1, 2022
 | Murdoch Mysteries |
| Network: CBC TelevisionGenre: MysterySeasons: 19Episodes: 312 | |
OverviewA 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. |
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