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"Spirits in the Night" is the eighteenth episode of the seventeenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred eighty-first episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on February 26, 2024.

Summary

Driving past a cemetery at night, a man is so startled by a ghostly apparition that he hits a person in the road. Murdoch arrests him for murder, but the postmortem reveals the victim was stabbed before he was run over. Could the "ghost" be real? Witness accounts suggest the killer was a bloody female apparition.

Character Revelations

Continuity

Historical References

  • This episode takes place in Toronto 1911 – George V is King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

Trivia

Cast

Main Cast

Yannick Bisson as Detective William Murdoch
Hélène Joy as Dr. Julia Ogden
Thomas Craig as Inspector Thomas Brackenreid
Jonny Harris as Constable George Crabtree

Recurring Cast

Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins-Newsome
Daniel Maslany as Detective Llewellyn Watts
Arwen Humphreys as Margaret Brackenreid
Clare McConnell as Effie Crabtree
Neil Crone as Crown Attorney Alister Gordon

Guest Cast

Melanie Leishman as Camilla Grundy
Ted Dykstra as Charlie Hall
Nigel Shawn Williams as Conrad Peach
Brendan Gall as Clarence Grundy
David Benjamin Tomlinson as Phillip Bland
Rhoslynne Bugay as Luna Driscoll
Billy Merasity as Gravekeeper Gary Cardinal
Xavier Lopez as Perry Solano
Greg Campbell as Judge
Benjamin Thomas as Jury Foreperson

Non-Credited Cast

Gallery


Murdoch Mysteries Season 17
Do the Right Thing Part 1Do the Right Thing Part 2Murdoch and the Mona LisaBottom of the BarrelStation House of HorrorsDying to be EnlightenedCool MillionThe Cottage in the WoodsThe Christmas ListMrs. Crabtree's NeighborhoodA Heavy EventWheel of Bad FortuneTrain to NowhereThe Smell of AlarmMurdoch and the Treasure of LimaPreacher Jimmy WildeThe Fantastic Mr. FawkesSpirits in the NightA Most Surprising BondRhapsody in BloodEngaged to be MurderedWhy Is Everybody Singing?Smoke Gets In Your EyesFor the Greater Good
Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 12Season 13Season 14Season 15Season 16
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