Murder, She Wrote

While staying at a lakeside inn, Jessica investigates the drowning of a championship swimmer.

The ruthless new owner (Bert Convy) of a formerly classy periodical is murdered, and Jessica takes on the case.

Jessica must help her niece, a jockey whose first victory is followed by charges of murdering the horse's owner.

A corpse, returned to Cabot Cove for burial, turns out to be misidentified.

While teaching an English class at a women's prison, Jessica steps in when a murder leads to a hostage situation.

A cheap tycoon with many enemies is found dead on the construction site of his high-rise hotel.

Tainted strawberry preserves make several patrons ill and seem to be the cause of one woman's death at a popular inn.

Jessica suspects a murderous cover-up in a cosmetics firm run by volatile siblings (Jayne Meadows, Robert Culp).

Jessica investigates when murder fells a local Navajo Indian guide who opposed an archaeologist's desecration of tribal lands.

Jessica's actress niece (Alice Krige) is the prime suspect in the murder of a daytime-drama writer (Jessica Walter).

Murder plays a part in the death of a wealthy woman who leaves her fortune to an evangelist instead of her family.

Jessica and Boston private detective Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach) seek a murderer and the thief of a dead sex-symbol's diary.

Jessica and a colleague (Craig Stevens) encounter a mob ready to lynch a man suspected of murdering a bully.

Jessica's friend (Ann Blyth) fears she is going insane and may have murdered her husband.

Jessica is drawn into the investigation when an obnoxious man is murdered on the weekend she visits a college campus.

Jessica heads to London in answer to a foreboding message from her cousin (Angela Lansbury in a dual role).

A woman is electrocuted in the bathtub, and the chaos that follows makes things difficult for Amos as he prepares to turn the reins over to a new sheriff.

Jury foreman Jessica doubts a married man's (Tony Bill) self-defense claim in the death of his lover's husband.

Jessica masquerades as a wealthy widow at a luxurious tropical hotel in an effort to trap the murderer of her good friend.

At a fashion premiere in Paris, Jessica gets involved in the murder investigation of a supper-club owner.

With a corned beef sandwich as the only clue, Jessica works to clear her niece (Genie Francis) of an ad executive's murder.

While bedridden, Jessica overhears a telephone conversation between two men who are plotting a murder.

When Seth's estranged brother is murdered, Jessica must figure out if a cursed ruby from India is responsible.

An old beau of Jessica's (Leslie Nielsen) incites murder and greed when he seeks sunken treasure in Cabot Cove.

Jessica joins old friend Haskell Drake (Harry Guardino) to investigate a corrupt publisher's unexpected death.

Jessica discovers a circus clown arrested for murder is actually her long-lost brother-in-law (Jackie Cooper).

An attacker tries to stop Jessica when her investigation of two circus murders may clear Neil (Jackie Cooper).

Jessica's trainer friend, Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach), faces charges of killing a shady fight promoter.

Visiting her nephew Grady in New York, Jessica probes a murder involving the family of his college buddy.

An unhappy wife, a government official, a lovesick assistant and a self-centered astronomer are suspects in the murder of a young executive.

Jessica helps Sheriff Tupper (Tom Bosley) when his seemingly harmless deputy (Rick Lenz) is accused of murder.

Jessica's old friend (Christopher Allport) faces charges of abetting a well-versed art thief and is suspected of having murdered his wife.

The descendant of a tribe once inhabiting Cabot Cove has a land grant claiming the town as Indian territory.

Jessica's cousin Emma (Angela Lansbury in a dual role) must clear herself in the murder of a nobleman who loved her decades ago.

Feeling professionally threatened, detective Magnum (Tom Selleck) resists Jessica's efforts to prove he was framed.

Jessica trades passing shots with a murderer during a tennis-tournament fund-raiser hosted by one of Jessica's former students (Linda Hamilton).

When Jessica visits a celebrated playwright friend, she encounters murder and an unexpected marriage proposal.

Jessica shares the plot of her new book, in which a law student (Shaun Cassidy) seeks the killer of an arrogant professor (George Grizzard) with many enemies.

A murder occurs while Jessica is recording one of her novels for the Mystery Books for the Blind series.

Jessica comes to the aid of a shy poet (Thom Bray) who is the prime suspect when his tormentor (Barry Williams) is found dead.

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

A 25-year comedy feud hampers Jessica's probe of a stabbing murder at her goddaughter's engagement party.

Jessica reluctantly agrees to a television interview for an old friend but is surprised when a different reporter arrives to conduct the taping; a boat explosion leads everyone to believe the journalist (Chad Everett) has been killed.

Jessica visits a convent to see a former sorority sister (Jane Powell) and winds up searching for a nun's killer.

A mysterious man involves Jessica in the defection of two European musicians and the murder of a British intelligence agent.

Jessica investigates the murder of one of Cabot Cove's most illustrious citizens, a world-famous artist (Foster Brooks).

Jessica probes the murder by poison of an ex-colleague's understudy (Ann Turkel), after the leading lady (Eleanor Parker) is unable to go on at a small-town theater.

A bomb kills a TV producer (Ken Swofford) who stole a plot from one of Jessica's books, making Jessica a suspect in his death.

Jessica pores through a long list of enemies and possible suspects when a janitor (George Takei) finds an obnoxious TV host dead in his office.

Jessica investigates when an old friend is killed in a car accident in Idaho -- the man's widow (Ellen Bry) believes it was an accident, but the victim's father (John McLiam) is sure it was murder.

A London-bound plane is the setting for the murder of an heiress's bodyguard and the theft of a valuable necklace.

Jessica looks into a 30-year-old murder in a continuation of the story from the 1949 film ``Strange Bargain.``

Trying to clear a relative's (Peter Bonerz) name, Jessica unmasks murder suspects at a Mardi Gras celebration.

Murder is on the agenda when top executives and their wives meet at a powerful tycoon's country estate.

Jessica's friend is hit by a car shortly after being notified of her sister's death.

A police retiree tries to solve a 10-year-old murder case reopened by a mistaken-identity shooting.

A coach's retirement, a stranger's arrival and deadly practical jokes cause Jessica to re-examine a 20-year-old murder.

Amos Tupper must entertain his sister who has left her husband, but complications arise when his brother-in-law is murdered.

An attorney (Patrick McGoohan) asks Jessica to testify for a colleague accused of murder on circumstantial evidence in Quebec.

Jessica attends a fund-raiser for a New York publisher, and he is found dead, and his wife's diamond necklace is missing from his safe.

Jessica suspects heirs and employees when a corpse appears in an elderly vintner's (Eli Wallach) cellar.

A former sorority sister asks Jessica's help in clearing the name of a respected college professor who has confessed to murder.

Jessica becomes involved in a dangerous espionage case in Athens, Greece, after a chance encounter in Paris with British agent Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou).

After an eccentric recluse dies, arguments over a piece of historic Cabot Cove property and the contents of her estate lead to murder.

Jessica becomes embroiled in a town's tensions while investigating the shooting death of a coal mine owner.

When the feud of two drama critics ends in murder, Jessica has a full cast of suspects, including the surviving critic.

In Boston Jessica calls on private detective Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach) after running into an old friend who denies knowing her.

Jessica investigates a murder which coincides with Doc Hazlitt's sighting of a 17th-century witch.

Jessica is detained and accused of espionage while attending an international writers conference in Moscow.

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

A rude maitre d' (Dick Gautier) is murdered at the New York restaurant in which Jessica has just invested.

A jealous mystery-writer (Jean Simmons) creates havoc for Jessica when her own publisher tells her that her work is slipping.

Eudora admits she stole Jessica's notes, but denies poisoning the apples she brought or murdering the detective who was following her.

Jessica investigates when bodies start turning up in the Appletree sisters' (Joan Leslie, Teresa Wright) house and garden.

Jessica hears the confession of a dying hit man who has just completed an assignment, only to find the victim isn't dead.

A psychic's (David Birney) dire predictions disrupt Jessica's visit to a friend's (Dale Robertson) Arizona ranch.

A parishioner confesses murder to a pastor, who cannot divulge the truth when an innocent man is accused.

Jessica probes a suspicious accident while visiting her niece (Kristy McNichol) on the Canadian rodeo circuit.

Jessica poses as a wealthy patient to probe the murder of a vagabond identified as the hospital's accountant.

Jessica investigates the murders of U.S. World Cup skiers while snowed in at a ski area holding tryouts.

Jessica investigates a murder committed at her nephew's wedding.

Jessica is caught in a game of deadly politics when a close friend's campaign is threatened by scandal.

Jessica can't make sense of clues surrounding a real-estate developer's murder and his wife's suicide.

The death of a venerable female mystery writer takes Jessica back to a 1947 murder aboard the Queen Mary.

A cargo plane abandoned on an Alaskan ice field in 1952 is the scene of a murder implicating Jessica's late husband.

Jessica investigates the reappearance of an heir who had been missing for over 20 years.

Jessica's former student publishes a tell-all novel with characters resembling Cabot Cove residents, but when a murder occurs that follows the book's plot, Jessica gets involved.

Searching for a stolen tiara, Jessica meets the reclusive actress (Jean Peters) for whom it was designed.

Jessica investigates when her the friend (Tim Dunigan) of her nephew (Todd Bryant) is accused of murdering a female sportscaster.

Jessica must find the truth when murder befalls a young writer she had recommended to edit a dead author's last novel.

Jessica encounters murder when car trouble strands her and a fellow writer at a run-down truck stop owned by a disillusioned woman.

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

Jessica's friend's (Ken Howard) dog-sitting assignment turns to mystery when the canine's owner doesn't return.

Jessica tries to disprove charges against her friend's boyfriend, suspected of murdering a Las Vegas casino manager.

Jessica consoles a playwright (Darren McGavin) after his wife's suicide, then realizes that he was the intended victim of a family member's murder.

Seth's old Army pal (Gerald S. O'Loughlin) is accused of murdering his new employer (Cliff DeYoung), a yacht dealer.

Jessica takes a teaching position in New York, gets an apartment and finds its previous tenant murdered.

Jessica is convinced that a ballerina who died during her premiere performance in a new ballet was actually murdered.

While in Mexico City, Jessica researches two crimes when a mask stolen from the National Museum is found on the face of a murder victim.

After her husband (Kevin McCarthy) is murdered, an actress neighbor (Kate Mulgrew) involves Jessica in the investigation into the crime.

One of Jessica's former students is murdered when he returns to Cabot Cove to write a book exposing new information on a 30-year-old town scandal.

The would-be producer (Ron Leibman) of the movie adaptation of Jessica's latest book dies, leaving Jessica to identify possible suspects.

Jessica probes a 20-year-old unsolved murder after attending the funeral of a New Orleans jazz great.

New computer owner Jessica discovers hackers gathering information for blackmail, a crime that leads to murder.

A film based on Jessica's book opens at a film festival in Milan, and the opening is followed by the murder of the film's producer (Susan Blakely).

Jessica is in the process of designing a murder-mystery board game for a toy company when an executive (Barbara Babcock) is murdered.

A policeman-turned-professor challenges Jessica to solve a series of campus muggings that soon escalates to murder.

Jessica tries to clear Dr. Hazlitt after he is threatened with a possible malpractice suit when the owner of Cabot Cove's computer company dies.

Jessica attempts to prove a battered wife innocent of killing her husband after failing to convince the woman to defend herself.

After Jessica speaks at an exclusive men's club, they ask her to investigate when one of their members is murdered, and they are all suspects.

Jessica finds herself amid international espionage while attending a trade reception in Washington, D.C.

While visiting an old friend (Dina Merrill) who runs a Monte Carlo hotel, Jessica investigates the murder of a ruthless businessman with numerous enemies.

Cabot Cove suspects a woman (Mary Crosby) playing a witch in a community play is the real thing; guest Robert Vaughn.

Sheriff Metzger assumes his younger brother, the black sheep of the family, is guilty of murder, as charged.

While in London, Jessica becomes involved in a murder cover-up by the British Intelligence Agency when she happens upon a disappearing corpse.

Jessica suspects a setup when her Irish colleague is charged with murdering his longtime nemesis, who is killed shortly after moving to the United States.

A friend (Bradford Dillman) is suspected of killing the author (Jessica Walter) who was writing an unauthorized biography of his wife.

The future son-in-law (Sean O'Bryan) of a prominent Cabot Cove family is suspected in the shooting of a hardware store employee.

While attending a writers' conference in Florida, Jessica stumbles onto old photos that may be linked to the JFK assassination.

Jessica agrees to help clear a former research assistant of killing her new employer, despite the fact the woman is a pathological liar.

Jessica's trip to Hong Kong is interrupted by the murder of an American businessman negotiating a merger with a Chinese tycoon.

One of Jessica's students is framed for murder when someone uses information from her creative writing class to kill a local crime boss.

Seth's friend (Peter Donat), an actor coming out of retirement to launch a play is implicated in the murder of his ex-manager (Bradford Dillman).

Jessica's editor is accused of murdering a developer opposed to the preservation of a historic New York brownstone.

The owner of a Midwest radio station (Lyman Ward) is found murdered at a new transmitter site, and Jessica must weed out the suspects to find the killer.

A delivery boy (Neil Patrick Harris) who witnessed a murder becomes the prime suspect and disappears.

Jessica investigates the murder of a visiting romance novelist's assistant, who was having an affair with the writer's publisher husband.

In New Mexico, Jessica links the murder of the owner of an Old West tourist attraction to buried treasure.

Jessica is enjoying a Caribbean cruise on a ship where her old friend (Keith Michell) is chief of security when a woman is found dead in the ship's cargo net.

Michael Hagarty (Len Cariou) is suspected of murdering his future son-in-law, thought to be involved in an illegal banking scheme.

The CEO (Chad Everett) of a struggling high-tech defense firm is suspected of killing a banker and a fisherman.

Jessica investigates the mysterious disappearance of her editor's millionaire father along with $150 million from his corporate account.

Jessica is sued for libel after a comic strip version of her accuses prominent New Yorkers of crimes.

A stranger obsessed with restoring a Cabot Cove landmark is killed after he is suspected of being a vampire.

Officials hesitate to confront Jessica's kidnapper (Ken Howard), a philanthropist who mistook her for a government informant.

At a dinner party with a gossip magazine editor (Penny Fuller), Jessica imagines the plot for her next novel.

Jessica uses her knowledge of music to investigate the murder of the owner of the record company that is producing one of her mysteries on tape.

Jessica becomes involved in an internal police investigation when a colleague is left for dead in an accident in which a rookie policeman is killed.

While in Ireland to research a new book, Jessica is called in to help solve the crime when a tycoon's murder is linked to a local legend.

Jessica investigates a cold case to help an agoraphobic woman (Cynthia Nixon) who is haunted by dreams of her mother's murder five years earlier.

In Ireland, the son of Jessica's friend (Fionnula Flanagan) is accused of killing another family member (Andrew Robinson).

Jessica happens on a computerized clue to a murder while writing a mystery story for a friend's interactive video game company.

Researching a novel, Jessica unravels the mystery of a Thoroughbred trainer's (Mickey Rooney) murder.

Jessica comes to the aid of a promising young reporter when he is suspected of murdering a rival magazine's unscrupulous publisher.

Jessica visits Ireland soon after an American tourist's corpse lands in a wishing well near Tom Dempsey's (Rod Taylor) fishing lodge.

Jessica finds no mourners, but plenty of suspects after a young tennis pro's domineering father is killed.

An ambitious professor (Nicholas Surovy) at a New England prep school campaigns for the retiring headmaster's (Roy Dotrice) position, only to wind up as a murder victim after winning the post.

A plan to develop Cabot Cove ends badly when the chief financial investor's wife takes a nose dive into the bay.