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[[File:murdoch-mysteries_season-four_announced_2033.jpg|frame|This '''is''' your grandfather's ''[[CSI]]''.]]
 
 
{{quote|"Perhaps someday, everybody will be as fascinated with pathologists and police detectives."|Detective William Murdoch }}
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Murdoch's father is an abusive alcoholic {{spoiler|(or so Murdoch thinks, he was never abusive)}}; after his mother's death, Murdoch spent the rest of his childhood in an orphanage.
* [[Amoral Attorney]]: The Crown Prosecutor in "The Hangman", who does everything to make sure the defendant gets hanged, even the obviously innocent ones.
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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Alias (TV series)|Jack Bristow]] turns up in the series four premiere as Murdoch's retired predecessor.
** [[Supernatural|Death]] believes adamantly in a Mummy's curse.
* [[Historical Domain Character]] / [[In the Past Everyone Will Be Famous]]: Several well-known figures make appearances, including Jack London, Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley, [[Harry Houdini]], [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], [[H. G. Wells]], [[Nikola Tesla]] and Prince Albert Victor.
* [[Historical In-Joke]]: Murdoch mentions the phrase "[[Call of the Wild]]" to Jack London.
* [[Hot Scoop]]: Ruby Ogden. Her first appearance on the show involves her playing magician's assistant to Harry Houdini.