Murder Call - Season 3

Murder Call

Season 3

1999 • 20 Episodes

Episodes

Dead Offerings - Murder Call

1. Dead Offerings

April 21, 1999

Tessa and Steve investigate when a young blind man is found dead in a swimming pool.

Evil Chances - Murder Call

2. Evil Chances

April 28, 1999

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.

Tongue Tied - Murder Call

3. Tongue Tied

May 5, 1999

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?

Dying Day - Murder Call

4. Dying Day

May 12, 1999

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.

Death in the Family - Murder Call

5. Death in the Family

May 19, 1999

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.

Death Down Market - Murder Call

6. Death Down Market

June 2, 1999

When a woman is found murdered in a neighbourhood that is terrorised by a local gang, Steve and Tessa are called in to investigate.

A Blow to the Heart - Murder Call

7. A Blow to the Heart

June 16, 1999

Tessa and Steve are called in to investigate a series of murders revolving around a prominent bio-chemistry lab.

Bad Business - Murder Call

8. Bad Business

June 30, 1999

Tessa and Steve investigate what appears to be a routine case, but soon uncover a dangerous web of blackmail and righteous fanaticism.

Hide and Seek - Murder Call

9. Hide and Seek

July 14, 1999

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.

Booming Business - Murder Call

10. Booming Business

July 28, 1999

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.

Cut and Dried - Murder Call

11. Cut and Dried

August 4, 1999

Tessa and Steve investigate a murder where nothing is as it seems.

A Stab in the Dark - Murder Call

12. A Stab in the Dark

August 14, 2000

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.

Grave Matters - Murder Call

13. Grave Matters

August 21, 2000

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.

Paid in Full - Murder Call

14. Paid in Full

August 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.

Last Act - Murder Call

15. Last Act

September 4, 2000

A busker suffers from hallucinations while performing mime outside a train station. When he collapses and dies, Tootsie's autopsy points to poisoning.

Scent of Evil - Murder Call

16. Scent of Evil

September 11, 2000

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.

Still Life - Murder Call

17. Still Life

September 18, 2000

At the opening night of his exhibition, artist Vincent Osborne's head is discovered inside his own death mask.

Absent Friends - Murder Call

18. Absent Friends

September 25, 2000

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.

House of Spirits - Murder Call

19. House of Spirits

October 2, 2000

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.

Done to Death - Murder Call

20. Done to Death

October 9, 2000

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.