Eric Buscher & Eileen Becker
79 episodes listed below
Cozy murders, sharp notes, odd detours.
Welcome To Midsomer follows Midsomer Murders episode by episode, moving from murder setups and detective work into actor credits, village oddities, and thematic detours. It suits fans who enjoy the series enough to laugh at its logic while still caring who did it.
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Welcome To Midsomer is an episode-by-episode companion to Midsomer Murders with a clear affection for the series and very little patience for weak plotting. It is built for full spoilers. Eric Buscher and Eileen Becker begin with the murder hook, the village, the detective team, and the production credits, then move into the case itself with quick reactions threaded through the recap. The structure is dependable, but the conversation stays loose. A killer in Little Worthy brings in wolf lore, practical werewolf effects, Mark Williams, and a cheerful detour to Wolf Cop. A murder at a local winery becomes a discussion of mothers, Nelson's romantic instincts, wine, screw tops, boxes, cans, and changing wine culture. Second Sight turns a psychic murder into religion versus science, precognition, Faraday cages, Owen Teal, and a bad wig joke that keeps escalating. Crime and Punishment frames Bleakridge as an unusually lawless village where Neighborhood Watch members cannot keep themselves alive. Market For Murder combines investment clubs, obsession, Barnaby's pension worries, Troy's comic-book fixation, and a car fire outside a well-to-do home. The show is not just recap. It regularly stops for cast highlights, actor biographies, return appearances, RADA notes, awards, memoirs, revenge novels, and screen credits. Those digressions give the podcast its shape. They make each murder-of-the-week feel connected to television history, acting circuits, local customs, and genre habits. The humor is dry rather than noisy. Bad logic gets mocked, strong performances get their due, and overstuffed plots are treated as part of the pleasure. Guest episodes can broaden the rhythm, as with Alice Bell discussing Talking To The Dead, ghosts, psychics, haunted woods, and Barnaby date nights. The show also keeps its fan-service practical, with listener emails, ratings reminders, and fair-use credits in the closing beats. Its audience is expected to know Midsomer Murders or at least enjoy hearing the ending spoiled. The reward is a recap show that notices the corpses, the clues, the side characters, the scenery, and the odd little choices that make Midsomer such a productive fictional county for murder.
Made for: Best for Midsomer Murders fans who want spoiler-heavy episode recaps with jokes, cast trivia, and side research. It also suits TV mystery viewers who enjoy affectionate criticism more than polished summary.
What sets it apart: The show pairs detailed case recap with unusually specific detours into actor histories, village themes, folklore, wine, citizen policing, psychics, and other episode-adjacent subjects. It feels like fan conversation with a research tab open.
Join Eric Buscher and Eileen Becker as they discuss the hit television show Midsomer Murders! Each month, we rewatch an episode and dissect all the murders, the suspects, the detectives, and the weirdness. If you love Midsomer, grab a bottle of (unpoisoned) wine and a cheese wheel and sit back and enjoy!
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed case reconstruction, cast commentary, and cultural detours turn each Midsomer Murders rewatch into a richer account of the episode's pleasures.
Eric Buscher and Eileen Becker treat each Midsomer Murders case as both a whodunit to reconstruct and a television production worth examining.
Midsomer's body count gets you a postmortem with folklore, actor histories, and cheerfully terrible puns.
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A gleefully weird Barnaby recap with wolf lore, movie detours, and enough bite to stay fun.
Little Worthy gets a wolf-hunter murder problem, and the episode leans into it without losing its sense of mischief. Barnaby and Winter work through claw marks, puncture wounds, a silver bullet, glamping, and enough wolf lore to keep the case hovering between gothic mystery and…
A wine-soaked Midsomer mystery with a recap that knows where to look and when to push back.
A winery dispute in Midsomer opens into murder, and the conversation follows that thread into plot recap, wine history, and cast chatter. The result stays lively without losing the case entirely, though the side trips can start to crowd the mystery now and then.
A murder mystery that treats precognition as part of the case, then works through the weirdness without losing its footing.
Second Sight starts with a murder and stays with the friction between religion and science, while keeping precognition in view without turning it into a gimmick.
Beau Clayton, ghost talk, and a cast-memory detour make this an easy, playful listen.
Beau Clayton, the haunted wood, and the murder-ghost-psychic setup give this discussion its eerie shape, while Eric Buescher and Eileen Becker keep the pace steady.
Warm Star Wars arguments after the credits.
Classic screen talk with patient chemistry.
Cozy criticism for serious comfort-watchers.
Eric Buscher and Eileen Becker examine "Dark Autumn," the fifth episode of Midsomer Murders' fourth series, which aired on September 16, 2001 and places a billhook-wielding killer in Goodman's Land.
Little Worthy has a wolf problem, or at least a murder problem in a wolf mask.
Barnaby and Nelson take on a murder case tied to a local winery in Midsommar Vinae.
Eric Wisher and Eileen Becker open on a death tied to second sight.
This podcast episode analyzes the 'Crime and Punishment' episode of Midsommar Murders, focusing on murders of Neighborhood Watch members in the lawless village of Bleakridge.
Barnaby and Jones head into Beau Clayton, where a murder in a haunted wood gives the hosts plenty to unpack.
Eric and Eileen recap and analyze the Midsomer Murders episode 'Market for Murder', discussing plot, characters, and murders.