Murdoch Mysteries returns with a bumper series of 18 new episodes, and features the landmark 150th episode. The series kicks off in grand style with a two-part mystery set in the world of Toronto debutantes vying for the hand of Toronto’s most eligible bachelor!— and there is a killer on the loose, along with city-wide chaos set off by the 1904 Great Fire of Toronto, one of the seminal events in the city's history. The Series features new guest cast including Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Murdoch’s adventures see him investigate a man wrongfully jailed, delve into a murder involving the Olympic Canadian soccer team and see the introduction of H.P. Lovecraft (the master of the macabre).