This is a list of murders that have taken place in Emmerdale since 1972. Inbetween 1972 and 1993, only 2 murders took place, one in 1973 and one in 1986, so 13 years apart. Although since 1994, the murder rate in this small village has increased tenfold. Must be something in the water supply. Are we sitting tightly, then lets start reading this list of grisly murders in the show.
List of murders/Manslaughters in Emmerdale:-[]
30th January 1973 - w:c:emmerdale:Sharon Crossthwaite. Raped and strangled by her stalker w:c:emmerdale:Jim Latimer.
28th January 1986 - w:c:emmerdale:Harry Mowlam. Beaten to death by "partner in crime" turned rival w:c:emmerdale:Derek Warner.
May 1994 - w:c:emmerdale:Simmy. Shot dead by w:c:emmerdale:Reg Dawson.
7 June 1994 - w:c:emmerdale:Shirley Turner. Shot dead by Reg Dawson, bullet was intended for Viv Windsor.
April 1996 - w:c:emmerdale:Jed Connell. Shot dead by w:c:emmerdale:Nick Bates.
27 May 1997 - w:c:emmerdale:Frank Tate. Left to die deliberately of a heart attack by his wife w:c:emmerdale:Kim Tate.
11 May 1999 - w:c:emmerdale:Rachel Hughes. Pushed off a cliff by w:c:emmerdale:Graham Clark.
November 1999. w:c:emmerdale:Liam Hammond. Shot dead by w:c:emmerdale:Zoe Tate.
16 November 2000. Sarah Sugden. Killed in fire started by Andy Sugden.
25 December 2002. w:c:emmerdale:Tony Bell - Stabbed by w:c:emmerdale:Ray Mullan.
25 December 2002. Ray Mullan - Pushed down the stairs by w:c:emmerdale:Louise Appleton.
13 April 2006. w:c:emmerdale:Terence Turner - Struck over the head with a fire extinguisher by w:c:emmerdale:Dr Adam Forsythe.
25 December 2006. w:c:emmerdale:Tom King - Pushed out of a window by his son w:c:emmerdale:Carl King.
1 December 2008. w:c:emmerdale:Shane Doyle - Struck on the head with a chair leg by w:c:emmerdale:Jasmine Thomas.
14 January 2010. w:c:emmerdale:Mark Wylde - Shot in the back by w:c:emmerdale:Natasha Wylde.
16 October 2012. w:c:emmerdale:Carl King - Struck on the head with a brick by w:c:emmerdale:Cameron Murray.
24 December 2012. w:c:emmerdale:Alex Moss - Murdered by Cameron Murray.
25 July 2013. w:c:emmerdale:Gennie Walker. Suffocated by Cameron Murray.
14 August 2014. w:c:emmerdale:Gary North. Was made to accompany w:c:emmerdale:Donna Windsor-Dingle in a suicide pact from a multi storey car park while handcuffed to her.
25 September 2014. w:c:emmerdale:Robbie Lawson - Shot with a flare gun by w:c:emmerdale:Declan Macey.
5th February 2015. w:c:emmerdale:Katie Sugden - Pushed through some rotten floorboards by w:c:emmerdale:Robert Sugden.
11th February 2016. Tess Harris - Run over by car driven my Kirin Kotecha
21st October 2016. w:c:emmerdale:James Barton - Pushed off a bridge by w:c:emmerdale:Emma Barton.
3rd October 2017. Finn Barton. Cardiac arrest after accidentally being shot by w:c:emmerdale:Emma Barton
6th October 2017. w:c:emmerdale:Emma Barton - Pushed off a viaduct by w:c:emmerdale:Moira Dingle.
11th January 2018 Lawrence White and Chrissie White - Car crash cause my Lachlan White
17th May 2018 Gerry Roberts - Bludgeoned with rock by Lachlan White
May 2018 Paul Tozer - Unknown method killed by Lachlan white
1st August 2019. Frank Clayton - Blast injury from an explosion after being viciously hurled into a van during a fire at the w:c:emmerdale:Sharma & Sharma factory caused by Amyand Kerry Wyatt.
30th July 2019. w:c:emmerdale:Lee Posner - Intracerebral Haemorrhage after being bludgeoned with a shovel by w:c:emmerdale:Robert Sugden.
24th January 2020. w:c:emmerdale:Graham Foster - Bludgeoned with a torch by w:c:emmerdale:Pierce Harris.
19th August 2020. w:c:emmerdale:DI Mark Malone - Shot by w:c:emmerdale:Dawn Taylor.
7th July 2021. w:c:emmerdale:Leanna Cavanagh - Pushed off a bridge by w:c:emmerdale:Meena Jutla.
18th October 2021. w:c:emmerdale:Andrea Tate -Head slammed against a wooden stage in the maze fire by Meena Jutla.
25th November 2021. w:c:emmerdale:Ben Tucker - Bludgeoned with a wooden oar by Meena Jutla.
31st October 2022- Al Chapman- Shot by w:c:emmerdale:Kyle Winchester.
27th July 2023 Rishi Sharma - Pushed down the stairs by Amit Sharma
25th December 2023 w:c:emmerdale:Damon Harris - shot dead by w:c:emmerdale:Charity Dingle
Attempted murders:-[]
w:c:emmerdale:Jackie Merrick in January 1984. Was ran off his moped by Harry Mowlam.
w:c:emmerdale:Matt Skilbeck in January 1986. Was almost crushed to death in a bear hug by Harry Mowlam, but Matt wriggled his arms free, and grabbed his neck. Mowlam let Matt go.
Kim Tate & Neil Kincaid in January 1993. Were about to be shot dead by Frank Tate but the bullet was deflected by Zoe Tate.
Viv Windsor in June 1994. Was going to be shot by Reg Dawson but Shirley Turner takes the bullet instead.
Zak Dingle in February 1998. Almost was shot by Stewart Fyfe but Paddy Kirk injects him with anesthetic.
Kathy Glover in October 1998. Steve Marchant attempts to suffocate her with a pillow but is stopped by Kim Tate.
Cain Dingle in September 2003. Chris Tate hired a man to run over Cain Dingle but the man misses and runs over Shadrach Dingle instead but he survives.
Robert Sugden in May 2004. Andy Sugden was going to shoot him when he opened the door to his caravan but Andy shot Jack Sugden accidentally instead but he survives.
Shelly Williams in September 2004. Steph Stokes tries to kill Shelly in the woods and leaves her there thinking she is dead but Shelly runs away unknowingly.
Frank Bernard Hartbourne in October 2004. Scott Windsor and Syd Woolfe beat him up leaving him for dead but he regains consciousness.
Alan Turner in November 2004. Steph Stokes was drugging Alan in hopes he would eventually fall asleep and never wake up but this is discovered and stopped by Daz Eden.
Cain Dingle in May 2005. Sadie King tries to mow down Cain but he moves out of the way in time.
Scott Windsor in June 2005. Zoe Tate in self defence as Scott was attacking her injects him with ketamine and then injects more while he is unconscious.
Donald De Souza in March 2008. Nicola Blackstock has a plan to kill her husband Donald by pushing him downstairs but it backfires and she falls instead.
Donald De Souza in March 2008. Nicola Blackstock intended to kill Donald again by taking him up to the Moors and release the breaks on his wheelchair but he saves her the bother and does it instead but he survives as the cliff overturns.
Carl King in September 2008. Grayson Sinclair shoots him but he isn't critically injured from the shot wound.
Andy Sugden in October 2008. Andy Sugden gets impaled on a spike and Jo Sugden sees him and leaves him there to die but decides to change her mind and help him.
Carl King in December 2008. Matthew King attempts to run over and kill Carl but Carl moves out of the way and instead ends up killing himself in the process.
Eli Dingle in February 2009. Sandy Thomas almost tries to shoot him but is talked down by Ashley Thomas.
Sally Spode in April 2010. Laurel Thomas was going to push her off a balcony but then changes her mind and let's the police arrest Sally.
Charity Dingle in March 2011. Cain Dingle tries to suffocate her with a pillow in rage but then stops himself.
Jimmy King in April 2011. Kelly Windsor attacks him and leaves him for dead but he regains consciousness.
Cain Dingle in December 2011. Zak Dingle attacks Cain and leaves him for dead but he is found unconscious by Jai Sharma and Cameron Murray and is rescued.
Cameron Murray in December 2012. Debbie Dingle tries to run him over but narrowly misses him.
Chas Dingle in April 2013 Debbie Dingle holds her hostage and threatens to kill Chas but she is talked down by Cain Dingle and Charity Dingle.
Cameron Murray in August 2013. Cain Dingle intends to plunge his car off a cliff into a quarry but Debbie Dingle stops him.
Debbie Dingle in September 2013. Cameron Murray intended to kill her once she found out he murdered 3 people but she pushes him downstairs and he is arrested.
Marlon Dingle in October 2013. Cameron Murray knocks him out cold and then leaves him to drown but Marlon later escapes.
Debbie Dingle in October 2013. Cameron Murray tried to drown her by grabbing her but ends up grabbing a light bulb electricuting him and killing him.
Finn Barton in July 2014. A man named Brad spiked Finn's drink leaving him for dead but Finn regains consciousness.
Charity Dingle in September 2014. Declan Macey smacks her with a mallet leaving her unconscious but she wakes up.
Paddy Kirk in July 2015. Paddy falls into a grain pit and is then seen by Robert Sugden who then turns on the grain switch leaving Paddy unconscious but he then wakes up.
Paddy Kirk & Aaron Dingle in July 2015. Paddy is shot by Robert Sugden when trying to rescue Aaron from Robert's clutches but both make it out alive.
Ross Barton in August 2015. After Pete Barton discovering the affair between Debbie Dingle and Ross he viciously attacks him where Ross bangs his head leaving him unconscious but he is taking to hospital.
Robert Sugden in September 2015. Robert is shot by Ross Barton as Ross and Andy Sugden struck up a deal where Ross would kill Robert in exchange for Andy killing Pete Barton but Robert is taking to hospital and wakes up.
Andy Sugden & Robert Sugden in November 2015. Both Andy and Robert decide to drive their cars towards each other in order to kill each other but Andy ends up crashing and Robert decides to save him.
Gordon Livesy in February 2016. Was going to be killed by Cain Dingle by Cain drugging him but Cain was stopped by Chas Dingle and Aaron Dingle.
Pierce Harris in June 2016. Marlon Dingle attempts to poison Pierce but he accidentally ends up poisoning Eric Pollard instead but he survives.
Ronnie Hale in July 2016. Lawrence White goes to shoot him if he doesn't back away from the house but he does what Lawrence says.
Lawrence White in July 2016. Was shot by Lachlan White but Lawrence is saved in hospital.
James Barton in October 2016. Emma Barton poisons James but he discovers this but he discovers this and knocks her out.
Harriet Finch in June 2017. Some drug dealers stab her but she is rescued by Finn Barton.
Lawrence White in July 2017. He is knocked out and left for dead by Tim Richards in a fume filled garage but Lawrence makes it out alive.
Lawrence White in August 2017. Lawrence's drink is spiked by Robert Sugden but he is saved in time.
Moira Barton in October 2017. Emma Barton sets fire to a barn with her and Moira inside but decides to help her instead of leave her afterwards.
Rebecca White in Jaunary 2018. Lachlan White tries to block her breathing tubes in hospital but then changes his mind and stops.
Joe Tate & Graham Foster in May 2018. Were both going to be shot by Ross Barton after thinking they set up Simon McManus to do the acid attack but he accidentally shoots Debbie Dingle instead who recovers in hospital.
Robert Sugden & Liv Flaherty in July 2018. Lachlan White knocks both of them out unconscious in their home with carbon monoxide poisoning but Aaron Dingle comes and rescued both of them.
Rebecca White in August 2018. Lachlan White tries to suffocate her in a barn thinking she was dead but she escapes unknowingly.
Sam Dingle in September 2018. Was attacked by Lachlan White brutally once he found out Lachlan killed Paul Tozer but Belle Dingle saves him.
Robert Sugden in September 2018. Was going to be shot by Lachlan White but a fight results in Lachlan injuring himself instead.
Graham Foster in October 2018. Graham is almost killed in a fight with Connor but later Graham comes back to Joe Tate supposedly insinuating he killed Connor.
Ross Barton & Simon McManus in October 2018. Ross keeps trying to kill Simon in various ways but in the end Ross gets knocked unconscious by Simon when he hits him over the head with a rock but he later recovers in hospital.
Kim Tate in October 2018. Faith Dingle pushes her off a balcony but Kim survives.
Vanessa Woodfield & Johnny Woodfield in January 2019. Vanessa is stabbed by Donny Cairn as he sets fire to some bins but Charity Dingle comes and knocks Donny unconscious
Ellis Chapman in April 2019. Ellis is stabbed by Riley's family but he is taken to hospital and recovers.
Maya Stepney in April 2019. Maya is hit on the head with a rock by Leyla Harding and Leyla thinks she's dead but Maya escapes unknowingly.
Jessie Grant in June 2019. Was about to be shot by Max Garrick but Billy Fletcher arrives and beats him up.
Pete Barton in October 2019. Cain Dingle threatens to kill him if he doesn't say who Moira Barton is having an affair with which causes Pete to reveal she is having an affair with Nate Robinson.
Graham Foster in January 2020. Was going to be shot by Al Chapman after being paid by Kim Tate to do it but then Al already finds Graham's body later on.
Vanessa Woodfield in February 2020. Vanessa is about to be killed by Pierce Harris if anyone sees her held hostage but is later rescued by Rhona Goskirk.
Kim Tate in February 2020. Kim is knocked unconscious by Pierce Harris but is later saved by Rhona Goskirk and Pierce is arrested for murdering Graham Foster.
Moira Barton in July 2020. She is run over by Jamie Tate in a hit and run but is later taken to hospital.
Will Taylor in July 2020. Was going to be drugged by DI Mark Malone but Will hits him with a spanner, thinking that Will killed him he goes to discard the body but Malone disappears.
Dawn Taylot in August 2020. DI Mark Malone tries to get her to overdose on heroin but he is hit on the head by Harriet Finch.
Kim Tate in June 2021. Jamie Tate was poisoning her drink with diazepam so she then fakes her death and then confronts him.
Victoria Sugden in October 2021. Was going to be drowned by Meena Jutla but Andrea Tate witnessed this resulting in Meena killing Andrea.
Ellis Chapman in January 2022. Cain Dingle abandons him in the middle of nowhere for nearly getting Kyle Winchester and Belle Dingle killed but Ellis comes back.
Manpreet Sharma and Vinny Dingle in January 2022. Were both about to left to die in a barn with carbon monoxiding poisoning by Meena Jutla but Liam Cavanagh rescues them and knocks Meena out cold.
Meena Jutla in January 2022. Was going to be run over by Charles Anderson but he accidentally runs over Manpreet Sharma but she survives.
Billy Fletcher and Dawn Taylor in February 2022. Meena Jutla was going to shoot one of them but accidentally shoots Leyla Harding instead but she survives.
Meena Jutla in February 2022. Liam Cavanagh pushes her off the same bridge that she killed his daughter Leanna Cavanagh on but she survives and her terror comes to an end when she is arrested.
Meena Jutla in April 2022. Carol Butler attempts to stab her with a shard of glass in court for killing Nadine Butler but is taken away by police.
Manpreet Sharma in April 2022. Before Meena Jutla is fully gone to prison for life she takes Manpreet hostage one more time and confesses she killed their father on his deathbed and after tries to stab Manpreet but she takes the knife off her and the police finally arrest her for her crimes.
Jamie Tate in May 2022. Gabby Thomas goes in the woods to find Jamie and shoot him but she accidentally shoots Will Taylor instead but he survives.
Hazel in September 2022. Jamie Tate had pushed Hazel downstairs which resulted in her being sent to hospital.
Callum Matthews & Jacob Gallagher in January 2023. Jacob goes to stab Callum with a knife but it instead results in him getting stabbed by Callum and being left for dead but he is rushed to hospital and survives.
Caleb Milligan in June 2023. Caleb Milligan is Pushed off a cliff by his son Nicky Milligan but he wakes up in hospital.
Mackenzie Boyd in December 2023. Damon Harris attempts to shoot him but he is stopped and Charity Dingle gets the gun off him before shooting Damon dead in self defence.
Amit Sharma in March 2024. Jai Sharma pushes him downstairs after finding out that Amit Killed Rishi Sharma but Amit survives the fall.
Vinny Dingle in April 2024. Vinny us knocked out and let for dead by Thomas King but he regains consciousness.
Ethan Anderson in May 2024. Ruby Milligan runs Ethan over in response for nearly getting Nicky killed but he survives.
Samson Dingle in June 2024. Josh Cope pushes Samson into Matty Bartons knife deliberately but Samson is sent to hospital and survives.
Belle Dingle & Thomas King in September 2024. Belle threatens to shoot Tom but he grabs the gun off her and then points it at her about to shoot her but then she attacks him with an axe but he regains consciousness and is found by Liam Cavanagh.