"The Curse of Beaton Manor" is the tenth episode of the third season of the Murdoch Mysteries and the thirty-sixth episode of the series. It first aired on April 20, 2010 (UK).
Summary[]
Detective Murdoch investigates the suspicious death of Chauncey Beaton who has fallen, or was pushed or jumped, off his balcony. The servants claim the house is cursed and it is responsible for his death. The dead man's brother Ronald was in the house and another brother, Byron, was en route to a business meeting. Some of the servants heard Chauncey shouting his half-brother Timothy's name but Timothy had killed himself the previous February. Several of the household staff claim to have seen Timothy's ghost. The Beaton family has a long history of suspicious deaths and Murdoch believes one of the remaining brothers is responsible, presumably eliminating the other brothers in order to inherit the estate. Soon however, even the police start to see ghosts in Beaton Manor.
Character Revelations[]
- Crabtree's Aunt Primrose saw the ghost of his Uncle Percy.
Continuity[]
- A quiet moment between the Doctor and Detective viewing the darkened city in the storm from the morgue window is interrupted by Constable Crabtree.
- Mask making will re-appear in future episodes, ironically for Julia and most notably at the end of Season 6's episodes Crime and Punishment and The Murdoch Trap.
Historical References[]
- This episode takes place in Toronto 1897 – Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 1819 - 1901) is Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and Empress of India.
- The Beaton (Beton) family fled the former French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 during the Haitian Revolution; They could not repatriate to France because "they were still lopping off heads there" during the French Revolution, so they came to Canada.
- Voodoo is often seen as a practice involving magic. Haitian Vodou (or Voodoo) is an African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries. Its structure arose from the blending of the traditional religions of those enslaved West and Central Africans who had been brought to the island of Hispaniola. Most Haitians practice both Vodou and Roman Catholicism.
Errors[]
- The first Canadian crematorium opened in Montréal in 1901. As this episode takes place in 1897, there was not yet a cremation facility in Toronto and Timothy's body would have been buried, not cremated.
- In one scene in the manor you can see a plastic water bottle on a table.
- The former French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) is pronounced St. Dominique by the characters. Dominique is the feminine form of Domingue.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch
Hélène Joy as Julia Ogden
Thomas Craig as Thomas Brackenreid
Jonny Harris as George Crabtree
Recurring Cast[]
Lachlan Murdoch as Henry Higgins
Guest Cast[]
Jonathan Goad as Byron Beaton
Jordan Pettle as Ronald Beaton
Stephanie Langton as Rowena Beaton
Roy Lewis as William Godfrey
Michael Xavier as Timothy Beaton
Gallery[]
Murdoch Mysteries Season 3 |
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"The Murdoch Identity" • "The Great Wall" • "Victor, Victorian" • "Rich Boy, Poor Boy" • "Me, Myself and Murdoch" • "This One Goes to Eleven" • "Blood and Circuses" • "Future Imperfect" • "Love and Human Remains" • "The Curse of Beaton Manor" • "Hangman" • "In the Altogether" • "The Tesla Effect" Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6 • Season 7• Season 8 • Season 9 • Season 10 • Season 11 • Season 12 • Season 13 • Season 14 • Season 15 |