Modern 2
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Sports History in Midsomer, pt. 2: Other Sports
As well as playing a lot of cricket, Midsomer has been very successful in chess, Formula 1 and boxing. The famous boxing match of 1860 is a topic for another time: here we look at chess and F1 first.
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(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: 06×01: A Talent of Life, 08×02: Dead in the Water, 14×01: Death in the slow lane, 15×05: The Sicilian Defence, and a little bit of 05×03: Ring Your Dead and 19×03: Last Man Out)
•In 1893 there was a world champion from Bishopwood in Midsomer County: Reverend Stannington.
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Treasures & Raiders in Midsomer County
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(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: 05×04: Murder on St Malley’s Day, 14×05: The Sleeper under the Hill, 18×05: Saints and Sinners, and a little bit 09×04: Down Among Dead Men)
•Three episodes of Midsomer Murders are about treasure and its theft. They come from three different eras: The Anglo-Saxon treasure of Gorse Meadow from the Battle of Hallows Beck between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings (14×05: The Sleeper under the Hill) and the Tudor hoard of Milson (18×05: Saints and Sinners) – both treasure heists taking place in Midsomer in the early 21st century.
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Debt of Lies & Painted in Blood – Midsomer’s Bank Heists
Important notice: No relevant spoilers for 23×02 (“Dept of Lies”). The article only contains open view spoilers for 06×03 Painted In Blood! All spoilers for 23×02, Debt of Lies are hidden and will only become visible when you deliberately click on the button!
If you haven’t seen Debt of Lies yet, you can read this article without relevant spoilers for the murder investigation. All the information given here relates to the year, the amount of stolen money and the location of the bank and of the hideout.Two episodes of Midsomer Murders focus on fictional robberies in Midsomer County. Rugged Edge in “Painted in Blood” (06×03) and the Goldman Forbes heist in “Debt of Lies” (23×02). Both took place in the 1990s, in 1993 and 1998 respectively.
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Ghost Villages in World War 2
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(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: 19×01: The Village That Rose From the Dead)
•A curtain opens, revealing a room with nine people. All the people are dressed in 1940s style and are sitting at three tables. Only the older woman, Sylvia Lennard, who opened the curtain, is standing in front of them and is just finishing her presentation über ein living museum in Little Auburn.
Those present applaud. Roderick Craven, the landlord of Great Auburn and heir to Little Auburn, thanks her. 75 years ago, Little Auburn became a military base and fell into a ghost village after the war. The inhabitants founded Great Auburn not far away, but tomorrow the army will return the land to the Craven family. In return, the landlord wants to support a project – including his mother’s living museum.
