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Houdini & Doyle

Houdini & Doyle
★ 6.5/10•2016•43m•TV-14•Drama•Crime•Mystery
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A world-famous magician. A legendary detective writer. Catching killers is elementary to them.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve. It challenges their sense of what is real and what is not. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints make solving crime a challenge and often Stratton is put in the middle. The trio will take on cases that involve vampires, ghosts, monsters and poltergeists…or are they a ruse to conceal murder?

StatusCanceled
Runtime43m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 13, 2016

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Maggie’s RedressE143m

The Maggie’s Redress

Houdini, Doyle and Adelaide investigate the murder of a nun in one of the notorious Magdalene Laundries. A witness claims the killer is a young woman who was tormented by the nun. The only problem is, that young woman has been dead for six months.

Mar 13, 2016

Episode 2 - A Dish of AdharmaE243m

A Dish of Adharma

A 12 year old boy shoots a prominent suffragette, claiming he’s avenging a murder - his own murder in a past life. And if the trio wants to find the truth, they must solve the decades-old killing.

Mar 17, 2016

Episode 3 - In Manus DeiE343m

In Manus Dei

When a heckler is mysteriously struck down at a faith healer’s show, our team investigates whether the healer is truly channeling the power of God. And if so, can he work a miracle on Doyle’s dying wife? 

Mar 24, 2016

Episode 4 - Spring-Heel'd JackE443m

Spring-Heel'd Jack

In the first of several attacks, a businessman is murdered by a mysterious phantom with demonic eyes and gravity-defying leaps. As panic spreads across London, our team tries to determine if this a case of mass hysteria, or is there a beast out there that thrives on fear?

Mar 31, 2016

Episode 5 - The Curse of KorzhaE543m

The Curse of Korzha

An attractive traveling medium uses her psychic gifts to solve crimes, frustrating Houdini when he can’t figure out her tricks. Doyle feels she may be the real thing, so he is mortified by her next prediction: the end of Adelaide Stratton.

Apr 7, 2016

Episode 6 - The Monsters of NethermoorE643m

The Monsters of Nethermoor

Following a nightmarish run in with some otherworldly beings, a man wakes up in a field insisting that his wife has been abducted by aliens.

Apr 14, 2016

Episode 7 - BedlamE743m

Bedlam

After several people are discovered scared to death, the clues lead our team to Bedlam, the notorious insane asylum.

Apr 21, 2016

Episode 8 - StrigoiE843m

Strigoi

Bram Stoker, author of Dracula and good friend of Doyle’s, shows up at Doyle’s house in a panic. Vampire hunters are trying to kill him, believing Stoker to be a vampire. As they investigate a disturbing murder, they begin to wonder if Stoker really is a vampire, and if not, what is the dark secret he’s desperately trying to hide from the world?

Apr 28, 2016

Episode 9 - NecromanteionE943m

Necromanteion

The trio travels to Canada to investigate a homicidal poltergeist, where they are joined by other paranormal experts, including Thomas Edison, who unveils his latest invention - the Necrophone - a device that can purportedly communicate with the dead.

May 5, 2016

Episode 10 - The Pall of LaPierE1043m

The Pall of LaPier

Small-town Ontario. A minister wakes to find everyone in his village dead, without the slightest sign of violence. Was this retribution for past acts of evil, as the local natives believe? And if not, how else to explain why the man of God was the only one spared?

May 12, 2016

Actors

Michael Weston

Michael Weston

Harry Houdini

Stephen Mangan

Stephen Mangan

Arthur Conan Doyle

Rebecca Liddiard

Rebecca Liddiard

Constable Adelaide Stratton

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