在这部默多克之谜犯罪片中,本剧是加拿大Shaftesbury制片公司于2004年推出的一套以神探默多克为主角的电视剧，共三集，单集片长为九十分钟左右，相当于一部电视电影的长度，而非央视八套近期播出的2008年电视剧版本。
Set in the gritty back streets of 1890s Toronto, Detective William Murdoch employs the latest in forensic science to solve the city's most gruesome murders. While his superior, Inspector Brackenreid, doubts the validity of Murdoch's methods -such as fingerprints, he finds allies in Dr. Julia Ogden and Constable George Crabtree. Through his investigations, Murdoch is also drawn closer to the street-smart prostitute, Ettie Weston... The series encompasses three dark and twisting feature-length episodes: "Except the Dying," "Poor Tom Is Cold," and "Under the Dragon's Tail."
