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- wSerie
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- Murder Call
- Season 3
- Episode 12
A Stab in the Dark
Murder Call - S3 - E12
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.
Murder Call: Season 3 - 20 Episode s
3x1 - Dead Offerings
April 21, 1999
Tessa and Steve investigate when a young blind man is found dead in a swimming pool.
3x2 - 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.
3x3 - 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?
3x4 - 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.
3x5 - 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 ,000 hidden in the vagrant's mattress.
3x6 - 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.
3x7 - 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.
3x8 - 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.
3x9 - 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.
3x10 - 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.
3x11 - Cut and Dried
August 4, 1999
Tessa and Steve investigate a murder where nothing is as it seems.
3x12 - 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.
3x13 - 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.
3x14 - 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.
3x15 - 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.
3x16 - 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.
3x17 - Still Life
September 18, 2000
At the opening night of his exhibition, artist Vincent Osborne's head is discovered inside his own death mask.
3x18 - 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.
3x19 - 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.
3x20 - 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.