Murder, She Wrote - Season 1
Run Time: 45 mins
Air Date: Sun, 30 Sept 1984
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.531 (400 votes)
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The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
Season 1 - Episode 1
Former English teacher Jessica Fletcher travels to New York to celebrate the success of her debut novel, but when an unwanted guest is murde...
Deadly Lady
Season 1 - Episode 2
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...
Birds of a Feather
Season 1 - Episode 3
Jessica heads to San Francisco for the wedding of her niece, Victoria Brandon, only to learn that Victoria is having second thoughts because...
Hooray for Homicide
Season 1 - Episode 4
Jessica's first book, The Corpse Danced at Midnight, is being made into a major Hollywood motion picture, backed by producer Jerry Lydecker....
It's a Dog's Life
Season 1 - Episode 5
While visiting her cousin at Langley Manor, a country estate in the South, a man dies during a fox-hunt under strange circumstances, and Jes...
Lovers and Other Killers
Season 1 - Episode 6
While in Seattle lecturing at the university, Jessica is convinced that the young man she hired as her secretary is not a killer.
Hit, Run and Homicide
Season 1 - Episode 7
Jessica helps a most unconventional neighbor who is accused of murdering his former partner with one of his inventions.
We're Off to Kill the Wizard
Season 1 - Episode 8
Jessica is asked to help solve the "impossible" murder of a wealthy, and much disliked, amusement park owner.
Death Takes a Curtain Call
Season 1 - Episode 9
While attending a special ballet performance, Jessica helps solve the backstage murder of a young dancer by a defecting ballerina.
Death Casts a Spell
Season 1 - Episode 10
Jessica's deductive abilities are in demand when a flamboyant hypnotist turns up dead, behind locked doors, in front of an audience of journ...
Capitol Offense
Season 1 - Episode 11
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-pla...
Broadway Malady
Season 1 - Episode 12
Broadway legend Rita Bristol and her daughter star in a musical produced by her son, not knowing that murder is lurking in the wings.
Murder to a Jazz Beat
Season 1 - Episode 13
While in New Orleans, Jessica must solve the mysterious murder of a famous musician who died while performing onstage.
My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
Season 1 - Episode 14
Jessica's niece is terrorized on a cruise intended to take her mind off her husband's recent death...or is he dead?
Paint Me a Murder
Season 1 - Episode 15
The life of a famous artist is threatened on what would be otherwise an idyllic Mediterranean island.
Tough Guys Don't Die
Season 1 - Episode 16
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 dat...
Sudden Death
Season 1 - Episode 17
Jessica suddenly must learn all about football when she inherits an interest in a professional team.
Footnote to Murder
Season 1 - Episode 18
An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention.
Murder Takes the Bus
Season 1 - Episode 19
Bus trips are not always as relaxing as they should be. In this case, one passenger had a one-way ticket.
Armed Response
Season 1 - Episode 20
Over Jessica's protests, she is taken to a hospital after a minor accident in the airport.
Murder at the Oasis
Season 1 - Episode 21
An unpopular show-business personality discovers that elaborate security systems are no guarantee of safety.
Funeral at Fifty-Mile
Season 1 - Episode 22
A Wyoming rancher leaves all to an ill-fated stranger, to the disgust of his disinherited daughter.