Shaftesbury Films.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 9 hr., 58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the 1890's, Detective William Murdoch adopts modern techniques like 'finger marks' and forensics to track Toronto's most sinister killers. Though derided by his skeptical boss, Murdoch finds friends and allies in a lovely pathologist and an eager-to-learn constable. Along the way they cross paths with some of the era's most famous figures, including Nikola Tesla, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Prince Alfred.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 1056 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Detective Murdoch seeks to find and protect his newly discovered son from the Black Hand gang. Meanwhile, Brackenreid's son has sprung loose from jail and is on the run, and Crabtree finds himself in a compromised situation as he tries to save Effie from her kidnappers.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Murdoch and the team face off against Halloween horrors in these two episodes from the beloved series. Sir. Sir? Sir!!!: When several people behave oddly after a meteor shower, Crabtree believes it's up to him to defend Earth from an alien invasion. Murdoch and the Cursed Caves: A couples' camping trip on Halloween takes a turn for the worse when two are seemingly killed by a giant beast.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (420 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The year is 1921. While communism and prohibition are debated in speakeasies, society will never be the same, and crime has never had it better. A new age calls for a new kind of detective and the women of Drake Private Detectives fit the bill.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (484 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1920s Toronto, the series follows the city's only female private detectives as they take on cases the police don't want to touch. In a time of change and hopefulness, their gender is their biggest advantage as they defy expectations and rebel against convention, taking on cases that explore every cross-section of Toronto, from gospel church choirs, bathing beauties and the early cinema scene, to the homes and private parties of the city's elite....
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 792 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Detective Murdoch and his team tackle cases involving a seemingly invisible man, the political killing of a French diplomat, a possible alien invasion, and one of their own suspected of murder. Along the way, they encounter the greatest minds of the time, including architect Frank Lloyd Wright, entrepreneur Elizabeth Arden, and inventor Nikola Tesla.
15) Dead still
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 296 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Contains strong language, violence, sexual situations, drug use, and disturbing images"--Container.
"Memorial photographer Brock Blennerhasset ... makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. With the help of his sharp-witted niece, Nancy ... and eager new assistant, Conall Molloy ... Blennerhasset commemorates the recently deceased for grieving families. But when a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation,...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 7 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1920s Toronto, the series follows the adventures of Frankie Drake and her partner Trudy Clarke at Drake Private Detectives, the city's only all-female detective agency, as they find themselves fighting crime in the age of flyboys, gangsters, rum-runners, and speakeasies.
17) The sounds
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (352 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set against the stunning Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand, this twisty thriller follows a married couple looking to start a new life. But when Maggie joins her husband, Tom, in an idyllic small town halfway around the world, their reunion proves short-lived. As Maggie discovers Tom's secrets, she begins to plumb the dark depths of paradise.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (624 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cutting-edge Victorian science meets cunningly plotted mystery in this award-winning Canadian TV drama. William Murdoch is a detective in Toronto in 1895, using new forensic techniques like fingerprinting and psychological profiling. He crosses paths with famous figures including Arthur Conan Doyle, and H. G. Wells.
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 435 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Toronto during the 1920s, four female detectives continue to rebel against gender norms by taking on the cases not even the police want to touch. From the wilderness to the world of high society, an underground cabaret to a candy factory, the women navigate their personal and private lives together.
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (17 hrs., 37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Murdoch and his wife have been abducted and Inspector Brackenreid has retired, leaving only Constable Crabree to investigate the corruption inside the station house. As the team reassembles, their new cases involve Sun Yat-Sen, Jelly Roll Morton, the Scottish Highland games, and leave Murdoch in a coma after a shooting, dreaming of a world where mysteries are investigated musically.