Peter Mochrie
Det. Steve Hayden
Murder Call (1997)
Season 3
Murder Call was an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and seen on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The idea to the series was born by the books of Tessa Vance by Jennifer Rowe: Suspect/Deadline and Something Wicked. Both books were integrated as episodes in the TV series. The series dealt with the cases confronted by an unconventional team of homicide detectives, Tessa Vance and Steve Hayden.
Released Aug. 10, 1997
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Production Companies: Southern Star
Network: Nine Network
S3E1 - Dead Offerings
Tessa and Steve investigate when a young blind man is found dead in a swimming pool.
April 21, 1999, midnight
S3E2 - Evil Chances
A sports teacher is found impaled at a boarding school and is found by Fisk's older sister. Tessa and Steve investigate, but Fisk is frustrated when his sister is interviewed, and he is excluded.
April 28, 1999, midnight
S3E3 - Tongue Tied
A mutilited body is found near a church, with identical markings to the victims of a serial killer 15 years ago- Thorne's first case. Experiencing a sense of deja-vu, Thorne heads the investigation. Has the killer returned, or is this a copycat crime?
May 5, 1999, midnight
S3E4 - Dying Day
Steve and Tessa investigate when a young woman is found hanging from a tree limb in a popular city park, and Tootsie's preliminary findings indicate it was not suicide.
May 12, 1999, midnight
S3E5 - Death in the Family
A vagrant is found dead at an inner city underpass surrounded by the corpses of poisoned sparrows. When Tootsie diagnoses death by strychnine, Tessa, Steve and Thorne fear that someone is out there trying to purge the streets of the homeless. But the investigation takes a twist after Fisk finds $10,000 hidden in the vagrant's mattress.
May 19, 1999, midnight
S3E6 - Death Down Market
When a woman is found murdered in a neighbourhood that is terrorised by a local gang, Steve and Tessa are called in to investigate.
June 2, 1999, midnight
S3E7 - A Blow to the Heart
Tessa and Steve are called in to investigate a series of murders revolving around a prominent bio-chemistry lab.
June 16, 1999, midnight
S3E8 - Bad Business
Tessa and Steve investigate what appears to be a routine case, but soon uncover a dangerous web of blackmail and righteous fanaticism.
June 30, 1999, midnight
S3E9 - Hide and Seek
Following the suspicious death of an elderly worker, Tessa and Steve must race against time to avert another tragedy growing from the ruins of the first.
July 14, 1999, midnight
S3E10 - Booming Business
Tessa and Steve uncover a web of intrigue surrounding businessman Brian Hart's horrific death when he is killed as he commutes to work by train when a letter bomb concealed in a card explodes. Tessa and Steve are confronted by a bewildering array of suspects and motives to finally apprehend the person they believe to be the killer, only to realise at the last moment that they only have it half right.
July 28, 1999, midnight
S3E11 - Cut and Dried
Tessa and Steve investigate a murder where nothing is as it seems.
Aug. 4, 1999, midnight
S3E12 - A Stab in the Dark
When horror novelist Sebastian Tombs is found lying dead with a knife in his back, Tessa and Steve must investigate the four people closest to him, each of whom has a strong motive for committing the murder.
Aug. 14, 2000, midnight
S3E13 - Grave Matters
As a crypt is opened for an interment, the funeral goers are shocked to discover the sarcophagus already occupied by the corpse of a young woman holding a rare orchid in her hand.
Aug. 21, 2000, midnight
S3E14 - Paid in Full
A man's body is found floating in a spa, a large roll of cash stuffed into his mouth. Steve and Tessa discover that almost everyone who knew him had a reason to kill him.
Aug. 28, 2000, midnight
S3E15 - Last Act
A busker suffers from hallucinations while performing mime outside a train station. When he collapses and dies, Tootsie's autopsy points to poisoning.
Sept. 4, 2000, midnight
S3E16 - Scent of Evil
A woman is ripped to shreds by savage dogs on the grounds of an empty house. Steve and Tessa must determine whether her death was an accident, or if the dogs were trained to kill by someone with a grudge and a vicious streak.
Sept. 11, 2000, midnight
S3E17 - Still Life
At the opening night of his exhibition, artist Vincent Osborne's head is discovered inside his own death mask.
Sept. 18, 2000, midnight
S3E18 - Absent Friends
While attending a school reunion, Tessa is called to a homicide on the school grounds. The victim is one of her friends — stabbed in a reenactment of a Muckup Day prank, leaving Tessa as either a suspect, or another possible victim.
Sept. 25, 2000, midnight
S3E19 - House of Spirits
Tessa and Steve investigate when a psychic conducting a séance in a storm-swept house is shot dead by the ghost of the man he was trying to contact.
Oct. 2, 2000, midnight
S3E20 - Done to Death
The cleaner at an up-market beauty parlour makes a gruesome find — the proprietor strung up in a tanning booth and roasted like a pig-on-a-spit. Tessa and Steve's investigation uncovers a wealth of secrets and resentments harboured from birth.
Oct. 9, 2000, midnight
Network: Nine Network
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: Aug. 10, 1997
Last Air Date: Oct. 9, 2000, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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