Murder, She Wrote

Wednesday, December 10

Murder in the Afternoon

Season 2 • Episode 3

Jessica's niece, an actress in a soap opera, becomes a murder suspect.

Wednesday, December 10

School for Scandal

Season 2 • Episode 4

Jessica's latest murder investigation ends with two people and disparate confessions.

Wednesday, December 10

Sing a Song of Murder

Season 2 • Episode 5

Jessica's cousin, a famous actress in England, calls for help when she is a target for murder.

Thursday, December 11

Reflections of the Mind

Season 2 • Episode 6

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

Thursday, December 11

A Lady in the Lake

Season 2 • Episode 7

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

Thursday, December 11

Dead Heat

Season 2 • Episode 8

Jessica's niece, a jockey, is accused of murdering a horse owner.

Friday, December 12

Jessica Behind Bars

Season 2 • Episode 9

Jessica races against time to find the culprit responsible for the death of a prison doctor.

Friday, December 12

Sticks and Stones

Season 2 • Episode 10

Jessica attempts to uncover the evidence that links a land sale to a murder.

Friday, December 12

Murder Digs Deep

Season 2 • Episode 11

A New Mexico archaeological dig leads Jessica on the trail of a murder.

Saturday, December 13

Murder by Appointment Only

Season 2 • Episode 12

Jessica's former student gets entangled in a love triangle that ends in murder.

Saturday, December 13

Trial by Error

Season 2 • Episode 13

Jessica's stint as a juror leads to her investigation of a double murder.

Saturday, December 13

Keep the Home Fries Burning

Season 2 • Episode 14

An apparent botulism outbreak fells a patron during a restaurant opening in Cabot Cove.

Sunday, December 14

Powder Keg

Season 2 • Episode 15

An aspiring singer is unjustly accused of murdering his girlfriend's brother.

Sunday, December 14

Murder in the Electric Cathedral

Season 2 • Episode 16

A discarded syringe leads Jessica to suspect a greedy heir killed a teacher.

Sunday, December 14

One Good Bid Deserves a Murder

Season 2 • Episode 17

A famous actor's murder revolves around a woman's tragic past.

Sunday, December 14

If a Body Meet a Body

Season 2 • Episode 18

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

Sunday, December 14

Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday

Season 2 • Episode 19

A girlie-magazine publisher planning to print one of Jessica's stories is murdered.

Sunday, December 14

Menace, Anyone?

Season 2 • Episode 20

A tennis champ is killed by a bomb placed in his girlfriend's car.

Sunday, December 14

The Perfect Foil

Season 2 • Episode 21

Jessica's cousin is charged with murder during New Orleans' Mardi Gras.

Sunday, December 14

If the Frame Fits

Season 2 • Episode 22

Jessica works on solving two crimes: a string of art thefts and a murder.

Sunday, December 14

Unfinished Business

Season 3 • Episode 3

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

Monday, December 15

Death Stalks the Big Top Part 1

Season 3 • Episode 1

Jessica's brother-in-law, a circus clown, is accused of murder.

Monday, December 15

Death Stalks the Big Top Part 2

Season 3 • Episode 2

Jessica goes to extreme lengths to clear her brother-in-law of murder charges.

Monday, December 15

One White Rose for Death

Season 3 • Episode 4

In Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two defections and a British spy's murder.

Tuesday, December 16

Corned Beef and Carnage

Season 3 • Episode 5

Jessica's niece is the top suspect when her boss is murdered.

Tuesday, December 16

Dead Man's Gold

Season 3 • Episode 6

Murder interrupts a determined man's quest to find buried treasure.

Tuesday, December 16

Deadline for Murder

Season 3 • Episode 7

Jessica helps a bedridden reporter (Harry Guardino) probe his publisher's murder.

Wednesday, December 17

Magnum on Ice

Season 3 • Episode 8

Magnum resists Jessica's efforts to clear him.

Wednesday, December 17

Obituary for a Dead Anchor

Season 3 • Episode 9

The media descends upon Cabot Cove when a journalist is believed to have been killed.

Wednesday, December 17

Stage Struck

Season 3 • Episode 10

Jessica investigates the death of an understudy who dies onstage during opening night.

Thursday, December 18

Night of the Headless Horseman

Season 3 • Episode 11

A lovesick poet (Thom Bray) is the prime suspect in the decapitation of a bullying riding master.

Thursday, December 18

The Corpse Flew First Class

Season 3 • Episode 12

On a flight to London, a socialite's (Kate Mulgrew) necklace is stolen and her lover is poisoned.

Thursday, December 18

Crossed Up

Season 3 • Episode 13

Bedridden Jessica cannot convince anyone she overheard a murder being planned on the telephone.

Friday, December 19

Murder in a Minor Key

Season 3 • Episode 14

Jessica narrates her latest novel about students involved in murder.

Friday, December 19

The Bottom Line Is Murder

Season 3 • Episode 15

Jessica investigates the murder of a Denver consumer activist.

Friday, December 19

Death Takes a Dive

Season 3 • Episode 16

A private investigator is accused of murdering a boxing manager.

Saturday, December 20

Simon Says, Color Me Dead

Season 3 • Episode 17

A famous artist's murder coincides with the theft of what he considered his masterpiece.

Saturday, December 20

No Laughing Murder

Season 3 • Episode 18

A feud hampers Jessica's probe of a stabbing.

Saturday, December 20

No Accounting for Murder

Season 3 • Episode 19

A nephew faces tax fraud and murder charges.

Sunday, December 21

The Cemetery Vote

Season 3 • Episode 20

Political graft and gambling play important roles in two murders.

Sunday, December 21

The Days Dwindle Down

Season 3 • Episode 21

Jessica attempts to prove a man is innocent of a murder that occurred 30 years ago.

Sunday, December 21

Murder, She Spoke

Season 3 • Episode 22

A murderer strikes during a taping of Jessica reading one of her books.

Sunday, December 21

A Fashionable Way to Die

Season 4 • Episode 1

At Paris show, Jessica encounters murder.

Sunday, December 21

When Thieves Fall Out

Season 4 • Episode 2

Jessica finds new leads to the solution of a 20-year-old case.

Sunday, December 21

Witness for the Defense

Season 4 • Episode 3

Jessica travels to Canada to testify at the trial of a colleague accused of murdering his wife.

Sunday, December 21

Old Habits Die Hard

Season 4 • Episode 4

Jessica investigates the apparent suicide of an elderly nun.

Sunday, December 21

The Way to Dusty Death

Season 4 • Episode 5

A tyrant's (Cornel Wilde) demise puts Jessica on the trail of several of his betrayed executives.

Sunday, December 21

It Runs in the Family

Season 4 • Episode 6

Jessica's British cousin Emma Macgill is charged with an old flame's murder.

Monday, December 22

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Monday, December 22

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Monday, December 22

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Monday, December 22

If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly

Season 4 • Episode 7

Jessica sees another side of Cabot Cove's police deputy (Rick Lenz), who is charged with murder.

Monday, December 22

Steal Me a Story

Season 4 • Episode 8

Jessica's book has been secured by an unscrupulous Hollywood producer.

Monday, December 22

Trouble in Eden

Season 4 • Episode 9

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

Monday, December 22

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Tuesday, December 23

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Tuesday, December 23

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Tuesday, December 23

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Tuesday, December 23

Indian Giver

Season 4 • Episode 10

The descendant of an American Indian tribe claims the Cabot Cove area.

Tuesday, December 23

Doom With a View

Season 4 • Episode 11

Jessica's nephew, Grady, is a suspect when their stay at a luxury hotel is interrupted by murder.

Tuesday, December 23

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

Season 4 • Episode 12

Chowder and barbiturates prove deadly for one of the guests at Jessica's dinner party.

Tuesday, December 23

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Wednesday, December 24

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Wednesday, December 24

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Wednesday, December 24

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Wednesday, December 24

Harbinger of Death

Season 4 • Episode 13

Jessica heads out to watch a comet and winds up investigating the murder of a young executive.

Wednesday, December 24

Curse of the Daanau

Season 4 • Episode 14

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

Wednesday, December 24

Mourning Among the Wisterias

Season 4 • Episode 15

Jessica's playwright suitor (Barry Nelson) faces charges of killing his legal adviser.

Wednesday, December 24

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Thursday, December 25

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Thursday, December 25

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Thursday, December 25

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Thursday, December 25

A Christmas Secret

Season 9 • Episode 9

Jessica investigates a shooting at the Cabot Cove Christmas celebration.

Thursday, December 25

Murder Through the Looking Glass

Season 4 • Episode 16

A dying assassin's confession perplexes Jessica when the supposed victim appears to be alive.

Thursday, December 25

A Very Good Year for Murder

Season 4 • Episode 17

A vintner's heirs become suspects when a body is found in a wine cellar.

Thursday, December 25

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Friday, December 26

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Friday, December 26

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Friday, December 26

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Friday, December 26

Benedict Arnold Slipped Here

Season 4 • Episode 18

Murderer and future victim are among those gathered after the death of the owner of a historic home.

Friday, December 26

Just Another Fish Story

Season 4 • Episode 19

Jessica invests in a trendy New York restaurant where murder is apparently on the menu.

Friday, December 26

Showdown in Saskatchewan

Season 4 • Episode 20

Jessica probes a suspicious accident while visiting her niece on the Canadian rodeo circuit.

Friday, December 26

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Saturday, December 27

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Saturday, December 27

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Saturday, December 27

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.

Saturday, December 27

Deadpan

Season 4 • Episode 21

Jessica investigates the murder of a drama critic who reviewed a play based on one of her novels.

Saturday, December 27

The Body Politic

Season 4 • Episode 22

A politician (Shirley Jones) faces scandal when her campaign manager plunges from her window.

Saturday, December 27

J.B. ... As in Jailbird

Season 5 • Episode 1

Jessica winds up jailed as the prime suspect in a murder she witnessed.