Murdoch Mysteries Belly Speaker (2008– ) watch online HD

Detective Murdoch investigates the murder of Rod Grimsby, who was forced to drink varnish. What they also find at the crime scene is the man's son Harcourt Grimsby, a ventriloquist who does most of his talking through his puppet, Mycroft. The dead man was having an affair with his neighbor's wife so they have an obvious suspect, but Murdoch thinks the solution is far more complex. He is joined in his investigation by Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, who has returned to Toronto with the intent of writing a new novel based on Murdoch's techniques. He also has another, far more personal reason for returning.

The episode name "Belly Speaker" is a literal translation of the word "ventriloquist", which comes from the Latin words "ventrum" (stomach) and "loquor" (I speak).

The ventriloquist's dummy is called Mycroft, the same name that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (who appears in this episode) gave to Sherlock Holmes' elder brother.

Conan-Doyle's wife did die from tuberculosis in 1906.

Conan-Doyle was quite an athlete, playing goalkeeper on an English football club under a pseudonym, A. C. Smith, and playing cricket from 1899 to 1907, when he took up golf. His favorite sport was bareknuckle boxing and one of his books "Rodney Stone" had a boxing setting. His love of pugilism was well known enough that he was approached to referee the Jack Johnson-Jim Jeffries championship match in 1910, but the author declined.

Murdoch refers to a recent case that has been solved a a 'cold case,' exactly the opposite from the definition that is currently popular.

This episode takes place in 1895.