The Curse of Beaton Manor

"The Curse of Beaton Manor"
Season	3
Episode	10
Airdate	May 23, 2010 (Canada)
Writer	Paul Aitken
Director	John L'Ecuyer
Guests	Jonathan Goad as Byron Beaton Jordan Pettle as Ronald Beaton Stephanie Langton as Rowena Beaton Roy Lewis as William Godfrey
Recurring	Lachlan Murdoch as Henry Higgins
Previous	"Love and Human Remains"
Next	"Hangman"

"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Historical References

• The Haitian Revolution

Errors

• In one scene in the manor you can see a plastic water bottle on a table.

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

Gallery

William and Julia are interrupted again!

At the Blackboard, working it out