Homicide

Season 8 (39 Episodes)

13 Seasons1971NR50m7.5

The cases and crimes actioned by the Victoria (Australia) homicide squad, with many cases based of true events.

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Season 8 Episodes:

Episode 1 Two for the Money

1. Two for the Money

Aired: Jan 19, 1971

After discovering that she is short of money in the till, Margie, a popular b...

Episode 2 Help Yourself

2. Help Yourself

Aired: Jan 26, 1971

Wally Taylor, the night attendant at a service station, is assaulted and robb...

Episode 3 Short Circuit

3. Short Circuit

Aired: Feb 2, 1971

The man detectives seek for the murder of a young girl in a motel is a psycho...

Episode 4 The Terrible Stranger

4. The Terrible Stranger

Aired: Feb 9, 1971

Ben Davis, a depressed man under his mother's influence, takes part in a grou...

Episode 5 Mein Herr Wenzel

5. Mein Herr Wenzel

Aired: Feb 16, 1971

Parts of Kurt Wenzel's body are found scattered in various areas. Suspects em...

Episode 6 Denny

6. Denny

Aired: Feb 23, 1971

When factory hand Denny Mullins, formerly a union representative, is murdered...

Episode 7 Death on the Vine

7. Death on the Vine

Aired: Mar 2, 1971

A woman journalist, Leigh Gardiner, dies after drinking a glass of port. Her ...

Episode 8 Red Carpet Treatment

8. Red Carpet Treatment

Aired: Mar 16, 1971

When chicken farmer Alex Propi disappears, he is feared murdered when his gir...

Episode 9 The Corrupter

9. The Corrupter

Aired: Mar 23, 1971

Blackmail, corruption, and the finding of a body in a park causes some comple...

Episode 11 Lost

11. Lost

Aired: Apr 20, 1971

Several small girls are attacked, and police suspect Hughie McBride, a mental...

Episode 12 The Wall

12. The Wall

Aired: May 4, 1971

Police investigate when elderly watchman Sid Brown is shot dead after disturb...

Episode 13 In the Dark

13. In the Dark

Aired: May 11, 1971

Police search for Susan Scott, a girl psychopath, who they believe shot dead ...

Episode 14 Killer

14. Killer

Aired: May 18, 1971

Did John Meadows accidentally shoot dead a prowler at his home or was it a pl...

Episode 15 David's Diary

15. David's Diary

Aired: May 25, 1971

Englishman David Ryan dies mysteriously in his greenhouse. His diary, contain...

Episode 16 The Acquittal

16. The Acquittal

Aired: Jun 1, 1971

Major Curtis, a key witness in the murder trial of Jim Lennox, is shocked whe...

Episode 17 A Kind of Freedom

17. A Kind of Freedom

Aired: Jun 8, 1971

After receiving anonymous letters threatening to kill her, Muriel Lumsden, an...

Episode 18 Urge to Kill

18. Urge to Kill

Aired: Jun 15, 1971

A compulsive psychopathic killer has strangled two women connected with beaut...

Episode 19 Thou Shalt Not

19. Thou Shalt Not

Aired: Jun 22, 1971

A devout minister, Pastor George Langley, preaches a forceful sermon. His emp...

Episode 20 Inquest

20. Inquest

Aired: Jun 29, 1971

The brutal murder of a service station attendant; an accident involving Sen. ...

Episode 21 Thursday's Child

21. Thursday's Child

Aired: Jul 6, 1971

Ruth Ritchie's death plunge in her car over a cliff edge, and a suicide note ...

Episode 23 The Puppy

23. The Puppy

Aired: Jul 20, 1971

16-year-old Kirsty Mills, just released from a girls home, has her adjustment...

Episode 24 A Boy's Best Friend

24. A Boy's Best Friend

Aired: Jul 27, 1971

Shy teenager Elly Goss disappears while on her way to her first party. Detect...

Episode 25 A Change of Habit

25. A Change of Habit

Aired: Aug 3, 1971

Criminal Ern Fuller is killed by a shotgun as he walks down along with his de...

Episode 26 On the Run

26. On the Run

Aired: Aug 10, 1971

An Italian prisoner is wrongly accused of taking part in the murder of a ward...

Episode 27 Sugar and Spite

27. Sugar and Spite

Aired: Aug 17, 1971

Marjorie Nolan, a 22-year-old computer operator, is shot dead at home. Detect...

Episode 28 The Bikie

28. The Bikie

Aired: Aug 24, 1971

Bikie John Murray kills to avenge the serious injury of his sister; another m...

Episode 29 Don't Call the Cops

29. Don't Call the Cops

Aired: Aug 31, 1971

The only witness to a murder is a wine-drunk derro; the only suspect is a sto...

Episode 30 Expectations

30. Expectations

Aired: Sep 7, 1971

A man suspected of bashing a wealthy woman to death is fleeing in a car, purs...

Episode 31 The Professional

31. The Professional

Aired: Sep 14, 1971

Det. Barnes is cynical when he hears that Joe Craig, known to him as a profes...

Episode 32 Brer Fox

32. Brer Fox

Aired: Sep 21, 1971

Inspector Fox finds himself a possible target when a fisherman acquaintance i...

Episode 34 Masquerade

34. Masquerade

Aired: Oct 5, 1971

Tragedy comes to Jane and Charles Hutchinson when their three-month-old baby ...

Episode 35 A Game of Chance

35. A Game of Chance

Aired: Oct 12, 1971

The young leader of a street gang pretends to buy a gun from a sports store p...

Episode 36 Fighting Fred

36. Fighting Fred

Aired: Oct 19, 1971

The discovery of a body at Stony Point, a fisherman's obsession with oil poll...

Episode 37 Blood

37. Blood

Aired: Oct 26, 1971

When hamburger shop owner Bill Walker is stabbed to death, his son Michael, w...

Episode 38 The Experts

38. The Experts

Aired: Nov 2, 1971

A man is killed when the car he is driving explodes and bursts into flames. H...

Episode 39 Handle with Care

39. Handle with Care

Aired: Nov 9, 1971

A young delivery van driver, Greg Lane, is killed when a parcel labelled "Han...

Episode 40 Lover Boy

40. Lover Boy

Aired: Nov 16, 1971

Playboy Roger Taylor is fascinating to women, but a pathological liar. His ma...

Info about Homicide

Current Status: Ended

Network: Seven Network

Production Country: Australia

Genres:Drama, Crime, Action