A crime anthology series like no other, Backwoods Crime is set in the breathtaking Austrian countryside and features murder, mystery – and plenty of surprises! Variety is the name of the game here: like French favorites Murder In… and Perfect Murders, Backwoods Crime focuses on a different set of investigators every episode. However, the tone of each story can be very different – a gritty, hard-hitting crime plot one week (think Murder by the Lake) can be followed up by a quirky character-based story (think Homicide Hills) the next. In that regard, Backwoods Crime has more in common with the tonally disparate series under the Tatort banner than the French shows mentioned above. One thing they all have in common, though – gorgeous scenery!

This new season’s standout episode – the fourth – is actually a sequel to “The Final Problem” (Season 2, Episode 5). Karl Markovics, forever known as Stocki from Inspector Rex, directs and stars as ex-inspector Jonas Horak, who gets embroiled in a new investigation involving murders inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Bremen Musicians”. To say much more would be criminally spoiler-ific – so make sure you watch Season 2 Episode 5 before this one…

Backwoods Crime Season 3 starts streaming on December 30th, 2025 on MHz Choice.