1 00:00:48,313 --> 00:00:50,257 How many this time? 2 00:00:52,706 --> 00:00:56,830 - 12. It's double our last attendance. - Wonderful. 3 00:00:56,869 --> 00:01:00,485 At this rate, we'll have a best-seller in 40 years. 4 00:01:01,836 --> 00:01:04,518 There is not a lot of people, but the ones that are here 5 00:01:04,544 --> 00:01:06,817 are very much looking forward to your reading. 6 00:01:16,283 --> 00:01:17,888 Ahem. 7 00:01:17,907 --> 00:01:21,064 I know you're all dying to hear Detective Murdoch 8 00:01:21,090 --> 00:01:23,468 read from his and Dr Ogden's new book. 9 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:27,592 Let's have a big round of applause for Toronto's most famous detective! 10 00:01:32,995 --> 00:01:35,569 Good evening. Thank you for coming. 11 00:01:36,528 --> 00:01:41,964 Each chapter in our book recounts a different murder investigation. 12 00:01:43,166 --> 00:01:44,946 Chapter one 13 00:01:44,985 --> 00:01:48,324 is about a most peculiar case. 14 00:01:49,694 --> 00:01:54,813 It was a bright, sunny day on July 16th, 1904, 15 00:01:55,103 --> 00:01:57,771 when strollers at Cawthra Park 16 00:01:57,810 --> 00:02:01,713 - happened upon a most unusual statue. - There's really nothing to... 17 00:02:01,714 --> 00:02:05,532 - Oh, my! - .. nothing to see here! Just stay back! 18 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,334 Where did the statue come from? 19 00:02:07,459 --> 00:02:10,298 No one knows. It certainly wasn't commissioned. 20 00:02:10,589 --> 00:02:13,560 A nude not commissioned by our city fathers. 21 00:02:13,574 --> 00:02:15,394 Why am I not surprised? 22 00:02:15,768 --> 00:02:18,672 I must say, it's very good. She looks almost real. 23 00:02:18,713 --> 00:02:21,390 - Hysteria is clearly what the artist intended. - No, sir! 24 00:02:21,437 --> 00:02:25,464 - Sir, get back here! - This vulgar display is an affront to decency! 25 00:02:25,506 --> 00:02:29,097 Sir! Sir! Give me that! 26 00:02:30,177 --> 00:02:33,206 Oh, my God. Sir. 27 00:02:34,297 --> 00:02:36,639 - Doctor. - What is it, George? 28 00:02:37,477 --> 00:02:39,905 I believe this is no ordinary work of art. 29 00:02:40,534 --> 00:02:42,300 The statue was, in fact, 30 00:02:42,321 --> 00:02:45,538 the electro-plated body of a young woman. 31 00:02:50,618 --> 00:02:53,081 Excuse me. What is it, Henry? 32 00:02:53,206 --> 00:02:55,560 The owner of the Windsor House Hotel has asked for you. 33 00:02:55,591 --> 00:02:57,343 She thinks she's found a body in her lobby. 34 00:02:57,374 --> 00:02:58,865 "She thinks"? 35 00:02:59,452 --> 00:03:01,421 It's best that you come, sir. 36 00:03:04,887 --> 00:03:07,402 You'll have to excuse us. 37 00:03:07,475 --> 00:03:11,414 We have an urgent matter to attend to. Ahem. 38 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,947 Is it a murder? 39 00:03:16,673 --> 00:03:19,188 Possibly. 40 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,387 - The books are for sale in the lobby. - I'll take one! 41 00:03:28,525 --> 00:03:29,954 Hello, Miss Matthews. 42 00:03:29,985 --> 00:03:33,015 Thank you for coming. I hope this isn't a waste of your time. 43 00:03:33,056 --> 00:03:35,607 If it isn't the famous detective 44 00:03:35,623 --> 00:03:38,371 and published author, I'm to understand. 45 00:03:38,428 --> 00:03:40,564 You remember our hotel detective. 46 00:03:40,596 --> 00:03:42,264 Mr Fellows. 47 00:03:42,310 --> 00:03:44,316 We understand you've discovered a body. 48 00:03:44,363 --> 00:03:47,579 It was delivered anonymously to the lobby, 49 00:03:47,610 --> 00:03:50,682 and I told Ralph to have it carted away. 50 00:03:50,708 --> 00:03:53,821 But I recognised it for what it was. 51 00:03:55,213 --> 00:03:56,719 Oh, my goodness. It-- 52 00:03:56,752 --> 00:03:59,913 I believe you'll find it's an electro-plated body. 53 00:04:00,217 --> 00:04:01,989 Just as in our book. 54 00:04:02,426 --> 00:04:04,062 Have you read our book, then? 55 00:04:04,072 --> 00:04:06,717 It may astonish the two of you that the world 56 00:04:06,754 --> 00:04:08,951 doesn't revolve around just you. 57 00:04:09,003 --> 00:04:11,675 The case was in the newspapers. 58 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:14,388 I think you'll need this. 59 00:04:37,262 --> 00:04:40,245 You were just reading about this; it's chapter one. 60 00:04:40,577 --> 00:04:42,360 It may be a coincidence. 61 00:04:42,599 --> 00:04:46,382 Mr Fellows is right. It was all over the newspaper. 62 00:04:46,413 --> 00:04:48,449 In my professional opinion, 63 00:04:48,465 --> 00:04:50,775 this is the work of a copycat. 64 00:04:50,783 --> 00:04:52,898 You're a hotel detective, Mr Fellows. 65 00:04:52,912 --> 00:04:55,231 Your professional opinion is hardly required. 66 00:04:55,356 --> 00:04:58,642 - Nevertheless. - You may be correct, Mr Fellows. 67 00:04:58,845 --> 00:05:02,571 But is the killer copying the newspapers or our book? 68 00:05:05,834 --> 00:05:08,157 During the electroplating process, 69 00:05:08,224 --> 00:05:10,791 dissolved metals are drawn by electrical attraction 70 00:05:10,827 --> 00:05:12,485 to form a thin, coherent coating 71 00:05:12,511 --> 00:05:14,340 on a surface of opposite charge. 72 00:05:14,553 --> 00:05:16,673 In this case, a waxy coating. 73 00:05:17,318 --> 00:05:21,439 The waxy substance likely contains a pulverised nitrate of silver. 74 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,621 The body is then immersed in copper sulfate 75 00:05:24,627 --> 00:05:26,554 and the electrical current is applied. 76 00:05:26,589 --> 00:05:29,115 The result is a metallic mummy, as it were. 77 00:05:29,167 --> 00:05:31,220 George, were you able to find any information 78 00:05:31,256 --> 00:05:32,847 - on electroplating facilities? - Yes, sir. 79 00:05:32,867 --> 00:05:35,060 There's only one electroplating factory in Toronto. 80 00:05:35,075 --> 00:05:38,578 We actually had cause to visit there on another case some years ago. 81 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,415 An endeavour such as this required a large electrolyte bath, 82 00:05:43,452 --> 00:05:45,830 and the capacity for large current draws, 83 00:05:45,883 --> 00:05:49,141 suggesting the killer made use of a purpose-built factory. 84 00:05:49,692 --> 00:05:52,950 "James Kirkham's electroplating facility on Niagara Street 85 00:05:52,996 --> 00:05:55,082 provided the perfect means." 86 00:05:55,382 --> 00:05:56,869 And there you have it. 87 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,287 All the instructions on how to electroplate a body. 88 00:06:00,584 --> 00:06:02,517 You even gave the killer the address. 89 00:06:02,748 --> 00:06:05,193 Henry, head down to Kirkham's factory 90 00:06:05,214 --> 00:06:07,619 - and see if anyone's been in there after hours. - Sir. 91 00:06:09,334 --> 00:06:12,327 It's horrific, but we must face the possibility 92 00:06:12,358 --> 00:06:14,559 that the killer got the idea from our book. 93 00:06:14,660 --> 00:06:16,951 It shouldn't be too difficult to obtain the identities 94 00:06:16,972 --> 00:06:18,697 of those who purchased the book. 95 00:06:19,081 --> 00:06:22,074 Perhaps it's a good thing that so few have sold. 96 00:06:23,077 --> 00:06:24,278 Hmm. 97 00:06:24,314 --> 00:06:27,629 I'm sorry, folks. It is impossible to know who has the book now. 98 00:06:27,899 --> 00:06:30,507 But you told us we've only sold 12 copies. 99 00:06:30,570 --> 00:06:33,324 Sold, but we've given copies to libraries, 100 00:06:33,334 --> 00:06:35,366 police stations, book reviewers. 101 00:06:35,407 --> 00:06:37,465 The number of people with access to your book 102 00:06:37,502 --> 00:06:39,284 would be in the hundreds. 103 00:06:44,335 --> 00:06:47,768 Inspector Hamish Slorach! What brings you to my station house? 104 00:06:47,945 --> 00:06:49,661 I'm packing it in, Tom. 105 00:06:49,762 --> 00:06:52,297 Had a long talk with the dog, and we decided it's time. 106 00:06:52,304 --> 00:06:53,885 You're younger than me, aren't you? 107 00:06:53,890 --> 00:06:56,570 Oh, no, no. I'm just better looking, and I plan to keep it that way. 108 00:06:56,951 --> 00:06:59,133 Well, the constabulary won't be the same without you. 109 00:06:59,143 --> 00:07:01,295 Ah. Well, I'm having a little bash tomorrow night, 110 00:07:01,307 --> 00:07:04,194 - and I would like you to give the farewell speech. - Me? 111 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:06,580 What, is there a cop I've known longer? Huh? 112 00:07:06,813 --> 00:07:08,694 - Well, I'd be honoured. - Thank you. Thank you. 113 00:07:08,709 --> 00:07:10,539 It means so much to me. It really does. 114 00:07:10,918 --> 00:07:14,410 Detective Murdoch! Oh, I was hoping I'd run into you! 115 00:07:14,436 --> 00:07:15,881 I bought your book. Heh! 116 00:07:15,891 --> 00:07:17,611 Soon as it came out. I couldn't put it down. 117 00:07:17,637 --> 00:07:20,302 - Entertaining as well as instructive. - Thank you. 118 00:07:20,313 --> 00:07:22,024 Can you imagine how many more criminals I would have caught 119 00:07:22,048 --> 00:07:23,467 if I'd read this thing earlier? 120 00:07:23,493 --> 00:07:25,330 Boy oh boy, huh? 121 00:07:25,343 --> 00:07:27,241 Can I get you to sign my copy? 122 00:07:27,276 --> 00:07:30,192 Oh, certainly. 123 00:07:30,478 --> 00:07:32,283 Oh, allow me. 124 00:07:32,309 --> 00:07:35,139 I am the co-writer, after all. 125 00:07:39,519 --> 00:07:43,306 - To Hamish, my good friend. - Hamish. 126 00:07:43,488 --> 00:07:45,534 Good friend. 127 00:07:46,566 --> 00:07:48,378 There's a man, huh? 128 00:07:48,503 --> 00:07:50,664 And I'd like to invite you to my farewell bash tomorrow night. 129 00:07:50,684 --> 00:07:53,691 - Oh, you're retiring. - Dying, actually. 130 00:07:55,927 --> 00:07:58,906 Just kidding! I'll see you all there. 131 00:07:59,031 --> 00:08:00,818 - Is this the way I came in? - Yes. 132 00:08:00,833 --> 00:08:02,727 OK. 133 00:08:03,636 --> 00:08:07,114 Sir, Mr Kirkham died last April. His factory is closed, 134 00:08:07,118 --> 00:08:09,250 but the lock on the back door was broken. 135 00:08:09,375 --> 00:08:11,085 So, the killer could have accessed 136 00:08:11,105 --> 00:08:13,346 the facility at any time without detection. 137 00:08:13,379 --> 00:08:17,137 Also, sir, a Mr Robert Brown claims his daughter is missing. 138 00:08:20,112 --> 00:08:21,956 That's my Amelia. 139 00:08:22,638 --> 00:08:24,872 What kind of monster would do such a thing? 140 00:08:24,911 --> 00:08:26,824 We intend to find out. 141 00:08:30,029 --> 00:08:31,910 She was stabbed in the heart, 142 00:08:32,035 --> 00:08:33,443 just as in your book. 143 00:08:33,469 --> 00:08:35,189 Oh, you've read the book? 144 00:08:35,490 --> 00:08:37,148 The relevant passages. 145 00:08:37,273 --> 00:08:39,740 This page in particular. 146 00:08:41,419 --> 00:08:45,633 "The victim had been stabbed in the heart, but that's not how she died." 147 00:08:45,831 --> 00:08:47,514 A single thrust to the heart. 148 00:08:47,546 --> 00:08:49,739 The wound was very clean, suggesting the knife 149 00:08:49,749 --> 00:08:51,883 was pushed in and withdrawn at the same angle. 150 00:08:51,984 --> 00:08:54,428 Which led you to believe that she was incapacitated 151 00:08:54,458 --> 00:08:57,186 - when she was killed. - Yes. I analysed the stomach contents. 152 00:08:57,227 --> 00:08:59,270 She'd drunk and eaten shortly before she died. 153 00:08:59,306 --> 00:09:03,134 I found significant amounts of the sedative sulfonyl. 154 00:09:03,206 --> 00:09:04,890 He wanted her unconscious. 155 00:09:05,389 --> 00:09:07,785 She died approximately 18 hours ago. 156 00:09:07,811 --> 00:09:10,619 The killer waited until rigour had set in. 157 00:09:10,744 --> 00:09:12,656 And once rigour was fully in evidence, 158 00:09:12,682 --> 00:09:14,348 and the body was fixed in the pose, 159 00:09:14,365 --> 00:09:16,532 he set about the task of electroplating. 160 00:09:16,558 --> 00:09:18,226 It's quite the operation. 161 00:09:18,496 --> 00:09:20,740 She sat down to share a meal with her killer. 162 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:22,564 It might have been someone she knew. 163 00:09:24,102 --> 00:09:26,535 I don't know why you came to that conclusion. 164 00:09:26,552 --> 00:09:28,568 She could have just as easily dined alone. 165 00:09:29,072 --> 00:09:31,405 But in all other respects-- 166 00:09:31,530 --> 00:09:34,201 The meal, the sulfonyl and the timing of the rigour 167 00:09:34,253 --> 00:09:36,260 are the same in Amelia Brown's case. 168 00:09:39,264 --> 00:09:41,210 I raised her by myself. 169 00:09:41,233 --> 00:09:43,501 She was a handful as a child, 170 00:09:43,602 --> 00:09:46,293 but she grew into a fine young woman. 171 00:09:46,418 --> 00:09:48,678 I can think of no one who would wish her harm. 172 00:09:49,026 --> 00:09:50,392 Although, 173 00:09:50,439 --> 00:09:52,695 I could name a few who would wish harm on me. 174 00:09:52,711 --> 00:09:53,999 How so? 175 00:09:54,124 --> 00:09:57,232 I've been with the Pinkerton Detective Agency for 30 years, 176 00:09:57,357 --> 00:10:00,832 and I've dealt with my share of hoodlums and bad actors. 177 00:10:02,016 --> 00:10:05,323 And you fear one of them may be out for revenge? 178 00:10:06,632 --> 00:10:09,197 Sir? We've found another body. 179 00:10:11,910 --> 00:10:14,269 His body was pulled from the lake an hour ago. 180 00:10:14,394 --> 00:10:17,096 He appears to be in his 60s or early 70s. 181 00:10:18,135 --> 00:10:21,273 He was struck in the back of the head with a blunt instrument, 182 00:10:21,299 --> 00:10:24,609 and then fell or was pushed into the water and drowned. 183 00:10:25,389 --> 00:10:27,779 So, not inspired by our book. 184 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:29,781 That's something of a relief. 185 00:10:30,450 --> 00:10:33,142 - I know this man. - You do? 186 00:10:33,968 --> 00:10:35,433 Dr Morley. 187 00:10:35,464 --> 00:10:38,654 He was a surgeon at Toronto General for many years. 188 00:10:38,827 --> 00:10:41,695 Dr Ogden, his blood is black. 189 00:10:42,002 --> 00:10:43,810 The vessels of his brains, lungs and liver 190 00:10:43,829 --> 00:10:45,530 are all filled with black blood. 191 00:10:45,631 --> 00:10:47,799 - Poisoned. - Precisely. 192 00:10:47,982 --> 00:10:50,429 What kind of poison turns blood black? 193 00:10:50,445 --> 00:10:52,706 - Something organic? - An alkaloid, perhaps. 194 00:10:52,831 --> 00:10:55,008 - Was it ingested? - Most unlikely. 195 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,262 The dosage required to kill someone would need to be massive. 196 00:10:57,278 --> 00:11:00,468 - Injected, then. - It's much more likely. Far more efficient. 197 00:11:00,764 --> 00:11:02,766 Then there would have to be an injection site. 198 00:11:02,802 --> 00:11:04,692 I was hoping to have found it before you arrived. 199 00:11:04,716 --> 00:11:05,842 Ah. 200 00:11:06,263 --> 00:11:07,676 I can wait. 201 00:11:09,172 --> 00:11:11,582 Have you had a chance to visit with your sister? 202 00:11:11,707 --> 00:11:13,825 - Yes. - Hmm. 203 00:11:13,926 --> 00:11:16,696 I received some arresting news from her. 204 00:11:16,768 --> 00:11:18,249 Regarding? 205 00:11:19,118 --> 00:11:21,466 Your conviction of character. 206 00:11:23,098 --> 00:11:24,340 Ah. 207 00:11:25,109 --> 00:11:27,857 Puns, the feeblest form of humour. 208 00:11:27,894 --> 00:11:29,390 Is it true then? 209 00:11:30,029 --> 00:11:31,406 Your arrest? 210 00:11:32,056 --> 00:11:35,277 One hot summer evening, when I was home from university, 211 00:11:35,402 --> 00:11:38,551 my colleagues and I enjoyed swimming off Hanlon's Point, 212 00:11:38,868 --> 00:11:40,426 sans clothing. 213 00:11:41,315 --> 00:11:43,066 Most risqué. 214 00:11:43,191 --> 00:11:44,568 I don't know which was worse: 215 00:11:44,588 --> 00:11:46,849 being arrested or having your parents find out. 216 00:11:47,545 --> 00:11:49,067 I found it. 217 00:11:49,862 --> 00:11:51,042 I'm sorry? 218 00:11:51,317 --> 00:11:53,603 I found it, the puncture mark. Come see. 219 00:11:54,897 --> 00:11:58,099 It goes straight through the sclera and into the anterior orbit. 220 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:04,108 There it is. 221 00:12:04,618 --> 00:12:05,907 William, 222 00:12:05,948 --> 00:12:08,084 this is from chapter two. 223 00:12:08,557 --> 00:12:10,937 The killer appears to be going through the book, 224 00:12:11,181 --> 00:12:13,197 one case at a time. 225 00:12:20,071 --> 00:12:21,703 Oh, Henry? 226 00:12:22,581 --> 00:12:24,919 Find out all you can about Dr Morley: 227 00:12:24,976 --> 00:12:28,114 - any enemies, debts, that sort of thing. - Sir. 228 00:12:29,226 --> 00:12:31,936 So, we have a sequential killer on the loose. 229 00:12:32,407 --> 00:12:34,939 You think he's working through it one chapter at a time? 230 00:12:34,959 --> 00:12:36,834 That would appear to be the case. 231 00:12:36,875 --> 00:12:38,648 How many chapters in your book? 232 00:12:38,897 --> 00:12:41,542 - 28. - Oh, crikey. 233 00:12:41,734 --> 00:12:43,054 What's chapter three? 234 00:12:43,179 --> 00:12:44,691 The Lipstick Murders. 235 00:12:44,717 --> 00:12:47,253 The woman who kissed her victims to death? 236 00:12:47,533 --> 00:12:50,142 I suppose I should pull out the case files. 237 00:12:50,573 --> 00:12:52,885 Murdoch, before you go, 238 00:12:54,771 --> 00:12:56,948 Slorach has asked me to give the farewell speech, 239 00:12:56,964 --> 00:12:59,126 but I'm having a bit of trouble. 240 00:12:59,172 --> 00:13:03,126 Sir, I'm not the most entertaining writer, as I've come to discover. 241 00:13:03,142 --> 00:13:05,053 Bugger the writing, I can't think of anything good 242 00:13:05,074 --> 00:13:06,336 to say about his career! 243 00:13:06,461 --> 00:13:08,685 He's not a very good policeman. 244 00:13:09,044 --> 00:13:10,950 He only made detective because he solved 245 00:13:10,951 --> 00:13:13,331 the case of the Jarvish strangler back in '91. 246 00:13:13,367 --> 00:13:14,832 Speak about that. 247 00:13:15,549 --> 00:13:17,248 What's to speak about? 248 00:13:17,726 --> 00:13:20,428 As I recall, a witness told him everything. 249 00:13:21,478 --> 00:13:23,692 He's a very upbeat fellow? 250 00:13:31,470 --> 00:13:33,627 Oh! Mr Kellogg, honestly, 251 00:13:33,668 --> 00:13:35,788 you tell the most fantastic stories. 252 00:13:35,814 --> 00:13:37,678 Really, you are truly magnificent! 253 00:13:39,629 --> 00:13:41,125 Ruthie! 254 00:13:41,348 --> 00:13:43,604 Henry! What are you doing here? 255 00:13:43,642 --> 00:13:45,563 I'm looking into a doctor who used to work here. 256 00:13:45,584 --> 00:13:47,041 I thought I'd come say hello to my favourite wife. 257 00:13:47,065 --> 00:13:49,720 Oh! Well, your timing couldn't be better. Try this. 258 00:13:49,975 --> 00:13:53,197 - What are they? - We're conducting an experiment. 259 00:13:53,238 --> 00:13:56,314 Mr Kellogg is hoping to market these, 260 00:13:56,777 --> 00:13:59,338 - what did you call them again? - Granose flakes. 261 00:13:59,364 --> 00:14:02,232 Ugh. Sounds like a disease. What are they made of? 262 00:14:02,517 --> 00:14:03,988 Toasted corn mash. 263 00:14:04,113 --> 00:14:07,797 - We'll call them that. Without the mash part. - Corn flakes. 264 00:14:08,031 --> 00:14:10,754 - I like it. - Eat! Eat, eat, eat. 265 00:14:15,602 --> 00:14:17,109 It's rather dry. 266 00:14:17,166 --> 00:14:18,663 Exactly. 267 00:14:24,690 --> 00:14:26,099 Now try. 268 00:14:31,580 --> 00:14:32,822 It's rather good. 269 00:14:32,863 --> 00:14:36,028 Suggest serving it with milk. It's a one-two punch of yumminess. 270 00:14:36,153 --> 00:14:39,406 - It is better that way, I agree. - Help! 271 00:14:39,531 --> 00:14:41,484 - She's stopped breathing! - Oh! 272 00:14:41,505 --> 00:14:43,105 We need a doctor! 273 00:14:46,374 --> 00:14:47,938 Oh! 274 00:14:51,571 --> 00:14:52,922 Oh. 275 00:14:58,706 --> 00:15:00,488 The case of the Lipstick Murders 276 00:15:00,519 --> 00:15:03,923 began with the discovery of a young man's body in a swan boat. 277 00:15:04,323 --> 00:15:07,442 While the motif of the swan was to prove a key clue, 278 00:15:07,473 --> 00:15:09,494 the defining aspect of the murders 279 00:15:09,525 --> 00:15:12,544 was the manner in which each victim was killed. 280 00:15:17,002 --> 00:15:18,701 It's not clear what killed him, 281 00:15:18,737 --> 00:15:20,607 but he died 5 to 10 hours ago. 282 00:15:20,628 --> 00:15:22,545 A canoeist found him floating in the lake. 283 00:15:22,670 --> 00:15:24,920 Oh, and William, look at this. 284 00:15:26,718 --> 00:15:29,803 "Let's get acquainted for fun and results." 285 00:15:29,815 --> 00:15:31,482 It's a flirtation card 286 00:15:31,524 --> 00:15:33,883 to be slipped discreetly to someone you wish to meet. 287 00:15:33,919 --> 00:15:37,312 So, a woman gave him this flirtation card, 288 00:15:37,333 --> 00:15:39,069 arranging a meeting. 289 00:15:39,100 --> 00:15:44,171 - He then brought her here to this lovely spot. - Romance ensued, 290 00:15:44,296 --> 00:15:46,533 judging by the lip rouge on his face. 291 00:15:46,658 --> 00:15:48,586 Love was in the air. 292 00:15:48,903 --> 00:15:50,389 More than that. 293 00:15:50,695 --> 00:15:53,246 I believe I'm detecting the smell of bitter almonds. 294 00:15:53,371 --> 00:15:54,743 It could be cyanide. 295 00:15:54,784 --> 00:15:57,787 Likely not the "fun and results" he was expecting. 296 00:15:58,327 --> 00:16:01,850 "While it was clear the victims died from cyanide poisoning, 297 00:16:01,918 --> 00:16:05,783 the manner in which the poison was administered proved to be a puzzle." 298 00:16:05,861 --> 00:16:08,001 Yes, we discovered that the poison 299 00:16:08,027 --> 00:16:10,142 was delivered by way of lip rouge. 300 00:16:10,496 --> 00:16:14,673 But your book specifies that the poison came from a cut on the lip. 301 00:16:14,892 --> 00:16:16,612 I don't see a point of entry here. 302 00:16:16,627 --> 00:16:18,220 That's true. In this case, 303 00:16:18,241 --> 00:16:20,399 it must have been administered some other way. 304 00:16:20,524 --> 00:16:23,163 - Injected? - Or ingested. 305 00:16:23,753 --> 00:16:25,765 That would slow the effects 306 00:16:25,778 --> 00:16:27,705 long enough to see her to hospital. 307 00:16:27,723 --> 00:16:29,876 And obscure the timing of the murder. 308 00:16:31,052 --> 00:16:32,362 Is that what he's doing, then? 309 00:16:32,445 --> 00:16:33,779 Copying crimes in your book 310 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:35,838 but leaving out the parts that would get him caught? 311 00:16:35,862 --> 00:16:38,814 I don't know, sir, but we now have three murders. 312 00:16:38,868 --> 00:16:41,283 Our best hope is to find any possible connection 313 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:42,683 between each of the victims. 314 00:16:42,808 --> 00:16:44,982 We've had a few sequential murderers. 315 00:16:45,064 --> 00:16:46,877 What's been the connections there? 316 00:16:46,951 --> 00:16:50,069 Well, the point of connection is usually related to the motive. 317 00:16:53,665 --> 00:16:55,235 In the electroplating murders, 318 00:16:55,261 --> 00:16:58,082 it was the betrayal of a mutual friend. 319 00:16:59,698 --> 00:17:03,099 But with the lipstick killer, it was the man who had humiliated her. 320 00:17:07,988 --> 00:17:10,615 You needn't be afraid of this rouge stick. 321 00:17:10,645 --> 00:17:13,451 I chose the colour especially for you. 322 00:17:13,716 --> 00:17:15,883 And with the elder murders from last year, 323 00:17:16,008 --> 00:17:19,431 the point of connection was a red herring to obscure the true motive. 324 00:17:19,821 --> 00:17:23,319 Men over 60 should be euthanised with chloroform. 325 00:17:23,444 --> 00:17:25,330 Perhaps Dr Osler didn't realise 326 00:17:25,361 --> 00:17:27,637 the influence his words would have. 327 00:17:28,437 --> 00:17:31,357 Right now, the only connection that we know of is your book. 328 00:17:31,403 --> 00:17:32,403 Am I right? 329 00:17:32,758 --> 00:17:35,839 Sir? Dr Morley had a reputation as a drinker. 330 00:17:35,863 --> 00:17:38,541 He was also the defendant in several malpractice lawsuits. 331 00:17:38,562 --> 00:17:39,830 Interesting. 332 00:17:40,807 --> 00:17:43,733 Henry, find out if anyone involved in those lawsuits 333 00:17:43,758 --> 00:17:45,512 was connected to any of the victims. 334 00:17:45,562 --> 00:17:46,917 Oh, and while you're at it, 335 00:17:46,941 --> 00:17:50,084 gather all of the information that you can on each of the victims: 336 00:17:50,116 --> 00:17:53,167 where they were born, where they lived, where they went to school, 337 00:17:53,175 --> 00:17:54,918 jobs, any friends they may have had. 338 00:17:54,934 --> 00:17:57,669 We're looking for anything that connects one to the other. 339 00:17:57,898 --> 00:18:00,732 All right. Oh, and 340 00:18:00,810 --> 00:18:02,420 this just came out. 341 00:18:04,774 --> 00:18:07,917 Well, at least we have a couple of suspects with motive. 342 00:18:07,985 --> 00:18:09,185 Who is that? 343 00:18:10,370 --> 00:18:12,662 You and you. 344 00:18:20,621 --> 00:18:24,154 Yes, yes. This is Constable Higgins-Newsome from Station House 4. 345 00:18:33,986 --> 00:18:36,682 All right. 346 00:18:38,491 --> 00:18:40,128 Anything popping up? 347 00:18:41,157 --> 00:18:43,214 We've found some connections. 348 00:18:43,282 --> 00:18:46,731 Yes, sir. Amelia Brown and Dr Morley both lived on Wright Ave, 349 00:18:46,762 --> 00:18:48,378 but at different times. 350 00:18:48,409 --> 00:18:51,236 Rebecca Collins was once neighbours with Eve Wilson, 351 00:18:51,288 --> 00:18:53,294 who was a patient of Dr Morley's. 352 00:18:53,419 --> 00:18:55,606 Also, sir, Miss Brown and Mrs Collins 353 00:18:55,622 --> 00:18:57,653 both appeared to enjoy romance fiction. 354 00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,353 "Romance fiction"? 355 00:18:59,540 --> 00:19:02,527 - Bloody tenuous, if you ask me. - I'd have to agree. 356 00:19:02,652 --> 00:19:05,973 Any connection between two victims is likely happenstance, 357 00:19:05,988 --> 00:19:08,946 but when a connection between all three victims is found, 358 00:19:08,959 --> 00:19:11,268 - we need to pay strict attention. - Right then. 359 00:19:11,330 --> 00:19:13,046 It's time for Slorach's send off. 360 00:19:13,545 --> 00:19:15,637 Oh, I can't go. 361 00:19:15,678 --> 00:19:18,052 These sequential murders are a bloody nightmare, Murdoch. 362 00:19:18,076 --> 00:19:20,357 Get your head out of it for a while, then come back to it. 363 00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:23,171 - Like a jigsaw puzzle. - Sort of. 364 00:19:23,389 --> 00:19:25,031 Come on, Murdoch. 365 00:19:28,620 --> 00:19:30,554 I'll just stay here then. 366 00:19:40,621 --> 00:19:42,596 They're crowded into the alley. 367 00:19:42,617 --> 00:19:44,191 It's quite the turnout. 368 00:19:44,363 --> 00:19:47,673 Well, he was never much of a cop, but an easy man to like. 369 00:19:48,140 --> 00:19:51,763 No luck in the case but book sales are good, I see. 370 00:19:51,888 --> 00:19:55,672 - Mr Fellows. I didn't realise you-- - That I used to be a cop? 371 00:19:55,731 --> 00:19:59,844 Of course not. I am just a hotel detective, after all. 372 00:19:59,969 --> 00:20:02,935 - I don't remember you. - I had to leave the force. 373 00:20:02,948 --> 00:20:06,682 Injury in the line of duty. Some pay the price. 374 00:20:07,293 --> 00:20:09,832 So, you worked with Inspector Slorach? 375 00:20:09,890 --> 00:20:13,955 My, you are the sleuth! How did you figure that out? 376 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,573 Oh, right. I'm here. 377 00:20:16,698 --> 00:20:19,471 Ralphie boy! How's the knee? 378 00:20:19,497 --> 00:20:21,102 Well, it's had 30 years to heal. 379 00:20:21,170 --> 00:20:23,144 Great, great, great. Get yourself a beer. 380 00:20:23,181 --> 00:20:25,690 - First round's on me. - I already have my first beer. 381 00:20:25,815 --> 00:20:28,059 Great, I just saved 10 cents. 382 00:20:30,117 --> 00:20:32,336 Oh, Tommy, I'm looking forward to your speech. 383 00:20:32,367 --> 00:20:35,250 Give me your worst. No one will be laughing harder than me. 384 00:20:35,281 --> 00:20:37,584 We'll see about that. 385 00:20:38,701 --> 00:20:41,357 Ahem. If I could have your attention, please. 386 00:20:41,803 --> 00:20:43,913 I'd like to say a few words 387 00:20:43,955 --> 00:20:46,091 about everyone's favourite inspector. 388 00:20:46,371 --> 00:20:48,044 Or, as we used to call him, 389 00:20:48,075 --> 00:20:49,530 Sloppy Seconds Slorach! 390 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:51,900 That's true! That's true, they did! They did! 391 00:20:51,957 --> 00:20:53,522 Sorry to interrupt, 392 00:20:53,548 --> 00:20:56,992 but there's a telephone call for the man of the hour. 393 00:20:57,927 --> 00:21:00,105 That would be me. 394 00:21:00,182 --> 00:21:01,628 Right. Quiet down, lads. 395 00:21:01,649 --> 00:21:03,754 Let the man of the hour hear the bloody phone. 396 00:21:03,774 --> 00:21:06,347 Hello? Who is this? 397 00:21:08,487 --> 00:21:10,217 Can you hear me now? 398 00:21:13,491 --> 00:21:15,383 - NO! - What happened?! 399 00:21:17,383 --> 00:21:19,113 He's been shot! 400 00:21:22,901 --> 00:21:26,003 Angels. I see angels. Angels are carrying me. 401 00:21:26,185 --> 00:21:28,647 - Oof. - I'm floating away. 402 00:21:31,001 --> 00:21:33,656 - Learn anything, sir? - Bloody useless, the lot of them. 403 00:21:33,677 --> 00:21:35,284 You'd think in a bar room full of coppers, 404 00:21:35,297 --> 00:21:38,262 - someone would have seen something. - We didn't see anything either. 405 00:21:38,802 --> 00:21:41,286 So, what would make an earpiece explode like that? 406 00:21:41,816 --> 00:21:43,962 I believe it was struck 407 00:21:44,866 --> 00:21:48,130 - by a high velocity projectile. - You mean a bullet? 408 00:21:48,255 --> 00:21:49,892 - Well, - I didn't hear a shot. 409 00:21:50,188 --> 00:21:52,701 not exactly a bullet, sir. 410 00:21:54,418 --> 00:21:58,612 I believe this crime was inspired by chapter four of the book. 411 00:21:58,737 --> 00:22:00,155 What's chapter four? 412 00:22:00,224 --> 00:22:03,003 "Murder at the Hall of Inventions." 413 00:22:05,051 --> 00:22:06,682 As you might remember, 414 00:22:06,859 --> 00:22:08,746 I had been called to the convention 415 00:22:08,772 --> 00:22:11,712 - to investigate a threat to an inventor. - That's me. 416 00:22:12,157 --> 00:22:14,370 Mr Schreyer, under the circumstances, 417 00:22:14,381 --> 00:22:16,890 - I would advise you not to go up on that stage. - No. 418 00:22:16,927 --> 00:22:19,109 I have worked for years for this moment. 419 00:22:19,172 --> 00:22:21,021 I'm not going to be intimidated. 420 00:22:21,837 --> 00:22:24,705 Mr Schreyer accepted his award 421 00:22:28,665 --> 00:22:31,061 and paid the price with his life. 422 00:22:31,362 --> 00:22:34,584 Seal the exits, George. This man's been murdered. 423 00:22:34,652 --> 00:22:37,613 - There was no gunshot. - None that was heard, sir. 424 00:22:37,639 --> 00:22:41,038 Obviously, something penetrated his skull. As to how? 425 00:22:41,163 --> 00:22:43,475 Must have been someone who used one of those mufflers 426 00:22:43,486 --> 00:22:44,863 that silences a gunshot. 427 00:22:44,878 --> 00:22:47,756 How could someone have used such a weapon without being seen? 428 00:22:48,984 --> 00:22:51,826 A bit higher, Constable. Higher. 429 00:22:51,868 --> 00:22:54,929 We determined the trajectory of the bullet. There. 430 00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:58,300 Oh, that's odd. 431 00:23:00,097 --> 00:23:02,088 You found it led to a killing machine. 432 00:23:02,140 --> 00:23:04,670 - So, where would that be then? - Well, let's see. 433 00:23:04,722 --> 00:23:08,109 Inspector Slorach was standing here, facing this way. 434 00:23:08,515 --> 00:23:11,731 - So, the shot had to have come from-- - Well, well, well. 435 00:23:11,773 --> 00:23:15,577 Your book has certainly turned out to be quite inspirational. 436 00:23:15,608 --> 00:23:18,585 - How do you know that's what this is? - I am a detective. 437 00:23:18,658 --> 00:23:22,788 I may not write books, but I am capable of abductive reasoning. 438 00:23:22,861 --> 00:23:26,757 You're also connected to the first murder, and this latest attempt. 439 00:23:26,783 --> 00:23:29,018 Oh, am I a suspect now? 440 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,023 How do you explain the coincidence? 441 00:23:31,787 --> 00:23:33,195 How do you? 442 00:23:33,258 --> 00:23:34,671 Yes, I'm connected to two, 443 00:23:34,702 --> 00:23:38,438 but you're connected to all of them. Furthermore, you have a motive. 444 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:40,948 Your books are just flying off the shelves. 445 00:23:40,974 --> 00:23:43,391 Nothing like a little murder to goose sales. 446 00:23:43,411 --> 00:23:45,491 I'll goose you if you don't shut up and let him work. 447 00:23:45,542 --> 00:23:49,262 Oh, yes. Of course. Let the master detective ply his trade. 448 00:23:49,288 --> 00:23:51,453 He's written a book, you know! 449 00:23:51,496 --> 00:23:53,107 Ho ho ho! 450 00:23:53,513 --> 00:23:55,622 Bloody pain in the backside he is. 451 00:23:57,015 --> 00:23:58,252 All right then. 452 00:24:04,102 --> 00:24:05,334 Excuse me. 453 00:24:05,459 --> 00:24:08,238 - What's behind here? - A storage room. 454 00:24:23,452 --> 00:24:25,540 Well, we've seen this before, haven't we? 455 00:24:27,712 --> 00:24:28,881 What is it? 456 00:24:29,437 --> 00:24:31,017 I have no idea. 457 00:24:31,620 --> 00:24:33,340 This is a battery. 458 00:24:33,933 --> 00:24:36,031 There are wires leading to a 459 00:24:36,052 --> 00:24:37,823 switch of some sort, 460 00:24:38,224 --> 00:24:41,851 but then, this appears to be a switch as well. 461 00:24:47,551 --> 00:24:50,701 I'm going to bypass these switches 462 00:24:51,552 --> 00:24:54,290 to see if I can figure out 463 00:24:54,596 --> 00:24:56,914 what the-- 464 00:25:03,970 --> 00:25:06,780 I believe we've found our murder weapon, George. 465 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:11,463 There are some similarities. But it can't be the same. 466 00:25:11,541 --> 00:25:12,731 Why is that? 467 00:25:12,809 --> 00:25:15,261 Because Karl Schreyer shot himself. 468 00:25:15,282 --> 00:25:18,171 He put himself in the position and triggered the device. 469 00:25:18,394 --> 00:25:21,513 In this case, the killer had to 470 00:25:21,772 --> 00:25:24,485 control the timing as well as the position. 471 00:25:24,786 --> 00:25:27,842 - So, the killer was among us. - Not exactly. 472 00:25:28,257 --> 00:25:31,193 This device was triggered by this alarm clock. 473 00:25:31,495 --> 00:25:33,069 It's set for 8pm. 474 00:25:33,194 --> 00:25:35,662 So, no one in the room could have affected the timing. 475 00:25:35,693 --> 00:25:38,946 As for the position, the killer had him speak into the telephone 476 00:25:38,962 --> 00:25:40,999 at precisely 8pm. 477 00:25:41,264 --> 00:25:44,133 - Henry! - So, whoever telephoned, tried to kill him. 478 00:25:44,153 --> 00:25:46,081 - That would appear to be the case. - Sir? 479 00:25:46,148 --> 00:25:49,104 - Any success? - The switchboard operator remembers the call. 480 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:50,920 She said the voice sounded like it was put on. 481 00:25:51,232 --> 00:25:52,625 He likely disguised it. 482 00:25:52,650 --> 00:25:54,350 Did she remember where the call came from? 483 00:25:54,367 --> 00:25:56,287 Yes, sir. It came from the Windsor House Hotel. 484 00:25:57,450 --> 00:25:59,663 Ralph Fellows works at the Windsor House Hotel. 485 00:25:59,715 --> 00:26:02,598 Yes, but Ralph Fellows was at the retirement party. 486 00:26:02,603 --> 00:26:04,152 He couldn't have placed the call. 487 00:26:04,209 --> 00:26:05,451 He wasn't one of the coppers 488 00:26:05,492 --> 00:26:07,924 that I talked to directly after Slorach was shot. 489 00:26:09,405 --> 00:26:12,461 The Windsor House Hotel is what, three blocks from there? 490 00:26:12,586 --> 00:26:14,706 Could he have run to the Windsor House, 491 00:26:14,737 --> 00:26:16,623 placed the call and run back? 492 00:26:17,029 --> 00:26:18,557 He did seem a bit winded. 493 00:26:19,216 --> 00:26:21,736 As far as I know, Mr Fellows was here all evening. 494 00:26:21,861 --> 00:26:22,931 He wasn't. 495 00:26:23,009 --> 00:26:26,646 He was at a retirement party for at least part of the evening. 496 00:26:26,771 --> 00:26:28,661 I didn't give him permission to leave. 497 00:26:29,207 --> 00:26:33,224 Regardless, I need to know where he was at precisely 8PM. 498 00:26:33,395 --> 00:26:37,490 Some time ago, I caught Mr Fellows sleeping on the job, 499 00:26:37,501 --> 00:26:39,304 so I had one of these installed. 500 00:26:39,912 --> 00:26:44,151 He's required to punch in on the hour, every hour. 501 00:26:46,762 --> 00:26:48,802 "8:01." 502 00:26:51,550 --> 00:26:55,141 - Is Fellows our man, then? - He is a strong suspect. 503 00:26:55,499 --> 00:26:57,233 What could his motive be? 504 00:26:57,563 --> 00:26:59,507 Taking you down a peg or two. 505 00:27:00,664 --> 00:27:03,002 Well, he's always resented your success. 506 00:27:03,013 --> 00:27:05,076 And you're Toronto's most famous detective. 507 00:27:05,201 --> 00:27:09,385 And now, you're infamous for writing a how-to book for murder. 508 00:27:09,575 --> 00:27:12,194 Not even Ralph Fellows is that spiteful. 509 00:27:12,951 --> 00:27:16,180 But if he did have motive to kill these specific victims, 510 00:27:16,197 --> 00:27:19,966 then I suppose taking us down a peg could be a welcome bonus. 511 00:27:20,013 --> 00:27:23,370 Sir. Ralph Fellows once worked for Miss Brown's father. 512 00:27:23,411 --> 00:27:24,887 The Pinkerton fellow? 513 00:27:25,999 --> 00:27:29,095 - Bring in Mr Brown, Henry. - Sir. 514 00:27:32,482 --> 00:27:36,208 Yeah, I hired Ralph. He lasted exactly one week. 515 00:27:36,252 --> 00:27:37,340 What happened? 516 00:27:37,631 --> 00:27:39,991 I came back from lunch and found my Amelia 517 00:27:40,017 --> 00:27:42,194 shooting bottles in the alley with his pistol. 518 00:27:42,246 --> 00:27:45,436 - He gave her his pistol?! - Well, no, he didn't give it to her, but 519 00:27:45,461 --> 00:27:47,742 clearly, he left it in a place where she could find it. 520 00:27:47,925 --> 00:27:49,698 Worst of all, he wouldn't admit it! 521 00:27:49,708 --> 00:27:51,376 Claimed he kept it locked up. 522 00:27:51,683 --> 00:27:54,655 I fired him on the spot. Haven't seen him since. 523 00:27:56,584 --> 00:27:58,583 What, you think he murdered my Amelia 524 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,351 because she got him fired? 525 00:28:01,587 --> 00:28:03,121 It did seem a bit much. 526 00:28:03,146 --> 00:28:05,914 I don't disagree, but we have a connection and motive. 527 00:28:05,942 --> 00:28:07,860 Let's see what the constables have found. 528 00:28:08,187 --> 00:28:09,413 Henry. What have you? 529 00:28:09,434 --> 00:28:12,427 Well, the hotel owner gave us the access to Mr Fellows' room. 530 00:28:12,463 --> 00:28:14,292 - We found this. - "Learn German." 531 00:28:14,313 --> 00:28:17,735 - It suggests he may be intending to flee. - Hmm. Anything else? 532 00:28:17,763 --> 00:28:19,899 Yes, we found some of his old correspondence. 533 00:28:20,107 --> 00:28:22,851 - Tells somewhat of a sad story, I'm afraid. - Go on. 534 00:28:23,043 --> 00:28:27,069 Well, in 1865, Ralph Fellows applied to be a detective at Scotland Yard. 535 00:28:27,109 --> 00:28:30,188 - He was accepted. - Ralph Fellows for England's finest?! 536 00:28:30,313 --> 00:28:31,686 Why didn't he go? 537 00:28:31,702 --> 00:28:34,217 The woman he was courting hid the acceptance letter. 538 00:28:34,342 --> 00:28:35,667 How did you learn that? 539 00:28:35,688 --> 00:28:38,158 Well, she wrote a subsequent letter admitting what she did, sir. 540 00:28:38,182 --> 00:28:41,330 She blamed bad advice from a friend for her treachery. 541 00:28:41,455 --> 00:28:43,150 What was the friend's name? 542 00:28:43,742 --> 00:28:45,441 Becky Winters. 543 00:28:46,195 --> 00:28:47,489 "Becky". 544 00:28:48,565 --> 00:28:50,747 Becky is short for Rebecca. 545 00:28:51,090 --> 00:28:52,732 Henry, telephone City Records 546 00:28:52,748 --> 00:28:55,414 and see if Rebecca Collins' maiden name is Winters. 547 00:28:55,539 --> 00:28:58,016 You're thinking she might be victim number three. 548 00:28:58,234 --> 00:29:01,565 If Mr Fellows is our killer, he certainly would have had motive. 549 00:29:01,783 --> 00:29:03,680 Sir. I just found this. 550 00:29:04,329 --> 00:29:05,800 What is it, Murdoch? 551 00:29:06,823 --> 00:29:09,157 A letter from Mr Fellows' lawyer. 552 00:29:09,854 --> 00:29:12,047 He was suing Dr Morley. 553 00:29:16,185 --> 00:29:20,322 Sir, Rebecca Winters married Rupert Collins in 1881. 554 00:29:21,152 --> 00:29:24,004 What about Slorach? What's the motive there? 555 00:29:24,485 --> 00:29:27,950 Ralph Fellows aspired to become a detective. He never made it. 556 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:29,564 Slorach did. 557 00:29:29,666 --> 00:29:32,119 So, Slorach reaches the pinnacle of his profession, 558 00:29:32,135 --> 00:29:34,572 while Ralph Fellows ends up a hotel detective. 559 00:29:34,629 --> 00:29:38,616 - That's got to rankle. - Ralph Fellows had motive to kill all four victims. 560 00:29:38,741 --> 00:29:41,041 Bring him in, Higgins. Three counts murder, 561 00:29:41,077 --> 00:29:42,808 - one attempted. - Sir. 562 00:29:51,649 --> 00:29:53,508 Planning on leaving town? 563 00:29:54,110 --> 00:29:57,092 I suppose the notion of self-improvement 564 00:29:57,108 --> 00:29:59,280 must be inconceivable to someone 565 00:29:59,405 --> 00:30:01,535 who considers himself to be perfect. 566 00:30:01,660 --> 00:30:02,927 But you're not perfect. 567 00:30:03,499 --> 00:30:05,909 You have arrested the only man that I know 568 00:30:05,919 --> 00:30:08,265 could not have committed these murders. 569 00:30:08,637 --> 00:30:10,600 How is that? 570 00:30:10,701 --> 00:30:12,586 I'm pretty sure I would've known 571 00:30:12,612 --> 00:30:14,737 if I was going around killing people I don't know. 572 00:30:14,862 --> 00:30:16,806 Oh, but you do know them. 573 00:30:16,908 --> 00:30:19,776 I know Slorach. I have no reason to kill him. 574 00:30:20,409 --> 00:30:23,200 Detective Slorach was promoted ahead of you. 575 00:30:23,271 --> 00:30:24,941 Undeservedly. 576 00:30:25,529 --> 00:30:27,426 But you wanted that job. 577 00:30:28,429 --> 00:30:31,566 You may have eventually made detective, 578 00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:35,977 but a botched surgery rendered you unfit for service. 579 00:30:36,035 --> 00:30:38,893 A surgery performed 580 00:30:39,705 --> 00:30:41,531 by Dr Morley. 581 00:30:42,439 --> 00:30:44,701 You, of course, remember Robert Brown. 582 00:30:44,802 --> 00:30:46,736 You worked with him at the Pinkerton's. 583 00:30:47,363 --> 00:30:51,521 The body of the woman that was found in the lobby was his daughter. 584 00:30:52,515 --> 00:30:54,197 No. 585 00:30:54,322 --> 00:30:59,000 - I believe she found your pistol-- - Yes, I know what happened! 586 00:30:59,695 --> 00:31:04,510 - Likewise, you also remember Rebecca Collins. - Who is she? 587 00:31:04,635 --> 00:31:07,389 Her maiden name was Winters. 588 00:31:08,942 --> 00:31:10,910 Dear God. 589 00:31:11,442 --> 00:31:13,339 That was Becky? 590 00:31:15,424 --> 00:31:17,970 Each of the victims harmed you in a way 591 00:31:18,016 --> 00:31:21,855 that forever denied your ambition to become a detective. 592 00:31:23,653 --> 00:31:26,715 That was my ambition. I admit that. 593 00:31:28,631 --> 00:31:31,170 As a child, I used to play detective. 594 00:31:31,515 --> 00:31:34,784 I uncovered all my sister's crimes, 595 00:31:36,788 --> 00:31:39,477 but I did not place that call. 596 00:31:40,361 --> 00:31:43,135 Nor did I kill the doctor who destroyed my career, 597 00:31:43,154 --> 00:31:46,330 or that loathsome child who decided to play pop gun 598 00:31:46,375 --> 00:31:49,857 with my pistol outside my boss's window, and I most certainly 599 00:31:50,416 --> 00:31:54,935 did not kill Becky Winters with a lipstick kiss of death. 600 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:57,574 Then who did? 601 00:31:58,429 --> 00:32:02,326 Who else knows of all of these connections? 602 00:32:02,793 --> 00:32:05,436 No doubt that you think that there's a lineup of people 603 00:32:05,456 --> 00:32:08,515 around the block who wish to set me up for murder. 604 00:32:08,753 --> 00:32:10,795 Nobody hates me that much. 605 00:32:10,821 --> 00:32:14,192 Then how do you explain the connections, Mr Fellows? 606 00:32:17,153 --> 00:32:18,894 I used to be lucky. 607 00:32:19,177 --> 00:32:23,001 As a child, I was blessed. Everything went my way. 608 00:32:23,365 --> 00:32:25,417 My father was a pathetic drunk. 609 00:32:25,456 --> 00:32:27,392 He was gone by the time I was seven. 610 00:32:27,772 --> 00:32:30,100 My sister got lumped with him. 611 00:32:30,107 --> 00:32:33,440 I got to live with my mother in Canada. 612 00:32:34,739 --> 00:32:36,947 I was always her favourite. 613 00:32:37,356 --> 00:32:40,734 And her new husband just happened to have a brother 614 00:32:40,740 --> 00:32:42,417 who worked in Scotland Yard. 615 00:32:43,087 --> 00:32:45,317 So, when you came of age you applied, 616 00:32:45,322 --> 00:32:47,323 knowing you would be accepted. 617 00:32:48,025 --> 00:32:50,060 But you never heard back from them. 618 00:32:50,877 --> 00:32:53,906 Because Miss Winters hid your letter of acceptance. 619 00:32:53,927 --> 00:32:57,148 Her friend convinced her that she would lose me. 620 00:32:59,382 --> 00:33:02,671 The irony is, I would have married Becky and taken her with me. 621 00:33:03,757 --> 00:33:07,384 That's the day my luck turned. 622 00:33:10,362 --> 00:33:11,557 You're a Catholic. 623 00:33:11,588 --> 00:33:14,331 You must believe in God's hand. 624 00:33:14,618 --> 00:33:16,495 Surely you must have felt it on your back 625 00:33:16,509 --> 00:33:18,655 when you got your perfect job, your perfect wife, 626 00:33:18,692 --> 00:33:20,063 your best-selling book. 627 00:33:22,007 --> 00:33:24,070 I believe in His grace. 628 00:33:24,116 --> 00:33:26,844 Then surely, you must allow for the opposite 629 00:33:27,717 --> 00:33:30,113 denial of grace. 630 00:33:30,591 --> 00:33:32,545 Malevolent fortune. 631 00:33:33,096 --> 00:33:37,903 At every juncture, the fates conspired against my ambitions, 632 00:33:37,916 --> 00:33:40,376 my happiness. 633 00:33:42,729 --> 00:33:44,704 You want my explanation? 634 00:33:44,886 --> 00:33:46,262 Here it is: 635 00:33:46,970 --> 00:33:52,946 there is a killer out there using your book to kill people randomly. 636 00:33:53,071 --> 00:33:56,634 It's just my bad luck they all happen to be people 637 00:33:56,759 --> 00:33:58,595 who I have motive to kill. 638 00:33:59,793 --> 00:34:01,474 Or do you consider me stupid enough 639 00:34:01,493 --> 00:34:06,486 to leave a correspondence trail that links me to every victim? 640 00:34:09,584 --> 00:34:11,935 Just my luck. 641 00:34:16,526 --> 00:34:18,030 It's got to be him. 642 00:34:18,155 --> 00:34:20,360 Who else would have the motive to kill these people? 643 00:34:20,384 --> 00:34:22,058 I don't know, sir. 644 00:34:22,078 --> 00:34:23,549 But I take his point: 645 00:34:23,674 --> 00:34:26,376 would he have left such a trail of evidence? 646 00:34:26,625 --> 00:34:29,050 Is he that stupid? And if so, 647 00:34:29,066 --> 00:34:32,415 how did he conceive of, let alone execute, all of these crimes? 648 00:34:32,446 --> 00:34:35,893 If it is a setup, is the real killer out to get Fellows, or 649 00:34:35,912 --> 00:34:37,341 do they have the wrong motive? 650 00:34:37,372 --> 00:34:40,437 Well, we know that the killer telephoned from the Windsor House Hotel. 651 00:34:40,504 --> 00:34:41,980 What about the hotel owner? 652 00:34:42,209 --> 00:34:44,053 She was the one who bought the machine that ensured 653 00:34:44,063 --> 00:34:45,851 that Fellows would be there on the hour. 654 00:34:45,882 --> 00:34:49,472 She's also the one who invited the constables to search his room. 655 00:34:49,535 --> 00:34:50,843 Sir. 656 00:34:51,072 --> 00:34:53,441 Becky Collins' friend, the one who advised her 657 00:34:53,472 --> 00:34:56,803 to hide Mr Fellows' acceptance letter, her name was Eve. 658 00:34:56,870 --> 00:34:59,522 - "Eve"? - It could be short for Evelyn. 659 00:35:03,027 --> 00:35:06,005 You're thinking she acted to sabotage his career? 660 00:35:06,042 --> 00:35:07,689 I don't know. 661 00:35:08,162 --> 00:35:10,979 But if she was behind his first failure, 662 00:35:11,335 --> 00:35:13,208 it stands to reason 663 00:35:13,519 --> 00:35:15,872 that she had a hand in the rest of them. 664 00:35:22,166 --> 00:35:24,265 Pookie! 665 00:35:24,296 --> 00:35:25,617 Mr Kellogg. Ahem. 666 00:35:25,695 --> 00:35:29,228 Mr Kellogg is forming the Battle Creek Toasted Cornflake Company. 667 00:35:29,534 --> 00:35:32,558 We've come to see if you are free for dinner. 668 00:35:32,616 --> 00:35:36,055 - I can't. We're in the middle of a case. - Oh. Pity. 669 00:35:36,133 --> 00:35:39,121 Well, I suppose we'll have to celebrate our partnership without you. 670 00:35:39,142 --> 00:35:41,487 - I'll meet you at the restaurant, Mr Kellogg. - Very good. 671 00:35:41,511 --> 00:35:43,242 I'll see you shortly. 672 00:35:44,333 --> 00:35:47,378 A rooster on the box. 673 00:35:47,399 --> 00:35:48,864 Brilliant! 674 00:35:50,371 --> 00:35:52,439 - Do I look like a rooster? - "Partnership"? 675 00:35:52,512 --> 00:35:55,833 Oh, not an equal partnership, but he's given us 1000 shares. 676 00:35:55,869 --> 00:35:58,488 Really? How much are they worth? 677 00:35:58,549 --> 00:36:00,535 $100, but think about 678 00:36:00,584 --> 00:36:02,551 how much more they'll be worth in 10 years' time. 679 00:36:02,983 --> 00:36:04,520 Pumpkin, 680 00:36:05,062 --> 00:36:07,474 I really don't see people eating dried flakes, 681 00:36:07,511 --> 00:36:09,044 especially not at breakfast. 682 00:36:09,220 --> 00:36:10,800 Are you sure, Henny? 683 00:36:10,828 --> 00:36:12,764 - Sure as sunshine, Ruthie. - Oh. 684 00:36:13,315 --> 00:36:15,377 I'll tell you what. Sell the shares. 685 00:36:15,409 --> 00:36:17,218 We'll buy that new chesterfield that you were looking at. 686 00:36:17,242 --> 00:36:21,204 Oh, I did very much like that chesterfield. 687 00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:25,407 Evelyn Matthews' maiden name was Wilson, 688 00:36:25,428 --> 00:36:28,229 and an Eve Wilson was a Pinkerton's client in 1886. 689 00:36:28,275 --> 00:36:30,338 When Amelia Brown was five. 690 00:36:30,347 --> 00:36:33,274 Do you think she tricked the little girl into stealing Fellows' pistol? 691 00:36:33,575 --> 00:36:36,996 - Sir, did I hear you say Eve Wilson? - Yes, what have you? 692 00:36:37,010 --> 00:36:38,921 Eve Wilson was a patient of Dr Morley. 693 00:36:39,592 --> 00:36:41,307 Perhaps she got him drinking 694 00:36:41,339 --> 00:36:43,677 before he operated on Mr Fellows? 695 00:36:43,802 --> 00:36:45,496 Where's the connection to Slorach? 696 00:36:45,621 --> 00:36:48,469 Did she arrange for him to solve the Jarvish strangler case? 697 00:36:48,594 --> 00:36:50,817 It's more likely that she impeded 698 00:36:50,838 --> 00:36:52,766 Ralph Fellows' own investigation of it. 699 00:36:52,787 --> 00:36:56,050 Why would she dedicate herself to ruining Mr Fellows' life? 700 00:36:56,947 --> 00:37:00,179 Henry. I need you to telegraph Scotland Yard. 701 00:37:02,501 --> 00:37:04,690 Your maiden name was Wilson 702 00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:06,908 and you went by the name of Eve. 703 00:37:06,950 --> 00:37:08,885 I'm still called Eve by my friends. 704 00:37:10,036 --> 00:37:14,023 You were friends with Rebecca Winters in the late '60s. 705 00:37:14,265 --> 00:37:15,756 For a short time. 706 00:37:15,777 --> 00:37:17,788 You advised her to hide Mr Fellows' 707 00:37:17,804 --> 00:37:20,444 letter of acceptance from Scotland Yard. 708 00:37:21,847 --> 00:37:24,180 Your hired the Pinkterton Detective Agency 709 00:37:24,201 --> 00:37:27,470 - while Mr Fellows worked there. - If you say so. 710 00:37:27,828 --> 00:37:30,895 And you were a patient of Dr Morley's. 711 00:37:30,927 --> 00:37:34,057 You are connected to every victim in this case. 712 00:37:34,083 --> 00:37:37,780 - It doesn't mean I had reason to kill any of them. - I believe you did. 713 00:37:37,881 --> 00:37:41,626 I believe you deliberately set out to destroy Mr Fellows' life, 714 00:37:41,638 --> 00:37:44,345 and for the coup de grace, you set him up for murder. 715 00:37:44,388 --> 00:37:46,756 And were prepared to watch him hang for it. 716 00:37:46,942 --> 00:37:49,659 Why would I do that? I barely knew him. 717 00:37:51,956 --> 00:37:55,794 Your birth name was Catharine Evelyn Fellows. 718 00:37:56,048 --> 00:37:57,931 Ralph Fellows' sister. 719 00:37:58,198 --> 00:38:01,313 - You resented him. - Is that what he told you? 720 00:38:03,108 --> 00:38:06,626 He had good fortune, and you did not. 721 00:38:08,174 --> 00:38:10,413 Fortune had nothing to do with it. 722 00:38:10,681 --> 00:38:14,295 He got everything he wanted because he was a little bootlicker. 723 00:38:14,726 --> 00:38:17,641 And as for me, every time I stepped out of line, 724 00:38:17,667 --> 00:38:19,558 he was there with his magnifying glass 725 00:38:19,584 --> 00:38:22,816 and abductive reasoning to find me out and turn me in. 726 00:38:23,351 --> 00:38:24,957 And it wasn't just me. 727 00:38:25,082 --> 00:38:28,272 It was Ralph who uncovered our father's adultery 728 00:38:28,324 --> 00:38:30,303 and ended their marriage. 729 00:38:30,428 --> 00:38:32,964 Everything bad that happened he made happen! 730 00:38:33,003 --> 00:38:35,037 It's his fault! All of it! 731 00:38:35,139 --> 00:38:38,369 - So, you admit it? - Oh, I admit I dedicated myself 732 00:38:38,390 --> 00:38:41,316 to squelching his ambition, and I don't regret it. 733 00:38:41,773 --> 00:38:44,288 He would have made a terrible detective. 734 00:38:44,329 --> 00:38:47,116 The truth was staring him in the face the whole time. 735 00:38:47,166 --> 00:38:50,095 I even hired him just to make his life miserable 736 00:38:50,118 --> 00:38:52,622 and he never put it together. 737 00:38:54,935 --> 00:38:59,113 That his own sister was the architect of his misfortune. 738 00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:02,481 He thought it was all his bad luck. 739 00:39:02,943 --> 00:39:04,606 What an idiot. 740 00:39:05,535 --> 00:39:07,640 So, go ahead. Charge me. 741 00:39:07,894 --> 00:39:10,239 All the evidence points to him. 742 00:39:10,721 --> 00:39:12,819 Any jury will see that. 743 00:39:13,744 --> 00:39:16,451 Evelyn was Catharine? 744 00:39:17,922 --> 00:39:20,857 She set out to destroy you, Mr Fellows. 745 00:39:20,904 --> 00:39:22,411 But, 746 00:39:24,385 --> 00:39:26,089 I always liked Catharine. 747 00:39:26,312 --> 00:39:28,437 I'd always hoped the best for her. 748 00:39:29,955 --> 00:39:31,461 Will she hang? 749 00:39:32,755 --> 00:39:34,860 If she confesses, no. 750 00:39:35,099 --> 00:39:37,011 But she refuses. 751 00:39:38,269 --> 00:39:39,669 I'm sorry. 752 00:39:40,711 --> 00:39:42,239 Don't be. 753 00:39:43,205 --> 00:39:45,528 You gave me back my life. 754 00:39:46,864 --> 00:39:48,973 I always thought God hated me. 755 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,665 Turns out it was just her. 756 00:40:02,147 --> 00:40:04,844 As a child, I used to play detective. 757 00:40:05,167 --> 00:40:08,367 I uncovered all my sister's crimes. 758 00:40:10,954 --> 00:40:12,773 Why did he tell me that? 759 00:40:13,568 --> 00:40:16,343 If he'd never told me about his sister, 760 00:40:16,379 --> 00:40:18,291 I never would have put it together. 761 00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:20,421 So, you think Mr Fellows discovered 762 00:40:20,458 --> 00:40:22,271 Evelyn Matthews was his sister? 763 00:40:22,703 --> 00:40:25,036 Once he'd figured out what she'd done, 764 00:40:25,098 --> 00:40:27,893 he set her up by setting himself up. 765 00:40:28,018 --> 00:40:31,162 Gambling that you would figure that much out but no more? 766 00:40:31,287 --> 00:40:33,412 If you look at the bulk of our cases, 767 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,068 the first suspect is rarely the culprit. 768 00:40:36,193 --> 00:40:38,495 But to conceive of such a revenge, 769 00:40:38,537 --> 00:40:40,979 let alone carry it out, would take a genius. 770 00:40:41,676 --> 00:40:44,485 Does Ralph Fellows really strike you as a genius? 771 00:40:44,778 --> 00:40:47,578 I'm saying it's a bad idea. 772 00:40:47,831 --> 00:40:50,887 The banquet or the fact that it's being held in complete darkness? 773 00:40:51,086 --> 00:40:55,026 Well, obviously I'm not against banquets, I do work in a hotel. 774 00:40:56,152 --> 00:40:59,089 This dinner is in honour of a very special guest 775 00:40:59,110 --> 00:41:00,804 who is both blind and deaf, 776 00:41:00,835 --> 00:41:03,179 which is why we've invited blind and deaf guests 777 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:04,754 as well as charitable donors. 778 00:41:04,780 --> 00:41:07,555 Exactly. Mixing the rich with the poor? 779 00:41:07,570 --> 00:41:10,594 With the lights out?! And a constituency 780 00:41:10,625 --> 00:41:13,270 specially skilled for such circumstance. 781 00:41:13,281 --> 00:41:16,595 The opportunity for theft is obvious. 782 00:41:17,193 --> 00:41:19,422 As a fellow detective, 783 00:41:19,468 --> 00:41:22,576 you must appreciate my position. 784 00:41:22,638 --> 00:41:24,613 He's not a fool, Julia. 785 00:41:24,997 --> 00:41:27,950 He's just desperate to be taken seriously. 786 00:41:28,256 --> 00:41:30,922 Which can make anyone seem like a fool. 787 00:41:31,592 --> 00:41:34,346 He must have known we thought him unintelligent. 788 00:41:34,387 --> 00:41:36,492 Maybe that's what he was counting on. 789 00:41:36,513 --> 00:41:39,137 He uses our book to set up his sister 790 00:41:39,153 --> 00:41:42,613 and gets revenge on us when we have an innocent woman hang. 791 00:41:42,982 --> 00:41:45,840 But William, the one lesson he must have taken from our book 792 00:41:45,851 --> 00:41:48,210 is that you always catch the killer in the end. 793 00:41:48,335 --> 00:41:50,465 Would he not have taken precautions? 794 00:41:51,681 --> 00:41:53,810 - We found this. - "Learn German". 795 00:41:53,872 --> 00:41:56,273 It suggests he may be intending to flee. 796 00:42:04,222 --> 00:42:07,044 Sir, Ralph Fellows bought a ticket to Hamburg on a ship 797 00:42:07,064 --> 00:42:09,569 that sailed two weeks ago. Purchased September 18. 798 00:42:09,868 --> 00:42:11,850 Right before the murders began. 799 00:42:12,073 --> 00:42:15,379 - He planned it all out. - And he bloody well got away with it as well. 800 00:42:15,602 --> 00:42:19,213 - Henry, contact the German authorities. - Right away, sir. 801 00:42:20,713 --> 00:42:23,689 Ah, Hamish! How are you faring? 802 00:42:24,390 --> 00:42:26,287 Have I seen fairies? 803 00:42:26,412 --> 00:42:27,993 How are you faring? 804 00:42:28,029 --> 00:42:29,713 Oh, good. Very good, very good. 805 00:42:29,739 --> 00:42:31,750 I don't know why Tom was just asking about fairies. 806 00:42:31,817 --> 00:42:34,041 - However did he make inspector? - I heard that. 807 00:42:34,062 --> 00:42:35,450 Oh, come here. 808 00:42:57,484 --> 00:43:00,060 Can you hear that? 809 00:43:00,410 --> 00:43:01,985 - Yeah! - Detective Murd-- 810 00:43:02,020 --> 00:43:03,720 You figured it out. 811 00:43:05,051 --> 00:43:06,630 Mr Fellows. 812 00:43:06,875 --> 00:43:08,192 Where are you? 813 00:43:09,197 --> 00:43:10,766 You win 814 00:43:11,380 --> 00:43:12,902 for now. 815 00:43:13,318 --> 00:43:14,882 Where are you going? 816 00:43:15,059 --> 00:43:16,707 We're heading down to the Staten Island ferry. 817 00:43:41,965 --> 00:43:46,965 Corrected by DB