Home for the Holidays(2017)
"Home for the Holidays" is the third stand-alone two hour Christmas special of the "Murdoch Mysteries" that first aired on December 18, 2017 on CBC, followed by a second airing on December 25, 2017 in Canada. Murdoch and Ogden travel to Victoria, B.C. to visit Murdoch’s brother, RCMP officer Jasper Linney. There, they investigate a murder connected to an archaeologist Megan Byrne who has uncovered an ancient Indigenous settlement, leading to a trek through the rugged beauty of British Columbia and encounters with the Songhees and Haida nations. Meanwhile, the Brackenreids are offered a surefire investment opportunity that may not be all it seems. At the Station House, Crabtree and Higgins prepare for a ski-chalet holiday in Vermont with their girlfriends Nina and Ruth, but learn it may be more dangerous than expected.
Movie: Home for the Holidays
Top 10 Billed Cast
Detective William Murdoch
Dr. Julia Ogden
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid
Constable George Crabtree
Constable Henry Higgins
Margaret Brackenreid
Ruth Newsome
Nina Bloom
Louise Cherry
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