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Murder Call(TV show/series, 1997-2000)

1h per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 3 seasons with 56 episodes

Murder CallRating: 3.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Murder Call is an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and broadcast on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The series was inspired by the Tessa Vance novels by Jennifer Rowe, both of which were adapted as episodes, while Rowe also developed story treatments for 38 episodes throughout the series. ()
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About Murder Call

Murder Call was an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and seen on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The idea to the series was born by the books of Tessa Vance by Jennifer Rowe: Suspect/Deadline and Something Wicked. Both books were integrated as episodes in the TV series.The series dealt with the cases confronted by an unconventional team of homicide detectives, Tessa Vance and Steve Hayden.

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Murder Call Seasons and Episodes

04/21/1999Season 3 - 20 episodes
#1 | 04/21/1999Dead Offerings
Tessa and Steve investigate when a young blind man is found dead in a swimming pool.
#2 | 04/28/1999Evil Chances
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.
#3 | 05/05/1999Tongue Tied
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?
#4 | 05/12/1999Dying Day
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.
#5 | 05/19/1999Death in the Family
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.
#6 | 06/02/1999Death Down Market
When a woman is found murdered in a neighbourhood that is terrorised by a local gang, Steve and Tessa are called in to investigate.
#7 | 06/16/1999A Blow to the Heart
Tessa and Steve are called in to investigate a series of murders revolving around a prominent bio-chemistry lab.
#8 | 06/30/1999Bad Business
Tessa and Steve investigate what appears to be a routine case, but soon uncover a dangerous web of blackmail and righteous fanaticism.
#9 | 07/14/1999Hide and Seek
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.
#10 | 07/28/1999Booming Business
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.
#11 | 08/04/1999Cut and Dried
Tessa and Steve investigate a murder where nothing is as it seems.
#12 | 08/14/2000A Stab in the Dark
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.
#13 | 08/21/2000Grave Matters
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.
#14 | 08/28/2000Paid in Full
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.
#15 | 09/04/2000Last Act
A busker suffers from hallucinations while performing mime outside a train station. When he collapses and dies, Tootsie's autopsy points to poisoning.
#16 | 09/11/2000Scent of Evil
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.
#17 | 09/18/2000Still Life
At the opening night of his exhibition, artist Vincent Osborne's head is discovered inside his own death mask.
#18 | 09/25/2000Absent Friends
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.
#19 | 10/02/2000House of Spirits
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.
#20 | 10/09/2000Done to Death
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.
07/07/1998Season 2 - 20 episodes
08/11/1997Season 1 - 16 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: Australia
Made by: Southern Star
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: Bulgarian (BG), English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Slovak (SK), Turkish (TR)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 08/11/1997
Last episode released on: 10/09/2000
Creator: Hal and Jim McElroy

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