Murder, She Wrote

2 seasons available

A mystery novelist solves crimes as she travels.
Widow, Weep for Me
S2 E1

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

Joshua Peabody Died Here ... Possibly
S2 E2

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

Murder in the Afternoon
S2 E3

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

School for Scandal
S2 E4

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

Sing a Song of Murder
S2 E5

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

Reflections of the Mind
S2 E6

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

A Lady in the Lake
S2 E7

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

Dead Heat
S2 E8

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

Jessica Behind Bars
S2 E9

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

Sticks and Stones
S2 E10

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.

Murder Digs Deep
S2 E11

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

Murder by Appointment Only
S2 E12

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

Trial by Error
S2 E13

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

Keep the Home Fries Burning
S2 E14

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

We're Off to Kill the Wizard
S1 E9

Murder ends a tycoon's (James Coco) plan to have Jessica design a house of horrors for one of his theme parks.

Death Takes a Curtain Call
S1 E10

A friend (Hurd Hatfield) asks Jessica to help two Soviet dancers defect, unaware one (George de la Pena) is a murder suspect.

Death Casts a Spell
S1 E11

A hypnotist (Jose Ferrer) is murdered before a host of would-be witnesses who all were in a deep trance at the time.

Capitol Offense
S1 E12

Jessica is asked to complete the last weeks of an expired congressman's term, and discovers politics is murder.

Broadway Malady
S1 E13

A Broadway legend's (Vivian Blaine) life is threatened after her daughter (Lorna Luft) is seriously injured in a mugging.

Murder to a Jazz Beat
S1 E14

A talk-show host (Clive Revill) and a cab driver (Garrett Morris) help Jessica solve the murder of a New Orleans jazz musician.

My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
S1 E15

On a pleasure cruise, Jessica's niece (Belinda Montgomery) receives flowers and messages from her late husband.

Paint Me a Murder
S1 E16

Murder is part of a legendary artist's (Cesar Romero) birthday celebration on a Mediterranean island paradise.

Tough Guys Don't Die
S1 E17

Jessica cooperates with private detective Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach), whose partner died while researching a murder trial.

Sudden Death
S1 E18

Jessica inherits part of a pro football team, but the owner's murder convinces her there is more roughness off the field than on.

Footnote to Murder
S1 E19

Jessica opposes an ambitious district attorney (Pat Harrington) who believes her poet friend (Paul Sand) killed a novelist.

Murder Takes the Bus
S1 E20

Stranded at a roadside diner by a storm, bus passengers Jessica and Sheriff Tupper investigate the murder of a fellow traveler.

Armed Response
S1 E21

Hospitalized in Dallas after an airport accident, Jessica endures the inconvenience of a leg cast to probe an in-patient murder.

Murder at the Oasis
S1 E22

Jessica reunites with her college roommate at a desert resort and probes the murder of the woman's ex-husband.

Funeral at Fifty-Mile
S1 E23

At a Wyoming rancher's grave, a man shocks mourners -- including the deceased's daughter -- by claiming to be the true heir.