Murdoch Mysteries is a dynamic drama series set in Toronto, Canada in the 1890s. William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) is a young detective who uses progressive new forensic techniques, such as fingerprinting and trace evidence to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders. Each theory is revealed as an intuitive flash a visual dramatisation of events based on the evidence given. Murdoch is man with an almost supernatural instinct in solving crimes.