Spoiler-controlled victim ledger
The deaths index.
Search 423 source-listed records connected to every released case through Series 25. Names remain sealed until you choose to reveal them.
144 case files · 423 source rows · 441 represented people
Series 1, Episode 1 · Tom Barnaby
The Killings at Badger's Drift
5 source rows · 7 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 1, Episode 2 · Tom Barnaby
Written in Blood
4 source rows · 4 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 1, Episode 3 · Tom Barnaby
Death of a Hollow Man
2 source rows · 2 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 1, Episode 4 · Tom Barnaby
Faithful Unto Death
2 source rows · 2 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 1, Episode 5 · Tom Barnaby
Death in Disguise
3 source rows · 3 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 2, Episode 1 · Tom Barnaby
Death's Shadow
5 source rows · 5 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 2, Episode 2 · Tom Barnaby
Strangler's Wood
5 source rows · 7 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 2, Episode 3 · Tom Barnaby
Dead Man's Eleven
5 source rows · 5 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 2, Episode 4 · Tom Barnaby
Blood Will Out
2 source rows · 2 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 3, Episode 1 · Tom Barnaby
Death of a Stranger
6 source rows · 6 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 3, Episode 2 · Tom Barnaby
Blue Herrings
2 source rows · 4 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 3, Episode 3 · Tom Barnaby
Judgement Day
5 source rows · 5 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 3, Episode 4 · Tom Barnaby
Beyond the Grave
2 source rows · 2 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 4, Episode 1 · Tom Barnaby
Garden of Death
4 source rows · 4 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 4, Episode 2 · Tom Barnaby
Destroying Angel
6 source rows · 6 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 4, Episode 3 · Tom Barnaby
The Electric Vendetta
5 source rows · 5 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 4, Episode 4 · Tom Barnaby
Who Killed Cock Robin?
2 source rows · 2 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 4, Episode 5 · Tom Barnaby
Dark Autumn
4 source rows · 4 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 4, Episode 6 · Tom Barnaby
Tainted Fruit
3 source rows · 3 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 5, Episode 1 · Tom Barnaby
Market for Murder
5 source rows · 5 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 5, Episode 2 · Tom Barnaby
A Worm in the Bud
3 source rows · 3 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 5, Episode 3 · Tom Barnaby
Ring Out Your Dead
3 source rows · 3 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 5, Episode 4 · Tom Barnaby
Murder on St Malley's Day
3 source rows · 3 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Series 6, Episode 1 · Tom Barnaby
A Talent for Life
3 source rows · 3 represented peopleSpoilers sealed. Open this case to see names, classifications and method families.
Published case totals
Five cases with the highest murder count.
This separate leaderboard uses the episode-by-episode body-count source. Historical murders revealed in the investigation count; suicides and accidental or natural deaths do not.
- 01Series 2, Episode 27murders
Strangler's Wood
Four murders investigated in the present-day story and three historical murders uncovered by the case.
Open case file → - 02Series 3, Episode 15murders
Death of a Stranger
Five murders are recorded, including one historical murder; a separate suicide is not included in the murder figure.
Open case file → - 03Series 3, Episode 35murders
Judgement Day
Five murders are recorded, including the historical killing revealed during the investigation.
Open case file → - 04Series 4, Episode 25murders
Destroying Angel
Five murders are recorded; a suicide at the end of the case is counted separately.
Open case file → - 05Series 15, Episode 65murders
Schooled in Murder
Five murders make this the joint-highest verified John Barnaby case in the published ledger.
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Research trail
What the records mean.
The first 95 case rows are normalised from an established episode-by-episode body-count ledger. Later entries are checked against published episode descriptions and selected detailed synopses. Method descriptions are reduced to broad factual families; this site does not reproduce source prose.
“Historical” means that the death occurred before the main investigation or is revealed through backstory. “Other” combines accidental, natural and unresolved deaths because the broad Times total reports accidental and natural deaths together.
- Episode-by-episode body-count ledger ↗
- Episode chronology and published synopses ↗
- The Times 140-episode body-count snapshot ↗
This is an evidence ledger, not a claim of medical certainty. Corrections can be checked through the source policy on the about page.