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Murder, She Wrote

TV Series · 1984

Murder, She Wrote

45 min · Crime, Drama, Mystery · Ended

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An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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Season 1 (22 ep)
  • 1. The Murder of Sherlock Holmes

    Sep 30, 1984 · 90 min

    Former English teacher Jessica Fletcher travels to New York to celebrate the success of her debut novel, but when an unwanted guest is murdered at a costume party, she wishes she'd stayed home.

  • 2. Deadly Lady

    Oct 7, 1984 · 45 min

    After a terrible storm, Stephen Earl's four daughters tell Sheriff Tupper that their father died while they were out on the boat. Jessica is only midly intrigued; she finds Ralph, the older gentleman who has offered to work for food, much more intriguing, especially since it is obvious he comes from money. The womens' stories about what happened on the boat change constantly, but once Ralph is found dead and later found to be Stephen Earl, Jessica has to help Amos wage through the inconsistencies in the four Earl daughters storylines to determine who killed their father and why.

  • 3. Birds of a Feather

    Oct 14, 1984 · 45 min

    Jessica heads to San Francisco for the wedding of her niece, Victoria Brandon, only to learn that Victoria is having second thoughts because she suspects that her fiancé, Howard, is having an affair. Although Jessica and Victoria are relieved to learn that Howard isn't cheating but rather dressing up as a woman to perform at a nightclub, the relief is short lived when Howard is arrested for murdering his boss, Al Drake, who had been refusing to pay him. The police are convinced that Drake was shot during Freddy York's act, which doesn't leave a lot of time, but Jessica is determined to prove Howard's innocence.

  • 4. Hooray for Homicide

    Oct 28, 1984 · 45 min

    Jessica's first book, The Corpse Danced at Midnight, is being made into a major Hollywood motion picture, backed by producer Jerry Lydecker. Jessica is furious to see how her book is being butchered by Lydecker and his crew. She heads out to Hollywood to confront Lydecker, but things take a turn when Lydecker is found dead on stage. Jessica ends up being the prime suspect in the murder, but luckily the officer in charge of the investigation believes she's too smart to be the killer and sets her up to find the real murderer.

  • 5. It's a Dog's Life

    Nov 4, 1984 · 45 min

    While visiting her cousin at Langley Manor, a country estate in the South, a man dies during a fox-hunt under strange circumstances, and Jessica tries to find out what really happened.

  • 6. Lovers and Other Killers

    Nov 18, 1984 · 45 min

    While in Seattle lecturing at the university, Jessica is convinced that the young man she hired as her secretary is not a killer.

  • 7. Hit, Run and Homicide

    Nov 25, 1984 · 45 min

    Jessica helps a most unconventional neighbor who is accused of murdering his former partner with one of his inventions.

  • 8. We're Off to Kill the Wizard

    Dec 9, 1984 · 45 min

    Jessica is asked to help solve the "impossible" murder of a wealthy, and much disliked, amusement park owner.

  • 9. Death Takes a Curtain Call

    Dec 16, 1984 · 45 min

    While attending a special ballet performance, Jessica helps solve the backstage murder of a young dancer by a defecting ballerina.

  • 10. Death Casts a Spell

    Dec 30, 1984 · 45 min

    Jessica's deductive abilities are in demand when a flamboyant hypnotist turns up dead, behind locked doors, in front of an audience of journalists whom he had put into a trance.

  • 11. Capitol Offense

    Jan 6, 1985 · 45 min

    Jessica is assigned to fill the empty seat of a deceased congressman for a brief period of time and finds a great deal of political game-playing in Washington.

  • 12. Broadway Malady

    Jan 13, 1985 · 45 min

    Broadway legend Rita Bristol and her daughter star in a musical produced by her son, not knowing that murder is lurking in the wings.

  • 13. Murder to a Jazz Beat

    Feb 3, 1985 · 45 min

    While in New Orleans, Jessica must solve the mysterious murder of a famous musician who died while performing onstage.

  • 14. My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean

    Feb 10, 1985 · 45 min

    Jessica's niece is terrorized on a cruise intended to take her mind off her husband's recent death...or is he dead?

  • 15. Paint Me a Murder

    Feb 17, 1985 · 45 min

    The life of a famous artist is threatened on what would be otherwise an idyllic Mediterranean island.

  • 16. Tough Guys Don't Die

    Feb 24, 1985 · 45 min

    Jessica meets Harry McGraw and they figure out which one of three cases may contain the motive for the death of a private detective. One dates back 25 years.

  • 17. Sudden Death

    Mar 3, 1985 · 45 min

    Jessica suddenly must learn all about football when she inherits an interest in a professional team.

  • 18. Footnote to Murder

    Mar 10, 1985 · 45 min

    An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention.

  • 19. Murder Takes the Bus

    Mar 17, 1985 · 45 min

    Bus trips are not always as relaxing as they should be. In this case, one passenger had a one-way ticket.

  • 20. Armed Response

    Mar 31, 1985 · 45 min

    Over Jessica's protests, she is taken to a hospital after a minor accident in the airport.

  • 21. Murder at the Oasis

    Apr 7, 1985 · 45 min

    An unpopular show-business personality discovers that elaborate security systems are no guarantee of safety.

  • 22. Funeral at Fifty-Mile

    Apr 21, 1985 · 45 min

    A Wyoming rancher leaves all to an ill-fated stranger, to the disgust of his disinherited daughter.

Season 2 (22 ep)
  • 1. Widow, Weep for Me

    Sep 29, 1985 · 45 min

    Jessica's vacation at a Caribbean resort is not solely for pleasure, but to investigate a friend's murder.

  • 2. Joshua Peabody Died Here ... Possibly

    Oct 6, 1985 · 45 min

    Plans to build a new hotel in Cabot Cove are put on hold when diggers discover an old skeleton that had been buried deeply that many of the townspeople believe to be the remains of Joshua Peabody. Not everyone is thus inclined though, and many people believe it's just a random dead body. But when Jessica and Amos head back to the dig site, they find there's another body there! Jessica not only has to find out who killed Wheatley, she has to help an old friend when his past comes back to haunt him.

  • 3. Murder in the Afternoon

    Oct 13, 1985 · 45 min

    While filming a soap opera in which Mrs. Fletcher's niece plays a part, a 'pretend' victim is really dead.

  • 4. School for Scandal

    Oct 20, 1985 · 45 min

    When Jessica is offered an honorary degree from Crenshaw University, she has no idea she's about to become embroiled in a murder. After the boyfriend of (in)famous writer Daphne Clover is found murdered, Jessica agrees to assist the chief of police, who has never had a murder case before, find out who the killer is. She soon has more on her plate than she bargained for when first Daphne's mother confesses, then Daphne herself confesses. Jessica realises the two women are simply trying to protect each other, and begins to look at the faculty at the university.

  • 5. Sing a Song of Murder

    Oct 27, 1985 · 45 min

    When cousin Emma's life is threatened, she plays dead and Jessica is summoned to London as the heir to the estate.

  • 6. Reflections of the Mind

    Nov 3, 1985 · 45 min

    Jessica decides to pay a visit to her long-time friend Francesca, only to learn that Francesca, who is now married to a much younger man, is convinced that she is being haunted by the ghost of her first husband, Ross. When her new husband, Scott, turns up dead, the investigation reveals that he had been poisoned, and suspicion turns to Francesca. Jessica, however, is determined to prove that her friend did not commit the crime, and begins looking into the mysterious re-appearances of her dead husband.

  • 7. A Lady in the Lake

    Nov 10, 1985 · 45 min

    While spending time at a lake, Jessica sees what appears to be a struggle and a woman falling from a boat into the lake.

  • 8. Dead Heat

    Nov 24, 1985 · 45 min

    Jessica goes to the races to watch her niece ride the winning horse. Then the horse's owner is murdered after a dispute.

  • 9. Jessica Behind Bars

    Dec 1, 1985 · 45 min

    Doing public service, Jessica becomes a hostage in a prison riot caused by anger in the handling of the doctor's murder.

  • 10. Sticks and Stones

    Dec 15, 1985 · 45 min

    When a woman is electrocuted in her bathroom, Amos chuckles that even Jessica can't make a murder out of it. Michael Dugby: Parker Stevenson. Harry Pierce: John Astin. Frederich Hoffman: Paul Benedict. Adam Frobisher: Christopher Stone. Edna: Evelyn Keyes.

  • 11. Murder Digs Deep

    Dec 29, 1985 · 45 min

    An archaeological dig at the site of Coronado's City of Gold does not please everyone and a new corpse is dug up.

  • 12. Murder by Appointment Only

    Jan 5, 1986 · 45 min

    One of Jessica's former students is murdered and she takes a personal interest in the investigation.

  • 13. Trial by Error

    Jan 12, 1986 · 45 min

    It's a bad day for the jurors when Jessica is the foreperson of the jury hearing the case of a man claiming self-defense in the death of an enraged husband.

  • 14. Keep the Home Fries Burning

    Jan 19, 1986 · 45 min

    Jessica, Seth and Amos try out a new tourist-oriented restaurant, and murder interrupts their meal.

  • 15. Powder Keg

    Feb 9, 1986 · 45 min

    After their car breaks down after dinner with the governor, Jessica and her friend Ames Caufield find themselves in a small southern town just in time for local bad boy Ed Bonner to be found dead, and young Matt Burns, the son of a former student of Ames', ends up accused of the murder. At the behest of Linda Bonner, the victim's sister who happens to care deeply about the accused, Jessica takes a look into the murder, but hatred runs deep in this town and it's pure luck (and Andy Crane) that leads Jessica and Ames to the right answer.

  • 16. Murder in the Electric Cathedral

    Feb 16, 1986 · 45 min

    Jessica must find the murderer of her close friend whose will is in contention between family and a popular evangelist.

  • 17. One Good Bid Deserves a Murder

    Feb 23, 1986 · 45 min

    A red hot diary of a sex symbol is to be auctioned and some of the bidders are ready to shed blood.

  • 18. If A Body Meet A Body

    Mar 9, 1986 · 45 min

    Investigation of a claim that the deceased was murdered leads the police to discover that the wrong body is in the coffin.

  • 19. Christopher Bundy -- Died On Sunday

    Mar 30, 1986 · 45 min

    Jessica and Grady head to the home of publisher Christopher Bundy, whose publishing company owns the rights to Jessica's first short story. Jessica is quite upset, as Bundy's magazine is known for it's racy pictures of young women. While there, Jessica is pleased to run into an old acquaintance, Chester Harrison, and when Harrison is accused of murdering Christopher Bundy, Jessica vows to prove his innocence but runs into trouble when the family isn't interested in having their own skeletons dragged out of the closet.

  • 20. Menace, Anyone?

    Apr 6, 1986 · 45 min

    Who was the intended victim when a tennis star is blown up in his girl friend's car?

  • 21. The Perfect Foil

    Apr 13, 1986 · 45 min

    At the request of aunt Mildred, Jessica agrees to stop by New Orleans to check on cousin Cal while on her way to Houston. No sooner does Jessica get to New Orleans then she is tossed into a Mardi Gras party where the host ends up dead, and Cal is accused of the crime. While attempting to clear Cal's name and reputation, Jessica delves into the world of cheating poker players, cheating girlfriends and vengefilled police officers while trying to convince a local lieutenant that Cal is not capable of murder.

  • 22. If the Frame Fits

    May 18, 1986 · 45 min

    After Julia Marcus Granger is found murdered during what seems to have been an apparent art theft, suspicion turns to her husband Donald, who, as a result, also ends up being suspected in a recent rash of art thefts where there were no fatalities. Julia's sister Sabrina is convinced that Donald didn't do it and begs Jessica for help. While looking into Julia's murder, Jessica realises that she has two completely different criminals on her hands, and someone tampered with the scene of Julia's murder to make it look like something else.

Season 3 (22 ep)
  • 1. Death Stalks the Big Top (1)

    Sep 28, 1986 · 45 min

    Jessica's niece receives a gift from her grandfather---a man long thought dead---which leads Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to a circus beset by accidents and murder. Part 1 of two. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.

  • 2. Death Stalks the Big Top (2)

    Oct 5, 1986 · 45 min

    Conclusion. Despite her brother-in-law's confession, Jessica refuses to believe he killed the circus foreman. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Preston Bartholomew: Alex Cord. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.

  • 3. Unfinished Business

    Oct 12, 1986 · 45 min

    A retired policeman decides to re-examine an old case he never solved in which Seth was a strong suspect.

  • 4. One White Rose for Death

    Oct 19, 1986 · 45 min

    Attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder.

  • 5. Corned Beef And Carnage

    Nov 2, 1986 · 45 min

    An adman handling the account of a fast-food chain is murdered and Jessica smells something funny.

  • 6. Dead Man's Gold

    Nov 9, 1986 · 45 min

    While diving for sunken treasure near Cabot Cove, a young woman is murdered.

  • 7. Magnum on Ice (II)

    Nov 23, 1986 · 45 min

    Jessica offers to help Thomas Magnum, who has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target. The crossover starts on Magnum, P.I. S07E09 Novel Connection (I).

  • 8. Deadline for Murder

    Nov 16, 1986 · 45 min

    A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher who has turned a good paper into a yellow rag.

  • 9. Obituary for a Dead Anchor

    Dec 7, 1986 · 45 min

    Jessica reluctantly agrees to do an interview for an old friend, Paula Roman, but is surprised when Kevin Keats, a journalist who had been doing a series of stories on an art dealer who was really a drug dealer, shows up to do the interview, complete with cameras and crew. After Kevin is presumed dead when a boat Amos chartered for him explodes, Cabot Cove explodes with press and paparazzi, and the citizens blame Jessica for all the problems it causes, demanding that she solve the mystery. Unfortunately, once Keats is revealed to be alive and well, the real question is who the true target was.

  • 10. Stage Struck

    Dec 14, 1986 · 45 min

    The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two previously married, but now warring, actors.

  • 11. Night of the Headless Horseman

    Jan 4, 1987 · 45 min

    The 'headless' horseman rides again, but his costume becomes more realistic.

  • 12. The Corpse Flew First Class

    Jan 18, 1987 · 45 min

    Theft and murder of the courier occur on board a jet bound for London.

  • 13. Crossed Up

    Feb 1, 1987 · 45 min

    The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what she heard was real.

  • 14. Murder in a Minor Key

    Feb 8, 1987 · 45 min

    Jessica tells the tale of a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his music.

  • 15. The Bottom Line Is Murder

    Feb 15, 1987 · 45 min

    A lying TV Consumer advocate is killed. Was it done by one of the clients whose products he maligned?

  • 16. Death Takes a Dive

    Feb 22, 1987 · 45 min

    Jessica inherits a boxer's contract and her old friend; Harry McGraw is accused of murdering its former owner.

  • 17. Simon Says, Color Me Dead

    Mar 1, 1987 · 45 min

    An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.

  • 18. No Laughing Murder

    Mar 15, 1987 · 45 min

    After the engagement party for the offspring of two estranged comics, someone is found dead.

  • 19. No Accounting for Murder

    Mar 22, 1987 · 45 min

    Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect.

  • 20. The Cemetery Vote

    Apr 5, 1987 · 45 min

    First, the reform mayor dies in an "accident" and then the mayor's father is murdered after he demands an investigation of the "accident".

  • 21. The Days Dwindle Down

    Apr 19, 1987 · 45 min

    Thirty years ago, Sam Wilson was sent to prison for murdering his boss, Malcolm Jarvis. After finally being released, Sam goes home to his wife and now-grown son who is expecting his first child with his wife, Terry. At Georgia Jarvis' request, Jessica looks into the crime, and through flashbacks, Sam remembers when Jarvis had offered him $10,000 to make his suicide look like murder. While Jessica believes that Sam is innocent, she doesn't believe it was suicide, and asks Sam's son Rod, a police officer, to lend a hand.

  • 22. Murder, She Spoke

    May 10, 1987 · 45 min

    During a short black-out in the studio where Jessica is recording a book for the blind, the studio co-owner is murdered.

Season 4 (22 ep)
  • 1. A Fashionable Way to Die

    Sep 20, 1987 · 45 min

    Ooh la la! Jessica travels to gay Paris to spend some time with an old friend... and finds herself entangled in a case involving fashion, finance and murder.

  • 2. When Thieves Fall Out

    Sep 27, 1987 · 45 min

    A walk down memory lane is anything but pleasant for Jessica when she re-examines a 20 year-old case involving her close friends and former students.

  • 3. Witness for the Defense

    Oct 4, 1987 · 45 min

    Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.

  • 4. Old Habits Die Hard

    Oct 11, 1987 · 45 min

    A terminally ill nun seems to have committed suicide which would be an unacceptable sin.

  • 5. The Way To Dusty Death

    Oct 25, 1987 · 45 min

    After the 'accidental' death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him.

  • 6. It Runs In The Family

    Nov 1, 1987 · 45 min

    Cousin Emma in London has a new problem when someone serves her lover poisoned herring.

  • 7. If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly

    Nov 8, 1987 · 45 min

    When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.

  • 8. Steal Me a Story

    Nov 15, 1987 · 45 min

    The special effects used by a TV producer are a real bomb.

  • 9. Trouble in Eden

    Nov 22, 1987 · 45 min

    Hostility and other surprises await Jessica in a town where she's posing as her friend to investigate the rumoured murder of the friend's sister.

  • 10. Indian Giver

    Nov 29, 1987 · 45 min

    A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.

  • 11. Doom with a View

    Dec 13, 1987 · 45 min

    Grady gets into a spot again when he is found with the body of woman known from college days and now had been dating a frat brother who was married.

  • 12. Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?

    Jan 3, 1988 · 45 min

    Somebody laced Mrs. Fletcher's chowder and Amos' brutish brother-in-law was in for the long sleep.

  • 13. Harbinger of Death

    Jan 24, 1988 · 45 min

    Jessica is thrilled to be visiting her niece Carrie and her husband Leonard, an astronomer dreaming of seeing a long-lost comet, but when Carrie's ex-boyfriend Drake Eaton is murdered in the home she's been staying in, Jessica has to prove not only her niece but also her husband innocent of murder.

  • 14. Curse of the Daanav

    Feb 7, 1988 · 45 min

    Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.

  • 15. Mourning Among the Wisterias

    Feb 14, 1988 · 45 min

    Jessica visits her old friend Eugene McClendon, who soon stands accused of the murder of an old friend, Jonathan Keeler. While helping clear Eugene's name, Jessica learns that her friend believes he is dying, and is surprised when he asks her to marry him so that she can look after his affairs once he's gone. Jessica agrees, but only so that they can expose Jonathan's true killer.

  • 16. Murder Through the Looking Glass

    Feb 21, 1988 · 45 min

    Jessica gets herself into a mess of trouble after overhearing the dying words of a professional hitman. When she investigates the murder of Adam Cosgrove, she soon discovers that no one seems to want to admit he's missing, let alone dead. With the help of a prickly police sergeant and a priest who isn't quite what he seems, Jessica discovers that the man who was killed was in charge of leading a top-secret government mission to protect a foreign diplomat, and that someone in the safehouse has gone to the other side.

  • 17. A Very Good Year for Murder

    Feb 28, 1988 · 45 min

    The Gambini family gathers to celebrate the 75th birthday of the patriarch and a murder.

  • 18. Benedict Arnold Slipped Here

    Mar 13, 1988 · 45 min

    Someone wants the old historic house enough to kill for it and its supposed hidden treasure AND Jessica is executor of the late owner's will.

  • 19. Just Another Fish Story

    Mar 27, 1988 · 45 min

    Somebody put the maitre d' on ice. Jessica wonders if she has made a bad investment.

  • 20. Showdown in Saskatchewan

    Apr 10, 1988 · 45 min

    Arson is intended to remove the Rodeo doctor and his patient permanently.

  • 21. Deadpan

    May 1, 1988 · 45 min

    Two critics take opposite views of a play based on one of Jessica's novels, 'Mainly Murder'. One is suspected of the murder of the other.

  • 22. The Body Politic

    May 8, 1988 · 45 min

    The suicide of a campaign manager who is suspected of having an affair with a married woman excites the press.

Season 5 (22 ep)
  • 1. J.B. As in Jailbird

    Oct 23, 1988 · 45 min

    When Jessica is arrested for murder, secret agent Michael Haggerty and her nephew Grady conspire to keep her safely in jail while they seek the real killer.

  • 2. A Little Night Work

    Oct 30, 1988 · 45 min

    A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.

  • 3. Mr. Penroy's Vacation

    Nov 6, 1988 · 45 min

    The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.

  • 4. Snow White, Blood Red

    Nov 13, 1988 · 45 min

    A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.

  • 5. Coal Miner's Slaughter

    Nov 20, 1988 · 45 min

    The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and someone takes action.

  • 6. Wearing of the Green

    Nov 27, 1988 · 45 min

    A Fletcher novel is the entree to a legendary actress who is a hermit refusing to meet anyone. The occasion is the theft of a famous tiara.

  • 7. The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel

    Dec 18, 1988 · 45 min

    The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.

  • 8. Prediction: Murder

    Jan 1, 1989 · 45 min

    A psychic's predictions have come true, convincing a rancher's daughter that the next one, a fatal fire, will happen.

  • 9. Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

    Jan 8, 1989 · 45 min

    Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.

  • 10. Weave a Tangled Web

    Jan 15, 1989 · 45 min

    Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.

  • 11. The Search for Peter Kerry

    Feb 5, 1989 · 45 min

    A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.

  • 12. Smooth Operators

    Feb 12, 1989 · 45 min

    When a drunk is found dead in the alley, it raises a lot of questions. He was well dressed (but only one shoe) and had no id or money--a robbery or something else?

  • 13. Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

    Feb 19, 1989 · 45 min

    A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she really died a century or so ago.

  • 14. From Russia ... With Blood

    Feb 26, 1989 · 45 min

    A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow. What they found in her purse shouldn't have been there.

  • 15. Alma Murder

    Mar 12, 1989 · 45 min

    An old English professor is caught red-handed over a young girl's body and insists he did it, but a young man later confesses. Whodunit?

  • 16. Truck Stop

    Apr 2, 1989 · 45 min

    Walter tells his story by way of black and white flashbacks which makes an interesting change from the usual. He has made a tape of the events that ended with his murder and we see the events unfold.

  • 17. The Sins of Castle Cove

    Apr 9, 1989 · 45 min

    A red hot novel, written by a former Fletcher student, seems to expose the small town's secrets and inspires murder. Julie Adams, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman appear again as the local gossips.

  • 18. Trevor Hudson's Legacy

    Apr 16, 1989 · 45 min

    A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a dead man's manuscript.

  • 19. Double Exposure

    Apr 30, 1989 · 45 min

    In a strange case, Jessica bumps into an old friend who is supposed to be dead. His widow insists he is dead and Jessica hires Harry McGraw to investigate.

  • 20. Three Strikes, You're Out

    May 7, 1989 · 45 min

    A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.

  • 21. Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)

    May 14, 1989 · 45 min

    Eudora McVeigh, a rival mystery writer, arrives at Jessica's door with seemingly friendly intentions, but the discovery of a corpse and a web of deceit follows her to Cabot Cove leading Jessica to suspect the woman of ulterior and sinister motives.

  • 22. Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2)

    May 21, 1989 · 45 min

    After Seth is hospitalized and diagnosed as poisoned, with an apple Eudora gave Jessica, she still believes in her colleague's innocence. Sheriff Metzger discovers the murdered P.I. was following her husband, Hank Shipton, and found him adulterous with rich Victor Casper's wife, Lisa. Hank's son, Bobby, is beaten up by local Arnie on account of pool bet debts. Jessica ties up all the loose ends.

Season 6 (22 ep)
  • 1. Appointment in Athens

    Sep 24, 1989 · 45 min

    Jessica's old friend, Michael Hagarty, persuades her to play a part in his scheme to free a fellow agent from captivity.

  • 2. Seal of the Confessional

    Oct 1, 1989 · 45 min

    A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.

  • 3. The Grand Old Lady

    Oct 8, 1989 · 45 min

    When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.

  • 4. The Error of Her Ways

    Oct 15, 1989 · 45 min

    When the wife of a developer is accused of killing her husband and commits suicide, it leaves the whereabouts of his embezzled millions a mystery.

  • 5. Jack and Bill

    Oct 29, 1989 · 45 min

    A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.

  • 6. Dead Letter

    Nov 5, 1989 · 45 min

    An unsent letter turns up in an old bureau bought at a rummage sale the same day arson occurs in a furniture store. Are these events connected?

  • 7. Night of the Tarantula

    Nov 12, 1989 · 45 min

    A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.

  • 8. When the Fat Lady Sings

    Nov 19, 1989 · 45 min

    The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart attack after a shooting.

  • 9. Test of Wills

    Nov 26, 1989 · 45 min

    A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.

  • 10. Class Act

    Dec 3, 1989 · 45 min

    A homicide detective is farmed out to teach a class. His opening speech reduces his class to two. Together they work on a special 'closed' case as their term project.

  • 11. Town Father

    Dec 17, 1989 · 45 min

    The town gets a shock when bachelor Mayor Sam is confronted on the speaker's platform by a young woman claiming he is the father of her five children. Julie Adams, Gloria De Haven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman return as gossips Eve, Phyllis, Idal and Loretta.

  • 12. Goodbye Charlie

    Jan 7, 1990 · 45 min

    Three sets of people try to claim the body found on the railroad track--a nephew, a daughter and a wife. Jessica narrates this story.

  • 13. If the Shoe Fits

    Jan 21, 1990 · 45 min

    A single mother is accused of killing the landlord that is always harassing her.

  • 14. How To Make a Killing Without Really Trying

    Feb 4, 1990 · 45 min

    Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.

  • 15. The Fixer-upper

    Feb 11, 1990 · 45 min

    Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer.

  • 16. The Big Show of 1965

    Feb 25, 1990 · 45 min

    Twenty five years after a show in which a stabbing occurred, the cast is reunited and a mystery woman reappears, seeming to accuse Barry.

  • 17. Murder: According to Maggie

    Mar 4, 1990 · 45 min

    The producer of a police drama investigates the murder of a programmer who differed with her.

  • 18. O'Malley's Luck

    Mar 25, 1990 · 45 min

    An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.

  • 19. Always a Thief

    Apr 8, 1990 · 45 min

    Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton, who uses his skills as an ex-thief to solve crimes, returns to investigate a theft and two murders.

  • 20. Shear Madness

    Apr 29, 1990 · 45 min

    Jessica's cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancée is murdered in a similar fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.

  • 21. The Szechuan Dragon

    May 6, 1990 · 45 min

    Grady and his pregnant wife are tending Jessica's house in her absence when an old seaman is killed in her front room.

  • 22. The Sicilian Encounter

    May 20, 1990 · 45 min

    Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.

Season 7 (22 ep)
  • 1. Trials & Tribulations

    Sep 16, 1990 · 45 min

    Jessica is blamed for the death of an escapee who was wrongly convicted.

  • 2. Deadly Misunderstanding

    Sep 23, 1990 · 45 min

    A young reporter is persuaded to help a typist alter the evidence and move her husband's body.

  • 3. See You in Court, Baby

    Sep 30, 1990 · 45 min

    Jessica introduces this story of a lawyer with many enemies who is the victim and Dennis who must investigate.

  • 4. Hannigan's Wake

    Oct 28, 1990 · 45 min

    A journalist died before finishing his book trying to show a man was unjustly convicted of murder 16 years ago. Jessica is asked to use his notes to finish his book.

  • 5. The Family Jewels

    Nov 4, 1990 · 45 min

    A wealthy woman's passion for jewellery, not always hers, and her involvement with the chauffeur might be connected

  • 6. A Body to Die For

    Nov 11, 1990 · 45 min

    Eve is appalled to find the body of a friend of the local gym owner in her bedroom, but at a loss to explain it.

  • 7. The Return of Preston Giles

    Nov 18, 1990 · 45 min

    This time it is the company controller that seems to have been the victim of the previously convicted publisher.

  • 8. The Great Twain Robbery

    Nov 25, 1990 · 45 min

    Proving a burnt Mark Twain manuscript is a fake is the reason for a book expert's murder.

  • 9. Ballad for a Blue Lady

    Dec 2, 1990 · 45 min

    Jimmy Dean plays a country-music star who's the victim in this story.

  • 10. Murder in F Sharp

    Dec 16, 1990 · 45 min

    Jessica plays a tape sent to her by Dennis. Bad luck follows a famous concert pianist as he burns his hands and then loses his wife.

  • 11. Family Doctor

    Jan 6, 1991 · 45 min

    In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who didn't survive.

  • 12. Suspicion of Murder

    Jan 20, 1991 · 45 min

    Dennis is suspected in the murder of the husband of an old flame with whom he has been spending some time.

  • 13. Moving Violation

    Feb 3, 1991 · 45 min

    An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.

  • 14. Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?

    Feb 10, 1991 · 45 min

    A snoopy fan in Texas impersonates Jessica when she starts investigating a potential dog show scandal and Jessica is reported dead.

  • 15. The Taxman Cometh

    Feb 17, 1991 · 45 min

    The owner of Edna's Pies near St. Louis, is accused of skimping on her IRS payments. She in turn blames her ex-husband who, consequently, is found murdered.

  • 16. From the Horse's Mouth

    Feb 24, 1991 · 45 min

    An argument over stud fees ends in murder.

  • 17. The Prodigal Father

    Mar 10, 1991 · 45 min

    A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople.

  • 18. Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?

    Mar 17, 1991 · 45 min

    A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.

  • 19. Thursday's Child

    Apr 7, 1991 · 45 min

    A woman turns up claiming that Jessica's late husband was the father of her child and he is in deep trouble involving fraud in his construction company and murder.

  • 20. Murder, Plain & Simple

    Apr 28, 1991 · 45 min

    When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.

  • 21. Tainted Lady

    May 5, 1991 · 45 min

    The owner of a diner is accused of using too much 'spice' in the food, when someone finds arsenic.

  • 22. The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane

    May 12, 1991 · 45 min

    The brewery family is angry when they find out the writer acting as spokesperson for them has written an expose.

Season 8 (22 ep)
  • 1. Bite the Big Apple

    Sep 15, 1991 · 45 min

    Jessica heads off to New York to begin teaching and has difficulty finding an apartment. She finally gets one that she likes, only to learn that a murder recently took place in the apartment complex and that someone desperately wants something that is inside her apartment. She's relieved when Seth comes to New York to check up on her, and enlists his help in cracking the case.

  • 2. Night Fears

    Sep 22, 1991 · 45 min

    Former policeman Wallace Evans, now a professor, challenges Jessica to a race to solve a series of muggings on campus, and the muggings soon escalate to murder.

  • 3. Unauthorized Obituary

    Sep 29, 1991 · 45 min

    After Jane Dawson informs Jessica of her plans to write an unauthorized biography on her good friend Ellen Lombard, Ellen's husband Arthur comes under suspicion when Jane's sister and husband find her dead body electrocuted after a T.V. was dropped in her hot tub, and Arthur is seen leaving the house.

  • 4. Thicker Than Water

    Oct 6, 1991 · 45 min

    When his younger brother Wayne, the family's black sheep, becomes chief suspect in the murder of his employer, Sherrif Metzger relies on Jessica to help him keep his perspective about the case.

  • 5. Lines of Excellence

    Nov 3, 1991 · 45 min

    Teaching a computer class seems tame, but not when Jessica is one of the students.

  • 6. Judge Not

    Nov 10, 1991 · 45 min

    The death of a rhythm and blues legend and subsequent murder of his bass player reopen the 20-year-old unsolved murder of the musician's wife.

  • 7. Terminal Connection

    Nov 17, 1991 · 45 min

    Evidence points to the battered wife of a powerful businessman as his killer, but Jessica establishes that there is a long list of suspects who wished him dead.

  • 8. A Killing in Vegas

    Nov 24, 1991 · 45 min

    Jessica stakes her life on slim odds when she investigates a murder.

  • 9. The Committee

    Dec 1, 1991 · 45 min

    The governing committee of an exclusive men's club commissions Jessica to identify a rogue member's killer--who likely serves on the committee.

  • 10. The List of Yuri Lermentov

    Dec 15, 1991 · 45 min

    Chance possession of a secret intelligence document lands Jessica in the center of an international web of intrigue and murder.

  • 11. Danse Diabolique

    Jan 5, 1992 · 45 min

    When a beautiful ballerina dies during her preniere performance in a new ballet, Jessica is convinced it is murder.

  • 12. The Witch's Curse

    Jan 12, 1992 · 45 min

    The thespians of Cabot Cove put on a play about a 17th century woman who cursed the town before she was executed as a witch.

  • 13. Incident in Lot 7

    Jan 19, 1992 · 45 min

    The Bates House of the movie, Psycho, is to be the setting of Jessica's book in the film made at Universal Studios.

  • 14. The Monte Carlo Murders

    Feb 2, 1992 · 45 min

    Jessica is brought into the case of a murdered financier and the theft of his wife's diamonds in Monaco.

  • 15. Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief

    Mar 1, 1992 · 45 min

    No one wants to believe that Jessica found a body in her hotel suite in London and they don't want her to believe it, either.

  • 16. Ever After

    Mar 8, 1992 · 45 min

    A real life soap opera involves a soap star, her co-star, and the victim--her millionaire husband.

  • 17. To the Last Will I Grapple With Thee

    Mar 15, 1992 · 45 min

    All of Jessica's intuitive and deductive skills are called into play when she sets out to clear a university colleague of a murder charge.

  • 18. Programmed for Murder

    Apr 5, 1992 · 45 min

    There is something strange about a software expert's sudden death from bleeding ulcers that just doesn't compute.

  • 19. Day of the Dead

    Apr 26, 1992 · 45 min

    The theft of a priceless artifact from Mexico City museum leads Jessica into a labyrinth of clues, where murder is the fact behind the Mask of Montezuma.

  • 20. Angel of Death

    May 3, 1992 · 45 min

    While Jessica is in Carmel, California, consoling a well-known playwright haunted by his wife's suicide, another family member is murdered.

  • 21. Badge of Honor

    May 10, 1992 · 45 min

    Jessica intervenes when a long-lost Army buddy of her friend Seth is accused of murder.

  • 22. Murder On Madison Avenue

    May 17, 1992 · 45 min

    Jessica plays a real-life version of her own murder mystery board-game when the toy company she's working with becomes the scene of the crime.

Season 9 (22 ep)
  • 1. Murder in Milan

    Sep 20, 1992 · 45 min

    During the Milan Film Festival, famous fim producer Catherine Wayne is murdered.

  • 2. Family Secrets

    Sep 27, 1992 · 45 min

    Jessica's former student, a reporter, returns to Cabot Cove with new evidence on a 30-year-old scandal involving two of the founding families.

  • 3. The Mole

    Oct 4, 1992 · 45 min

    Jessica is mistaken for someone else and kidnapped at the airport. When the woman she is mistaken for is killed, Jessica finds the murderer.

  • 4. The Wind Around the Tower

    Nov 1, 1992 · 45 min

    While they are visitors at an estate in Ireland, Jessica and friend Seas are convinced that their host's demise is not from natural causes.

  • 5. The Dead File

    Nov 15, 1992 · 45 min

    Jessica is appalled when, upon returning to New York City, she finds herself caricatured as a fox in a politically satirical comic strip with libelous dialogue.

  • 6. Night of the Coyote

    Nov 22, 1992 · 45 min

    The legend of a stage coach robber's hidden treasure leads to the murder of an old mining town entrepreneur.

  • 7. Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice

    Nov 29, 1992 · 45 min

    Agent Michael Hagarty is arrested for the murder of his estranged daughter's crooked fiancee.

  • 8. The Classic Murder

    Dec 6, 1992 · 45 min

    After a tycoon disappears, a psychic divines that the has been murdered--then she is found dead!

  • 9. A Christmas Secret

    Dec 13, 1992 · 45 min

    The return of a Gulf War veteran and his reunion with his fiancée is marred by his big secret.

  • 10. The Sound of Murder

    Jan 3, 1993 · 45 min

    The last sound the producer hears is not from a record.

  • 11. Final Curtain

    Jan 10, 1993 · 45 min

    The personal manager of a 'resting' actor dies just as his client returns to the stage.

  • 12. Double Jeopardy

    Jan 17, 1993 · 45 min

    The confessional is the site of the last rites as an estranged father seeks absolution from his priest son.

  • 13. Dead Eye

    Feb 7, 1993 · 45 min

    Are the disappearance of a private eye in 1963 and the Kennedy assassination of the same year connected?

  • 14. Killer Radio

    Feb 14, 1993 · 45 min

    The prospective owner of a radio station in the prairies is killed before the sale goes through.

  • 15. The Petrified Florist

    Feb 21, 1993 · 45 min

    Was a Beverly Hills florist killed because he was supplying more than flowers for gossip magazine editors?

  • 16. Threshold of Fear

    Feb 28, 1993 · 45 min

    A recluse is terrified when the killer she sees in her dreams tries to see her in real life.

  • 17. The Big Kill

    Mar 7, 1993 · 45 min

    The town is concerned when a local fisherman dies, but concern turns to confusion when a second body is discovered aboard a fishing boat. Both men died from carbon monoxide poisoning, but seem to have no connection until the fisherman's daughter receives her father's logbook and nautical charts in the mail.

  • 18. Dead to Rights

    Mar 21, 1993 · 45 min

    Jessica knows her former researcher is a congenital liar, so why should she believe her now?

  • 19. Lone Witness

    Apr 4, 1993 · 45 min

    A delivery boy says he was only a witness when he is found kneeling beside the victim.

  • 20. Ship of Thieves

    May 2, 1993 · 46 min

    A pleasant cruise is marred by the discovery that there are thieves on board and possibly a murderer.

  • 21. The Survivor

    May 9, 1993 · 45 min

    Jessica's computer tech becomes an inadvertent target when she dates an undercover cop, whom she has just met.

  • 22. Love's Deadly Desire

    May 16, 1993 · 45 min

    The death of a novelist's assistant seemed to be a case of mistaken identity.

Season 10 (21 ep)
  • 1. A Death in Hong Kong

    Sep 12, 1993 · 45 min

    A trader working on a merger dies at a Chinese banquet in Hong Kong.

  • 2. For Whom the Ball Tolls

    Sep 26, 1993 · 45 min

    One of the partners trying to raze a Brownstone where Hemmingway once wrote is erased--permanently.

  • 3. The Legacy of Borbey House

    Oct 3, 1993 · 45 min

    A new Victorian house owner is killed in the manner befitting a vampire -- a wooden stake in his chest.

  • 4. The Phantom Killer

    Oct 24, 1993 · 45 min

    A media tycoon may have been killed by a literary agent who seems as substantial as smoke.

  • 5. A Virtual Murder

    Oct 31, 1993 · 45 min

    Jessica is fascinated by a demo of a VR game based on her book, but, while playing it, she thinks she sees a real murder.

  • 6. Bloodlines

    Nov 7, 1993 · 45 min

    A racehorse trainer is murdered as he is on his way to expose a racing fraud and there is some friction concerning his daughter's permission to ride in the race.

  • 7. A Killing in Cork

    Nov 21, 1993 · 45 min

    An American nephew, out to get the family business, gets a different kind and the Irish widow's son is suspected.

  • 8. Love and Hate in Cabot Cove

    Nov 28, 1993 · 45 min

    There are three suspects in the murder of a crooked deputy: a CPA, an illegal casino owner and his daughter's jilted lover.

  • 9. Murder at a Discount

    Dec 5, 1993 · 45 min

    A man thinks he should get royalties from a book based on his case, written by Jessica.

  • 10. Murder in White

    Dec 19, 1993 · 45 min

    A producer staging an adaptation of one of Jessica's novels finds no joy in London.

  • 11. Northern Explosion

    Jan 2, 1994 · 45 min

    In Canada, a land war breaks out between Native Americans and a mining company.

  • 12. Proof In The Pudding

    Jan 9, 1994 · 45 min

    When the chef of a restaurant who recently had over half his stock bought up by a well-known mobster dies, suspicion turns to Jessica's young friend Lorna Thompson, but when the mobster himself dies, Jessica realises there is more than meets the eye to this case.

  • 13. Portrait of Death

    Jan 16, 1994 · 45 min

    A piece of sculpture does double duty as a murder weapon.

  • 14. Deadly Assets

    Jan 23, 1994 · 45 min

    A mobster is upset when he learns that a petty thief has found an unexpected $900,000.

  • 15. Murder on the Thirtieth Floor

    Feb 6, 1994 · 45 min

    Jessica is shocked to learn that her editor has taken a flying leap from his high-rise office.

  • 16. Time to Die

    Mar 6, 1994 · 45 min

    A step-father may have been eliminated by his step-son, a graffiti artist.

  • 17. The Dying Game

    Mar 13, 1994 · 45 min

    An old established store has closed for the last time and its accountant won't have to find another job.

  • 18. The Trouble with Seth

    Mar 27, 1994 · 45 min

    Seth vanishes and every one is sure there was foul play.

  • 19. Roadkill

    May 1, 1994 · 45 min

    A truck hijacker comes to the end of the road.

  • 20. A Murderous Muse

    May 15, 1994 · 45 min

    The strict mentor of a piano prodigy is found dead.

  • 21. Wheel of Death

    May 22, 1994 · 45 min

    It is no sleight of hand when the crooked carnival magician is murdered.

Season 11 (21 ep)
  • 1. A Nest of Vipers

    Sep 25, 1994 · 45 min

    When Jessica spends some time at a zoo researching her latest novel, she soon gets drawn into a case of murder when the body of Mark Atwater, the fiancé of one of the zoo workers, is found murdered (death by snake venom), and another employee is charged with his murder. In the course of her investigation, she soon learns that a number of people had a motive to want Mark dead.

  • 2. Amsterdam Kill

    Oct 2, 1994 · 45 min

    While on a visit to Amsterdam, Jessica meets up with fellow novelist and old friend Nigel Allison. When Allison goes missing, Colin Biddle, who claims to be Allison's publishing liaison, try to convince her that nothing is wrong. Jessica soon realises that both Nigel and Colin are secret agents, and despite Colin's request for her to stay out of it, Jessica investigates Allison's disappearance and soon convinces a previously reluctant inspector that there is something terribly wrong. At the same time, Philip and Lydia de Kooning are trying to make a deal in diamonds, and when Philip turns up dead after Jessica gets a note supposedly from him, Jessica is the prime suspect in his murder.

  • 3. To Kill a Legend

    Oct 9, 1994 · 45 min

    The discovery of an old document may make Cabot Cove rewrite its history.

  • 4. Death in Hawaii

    Oct 16, 1994 · 45 min

    Poor Jessica can't take a vacation without finding mystery or murder. In this case, it is an election campaign gone bad.

  • 5. Dear Deadly

    Oct 23, 1994 · 45 min

    While Jessica prepares her book for serialization of her book in a newspaper, real trouble is brewing in the newsroom.

  • 6. The Murder Channel

    Nov 6, 1994 · 45 min

    In a friend's apartment, Jessica and her friends are amused by and then puzzled by the strange drama unfolding on TV.

  • 7. Fatal Paradise

    Nov 13, 1994 · 45 min

    Private investigator Charlie Garrett is in luck when Jessica is in Martinique vacationing at the same time he is accused of murdering the woman he's been trying to locate for a client.

  • 8. Crimson Harvest

    Nov 20, 1994 · 45 min

    Jessica investigates two brutal murders at a struggling winery in Sonoma Valley.

  • 9. Murder by Twos

    Nov 27, 1994 · 45 min

    A Cabot Cove resident is killed in Jessica's garage.

  • 10. Murder of the Month Club

    Dec 4, 1994 · 45 min

    Murder, plagiarisim, and blackmail stalk those around Jessica on her promotional book tour.

  • 11. An Egg to Die For

    Dec 11, 1994 · 45 min

    A book fair in Miami becomes Jessica's backdrop when she teams with a Russian detective to solve an art theft and murder.

  • 12. The Scent of Murder

    Jan 8, 1995 · 45 min

    Jessica helps Seth solve family problems when his rich southern cousin is murdered.

  • 13. Death 'n Denial

    Jan 22, 1995 · 45 min

    A dear friend's involvement with the theft of a priceless Egyptian relic and a murder birng Jessica to the rescue.

  • 14. Murder in High "C"

    Feb 5, 1995 · 45 min

    Jessica finds herself crime-solving in a highly intense world of opera while in Genoa, Italy.

  • 15. Twice Dead

    Feb 12, 1995 · 45 min

    When a brilliant scientist fakes his own death and is then murdered, Jessica sets the record strait when the wrong man is arrested.

  • 16. Film Flam

    Feb 19, 1995 · 45 min

    Jessica sets out to prove that the death of a young movie buff is murder.

  • 17. Murder a la Mode

    Feb 26, 1995 · 45 min

    Parisian slave-labor sweatshops provide the setting for the crimes, and the pretentious world of fashion is where Jessica solves them.

  • 18. The Dream Team

    Mar 19, 1995 · 45 min

    The townspeople are concerned about a massive development on their shore and it is further complicated for Jessica since the firm employs her nephew, Grady.

  • 19. School for Murder

    Apr 30, 1995 · 45 min

    It seems that there is more than schoolboy pranks going on between a Cabot Cove prep school and its rival.

  • 20. Another Killing in Cork

    May 7, 1995 · 45 min

    While Jessica is enjoying her stay at a fishing lodge in Ireland, she finds out the owner is beset by a consortium that wants to buy his land for a strip mine.

  • 21. Game, Set, Murder

    May 14, 1995 · 45 min

    A domineering father forces a teenager to play beyond her desire and she suffers emotional problems.

Season 12 (24 ep)
  • 1. Nailed

    Sep 21, 1995 · 45 min

    Gossip is rampant in a stylish Fifth Avenue beauty salon where an expert hair-dresser is involved in several intrigues.

  • 2. A Quaking in Aspen

    Sep 28, 1995 · 45 min

    In Aspen, Colo, Jessica's friend, Laney, seems to be the best suspect in the murder of her husband, Grant Boswell.

  • 3. The Secret of Gila Junction

    Oct 5, 1995 · 45 min

    People in a sleepy Arizona town, are threatened by a truck- stop bandit and suspicious treasure hunters.

  • 4. Big Easy Murder

    Oct 12, 1995 · 45 min

    Jessica travels to New Orleans to research a new novel, but gets caught up in a series of voodoo killings.

  • 5. Home Care

    Oct 19, 1995 · 45 min

    A nurse under a cloud comes to Cabot Cove. One of her patients is Jessica's best friend Maggie.

  • 6. Nan's Ghost (1)

    Nov 2, 1995 · 45 min

    A spooky story set in an old Irish castle where legend has it that there is a ghost and a hidden treasure.

  • 7. Nan's Ghost (2)

    Nov 9, 1995 · 45 min

    Jessica is trapped in the rat-infested dungeon of an ancient Irish castle, but uses her ingenuity to get rescued and find the treasure and a murderer.

  • 8. Shooting in Rome

    Nov 16, 1995 · 45 min

    A movie set in Rome is the setting for a more than they planned while filming a J.B. Fletcher novel.

  • 9. Deadly Bidding

    Nov 23, 1995 · 45 min

    Jessica agrees to go to New York to bid on a manuscript purportedly by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and while there, she gets mixed up in the murder of a local forger who had been involved in the theft of a priceless Degas painting two years earlier when she tries to help Charlie Garrett out of a jam.

  • 10. Frozen Stiff

    Nov 30, 1995 · 45 min

    What is the secret ingredient in the ice cream? Jessica means to find out and see that the donation for the literary foundation is paid as promised.

  • 11. Unwilling Witness

    Dec 14, 1995 · 45 min

    Jessica is called to testify before a grand jury after a victim's last phone call was traced to her number.

  • 12. Kendo Killing

    Jan 4, 1996 · 45 min

    Motorcycle racing in Osaka, Japan, puts a man's life in danger when he tries to wed a girl from a traditional Japanese family.

  • 13. Death Goes Double Platinum

    Jan 7, 1996 · 45 min

    The members of an up-and-coming Latin instrumental band get an offer they can't refuse just when they are getting noticed by a more reputable company.

  • 14. Murder in Tempo

    Jan 11, 1996 · 45 min

    A much disliked singer gets a jolt from an electric guitar during a rehearsal for a rock concert benefit in Cabot Cove.

  • 15. The Dark Side of the Door

    Feb 1, 1996 · 45 min

    The victim of a childhood kidnapping sees more in the manuscript she is editing than coincidence would suggest.

  • 16. Murder Among Friends

    Feb 8, 1996 · 45 min

    A TV sitcom, Buds, turns out to be less friendly than the producer hoped.

  • 17. Something Foul in Flappieville

    Feb 15, 1996 · 45 min

    The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.

  • 18. Track of a Soldier

    Feb 25, 1996 · 45 min

    The scene is a guest lodge in the Grand Tetons. Two of the guests are hiding secrets. Who has the diamond?

  • 19. Evidence of Malice

    Mar 28, 1996 · 45 min

    Deputy Andy bought a house with numerous defects from the victim and emerges as the chief suspect.

  • 20. Southern Double-Cross

    Apr 4, 1996 · 45 min

    Jessica is booked for a seminar in Australia when she gets word that she may have claim to an inheritance in the area--land used for sheep grazing. The natives are not all happy with this.

  • 21. Race To Death

    Apr 28, 1996 · 45 min

    Jessica is the honorary commodore of the World's Cup Race, featuring Kyle Kimball's Buccaneer and Ned Larkin's Free Spirit. There is much ill-will and Ned is injured, too much to skipper his craft. His daughter replaces him and then Kyle is killed. This is no way to run a regatta!

  • 22. What You Don't Know Can Kill You

    May 5, 1996 · 45 min

    Seth's niece returns to Cabot Cove for her wedding only to have her groom die ""accidentally"" before the event.

  • 23. Mrs. Parker's Revenge

    May 12, 1996 · 45 min

    Jessica somehow gets tangled in a situation involving a deadly virus and an arms deal.

  • 24. Death by Demographics

    May 19, 1996 · 45 min

    In San Francisco, a radio station's new manager is trying to change their image by firing every staff member who is past a certain age and playing music for teen-agers only.

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