Murder Call
(1997)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 3
Done to Death
Episode 20 - 10-09-2000
44m
The cleaner at an up-market beauty parlour makes a gruesome find — the proprietor strung up in a tanning booth and roasted like a pig-on-a-spit. Tessa and Steve's investigation uncovers a wealth of secrets and resentments harboured from birth.
7.6/10
Haven't Seen
House of Spirits
Episode 19 - 10-02-2000
43m
Tessa and Steve investigate when a psychic conducting a séance in a storm-swept house is shot dead by the ghost of the man he was trying to contact.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Absent Friends
Episode 18 - 9-25-2000
44m
While attending a school reunion, Tessa is called to a homicide on the school grounds. The victim is one of her friends — stabbed in a reenactment of a Muckup Day prank, leaving Tessa as either a suspect, or another possible victim.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Still Life
Episode 17 - 9-18-2000
43m
At the opening night of his exhibition, artist Vincent Osborne's head is discovered inside his own death mask.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Scent of Evil
Episode 16 - 9-11-2000
43m
A woman is ripped to shreds by savage dogs on the grounds of an empty house. Steve and Tessa must determine whether her death was an accident, or if the dogs were trained to kill by someone with a grudge and a vicious streak.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Last Act
Episode 15 - 9-04-2000
43m
A busker suffers from hallucinations while performing mime outside a train station. When he collapses and dies, Tootsie's autopsy points to poisoning.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Paid in Full
Episode 14 - 8-28-2000
A man's body is found floating in a spa, a large roll of cash stuffed into his mouth. Steve and Tessa discover that almost everyone who knew him had a reason to kill him.
Haven't Seen
Grave Matters
Episode 13 - 8-21-2000
43m
As a crypt is opened for an interment, the funeral goers are shocked to discover the sarcophagus already occupied by the corpse of a young woman holding a rare orchid in her hand.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
A Stab in the Dark
Episode 12 - 8-14-2000
43m
When horror novelist Sebastian Tombs is found lying dead with a knife in his back, Tessa and Steve must investigate the four people closest to him, each of whom has a strong motive for committing the murder.
7/10Haven't Seen
Cut and Dried
Episode 11 - 8-04-1999
Tessa and Steve investigate a murder where nothing is as it seems.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Booming Business
Episode 10 - 7-28-1999
43m
Tessa and Steve uncover a web of intrigue surrounding businessman Brian Hart's horrific death when he is killed as he commutes to work by train when a letter bomb concealed in a card explodes. Tessa and Steve are confronted by a bewildering array of suspects and motives to finally apprehend the person they believe to be the killer, only to realise at the last moment that they only have it half right.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Hide and Seek
Episode 9 - 7-14-1999
44m
Following the suspicious death of an elderly worker, Tessa and Steve must race against time to avert another tragedy growing from the ruins of the first.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Bad Business
Episode 8 - 6-30-1999
43m
Tessa and Steve investigate what appears to be a routine case, but soon uncover a dangerous web of blackmail and righteous fanaticism.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
A Blow to the Heart
Episode 7 - 6-16-1999
43m
Tessa and Steve are called in to investigate a series of murders revolving around a prominent bio-chemistry lab.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Death Down Market
Episode 6 - 6-02-1999
43m
When a woman is found murdered in a neighbourhood that is terrorised by a local gang, Steve and Tessa are called in to investigate.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Death in the Family
Episode 5 - 5-19-1999
44m
A vagrant is found dead at an inner city underpass surrounded by the corpses of poisoned sparrows. When Tootsie diagnoses death by strychnine, Tessa, Steve and Thorne fear that someone is out there trying to purge the streets of the homeless. But the investigation takes a twist after Fisk finds $10,000 hidden in the vagrant's mattress.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Dying Day
Episode 4 - 5-12-1999
43m
Steve and Tessa investigate when a young woman is found hanging from a tree limb in a popular city park, and Tootsie's preliminary findings indicate it was not suicide.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Tongue Tied
Episode 3 - 5-05-1999
44m
A mutilited body is found near a church, with identical markings to the victims of a serial killer 15 years ago- Thorne's first case. Experiencing a sense of deja-vu, Thorne heads the investigation. Has the killer returned, or is this a copycat crime?
8/10Haven't Seen
Evil Chances
Episode 2 - 4-28-1999
44m
A sports teacher is found impaled at a boarding school and is found by Fisk's older sister. Tessa and Steve investigate, but Fisk is frustrated when his sister is interviewed, and he is excluded.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Dead Offerings
Episode 1 - 4-21-1999
44m
Tessa and Steve investigate when a young blind man is found dead in a swimming pool.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Season 2
Mix 'N' Match
Episode 20 - 11-24-1998
43m
Following the bizzare murder of a medical professor, Tessa and Steve must carefully interpret a series of cryptic clues left by the killer.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Bone Dead
Episode 19 - 11-17-1998
43m
Tessa and Steve are drawn into a web of mystery and intrigue when legendary paleontologist Dr. Charlie Minogue is murdered, and his attractive assistant disappears.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Instrument of Death
Episode 18 - 11-10-1998
44m
The Klein String Quartet is a hotbed of passions and hatreds. When its founder and first violinist is found murdered, the other three members come under Steve and Tessa's spotlight.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Blowing the Whistle
Episode 17 - 11-03-1998
43m
When the referee at a women's soccer match is murdered in full view of 100 people, the detectives are puzzled when they cannot find a single eyewitness.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
A View to a Kill
Episode 16 - 10-27-1998
43m
When Tessa and Steve investigate the death of a museum curator, they soon realise that his public face as a knowledgeable and well liked man who could rake in the funding dollars, hides a private life littered with sexual indiscretions and money troubles.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Cry Wolf
Episode 15 - 10-20-1998
44m
Steve and Tessa are called to the murder scene of a woman who had called the police twice the night before she was murdered.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Menu for Murder
Episode 14 - 10-13-1998
44m
When a food critic drops dead in a restaurant, Tessa finds there is no shortage of suspects as the critic was universally loathed and regularly received death threats.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
A Dress to Die For
Episode 13 - 10-06-1998
43m
When the detectives attend an extravagant costume hire shop, they find the shop's young security guard dead.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Something Fishy
Episode 12 - 9-29-1998
44m
Steve and Tessa uncover a web of blackmail and obsession while investigating the murder of two business partners.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Deadline (2)
Episode 11 - 9-22-1998
A bizarre murder in a city amusement park is the first in a series of horrible killings inspired by an innocent nursery rhyme. Homicide's youngest and brightest detective, Tessa Vance, is confronted by a psychopath from her past as the nursery rhyme killer prepares to strike again.
8/10Haven't Seen
Deadline (1)
Episode 10 - 9-22-1998
A bizarre murder in a city amusement park is the first in a series of horrible killings inspired by an innocent nursery rhyme. Homicide's youngest and brightest detective, Tessa Vance, is confronted by a psychopath from her past as the nursery rhyme killer prepares to strike again.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Deadfall
Episode 9 - 9-09-1998
44m
Thorne is convinced he saw a man pushed off a building roof, but cannot locate the body at first. When the body turns up, Steve and Tessa not only have to track down the killer, but discover why the body disappeared.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
More than Meets the Eye
Episode 8 - 8-25-1998
43m
A gruesome discovery draws Steve and Tessa into a case that leads them into the dark stormwater tunnels of the city.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Murder in Reverse
Episode 7 - 8-18-1998
43m
When the body of a women is found in a local dump, Tessa and Steve discover that her husband received a ransom note two days before.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Cold Comfort
Episode 6 - 8-11-1998
44m
The body of a beautiful women, victim of hit-and-run accident, is taken to the morgue. Tootsie arrives shortly afterwards to find the body missing and her new assistant murdered.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Short Circuit
Episode 5 - 8-04-1998
44m
When a young woman is electrocuted by her twin brother's robot, the subsequent investigation leads Tessa and Steve to uncover a bizarre tangle of relationships.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Fatal Charm
Episode 4 - 7-28-1998
43m
Steve and Tessa investigate when the body of a young women is found, having been killed by a blow to the head before being set alight.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Skin Deep
Episode 3 - 7-21-1998
43m
When Dr. Theo Magnus, a leading cosmetic surgeon, is ambushed in his clinic and brutally murdered with a scalpel, his family and staff shed little light on the mystery.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Many Unhappy Returns
Episode 2 - 7-14-1998
44m
Steve and Tessa rush to solve the crime of a man who is murdered on his 50th birthday.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Dared to Death
Episode 1 - 7-07-1998
43m
When a professional stuntman is found dead, hanging in a harness outside the window of his apartment, Steve and Tessa must determine whether it was an accident, suicide or murder.
7/10Haven't Seen
Season 1
Heartstopper
Episode 16 - 11-24-1997
43m
When the general manager of a department store is found dead during the store's opening, the owner and employees become the main suspects in the investigation. Steve is haunted by a face from his past, and Tessa pursues the case alone.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Fall From Grace
Episode 15 - 11-17-1997
44m
Tessa suspects an apparent suicide is really an elaborate scam designed to cover a woman's disappearance.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Blood Heat
Episode 14 - 11-10-1997
43m
The brutal murder of a video store owner initially appears to be linked to a protest demonstration until other suspects emerge.
7/10Haven't Seen
An Eye for an Eye
Episode 13 - 11-03-1997
44m
When a mummified body is found in an empty house, it is identified as that of Karen Diskin, the daughter of police inspector Snowy Muldoon, who went missing two years earlier.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Wages of Sin
Episode 12 - 10-27-1997
44m
Steve and Tessa investigate the death of a woman found in an area notorious for prostitutes. When they learn the woman was a pregnant nun and not a prostitute, their investigation takes a new turn.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Dead and Gone
Episode 11 - 10-20-1997
44m
When Krystyan Balzan is found dead at the bottom of the stairs in his house, Steve and Tessa believe he came home unexpectedly and disturbed a robbery in progress.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Episode 10 - 10-13-1997
44m
Steve and Tessa are baffled when former football star Wayne Pascall is found stabbed to death in a lift, with a missing woman's handbag next to his body.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Something Wicked
Episode 9 - 10-06-1997
44m
Tessa and Steve are confronted with a conspiracy of silence while investigating the death of a man with a history of abuse.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
Last Stop
Episode 8 - 9-29-1997
43m
Abel Jago sits dead in an armchair before his valuable toy railway, on which the train of cars make their rounds. The railway engineer left a short farewell letter to his wife Ellie before committing suicide. Tessa however soon has doubts about Jagos suicide and when the autopsy results come in, it is revealed he was poisoned with cyanide.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Black Friday
Episode 7 - 9-22-1997
43m
Steve and Tessa are called in to solve the murder of Trevor Parkin, his body was found one Friday afternoon in a zoo - he was wearing a gorilla costum. The more they discover about the deceased, the deeper the mystery, and although all the witnesses are helpful, there is no suspect, and no clear motive..or is there?
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Hot Shot
Episode 6 - 9-15-1997
43m
When Maddie Herman, a paparazzi photographer who made her living out of the gossip and innuendo of the lives of others is found murdered, Steve and Tessa have no shortage of suspects. But when the case takes a sudden twist, Steve and Tessa realise that someone is leading them on a merry chase, until the trail leads the team back to a very surprising suspect.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Episode 5 - 9-08-1997
44m
To the outside world former football star Robin Cochrane was a picture of charm, but when he is found poisoned by a chemical solvent, Tessa and Steve are forced to put together a picture of the not so pleasant private life of Robin Cochrane.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
Dead Clean
Episode 4 - 9-01-1997
43m
While investigating a series of bizarre murders, Steve and Tessa are drawn to the local community centre, a drop in for former mental patients. With a handful of suspects, but no real clues, Steve and Tessa must race against the clock to find the killer before he strikes again.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Cat and Mouse
Episode 3 - 8-25-1997
43m
Wheelchair bound Spinner congratulates himself on finishing a piece of artwork by pouring a cold beer and logging on to his favourite internet games forum. His pleasure is short lived, however, as a shadow falls across him and a lead pipe takes him out of the game... permanently. Tessa and Steve arrive on the scene to find the killer has taken the time to send the message ""Spinner Resigns"" over the internet to the victim's games partner. The murder takes on new importance when Dee reveals she knows the victim. While Dee tries to come to terms with her friend's murder, Steve and Tessa struggle to put together the pieces of the puzzle.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
The Burial
Episode 2 - 8-18-1997
43m
Late night. A voice recites limericks on a moonlit beach. Suddenly, all goes quiet. A grey dawn, and a dog and its owner, the stern Major Richter, make a gruesome discovery - a human head attached to the very dead body of Adrian McCafferty who is buried up to his neck under the sand. Adrian drowned when the tide came in and covered him. Tessa and Steve learn that there was a beach party last night. Adrian was buried as part of a joke. Is his death simply a stupid party prank gone wrong, or is there something more sinister to discover?
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Ashes to Ashes
Episode 1 - 8-11-1997
44m
A man out for an early morning surf gets more than he bargained for when surf blows a corpse out of the water and into his face. It appears to be a routine investigation, natural causes being indicated... but complications arise when Tessa and Steve find they cannot identify the victim, and no-one steps forward to claim him. Surely someone should be missing a well-groomed man in his fifties?
6.9/10Haven't Seen
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Deadline (2)
Episode 11 - 9-22-1998
A bizarre murder in a city amusement park is the first in a series of horrible killings inspired by an innocent nursery rhyme. Homicide's youngest and brightest detective, Tessa Vance, is confronted by a psychopath from her past as the nursery rhyme killer prepares to strike again.
8/10Haven't Seen
Tongue Tied
Episode 3 - 5-05-1999
44m
A mutilited body is found near a church, with identical markings to the victims of a serial killer 15 years ago- Thorne's first case. Experiencing a sense of deja-vu, Thorne heads the investigation. Has the killer returned, or is this a copycat crime?
8/10Haven't Seen
Wages of Sin
Episode 12 - 10-27-1997
44m
Steve and Tessa investigate the death of a woman found in an area notorious for prostitutes. When they learn the woman was a pregnant nun and not a prostitute, their investigation takes a new turn.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Deadfall
Episode 9 - 9-09-1998
44m
Thorne is convinced he saw a man pushed off a building roof, but cannot locate the body at first. When the body turns up, Steve and Tessa not only have to track down the killer, but discover why the body disappeared.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Dying Day
Episode 4 - 5-12-1999
43m
Steve and Tessa investigate when a young woman is found hanging from a tree limb in a popular city park, and Tootsie's preliminary findings indicate it was not suicide.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
