The Worst Episodes of Murder, She Wrote

A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.

Director: Walter Grauman

Writer: Gerald K. Siegel

Three sets of people try to claim the body found on the railroad track--a nephew, a daughter and a wife. Jessica narrates this story.

Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw

Writer: N/A

The members of an up-and-coming Latin instrumental band get an offer they can't refuse just when they are getting noticed by a more reputable company.

Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw

Writer: N/A

Jessica tells the tale of a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his music.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Are the disappearance of a private eye in 1963 and the Kennedy assassination of the same year connected?

Director: Jerry Jameson

Writer: Tom Sawyer

A step-father may have been eliminated by his step-son, a graffiti artist.

Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw

Writer: Laurence Heath

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

Director: Hy Averback

Writer: Tom Sawyer

Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.

Director: N/A

Writer: Robert Swanson

Motorcycle racing in Osaka, Japan, puts a man's life in danger when he tries to wed a girl from a traditional Japanese family.

Director: Walter Grauman

Writer: Laurence Heath

The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.

Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw

Writer: N/A

Jessica goes to the races to watch her niece ride the winning horse. Then the horse's owner is murdered after a dispute.

Director: Peter Crane

Writer: J. Miyoko Hensley, Steven Hensley

Arson is intended to remove the Rodeo doctor and his patient permanently.

Director: Vincent McEveety

Writer: Dick Nelson

Walter tells his story by way of black and white flashbacks which makes an interesting change from the usual. He has made a tape of the events that ended with his murder and we see the events unfold.

Director: Vincent McEveety

Writer: N/A

A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.

Director: Seymour Robbie

Writer: Donald Ross

When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.

Director: Vincent McEveety

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.

Director: Vincent McEveety

Writer: Chris Manheim

Jessica is booked for a seminar in Australia when she gets word that she may have claim to an inheritance in the area--land used for sheep grazing. The natives are not all happy with this.

Director: Walter Grauman

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Seymour Robbie

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

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

Director: Seymour Robbie

Writer: Dick Nelson

After their car breaks down after dinner with the governor, Jessica and her friend Ames Caufield find themselves in a small southern town just in time for local bad boy Ed Bonner to be found dead, and young Matt Burns, the son of a former student of Ames', ends up accused of the murder. At the behest of Linda Bonner, the victim's sister who happens to care deeply about the accused, Jessica takes a look into the murder, but hatred runs deep in this town and it's pure luck (and Andy Crane) that leads Jessica and Ames to the right answer.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Jessica is fascinated by a demo of a VR game based on her book, but, while playing it, she thinks she sees a real murder.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Jessica finds herself crime-solving in a highly intense world of opera while in Genoa, Italy.

Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw

Writer: N/A

Jessica must find the murderer of her close friend whose will is in contention between family and a popular evangelist.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

Writer: Dick Nelson

Jessica inherits a boxer's contract and her old friend; Harry McGraw is accused of murdering its former owner.

Director: Seymour Robbie

Writer: Peter S. Fischer