Emmerdale newcomer confirms murder – and who the victim will be

| Soaps Reporter Published October 26, 2026 8:47am Updated October 26, 2026 8:47am Things have taken a dark turn (Picture: ITV) The following article contains spoilers from the episode of Emmerdale dated October 26. It hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX and YouTube. Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) was horrified in today’s episode of Emmerdale as he found Mary Goskirk (Louise Jameson) lying on the table in the vets with a knife in her back. Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson) and Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) rushed inside to assist Paddy, but Liam got a fright when Mary *checks notes*…woke up?! Alright, enough messing about. Mary wasn’t actually dead. She was the corpse in a murder mystery created by Chas. Yesterday, Chas confronted Liam after convincing herself that he was having an affair with Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker). In reality, while Liam and Manpreet did spend time together, it was actually to attend a murder mystery event. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Liam told Chas that he didn’t invite her because she isn’t actually very good at solving the cases. First mistake. Then he said she was a rubbish actress. Second mistake. Chas made it clear to Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) that she was going to get revenge on Liam. It left us all worried but, fortunately, her idea of teaching Liam a lesson was a lot different to what we all expected. An enthusiastic Liam got started on the mission and eventually arrived at Tenants. Pondering over a clue, Liam was distracted when a man called Dave arrived at the door. Dave whipped out some cable ties and made it clear that he was about to tie Liam up. Liam was a bit taken aback, but assumed that Dave was part of Chas’ game and became bound by the wraps. Chas previously suspected that Liam was having an affair (Picture: ITV) The reality soon dawned on Liam that he was in danger (Picture: ITV) Ask Metro Use AI to go deeper into the stories you care about – powered by Metro and trusted publications. When Dylan Penders (Fred Kettle) entered, it suddenly became clear that Dave was not in town to entertain Liam’s love for murder mystery. The new face revealed that Dylan previously ratted him out to the police, and now intends to make him pay. Dave also warned Dylan and Liam that a murder is going to happen – but it isn’t going to be a mystery. Finally getting the message that his morning had taken a very dark turn, it dawned on Liam that he was in quite a lot of danger. Deals of the Day See London's Christmas lights from an open-top double-decker bus this winter My skin always suffers when the heating goes on but this serum changed that The skincare formula that finally took the guesswork out of my routine Families can save up to 20% on summer 2027 holidays in Club Med's four-day sale Cold mornings are coming and this is the dressing gown I want to live in But will anyone arrive at Tenants to save Liam and Dylan? Arrow MORE: All Emmerdale spoilers for next week as dark Halloween nightmares confirmed for show legends Arrow MORE: Bad news for Emmerdale fans confirmed as new spoilers reveal what happens next Arrow MORE: Chas, Marlon and Liam face shooting horror as a gun is pulled in Emmerdale siege The Soaps Newsletter – Weekly Sign up for exclusive spoilers and interviews, handpicked by our Soaps Editor.