Think Midsomer Murders is just for your Gran?
What are you doing here?
Yes, Midsomer is a hot bed of sex, lies, corruption and death.
In short, its a dangerous place to live.
One can only imagine the life insurance premiums!
Over the years there have been some truly horrible ways to meet your maker on the show.
The episode entitled The Sword of Guillaume had a host of them includingBlackadders former Captain Darling, Tim McInnerny.
McInnerny stars as the unpleasant property developer Hugh Dalgleish.
All the perps in Midsomer wear black gloves, it must be some sort of murderers dress code.
Its the creative planning of this killing which earns it a spot on the list.
Lockwood joins a tour group around the Plummers relish factory and immediately there seems to be something amiss.
Lockwood should have heeded this advice as soon hes creeping into the factory warehouse.
The scene is like the last shot ofRaiders of the Lost Ark…only with stacks of relish.
Funny place for a meeting?.
He can run but alas, cannot hide, as Dexter is crushed against the wall.
Its a double feature of a death as the victim is both squashed and boiled alive.
This killer likes their gadgets.
Actor Malcolm Sinclair probably ranks this death somewhere behind being Daniel Craigs 007 status earning kill inCasino Royale.
Barnaby has a shrewd eye though and notices one of her shoes lying idly on the floor.
The poor woman has been dried to death.
Its Barnabys keen eye to the rescue again though as he notices scorch marks on the victims hands.
Bullard, the guy trained for this sort of thing, seems to have missed that.
You have to assume the victim didnt willingly go to a place of such a name.
Anna is taking a stroll down a dark road in the middle of the night.
She doesnt notice the black car hidden in the undergrowth as she passes.
Game for your lifeThis one could almost have been pulled out of aSawmovie.
He isnt given long to ponder this though as hes swiftly knocked out.
Barnaby and Scott find Spicer sitting in a puddle of wine, rather dead and the video camera empty.
Spontaneous combustion?Midsomer Murderswent a bit gothic horror for its episode The Straw Woman.
Thats not the death which makes our list though.
He reaches out to it just as his robe bursts into flames and a fiery end claims him.
How right he was!
is a pretty horrible man.
What theyre doing with a wheel barrow full of wine bottles is soon to be revealed.
Otto awakes to find himself stapled to the ground with his own croquet hoops.
Our murderer then unveils a catapult loaded with several wine bottles.
The grand scale of this murder is what makes itMidsomers most endearing end.
