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The Worst Episodes of Murder, She Wrote

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The Worst Episodes of Murder, She Wrote

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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    6.6/10(461 votes)

    #1 - Indian Giver

    S4:E10

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

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    6.6/10(413 votes)

    #2 - Goodbye Charlie

    S6:E12

    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.

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    6.6/10(346 votes)

    #3 - Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?

    S7:E18

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

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    6.6/10(278 votes)

    #4 - Death Goes Double Platinum

    S12:E13

    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.

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  5. Background image for Murder in a Minor Key
    6.7/10(540 votes)

    #5 - Murder in a Minor Key

    S3:E14

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.7/10(316 votes)

    #6 - Dead Eye

    S9:E13

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

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    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Tom Sawyer
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  8. Background image for Time to Die
    6.7/10(305 votes)

    #7 - Time to Die

    S10:E16

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

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  9. Background image for The Sicilian Encounter
    6.8/10(328 votes)

    #8 - The Sicilian Encounter

    S6:E22

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    6.8/10(276 votes)

    #9 - Kendo Killing

    S12:E12

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

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    6.8/10(297 votes)

    #10 - Something Foul in Flappieville

    S12:E17

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

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  12. Background image for Broadway Malady
    6.9/10(593 votes)

    #11 - Broadway Malady

    S1:E12

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

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    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Tom Sawyer
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    6.9/10(522 votes)

    #12 - Dead Heat

    S2:E8

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

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    6.9/10(441 votes)

    #13 - Showdown in Saskatchewan

    S4:E20

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

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    6.9/10(488 votes)

    #14 - Truck Stop

    S5:E16

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    6.9/10(392 votes)

    #15 - Three Strikes, You're Out

    S5:E20

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

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    6.9/10(451 votes)

    #16 - The Grand Old Lady

    S6:E3

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

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    6.9/10(454 votes)

    #17 - Night of the Tarantula

    S6:E7

    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.

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    6.9/10(281 votes)

    #18 - Southern Double-Cross

    S12:E20

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Tough Guys Don't Die
    7.0/10(726 votes)

    #19 - Tough Guys Don't Die

    S1:E16

    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.

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Funeral at Fifty-Mile

    S1:E22

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

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    7.0/10(537 votes)

    #21 - Powder Keg

    S2:E15

    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.

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  23. Background image for Day of the Dead
    7.0/10(337 votes)

    #22 - Day of the Dead

    S8:E19

    The theft of a priceless artifact from Mexico City museum leads Jessica into a labyrinth of clues, where murder is the fact behind the Mask of Montezuma.

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  24. Background image for Murder in High-C
    7.0/10(294 votes)

    #23 - Murder in High-C

    S11:E14

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

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    7.1/10(525 votes)

    #24 - Murder in the Electric Cathedral

    S2:E16

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

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    7.1/10(469 votes)

    #25 - Death Takes a Dive

    S3:E16

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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Indian Giver" is the worst rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote". It scored 6.6/10 based on 461 votes. Directed by Walter Grauman and written by Gerald K. Siegel, it aired on 11/29/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Goodbye Charlie".