Murder, She Wrote

1J.B. As in Jailbird

45 minOct 23, 1988

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.

2A Little Night Work

45 minOct 30, 1988

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

3Mr. Penroy's Vacation

45 minNov 6, 1988

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

4Snow White, Blood Red

45 minNov 13, 1988

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

5Coal Miner's Slaughter

45 minNov 20, 1988

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

6Wearing of the Green

45 minNov 27, 1988

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.

7The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel

45 minDec 18, 1988

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

8Prediction: Murder

45 minJan 1, 1989

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

9Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

45 minJan 8, 1989

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

10Weave a Tangled Web

45 minJan 15, 1989

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

11The Search for Peter Kerry

45 minFeb 5, 1989

A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.

12Smooth Operators

45 minFeb 12, 1989

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?

13Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

45 minFeb 19, 1989

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

14From Russia ... With Blood

45 minFeb 26, 1989

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

15Alma Murder

45 minMar 12, 1989

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?

16Truck Stop

45 minApr 2, 1989

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.

17The Sins of Castle Cove

45 minApr 9, 1989

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.

18Trevor Hudson's Legacy

45 minApr 16, 1989

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

19Double Exposure

45 minApr 30, 1989

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.

20Three Strikes, You're Out

45 minMay 7, 1989

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

21Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)

45 minMay 14, 1989

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.

22Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2)

45 minMay 21, 1989

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.