Murder, She Wrote - Season 1

Episode 1

The Murder of Sherlock Holmes

Former English teacher Jessica Fletcher travels to New York to celebrate the success of her debut novel, but when an unwanted guest is murdered at a costume party, she wishes she'd stayed home.

Episode 2

Deadly Lady

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 only midly intrigued; she finds Ralph, the older gentleman

Episode 3

Birds of a Feather

Jessica heads to San Francisco for the wedding of her niece, Victoria Brandon, only to learn that Victoria is having second thoughts because she suspects that her fiancé, Howard, is having an affair.

Episode 4

Hooray for Homicide

Jessica's first book, The Corpse Danced at Midnight, is being made into a major Hollywood motion picture, backed by producer Jerry Lydecker. Jessica is furious to see how her book is being butchered b

Episode 5

It's a Dog's Life

While visiting her cousin at Langley Manor, a country estate in the South, a man dies during a fox-hunt under strange circumstances, and Jessica tries to find out what really happened.

Episode 6

Lovers and Other Killers

While in Seattle lecturing at the university, Jessica is convinced that the young man she hired as her secretary is not a killer.

Episode 7

Hit, Run and Homicide

Jessica helps a most unconventional neighbor who is accused of murdering his former partner with one of his inventions.

Episode 8

We're Off to Kill the Wizard

Jessica is asked to help solve the "impossible" murder of a wealthy, and much disliked, amusement park owner.

Episode 9

Death Takes a Curtain Call

While attending a special ballet performance, Jessica helps solve the backstage murder of a young dancer by a defecting ballerina.

Episode 10

Death Casts a Spell

Jessica's deductive abilities are in demand when a flamboyant hypnotist turns up dead, behind locked doors, in front of an audience of journalists whom he had put into a trance.

Episode 11

Capitol Offense

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-playing in Washington.

Episode 12

Broadway Malady

Broadway legend Rita Bristol and her daughter star in a musical produced by her son, not knowing that murder is lurking in the wings.

Episode 13

Murder to a Jazz Beat

While in New Orleans, Jessica must solve the mysterious murder of a famous musician who died while performing onstage.

Episode 14

My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean

Jessica's niece is terrorized on a cruise intended to take her mind off her husband's recent death...or is he dead?

Episode 15

Paint Me a Murder

The life of a famous artist is threatened on what would be otherwise an idyllic Mediterranean island.

Episode 16

Tough Guys Don't Die

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 dates back 25 years.

Episode 17

Sudden Death

Jessica suddenly must learn all about football when she inherits an interest in a professional team.

Episode 18

Footnote to Murder

An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention.

Episode 19

Murder Takes the Bus

Bus trips are not always as relaxing as they should be. In this case, one passenger had a one-way ticket.

Episode 20

Armed Response

Over Jessica's protests, she is taken to a hospital after a minor accident in the airport.

Episode 21

Murder at the Oasis

An unpopular show-business personality discovers that elaborate security systems are no guarantee of safety.

Episode 22

Funeral at Fifty-Mile

A Wyoming rancher leaves all to an ill-fated stranger, to the disgust of his disinherited daughter.