Midsomer Murders - Shot At Dawn [DVD]

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Curtis Ferabbee, Joe’s brother, wants to be rid of both Joe and the circus, but when Curtis is found murdered at his own abattoir, the circus lives on. Villager Elizabeth Key tells her friend Joyce of her suspicions that the murdered undertaker had been stealing from the dead and that the spiritualist church had been using very non-spiritual methods to acquire information revealed in their services. Kenneth Gooders ( Jonathan Coy), the solicitor handling the estate, is also killed when his large drinks cabinet topples over and crushes him. All is well until one night when Terry Bellini is shot dead while performing with his circus partner, Les Morrison. Retired music teacher Arthur Leggott is murdered after disturbing an intruder at his home in Badger's Drift.

In the village of Fletcher's Cross, undertaker Patrick Pennyman is found dead in his own chapel of rest by his wife.An ugly confrontation ensues when some of its members make angry accusations of corruption against those responsible for the design, construction and planning approval for the house.

When his partner Nancy Dewar is found dead in a river, a series of murders commences that appear to be inspired by macabre illustrations in the fresco. Fleur Perkins, a new pathologist, tells Barnaby and Winter that Adam Asoba was living under a false name, and that he actually died three years earlier, under the name Adam Dumont. At the family home of actor Larry Smith in the village of Upper Warden, a crowd has gathered to watch the promotion for the sequel to his hit film, 'The House of Satan', when Larry walks into a summer house on the grounds that suddenly explodes. But as they investigate this case, they soon uncover a web full of witchcraft, potions, and hidden secrets. As of 15 January 2024, 132 episodes have aired on British television over 22 series, whilst a total of 140 episodes have been released (e.When a body is unearthed and the death toll rises, the detectives race to find a connection between the missing couples and the thefts to catch the killer.

As most of the other cast members of the Causton Amateur Dramatics Society loathed him, there are multiple motives and suspects for his murder. Upon discovering that a local girl had been married to Peter Slim, the detectives realise that the motive for the killings is far darker than they had imagined. The family firm, King's Crystal, is in financial uncertainty, with plans to close its factory in Midsomer Magna. When the manuscript shows signs that it has been written by another hand, a handwritten letter by Joan Alder turns up indicating the manuscript is a forgery.

It is discovered that he was electrocuted, has puncture marks on his back, and that a piece of his hair is missing. At the end of the Thassington classical music festival in the village church, the winner of the Falconer Award is announced as Jacob Wheeler. DCI Tom Barnaby teams up with his cousin, DCI John Barnaby of Brighton Police, to investigate who is responsible before other murders take place. Earlier, an ancient stained glass window at the priory had been vandalised, leading the nuns to discuss selling their valuable collection of antique silver to finance its repair. Later, at the climax of the summer solstice celebration, Gareth's half-brother, David Heartley-Reade, is killed while performing a pagan ceremony to save his failing marriage.