After drug baron Frank Geiger has several bullets pumped into his brain and is left in a locked basement, that really ought to have been that.

However, when the police end up finding him, his corpse has somehow managed to climb a set of stairs.

Meanwhile, Adam Klaus is up for a prestigious award, but takes umbrage when he’s beaten to it by drag act Deborah Cadabera.

And are you ready for a dangerous search-and-seizure operation in Iraq that goes awry?

The Three Gamblers was the sixth and final episode of series three of Jonathan Creek, airing on 2nd January 2000. It was the last occasion on which we saw Maddie Magellan.

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When a former glamour model is burned alive (to death) after her cigarette falls into a lawnmower’s fuel tank, the last thing you’d expect is for her to be wandering down a country lane just a few hours later.

Nevertheless, a completely reliable witness says that this is exactly what happened. How bizarre.

Meanwhile, Maddie books Jonathan in to do a Q&A with the Jonathan Creek Fan Club, much to the man’s umbrage.

And did you believe the only way to grow stuff is to plant it in soil? Think again, idiots!

Miracle in Crooked Land was the fifth and penultimate episode of series three of Jonathan Creek, airing on 28th December 1999.

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Mimi, an old colleague of Maddie’s, turns up with a strange tale of a murdered hermit, and Jonathan agrees to help despite Maddie’s jealousy.

Ezra Carr lived a solitary life for 20 years, so why would anyone try to kill him? And why didn’t they steal any of his valuables while they were at it?

When they head to the creepy scene of the crime to check it out, Maddie baffles the cocky Mimi with a tremendous disappearing trick of her own.

We analyse the episode, locate some location information and track down some utterly bizarre factual real-world connections to details in the show.

Did you know that Jonathan Creek from Melbourne (‘The viral video guy’) is a foremost authority on the art of online marketing? We hear some of his secrets and top tips.

Ghosts Forge was the fourth episode of series three of Jonathan Creek, airing on 18th December 1999.

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Maddie is summoned to a dark and dingy warehouse by Professor Lance Graumann to see an alien skeleton that has come into his possession.

The US military turn up and steal the skeleton from him, but by the time they transport it back to their base it has disappeared into thin air.

Jonathan’s reputation as a mystery-solving genius leads to him being forced to help the army figure out what the hell has gone on.

There’s then a chance to hear what else was going on in the world on the day the episode aired, and we find out about what’s been pissing off aficionados in the world of line dancing.

The Omega Man was the third episode of series three of Jonathan Creek, airing on 11th December 1999.

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Elderly Audrey has a vivid dream of a Frenchman being shot dead, and it spookily becomes true the following day.

As does her next dream about another death… what’s going on?

As his windmill becomes the set for a crap-looking period drama, Jonathan finds himself on the trail of yet another explanation.

Meanwhile, Maddie opens the door to a potential ménage à trois with two hunky studs after mistakenly copping off with both within minutes of one another.

Once again, long-dead William Topaz McGonagall (often described as the worst poet to have ever walked the earth) resurrects himself from the grave to watch the episode and pen some lines about it.

The Eyes of Tiresias was the second episode of series three of Jonathan Creek, airing on 4th December 1999.

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Down-on-their-luck Alice and Lenny Spearfish get rich after digging up treasure in their garden. Whilst this provides them with a lovely new house, Lenny goes off the rails as Alice gets more and more despondent.

After being drugged following a big-spending night in the casino, Lenny manages to survive being shot twice by a prostitute-murdering maniac… but how?

As he becomes convinced that he’s now immortal and his financial investments start to really pay off, Alice gets Maddie and Jonathan involved to find out what’s really going on.

Does selling your soul to Lucifer really make you invincible? (Spoiler alert: it does not).

And as if that wasn’t enough, long-dead poet William Topaz McGonagall resurrects himself from beyond the grave to commit his thoughts on the episode to paper.

The Curious Tale of Mr Spearfish was the opening episode of series three of Jonathan Creek and aired on November 27th 1999.

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A former magician is seen shooting herself with a rifle, yet medics say she’d already been dead for hours. But why did an interfering hobo nearby leave no footprints in the freshly fallen snow? And how come someone slightly shifting a small table confuses everyone?

And what does all this have to do with residents of Hammersmith being angry about a new strip bar in the neighbourhood?

Black Canary was the first ever Jonathan Creek Christmas special, sitting in-between series two and three, airing on 24th December 1998.

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Seven men are each frightened to death just by looking out of an old pub window. A High Court judge is murdered in a locked and guarded room.

How the bejeezus do you explain these two things?

Maddie becomes embroiled in the former after going for dinner with a nudist, and Jonathan is strongarmed into assisting with the latter by the cantankerous D.I. Ken Speed.

Once again, long-dead William Topaz McGonagall (perhaps the world’s shittest ever poet) resurrects himself from the grave to watch the episode and pen some doggerel about it.

Mother Redcap was the sixth and final episode of the second series of Jonathan Creek, airing on 28th February 1998.

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A romantically rebuffed man flings himself off a balcony to his death, but three weeks later is seen strangling one of the witnesses of his own suicide. How is that possible?

Maddie’s been burgled, a badger watch goes tits-up and a supposedly blind trumpet-playing pervert is getting very handsy.

In a thrilling and atmospheric tale with a varied list of strange characters, how will Maddie and Jonathan get to the bottom of this one?

Once again, the untalented Mr William Topaz McGonagall resurrects himself from the grave to watch the episode and pen some lines about it.

The Problem at Gallows Gate was a two-parter forming episodes four and five of the second series of Jonathan Creek, airing on 14th and 21st of February 1998.

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Snobby theatre critic Sylvester Le Fley’s cherished El Greco painting is stolen from under the noses of several onlookers.

Jonathan takes great delight in figuring out the solution but not telling the supercilious drama reviewer how it was all done. The rotter.  

Did someone spirit it through the glass ceiling? Or a crack in the floor? And why hasn’t the 97-year-old security guard retired yet?

Once again, long-dead William Topaz McGonagall (often described as the worst poet to have ever walked the earth) resurrects himself from the grave to watch the episode and pen some lines about it.

The Scented Room was the third episode of the second series of Jonathan Creek, airing on 7th February 1998.

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