Houdini & Doyle (2016)
"A world-famous magician. A legendary detective writer. Catching killers is elementary to them."
Synopsis
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve. It challenges their sense of what is real and what is not. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints make solving crime a challenge and often Stratton is put in the middle. The trio will take on cases that involve vampires, ghosts, monsters and poltergeists…or are they a ruse to conceal murder?
Network
ITV1, FOX, Global TV
Episodes
The Maggie’s Redress
Houdini, Doyle and Adelaide investigate the murder of a nun in one of the notorious Magdalene Laundries. A witness claims the killer is a young woman who was tormented by the nun. The only problem is, that young woman has been dead for six months.
A Dish of Adharma
A 12 year old boy shoots a prominent suffragette, claiming he’s avenging a murder - his own murder in a past life. And if the trio wants to find the truth, they must solve the decades-old killing.
In Manus Dei
When a heckler is mysteriously struck down at a faith healer’s show, our team investigates whether the healer is truly channeling the power of God. And if so, can he work a miracle on Doyle’s dying wife?
Spring-Heel'd Jack
In the first of several attacks, a businessman is murdered by a mysterious phantom with demonic eyes and gravity-defying leaps. As panic spreads across London, our team tries to determine if this a case of mass hysteria, or is there a beast out there that thrives on fear?
The Curse of Korzha
An attractive traveling medium uses her psychic gifts to solve crimes, frustrating Houdini when he can’t figure out her tricks. Doyle feels she may be the real thing, so he is mortified by her next prediction: the end of Adelaide Stratton.
The Monsters of Nethermoor
Following a nightmarish run in with some otherworldly beings, a man wakes up in a field insisting that his wife has been abducted by aliens.
Bedlam
After several people are discovered scared to death, the clues lead our team to Bedlam, the notorious insane asylum.
Strigoi
Bram Stoker, author of Dracula and good friend of Doyle’s, shows up at Doyle’s house in a panic. Vampire hunters are trying to kill him, believing Stoker to be a vampire. As they investigate a disturbing murder, they begin to wonder if Stoker really is a vampire, and if not, what is the dark secret he’s desperately trying to hide from the world?
Necromanteion
The trio travels to Canada to investigate a homicidal poltergeist, where they are joined by other paranormal experts, including Thomas Edison, who unveils his latest invention - the Necrophone - a device that can purportedly communicate with the dead.
The Pall of LaPier
Small-town Ontario. A minister wakes to find everyone in his village dead, without the slightest sign of violence. Was this retribution for past acts of evil, as the local natives believe? And if not, how else to explain why the man of God was the only one spared?
Cast
Trailer
Details
Original Title
Houdini & Doyle
Status
Canceled
Seasons
1
Episodes
10
Production
Big Talk Studios, Shore Z Productions, Shaftesbury Films
