"Destroying Angel" is the second episode of the fourth series of ''
Midsomer Murders
''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...
'' and the fifteenth episode overall. It stars
John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector
Tom Barnaby
Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" Barnaby (born 20 April 1943) is a fictional detective created by English writer Caroline Graham as the protagonist in her ''Chief Inspector Barnaby'' novel series and adapted into one of the main ...
and
Daniel Casey as Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy.
Plot
The will of late
hotelier Karl Wainright causes ructions amongst his staff, and soon a
serial murderer
A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons,A
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begins hunting down the beneficiaries, dispatching them in increasingly gruesome and imaginative ways. Meanwhile, Barnaby and Troy discover the bizarre village tradition of exposing dark secrets - through cryptic
Punch and Judy shows.
Murder methods
*Smothering
*Arrow shot and dismemberment
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Poisoning by the eponymous species of mushroom
*Crushed by cabinet
*Shotgun blast
External links
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{{Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders episodes
2001 British television episodes