TV series

The Murderer's Diary

2002–2003 · 1 season

A cold, brooding puzzle that pulls you through two timelines, unsettling more than shocking, and rewards close attention.

Overview: Graduate students in the Historical Museum find a diary dated 1919. In the diary, the author confesses to the murder of five people. The terrible deeds of the past are the key to unraveling a number of crimes committed in our day.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Mystery, death, guilt, obsession
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
death
guilt
obsession
memory
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild