#episode 714

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Barry Allen in 7x14 “Rayo De Luz”

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Episode titles and references

The last couple of lists are short, but wow there are a lot coming up in the next couple of seasons. Also there are a lot of episodes that I thought there might be some reference in there but I couldn’t find it. 

7.2 Tour de Murdoch - a riff on Tour de France, a 21 day long bicycle race eld in France.

7.4 The Return of Sherlock Holmes - The third collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” 1903-1905

7.5 Murdoch of the Living Dead - a 1968 zombie movie, Night of the Living Dead by George Romero

7.7 Loch Ness Murdoch - a riff on the Loch Ness Monster

7.8 Republic of Murdoch - the CBC show Republic of Doyle, star of Republic of Doyle Jake Doyle guest stars in this episode

7.11 Journey to the Centre of Toronto - a 1864 novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

7.14 Friday the 13th, 1901 - series of horror movies from 1980s

7.15 The Spy who came up to the cold - a 1963 novel of the same name by John Le Carre about the Cold War

7.16 Kung Fu Crabtree - a 2008 movie Kung Fu Panda (probably)

8.1/8.2 On the Waterfront-  a 1954 movie of the same name about gangs and illegal activities

8.10 Murdoch and the Temple of Death - again the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

8.11 All that Glitters - quote from Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice II.vii

8.12 The Devil wears Whalebone - a 2006 movie The Devil Wears Prada starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway

8.18 Artful Detective - the American name of Murdoch Mysteries

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One of my favourite Murdoch episodes is “The Murdoch Sting” and I was ecstatic when I found out that Cassie Chadwick (acted by Wendy Crewson) is an historical con woman.

Cassie Chadwick was born Elizabeth Bigley on October 10, 1857, in Eastwood, Ontario, which back then was known as the Province of Canada. She started her life as a con woman when she was very young. She was known to tell lies as a child and did her first sting when she was only 14 and was arrested soon after, but released due to her age. She moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1875, where she started working as a fortune teller.

Using the false name Lydia Deere, she married Dr. Wallace Springsteen, but the marriage fell apart soon after he found out about her history and debts. Changing her name to Madame Marie LaRose, she married John R. Scott in the same year as her divorce in 1883, but again, she divorced him after four years of marriage.

In 1889, she was arrested on charges of forgery and spent four years in jail before being paroled. Changing her name a third time, Cassie Hoover opened a brothel and married Dr. Leroy Chadwick.

Cassie Chadwick started her famous con of becoming Andrew Carnegie’s illegitimate daughter. She used a lawyer friend to claim promissory notes worth $2-$7 million dollars. Banks offered her loans of $10-$20 million and in the end had debts on $5 million. This con was successful from 1887 to 1906 when she was arrested with $100 000 on her person.

Because of the money she received as loans, there was a major shockwave in Cleveland’s banks, even causing one to declare bankruptcy.

She was sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined $70 000 for charges of forgery and conspiracy. Cassie Chadwick died on October 10, 1907 in prison and was buried in her hometown.