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Magical Mystery Tour: a map of Toronto’s fictional murders

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Magical Mystery Tour

Dead bodies are turning up all over the fictional cityscape. We’ve mapped out the grisliest murders in 10 titles

Magical Mystery Tour

Dead Politician Society

Dead Politician Society by Robin Spano A right-wing Toronto city councillor is poisoned during a speech at U of T.


Blood and Groom

Blood and Groom by Jill Edmondson A blue-blood Bay Streeter is shot dead in the Rosedale Valley Ravine.


The Killing Circle

The Killing Circle by Andrew Pyper A Queen West hairdresser is sliced into pieces and tossed in a Chinatown dumpster.


Blood Wine

Blood Wine by John Moss Detective Miranda Quin wakes up next to her dead boyfriend at their Yonge and Isabella apartment.


The Devil You Know

The Devil You Know by Elisabeth de Mariaffi In 1982, an 11-year-old girl is strangled, stuffed into a duffel bag and left at Scarborough’s Taylor Creek Park.


Last Stop Sunnyside

Last Stop Sunnyside by Pat Capponi Two weeks after being evicted from her Parkdale rooming house, an alcoholic prostitute’s body washes up on Sunnyside Beach.


Fire on the Runway

Fire on the Runway by Mel Bradshaw In Jazz Age Toronto, a Jane Doe is shot and left in a pool of her own blood at the Beaconsfield Hotel, a Queen West flophouse.


Dirty Sweet

Dirty Sweet by John McFetridge At the intersection of King and Spadina, a man gets out of his Volvo, walks up to another car and shoots the driver in the head.


Journeyman to Grief

Journeyman to Grief by Maureen Jennings Victorian detective William Murdoch investigates the murder of a Toronto livery owner, who has been horsewhipped to death and hung up by his wrists in a stable on Mutual Street.


Strangehold

Stranglehold by Robert Rotenberg A Crown prosecutor is garrotted at the Maple Leaf Motel on Kingston Road, then tucked neatly into bed.

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