Twin Peaks is an American mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and the late David Lynch. It premiered on ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991. The show had a film titled Fire Walk With Me as part of its universe and returned in 2017 for a third season on Showtime. Two canon books were also released, The Secret History of Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier.
Victims[]
The Secret History of Twin Peaks/Before the Series[]
- Alexander Hamilton - Shot by Aaron Burr off-page, mentioned. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Meriwether Lewis - Shot by Mrs. Grinder with a rifle as a mercy kill on his orders after being shot in the back of the head and abdomen and having his throat and arms slashed by two unknown people. (Fictional Portrayal)
- James Wilkinson - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Four Unnamed Attackers - Killed by Meriwether Lewis off-page, mentioned.
- Unnamed Giant - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned.
- Sheheke-shote - Killed in a Sioux raid off-page, mentioned. (Fictional Portrayal)
- 113 Unnamed Men - Killed during a battle off-page, mentioned.
- Chief Joseph's Father - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned.
- In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat/Chief Joseph - Died of a broken heart. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Jeremiah "Liver-Eating" Johnson - Died of an unknown cause off-page, grave seen. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Eight Unnamed People - Burned to death on the Night of the Burning River.
- Dog - Struck and killed by a flaming rock.
- Kenneth Arnold - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Harold Dahl - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Ngo Dinh Diem - Assassinated by an unknown person off-page, mentioned. (Fictional Portrayal)
- President John Fitzgerald Kennedy - Shot by an unknown person off-page, mentioned. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Fred Crisman - Died of kidney failure off-page, mentioned. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Charles Harrelson - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Ray Palmer - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned.
- Paul Lantz - Died of an unknown cause, possible meningitis off-page, mentioned. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Alan Traherne - Died of cancer off-page, mentioned.
- Zebulon Martell - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned.
- Josie's Mother - Died of a heroin overdose off-page, mentioned.
- Josie's Father - Shot to death by an unknown person off-page, mentioned.
- Morgan - Run over by a beer cart off-page, mentioned.
- Jean Jacques Renault - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned.
- Ed Hurley Sr. - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned.
- Ilsa Lindstrom - Died in her sleep off-page, mentioned.
- Aleister Crowley/The Beast - Died of a drug overdose off-page, mentioned. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Two Unnamed Children - Killed by an unnamed construction worker off-page, mentioned.
- Unnamed Construction Worker - Committed suicide in an unknown manner off-page, mentioned.
- John "Jack" Parsons - Killed in an explosion either cause by himself or another person. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Robert Jacoby - Died from complications of multiple sclerosis off-page, mentioned.
- Unnamed Boy - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned.
- Total - 157
Fire Walk With Me[]
- Teresa Banks - Hit three times in the back of the head by Leland Palmer with a metal rod while under the control of BOB.
- Deputy Cliff Howard - Shot in the shoulder, chest and through the back of the skull by Bobby Briggs with a handgun.
- Laura Palmer - Beaten or stabbed to death by Leland Palmer with either a hammer, rock or knife while under the control of BOB. Only happened in the original timeline
- Total - 3
Fire Walk With Me: The Missing Pieces[]
- Sheriff Cable - Beaten to death by Chester Desmond. (Debatable)
- Total - 1
Season 1[]
Pilot[]
- None
Episode 1[]
- None
Episode 2[]
- None
Episode 3[]
- None
Episode 4[]
- Bernard "Bernie" Renault - Shot by Leo Johnson off-screen, body shown.
- Total - 1
Episode 5[]
- Unnamed Vagrant - Accidentally ran over by Hank Jennings off-screen, mentioned.
- Total - 1
Episode 6[]
- Waldo (Bird) - Shot by Leo Johnson with a rifle.
- Total - 1
Episode 7[]
- Jacques Renault - Smothered to death by Leland Palmer with a pillow.
- Wood Tick - Killed after Josie Packard shot Agent Cooper three times.
- Total - 2
Season 2[]
Episode 8[]
- None
Episode 9[]
- None
Episode 10[]
- None
Episode 11[]
- Emory Battis - Shot in the chest by Jean Renault with a silenced pistol.
- Total - 1
Episode 12[]
- Blackie O'Reilly - Stabbed in the stomach by Jean Renault with a concealed blade.
- Unnamed Bodyguard - Stabbed in the back with a throwing knife thrown by Deputy Hawk.
- Total - 2
Episode 13[]
- None
Episode 14[]
- Harold Smith - Committed suicide by slashing himself across the cheek with a gardening fork and then hanging himself off-screen.
- Madeleine "Maddy" Ferguson - Brutally beaten and strangled by Leland Palmer while under the control of BOB, who then punched her three times in the head and slammed her head once against a glass painting.
- Total - 2
Episode 15[]
- None
Episode 16[]
- Mrs. Tremont's Mother - Died of an unknown cause off-screen, mentioned.
- Leland Palmer - Died of the blunt force trauma inflicted after he ran head-first into a metal door while under the control of BOB. Only happened in the original timeline
- Total - 2
Episode 17[]
- Unnamed Woman - Died of an unknown cause off-screen, mentioned.
- Caroline Powell-Earle - Aorta severed after being stabbed in the sternum by Windom Earle off-screen, body shown in "Episode 29".
- Total - 2
Episode 18[]
- Dwayne Milford's Wife - Died of an unknown cause off-screen, mentioned.
- Total - 1
Episode 19[]
- Both of Nicky Needleman's Adopted Parents - Killed by an unknown person off-screen, mentioned.
- Lieutenant Colonel Douglas "Dougie" Milford - Died of a heart attack while having sex with Lana off-screen, body shown.
- Total - 3
Episode 20[]
- Jean Renault - Fatally shot twice by Special Agent Dale Cooper.
- Erik Powell - Aorta severed after being stabbed in the sternum by Windom Earle off-screen, body shown.
- Total - 2
Episode 21[]
- Nicky Needleman's Birth Mother - Died in childbirth off-screen, mentioned.
- Jeffrey Marsh - Killed in a car crash when his car was sabotaged by Evelyn Marsh and Malcolm Sloan off-camera.
- Jonathan Kumagai - Shot three times in the back of the head by Josie Packard off-screen, mentioned.
- Total - 3
Episode 22[]
- Malcolm Sloan - Shot through the stomach by Evelyn Marsh.
- Total - 1
Episode 23[]
- Thomas Eckhardt - Shot in the chest by Josie Packard off-camera and died of his injuries, orchestrated by Catherine Martell.
- Li Chun Fung/Josette Mai Wong/Jocelyn "Josie" Packard - Turned into the doorknob of a drawer by BOB.
- Total - 2
Episode 24[]
- The Log Lady's Husband - Died of an unknown cause before the series, mentioned.
- Gerald Craig - Drowned in Snake River off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Bookhouse Boy - Hit in the back of the head by Jones with a bag. (Debatable)
- Total - 3
Episode 25[]
- None
Episode 26[]
- Rusty Tomasky - Pierced with a crossbow bolt fired by Windom Earle.
- Total - 1
Episode 27[]
- Unnamed Man - Murdered by an unknown person in Brazil off-screen, mentioned.
- Total - 1
Episode 28[]
- None
Episode 29[]
- Peter "Pete" Martell - Blown up by a bomb set in advance by Thomas Eckhardt.
- Andrew Packard - Blown up by a bomb set in advance by Thomas Eckhardt.
- Delbert "Dell" Mibbler - Blown up by a bomb set in advance by Thomas Eckhardt.
- Special Agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper - Stabbed in the stomach by Windom Earle with a blade. Reversed by BOB.
- Windom Earle - Head set on fire and had the fire forced back into his skull by BOB, who then stole his soul.
- Total - 5
Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier/Between Season 2 and The Return[]
- Leo Abel Johnson - Shot five times in the chest by Windom Earle during the events of Episode 29 off-page/off-screen, mentioned.
- Eileen Hayward - Died of pneumonia off-page, mentioned.
- Marty Lindstrom - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned. Only happened in the original timeline
- Ilsa Lindstrom - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned. Only happened in the altered timeline
- Marty Lindstrom - Died of heartbreak off-page, mentioned. Only happened in the altered timeline
- Roland Blackburn - Committed suicide by driving his car off of a bridge off-page, mentioned.
- Ernie Niles - Died of an unknown cause off-page, mentioned.
- Simon Halliwell - Choked on filet mignon off-page, mentioned.
- Vivian Smith/Vivian Smythe Lindstrom Blackburn Niles Halliwell - Died of an unknown illness off-page, mentioned.
- Total - 9
The Secret History of Twin Peaks/Between Season 2 and The Return[]
- Henry "Hank" Jennings - Stabbed to death by an unnamed Renault cousin off-page, mentioned.
- Total - 1
Twin Peaks: The Return[]
Part 1[]
- Sam Colby - Sliced and slashed to death and top half of his face sliced inwards by the Experiment.
- Tracey Barberato - Sliced and slashed to death and top of her head sliced off and sliced inwards by the Experiment.
- Ruth Davenport - Eye mutilated and decapitated by an unknown person off-screen, body shown.
- Major Garland Briggs - Decapitated himself using an unknown form of magic off-screen, body shown and mentioned in Part 9.
- Total - 4
Part 2[]
- Phyllis Hastings - Shot in the back of the head out the nasal bridge by Dale Cooper's doppelganger with George's gun.
- Jack - Face touched by Dale Cooper's doppelganger, which either melted his brain or killed him in some other unknown manner.
- Darya - Punched in the head and had a pillow placed on her face by Dale Cooper's doppelganger, who then shot her through the temple with her own handgun.
- Total - 3
Part 3[]
- Wildebeest - Mouth eaten by a puma, seen in documentary.
- Douglas "Dougie" Jones - Head popped off and disintegrated, then turned into a golden sphere. Identity assumed by Dale Cooper
- Unnamed Woman - Murdered by her husband off-screen, mentioned.
- Total - 3
Part 4[]
- Dennis "Denny" Craig - Overdosed on drugs off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Man - Killed by an unknown person off-screen, mentioned.
- Total - 2
Part 5[]
- Three Unnamed Men - Burned to death in a car explosion caused by two unnamed people, intended for Dougie Jones.
- Total - 3
Part 6[]
- Unnamed Boy - Skull burst open after being rammed by Richard Horne with a truck.
- Unnamed Woman - Stabbed to death by Ike "The Spike" Stadtler with an ice pick off-screen, sounds heard.
- Lorraine - Stabbed seven times in the chest by Ike "The Spike" Stadtler with an ice pick, which was then twisted while still inside her torso.
- Unnamed Woman - Stabbed to death by Ike "The Spike" Stadtler with an ice pick off-camera.
- Total - 4
Part 7[]
- None
Part 8[]
- Special Agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper's Doppelganger/Mr. C - Shot twice in the stomach by Ray Monroe. Revived.
- Unnamed Female Receptionist - Skull partially crushed by a Woodsman with his bare hand.
- Unnamed Male Disk Jockey - Head grasped and squeezed by a Woodsman with his bare hands, crushing the back of his skull inwards.
- Total - 3
Part 9[]
- Two Unnamed Farmers - Killed by Hutch and Chantal Hutchens off-screen, bodies shown.
- Total - 2
Part 10[]
- None
Part 11[]
- William "Bill" Hastings - Top half of his head and skull crushed inwards by a Woodsman off-camera, blood splatter and body shown.
- Total - 1
Part 12[]
- Warden Dwight Murphy - Shot in the back and back of the head by Hutch with a silenced sniper rifle.
- Total - 1
Part 13[]
- Renzo - Arm broken and face caved inwards after being punched in the face by Dale Cooper's doppelganger.
- Ray Monroe - Shot in the leg and then in the head by Dale Cooper's doppelganger.
- Total - 2
Part 14[]
- Lois Duffy's Tulpa - Shot in the abdomen by Lois Duffy off-screen, mentioned.
- Lois Duffy - Committed suicide by hanging herself off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Shopkeeper - Neck broken after being punched in the head by Freddie Sykes off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Trucker - Bled out after having his neck and part of his lower jaw bitten off by Sarah Palmer.
- Total - 4
Part 15[]
- Steven Burnett - Committed suicide by shooting himself in the head off-screen, gunshot heard.
- Duncan Todd - Half of his face blown apart after being shot in the face by Chantal Hutchens with a silenced pistol.
- Roger - Shot in the head off-camera after being shot in the chest by Chantal Hutchens with a silenced pistol.
- Margaret "Maggie" Coulson-Lanterman/The Log Lady - Died of lung cancer off-screen.
- Total - 4
Part 16[]
- Richard Horne - Electrocuted and disintegrated by an unknown force, orchestrated by Dale Cooper's doppelganger.
- Sammy - Died of an unknown cause off-screen, mentioned.
- Chantal Hutchens - Shot to death while inside of a van by the polish accountant.
- Gary "Hutch" Hutchens - Bled out after being shot over twenty times through the back while inside of a van by the polish accountant.
- Diane Evans' Tulpa - Face cracked and turned into a golden sphere after being shot twice in the chest by Albert Rosenfield and once by Tammy Preston.
- Total - 5
Part 17[]
- Special Agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper's Doppelganger/Mr. C - Shot in the back by Lucy Moran with a pistol.
- Beware of Bob/BOB - Shattered after being punched by Freddie Sykes.
- Total - 2
Part 18[]
- Unnamed Man - Shot in the head by Carrie Page off-screen, body seen.
- Total - 1
Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier/After The Return[]
- Leland Palmer - Committed suicide by shooting himself off-page, mentioned. Only happened in the altered timeline.
- Total - 1
Deaths[]
- Total - 252
- The Secret History of Twin Peaks/Before the Series - 157
- Fire Walk With Me - 3
- Fire Walk With Me: The Missing Pieces - 1 (Possibly)
- Season 1 - 5
- Season 2 - 31 (Possibly 30)
- Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier/Between Season 2 and The Return - 9
- The Secret History of Twin Peaks/Between Season 2 and The Return - 1
- Twin Peaks: The Return - 44
- Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier/After The Return - 1
Kill Counts[]
- Beware of Bob/BOB - 6
- Special Agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper's Doppelganger/Mr. C - 6
- Windom Earle - 5
- Chantal Hutchens - 4
- Meriwether Lewis - 4
- Leland Palmer - 4
- Gary "Hutch" Hutchens - 3
- Ike "The Spike" Stadtler - 3
- Li Chun Fung/Josette Mai Wong/Jocelyn "Josie" Packard - 3
- Thomas Eckhardt - 3
- The Woodsmen - 3
- Evelyn Marsh - 2
- The Experiment - 2
- Freddie Sykes - 2
- Jean Renault - 2
- Leo Abel Johnson - 2
- The Polish Accountant - 2
- Aaron Burr - 1
- Albert Rosenfield - 1
- Deputy Robert "Bobby" Briggs - 1
- Carrie Page - 1
- Catherine Martell - 1
- Chester Desmond - 1 (Debatable)
- Special Agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper - 1
- Henry "Hank" Jennings - 1
- Jones - 1 (Debatable)
- Lois Duffy - 1
- Lucy Moran-Brennan - 1
- Malcolm Sloan - 1
- Tommy "Hawk" Hill - 1
- Priscilla Grinder - 1
- Sarah Palmer - 1
- Ray Monroe - 1
- Richard Horne - 1
- Tammy Preston - 1
Notes[]
- Although Cable is seen twitching after being beaten by Desmond, when he is shown again, he is still and is presumed to have died.
- In Episode 15, Mike beats a deputy over the head with either an unknown object or his remaining hand, but it is unknown if this killed him.
- The secretary and police officer in the bank were confirmed to have survived the explosion in "The Secret History of Twin Peaks".
- The two men who Freddy Sykes beat nearly to death in Part 15 are stated to have been put in intensive care and still be alive.