Murder by the Lake
Season 1
TV-PG
Zipping across the stunning landscape of Lake Constance, rich in history and crime, German homicide detective Micha Oberländer and his Austrian partner investigate dark and mysterious cases.
Where to Watch Season 1
21 Episodes
- Das Rätsel der keltischen Maske
E1Das Rätsel der keltischen MaskeBy an explosion of a boat in Lake Constance, a fisherman is burned alive. When the boat is recoverd, the police find the eerie mask of a Celtic deity and a cryptic message in a strange, elusive language. Because of this transborder case, chief inspector Micha Oberländer (Matthias Koeberlin) from Lindau and inspector Hannah Zeiler (Nora Waldstätten) from Bregenz have to work together.The two detectives could not be any more different, but they are forced to come to an arrangement. The first lead brings Zeiler and Oberländer to the brother of the deceased, Ludwig Pfeilschifter (Stephan Kampwirth). He and his wife Christ (Doris Schretzmayer) found three Celtic masks in a nearby mountain crevice fifteen years ago. Then, a second victim is found: Christas father Walter (Karl Fischer) is found slashed and hung to a tree with the second mask. The time for Zeiler and Oberländer is running out, as they have to prevent the murder with the third mask. - Familiengeheimnis
E2FamiliengeheimnisAt a foresters cabin on Lake Constance, the near dead forester is found lying on the floor with foam in his mouth and 100.000€ in cash in an envelope. In the cabin the walls are smeared with blood and a human arm is found nearby. Also the Doberman of the forester is missing. Austrian detective Hannah Zeiler (Nora Waldstätten) and her German colleague Micha Oberländer (Matthias Koeberlin) are called to this crime scene to work on their new cross-border case. Oberländer is shocked when he hears about the horrible crime: he knew the forester's family well and now he has to dig into his own past to solve this crime. - Stille Wasser
E3Stille WasserWhen a dead woman is found in the lake, our German-Austrian team are clled in to investigate. A young girl is found on shore nearby, apparently lost. The investigation evokes painful memories for Zeiler of her own childhood, and Oberländer has his own family issues. Nonetheless the two detectives persevere and close in on the truth. - Die Braut
E4Die BrautIt should have been the most beautiful day of their lives, but the traditional bride kidnapping finds a dramatic ending when Christian Höflinger (Franz Hartwig) found his bride (Sina Reiß) murdered in a nature reserve for cormorants. Does the environmental action group has anything to do with the murder? Or did someone have something against the fact that beautiful Maja was about to marry into the wealthy family headed by Erich (Harald Krassnitzer) and Johanna Höflinger (Sissy Höfferer)? - Die Wiederkehrer
E6Die WiederkehrerOn the isolated gallows island the dead body of Johannes Leitner (Christian Kuchenbuch) is found. Beside him lies the unconscious Hannah Zeiler. The bullet, that killed Leitner, has been fired from Zeiler‘s gun. She tells her colleague Micha Oberländer that she followed the victim, whom she suspected to know something about her father’s destiny, to the island and was brutally knocked out. The evidence leaves it open if the death of Leitner was murder or suicide—for Oberländer it is murder, for Zeiler’s former mentor Ernst Gschwendner (August Schmölzer) it is suicide. Although Zeiler is shut out of the investigations because of her personal involvement, she – with the help of Oberländer and Komlatschek—is determined to find the truth. Especially because the shocking assumption arises that her father could be still alive after all. - Die vierte Frau
E7Die vierte FrauThe dead body of Jutta Reike is found in an for the area around Lake Constance typical hops field. Like three other victims of a serial killer, Jutta Reike was hung in a spider web on a seven meter high scaffold by the perpetrator. But some details of the cause of death don't resemble to the pattern of the other homicides. Hannah Zeiler und Micha Oberländer have to asked themselves if this is possibly the crime of a copycat. Shortly after the death of Jutta Reike a swimmer is run over by a motorboat on the lake. In his car Zeiler und Oberländer find evidence of the victim Dietrich Falkner (Peter Strauß), that connects him to the serial killing. Everything seems to fit until Zeiler und Oberländer discover that Falkner can't be the murderer of Jutta Reike. So the hunt for the second murderer begins. - Der Stumpengang
E8Der StumpengangThe dead body of a forester is found in a forest by high school students on a field trip with their teacher. The class was learning about a 14th century folk justice ceremony in which a criminal was forced to run on a forest trail, enduring beatings along the way, all the while with his hands bound in Stumpen, or leather cups. The forester's hands were bound in the same way. Zeiler and Oberländer must determine who wanted the forester dead and what was the significance of the Stumpen. Had the forester committed a crime? - Die Meerjungfrau
E9Die MeerjungfrauDetectives Zeiler and Oberländer are called to a murder scene on the shore of Lake Constance. The victim was a mermaid. Sybille Baumgartner, wife of a famous local vintner, was found stabbed to death in shallow water wearing a costume rubber mermaid tail. She was a member of a local kitesurfing club. Meanwhile, Matteo, another member of the club, is shown leaving the scene of the crime stabbed with a knife still embedded in his abdomen. Oberländer and Zeiler need to figure out who wanted Sybille dead. Was it Matteo? Another member of the kitesurfing club? Or was her family to blame? - Fluch aus der Tiefe
E10Fluch aus der TiefeTreasure hunter and diver Florian Friedrichs, his girlfriend Stephanie, and assistant Manuel Mohr recover a fabulous hoard of 17th century gold coins from the bottom of Lake Constance. The coins are the legendary 'Pestilence Pennies' which the Bregenz townspeople had paid in 1630 to a local witch in hopes of ending a recurrence of the plague. A few days later, however, Friedrichs is found murdered with a gold coin in his mouth and his lips sewn together. Detectives Zeiler and Oberländer soon find that Friedrichs had made many enemies well before the treasure find. And the treasure was supposed to be cursed by the witch. Could the curse be coming true? Matters are not helped by Oberländer's abrasive behavior towards his colleagues, caused by the events of episode 9. - Der Blutritt
E11Der BlutrittIn the vicinity of the Blutritt with over 3000 horses, Marlene Stöhr is shot by a crossbow. Marlene survived the attack, but is put into an artificial coma. Marlene's son Oliver returned to Lake Constance a few days ago. He had tried to evade the accusations of his family, who blame him for the death of his godmother a year ago. His godmother had died in a fire at the stud farm together with a valuable breeding stallion, whom Marlene believed to have seen alive shortly before her death. Oberländer and Zeiler gradually get to the bottom of the mystery of the allegedly burnt horse, Oliver's humble origins and the conditions in the rich stud world in which his mother Marlene worked for his godmother. When Marlene dies in a second attack, Oliver is desperately looking for a culprit.
