EPISODE GUIDE

1 & 2- The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (Two Hour Episode)
Jessica is caught up in a costume ball when she unexpectedly spends more time with her
publisher.

3- Deadly Lady
A multimillionaire swept off his yacht during a hurricane near Cabot Cove, turns up in
Jessica's backyard.

4- Birds of a Feather
The man who careens across their table in a cabaret turns out to be the fiancee of Jessica's
niece trying to avoid being caught after the owner is found murdered.

5- Hooray for Homicide
Jessica winds up on the other side of the law when she is suspected of 'doing in' the movie
producer of her book.

6- It's a Dog's Life
A fox hunter dies in a riding accident and the authorities want to blame his pet dog, Teddy,
heir to his estate.

7- Lovers and Other Killers
The terrific secretary Jessica hired is the chief suspect in the murder of his wealthy
girlfriend.  Filmed in Seattle.
 
8- Hit, Run, and Homicide
A car with a mind of its own, runs down the former employer of a brilliant electronics
inventor.
 
9- We're Off To Kill The Wizard
In a locked room mystery, the theme part owner, who hired Jessica to design a House of
Horror, is found dead.

10- Death Tales A Curtain Call
Defecting Soviet ballet artists decide to leave just as the body of the KGB officer assigned
to them is found.

11- Death Casts a Spell
A group of men in a hypnotic trance appear to witness a killing, but none of them see
anything.

12- Capitol Offense
A temporary term in Congress does not keep murder away from Mrs. Fletcher.

13- Broadway Malady
Jessica investigates when an up-coming young actress is seriously wounded during a
mugging.  Milton Berle appears in a cameo.

14- Murder To A Jazz Beat
A rare South American poison is used to kill a jazzman.

15- 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?
 
16- Paint Me A Murder
The life of a famous artist is threatened on what would be otherwise an idyllic
Mediterranean island.
 
17- Tough Guys Don't Die
In which 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.

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

19- Footnote to Murder
An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention.

20- 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.

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

22- Murder at the Oasis
Elaborate security systems are no guarantee of safety as an unpopular show-business
personality discovered.

23- Funeral at Fifty-Mile
A Wyoming rancher leaves all to an ill-fated stranger, to the disgust of his disinherited
daughter.

24- Widow, Weep for Me
Jessica's vacation at a Caribbean resort is not solely for pleasure, but to investigate a
friend's murder.

25- Joshua Peabody Died Here...
Excavation at the site for a new hotel turns up what may be the remains of a Revolutionary
war hero who didn't die naturally.

26- Murder in the Afternoon
While filming a soap opera in which Mrs. Fletcher's niece plays a part, a 'pretend' victim is
really dead.

27- School for Scandal
A college professor and her daughter come under suspicion when the daughter's boyfriend
is murdered.

28- Sing a Song of Murder
When cousin Emma's life is threatened, she plays dead and Jessica is summoned to London
as the heir to the estate.  Angela Lansbury plays two roles: as Jessica Fletcher, author, and
her English cousin, Emma Macgill, who owns a London music hall.  

29- Reflections of the Mind
Jessica's friend, Francesca, is plagued with periods of forgetfulness and begs Jessica to
come and help her.

30- A Lady in the Lake
While spending time at a lake, Jessica sees what appears to be a struggle and a woman
falling from a boat into the lake.

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

32- Jessica Behind Bars
Doing public service, Jessica becomes a hostage in a prison riot caused by anger in the
handling of the doctor's murder.

33- Sticks and Stones
After a woman is electrocuted in her bath, Cabot Cove is flooded with poison pen letters.

34- Murder Digs Deep
An archaeological dig at the site of Coronado's City of Gold does not please everyone and
a new corpse is dug up.

35- Murder by Appointment Only
One of Jessica's former students is murdered and she takes a personal interest in the
investigation.

36- Trial By Error
It's a bad day for the jurors when Jessica is the foreperson of the jury hearing the case of a
man claiming self-defense in the death of an enraged husband.

37- Keep the Home Fries Burning
Jessica, Seth and Amos try out a new tourist-oriented restaurant, and murder interrupts
their meal.

38- Powder Keg
Down South murder is taken seriously by the inhabitants who form a lynch party and plan
to hang the suspect.

39- Murder in the Electric Cathedral
An evangelist who runs a hospital comes under suspicion when one of his wealthy
parishioners changes her will in his favor and then dies in his hospital.

40- One Good Bid Deserves a Murder
A red hot diary of a sex symbol is to be auctioned and some of the bidders are ready to
shed blood.
 
41- If a Body Meets a Body
Investigation of a claim that the deceased was murdered leads the police to discover that
the wrong body is in the coffin.

42- Christopher Bundy Died on Sunday
A mercenary publisher acquires a 'good' magazine and then turns it into a tabloid incurring
someone's wrath.

43- Menace, Anyone?
Who was the intended victim when a tennis star is blown up in his girl friend's car?

44- The Perfect Foil
In New Orleans to attend a Mardi Gras party, Jessica gets involved when her cousin is
suspected of murder.

45- If the Frame Fits
The art-thief husband of an heiress is suspected in her murder, but did he do it?

46- Death Stalks the Big Top (Part 1)
When Jessica's niece receives a gift from her grandfather, who was thought dead, she asks
her aunt to find him.  Jessica follows a trail to a small-town circus beset by accidents and
murder.

47- Death Stalks the Big Top (Part 2)
Neil confesses to the crime, but Jessica believes that he didn't do it.

48- Unfinished Business
A retired policeman decides to re-examine an old case he never solved in which Seth was a
strong suspect.

49- One White Rose for Death
Attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German
defectors and a murder.

50- Corned Beef and Carnage
An adman handling the account of a fast-food chain is murdered and Jessica smells
something funny.

51- Dead Man's Gold
While diving for sunken treasure near Cabot Cove, a young man is murdered.

52- Deadline for Murder
A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the
removal of his publisher who has turned a good paper into a yellow rag.

53- Magnum on Ice
Conclusion of an story that began on "Magnum P.I.".  Jessica offers to help Magnum, who
has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target.

54- Obituary for a Dead Anchor
When a boat chartered by Amos explodes, the victim is a newsanchor who has made
enemies.

55- Stage Struck
The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two
previously married, but now warring, actors.

56- Night of the Headless Horseman
The 'headless' horseman rides again, but his costume becomes more realistic.

57- The Corpse Flew First Class
Theft and murder of the courier occur on board a jet bound for London.

58- Crossed Up
The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what
she heard was real.

59- Murder in a Minor Key
Jessica tells the tale of a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his
music.

60- The Bottom Line Is Murder
A lying TV Consumer advocate is killed.  Was it done by one of the clients whose products
he maligned?

61- Death Takes a Dive
Jessica inherits a boxer's contract and her old friend, Harry McGraw is accused of
murdering its former owner.

62- Simon Says, Color Me Dead
An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.

63- No Laughing Murder
After the engagement party for the offspring of two estranged comics, someone is found
dead.

64- No Accounting for Murder
Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and
he is the main suspect.

65- The Cemetery Vote
First, the reform mayor dies in an 'accident' and then the mayor's father is murdered after
he demands an investigation of the 'accident'.

66- The Days Dwindle Down
A 1949 movie, "Strange Bargain". is used in this plot wherein Jessica investigates the case
of a man recently released after a 30-year prison term for the murder of his employer. 
Jeffrey Lynn, Martha Scott and Harry Morgan reprise their roles in the movie and scenes
from the black-&-white movie are seen in flashbacks.

67- Murder She Spoke
During a short black-out in the studio where Jessica is recording a book for the blind, the
studio co-owner is murdered.

68- A Fashionable Way to Die
In Paris, a fashion designer with financial trouble is accused of killing a shady loan shark.

69- When Thieves Fall Out
A parolee released after 20 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit, vows
to find out who did.

70- Witness for the Defense
Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife
and burning his house.

71- Old Habits Die Hard
A terminally ill nun seems to have committed suicide which would be an unacceptable sin.

72- The Way to Dusty Death
After the 'accidental' death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him.

73- It Runs in the Family
Cousin Emma in London has a new problem when someone serves her lover poisoned
herring.

74- If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some
surprising activity.

75- Steal Me A Story
The special effects used by a TV producer are a real bomb.

76- Trouble In Eden
Hostility and other surprises await Jessica in a town where she's posing as her friend (Joan
Caulfield) to investigate the rumored murder of the friend's sister.

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

78- Doom With A View
Grady gets into a spot again when he is found with the body of woman known from
college days and now had been dating a frat brother who was married.

79- Who Threw The Barbituates in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
Somebody laced Mrs. Fletcher's chowder and Amos' brutish brother-in-law was in for the
long sleep.

80- Harbinger of Death
An astronomer something other than stars in his telescope and is overcome by an urge to
murder.

81- Curse of the Daanav
Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.

82- Mourning Among the Wisterias
A southern aristocrat proposes marriage to Jessica and then explains it is only of
convenience to smoke out a crook.

83- Murder Through The Looking Glass
A priest and government agents using a 'safe' house get Jessica into a complicated case.

84- A Very Good Year For Murder
The Gambini family gathers to celebrate the 75th birthday of the patriarch and a murder.

85- Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
Someone wants the old historic house enough to kill for it and its supposed hidden treasure
AND Jessica is executor of the late owner's will.

86- Just Another Fish Story
Somebody put the maitre d' on ice.  Jessica wonders if she has made a bad investment.

87- Showdown in Saskatchewan
Arson is intended to remove the Rodeo doctor and his patient permanently.

88- Deadpan
Two critics take opposite views of a play based on one of Jessica's novels, 'Mainely
Murder'.  One is suspected of the murder of the other.

89- The Body Politic
The suicide of a campaign manager who is suspected of having an affair with a married
woman excites the press.

90- J.B. As In Jailbird
A colossal mix-up puts Jessica in jail as a suspect in a murder she only witnessed.  British
agent Hagarty returns.
 
91- A Little Night Work
A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.

92- Mr. Penroy's Vacation
The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.
 
93- Snow White, Blood Red
A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.
 
94- Coal Miner's Slaughter
The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and
someone takes action.
 
95- Wearing of the Green
A Fletcher novel is the entree to a legendary actress who is a hermit refusing to meet
anyone.  The occasion is the theft of a famous tiara.
 
96- The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body
inside.
 
97- Prediction:  Murder
A psychic's predictions have come true, convincing a rancher's daughter that the next one,
a fatal fire, will happen.
 
98- Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.
 
99- Weave a Tangled Web
Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and
she can't explain why.
 
100- The Search for Peter Kerry
A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.

101- Smooth Operations
When a drunk is found dead in the alley, it raises a lot of questions.  He was well dressed
(but only one shoe) and had no ID or money--a robbery or something else?
 
102- Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble
A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she
really died a century or so ago.
 
103- From Russia . . . With Blood
A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow.  What they found in her purse
shouldn't have been there.
 
104- Alma Murder
An old English professor is caught red-handed over a young girl's body and insists he did it,
but a young man later confesses.  Whodunit?
 
105- Truck Stop
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.
 
106- The Sins of Castle Cove
A red hot novel, written by a former Fletcher student, seems to expose the small town's
secrets and inspires murder.  Julie Adams, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth
Roman appear again as the local gossips.
 
107- Trevor Hudson's Legacy
A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a
dead man's manuscript.
 
108- Double Exposure
In a strange case, Jessica bumps into an old friend who is supposed to be dead.  His widow
insists he is dead and Jessica
 
109- Three Strikes, You're Out
A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.
 
110- Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (Part 1)
Jessica's old rival, Eudora, shows up with a smile and a gift, but everyone knows she is up
to no good.
 
111- Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (Part 2)
Eudora admits she stole Jessica's notes, but denies poisoning the apples she brought or
murdering the detective who was following her.

112- Appointment in Athens
Jessica's old friend, Michael Hagarty, persuades her to play a part in his scheme to free a
fellow agent from captivity.
 
113- Seal of the Confessional
A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his
oath.
 
114- The Grand Old Lady
When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was
personally involved in.
 
115- The Error of Her Ways
When the wife of a developer is accused of killing her husband and commits suicide, it
leaves the whereabouts of his embezzled millions a mystery.
 
116- Jack and Bill
A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a
target.
 
117- Dead Letter
An unsent letter turns up in an old bureau bought at a rummage sale the same day arson
occurs in a furniture store.  Are these events connected?
 
118- Night of the Tarantula
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.
 
119- When the Fat Lady Sings
The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart
attack after a shooting.
 
120- Test of Wills
A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives
is trying to kill him.
 
121- Class Act
A homicide detective is farmed out to teach a class.  His opening speech reduces his class
to two.  Together they work on a special 'closed' case as their term project.
 
122- Town Father
The town gets a shock when bachelor Mayor Sam is confronted on the speaker's platform
by a young woman claiming he is the father of her five children.  Julie Adams, Gloria De
Haven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman return as gossips Eve, Phyllis, Idal and Loretta.
 
123- Goodbye Charlie
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.
 
124- If the Shoe Fits
A single mother is accused of killing the landlord that is
always harassing her.
 
125- How to Make A Killing Without Really Trying
Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.
 
126- The Fixer-Upper
Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead
of a buyer.
 
127- The Big Show of 1965
Twenty five years after a show in which a stabbing occurred, the cast is reunited and a
mystery woman reappears, seeming to accuse Barry.
 
128- Murder--According to Maggie
The producer of a police drama investigates the murder of a programmer who differed
with her.
 
129- O'Malley's Luck
An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.
 
130- Always a Thief
Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton, who uses his skills as an ex-thief to solve crimes,
returns to investigate a theft and two murders.
 
131- Shear Madness
Jessica's cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancee is murdered in a similar
fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.
 
132- The Szechuan Dragon
Grady and his pregnant wife are tending Jessica's house in her absence when an old
seaman is killed in her front room.
 
133- The Sicilian Encounter
Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including
the Mafia.

134- Trials and Tribulations
Jessica is blamed for the death of an escapee who possible was wrongly convicted.
 
135- Deadly Misunderstanding
A young reporter is persuaded to help a typist alter the evidence and move her husband's
body.
 
136- See You In Court, Baby
Jessica introduces this story of a lawyer with many enemies who is the victim and Dennis
who must investigate.
 
137- Hannigan's Wake
A journalist died before finishing his book trying to show a man was unjustly convicted of
murder 16 years ago.  Jessica is asked to use his notes to finish his book.
 
138- The Family Jewels
A wealthy woman's passion for jewelry, not always hers, and her involvement with the
chauffeur might be connected
 
139- A Body to Die For
Eve is appalled to find the body of a friend of the local gym owner in her bedroom, but at
a loss to explain it.
 
140- The Return of Preston Giles
This time it is the company controller that seems to have been the victim of the previously
convicted publisher.
 
141- The Great Twain Robbery
Proving a burnt Mark Twain manuscript is a fake is the reason for a book expert's murder.

142- Ballad for a Blue Lady
Jimmy Dean plays a country-music star who's the victim in this story.
 
143- Murder in F Sharp
Jessica plays a tape sent to her by Dennis.  Bad luck follows a famous concert pianist as he
burns his hands and then loses his wife.
 
144- Family Doctor
In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who
didn't survive.
 
145- Suspicion of Murder
Dennis is suspected in the murder of the husband of an old flame with whom he has been
spending some time.
 
146- Moving Violation
An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.
  
147- Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?
A snoopy fan in Texas impersonates Jessica when she starts investigating a potential dog
show scandal and Jessica is reported dead.
 
148- The Taxman Cometh
The owner of Edna's Pies near St. Louis, is accused of kimping on her IRS payments.  She
in turn blames her ex-husband who, consequently, is found murdered.
 
149- From the Hourse's Mouth
An argument over stud fees ends in murder.
 
150- The Prodigal Father
A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the
townspeople.
 
151- Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?
A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club
owner's corpse.
 
152- Thursday's Child
A woman turns up claiming that Jessica's late husband was the father of her child and he is
in deep trouble involving fraud in his construction company and murder.
 
153- Murder, Plain and Simple
When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.
 
154- Tainted Lady
The owner of a diner is accused of using too much 'spice' in the food, when someone finds
arsenic.
 
155- The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane
The brewery family is angry when they find out the writer acting as spokesperson for them
has written an expose.

156- Bite the Big Apple
Finding an apartment to rent in New York can be murder.  In this case the murder
occurred before she arrived.

157- Night Fears
Jessica goes from student to teacher and is challenged to find the campus killer by her
former professor, an ex-cop.
 
158- Unauthorized Obituary
Plans to write an unauthorized biography come to a shocking conclusion when a TV set is
dropped in the hot tub.
 
159- Thicker than Water
The sheriff hopes his young brother learned something good in prison, but everyone
doubts it when a fisherman disappears.
 
160- Lines of Excellence
Teaching a computer class seems tame, but not when Jessica is one of the students.
 
161- Judge Not
An old case is revived when R&B legend dies and his bass player is murdered.  His
mistress was murdered 20 years ago and the case was never solved.
 
162- Terminal Connection
A businessman has made many enemies, but the evidence indicates his battered wife is the
most likely.
 
163- A Killing in Vegas
Wherever she goes, Jessica finds murder.  In Las Vegas, it is the hotel's casino manager
 
164- The Committee
An exclusive men's club committee invites Jessica to smoke out the killer of a member,
who might be a committeeman.
 
165- The List of Yuri Lermentov
Len Cariou is back as agent Michael Hagarty, getting Jessica into international intrigue
involving the murder of a KGB agent.

166- Danse Diabolique
The third time wasn't a charm when another ballerina died performing the cursed ballet.
 
167- The Witch's Curse
The thespians of Cabot Cove put on a play about a 17th century woman who cursed the
town before she was executed as a witch.
 
168- Incident in Lot 7
The Bates House of the movie, Psycho, is to be the setting of Jessica's book in the film
made at Universal Studios.
 
169- The Monte Carlo Murders
Jessica is brought into the case of a murdered financier and the theft of his wife's diamonds
in Monaco.
 
170- Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief
No one wants to believe that Jessica found a body in her hotel suite in London and they
don't want her to believe it, either.
 
171- Ever After
A real life soap opera involves a soap star, her co-star, and
the victim--her millionaire husband.
 
172- To the End Will I Grapple With Thee
A retired cop and a contractor revive an old blood feud from the old country.
 
173- Programmed for Murder
There is something strange about a software expert's death.
 
174- Day of the Dead
Does the death mask left on the victim's face mean anything?
 
175- Angel of Death
Can a woman return from the grave to punish the living?  Or is this a hoax to scare her
surviving husband?
 
176- Badge of Honor
Seth's old buddy is under a cloud which has no silver lining as far as Seth can tell.

177- Murder on Madison Avenue
A toy company executive was climbing the ladder to the top, but someone took away one
of the rungs.

178- Murder in Milan
A contract dispute between a producer and a director leads to murder at an Italian film
festival.
 
179- Family Secrets
A former resident returns to research a book on a 30-year old killing which no one wants
to be revived.
 
180- The Mole
Mistaken identity puts Jessica into a dangerous situation.
 
181- The Wind Around the Tower
In Ireland, the legend of a crying woman seems involved with the death of a wealthy
developer.
 
182- The Dead File
A comic strip character inspired by Jessica gets her into an investigation of murder and
blackmail.
 
183- Night of the Coyote
The legend of a stage coach robber's hidden treasure leads to the murder of an old mining
town entrepreneur.
 
184- Sugar and Spice, Malice and Vice
Agent Michael Hagarty is arrested for the murder of his estranged daughter's crooked
fiancee.
 
185- The Classic Murder
An oil man vanishes with $150 million of his company's cash and a psychic is murdered. 
Are the events connected?
 
186- A Christmas Secret
The return of a Gulf War veteran and his reunion with his fiancee is marred by his big
secret.
 
187- The Sound of Murder
The last sound the producer hears is not from a record.
 
188- Final Curtain
The personal manager of a 'resting' actor dies just as his client returns to the stage.
 
189- Double Jeopardy
The confessional is the site of the last rites as an estranged father seeks absolution from his
priest son.
 
190- Dead Eye
Are the disappearance of a private eye in 1963 and the Kennedy assassination of the same
year connected?
 
191- Killer Radio
The prospective owner of a radio station in the prairies is killed before the sale goes
through.
 
192- The Petrified Florist
Was a Beverly Hills florist killed because he was supplying more than flowers for gossip
magazine editors?
 
193- Threshold of Fear
A recluse is terrified when the killer she sees in her dreams tries to see her in real life.
 
194- The Big Kill
Two murders are done in the same way, but what is the connection, if any?
 
195- Dead to Rights
Jessica knows her former researcher is a congenital liar, so why should she believe her
now?
 
196- Lone Witness
A delivery boy says he was only a witness when he is found kneeling beside the victim.
 
197- Ship of Thieves
A pleasant cruise is marred by the discovery that there are thieves on board and possibly a
murderer.

198- The Survivor
Jessica's computer tech becomes an inadvertent target when she dates an undercover cop,
whom she has just met.
 
199- Love's Deadly Desire
The death of a novelist's assistant seemed to be a case of mistaken identity.

200- A Death in Hong Kong
A trader working on a merger dies at a Chinese banquet in Hong Kong.

201- For Whom the Ball Tolls
One of the partners trying to raze a Brownstone where Hemingway once wrote is erased--
permanently.
 
202- Legacy of Borbey House
A new Victorian house owner is killed in the manner befitting a vampire--a wooden stake
in his chest.
 
203- The Phantom Killer
A media tycoon may have been killed by a literary agent who seems as substantial as
smoke.
 
204- A Virtual Murder
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.
 
205- Bloodlines
A race horse trainer is murdered as he is on his way to expose a racing fraud and there is
some friction concerning his daughter's permission to ride in the race.
 
206- A Killing in Cork
An American nephew, out to get the family business, gets a different kind and the Irish
widow's son is suspected.
 
207- Love and Hate in Cabor Cove
There are three suspects in the murder of a crooked deputy:  a CPA, an illegal casino
owner and his daughter's jilted lover.
 
208- Murder at a Discount
A man thinks he should get royalties from a book based on his case, written by Jessica.
 
209- Murder in White
A producer staging an adaptation of one of Jessica's novels finds no joy in London.
 
210- Northern Explosion
In Canada, a land war breaks out between Native Americans and a mining company.
 
211- Proof in the Pudding
A racketeer who bought the controlling interest in a restaurant thinks he can boss the chef.
 
212- Portrait of Death
A piece of sculpture does double duty as a murder weapon.
 
213- Deadly Assets
A mobster is upset when he learns that a petty thief has found an unexpected $900,000.
 
214- Murder on the 30th Floor
Jessica is shocked to learn that her editor has taken a flying leap from his high-rise office.
 
215- Time to Die
A step-father may have been eliminated by his step-son, a graffiti artist.
 
216- The Dying Game
An old established store has closed for the last time and its accountant won't have to find
another job.
 
217- The Trouble With Seth
Seth vanishes and every one is sure there was foul play.
 
218- Roadkill
A truck hijacker comes to the end of the road.
 
219- A Murderous Muse
The strict mentor of a piano prodigy is found dead.
 
220- Wheel of Death
It is no sleight of hand when the crooked carnival magician is murdered.

221- A Nest of Vipers
Venom is not found just in snakes at the zoo.

222- Amsterdam Kill
Diamonds and weapons are mixed up in this story with spies and kidnapping.

223- To Kill a Legend
The discovery of an old document may make Cabot Cove rewrite its history.
 
224- Death in Hawaii
Poor Jessica can't take a vacation without finding mystery or murder.  In this case, it is an
election campaign gone bad.

225- Dear Deadly
While Jessica prepares her book for serialization of her book in a newspaper, real trouble is
brewing in the newsroom.

226 - The Murder Channel
In a friend's apartment, Jessica and her friends are amused by and then puzzled by the
strange drama unfolding on TV.
 
227- Fatal Paradise
Charlie finds more than a story on Martinique, when he meets a woman.

228- Crimson Harvest
When a vintner's son, soon to be married, is killed, the family suspects the rival trying to
buy their vineyard.

229- Murder By Twos
The bowling league gets riled after two deaths in Cabot Cove.  Terry is selling the old
house she inherited, in spite of protests.

230- Murder of the Month Club
Infomercials seem easy, but this one involving a group of mystery writers for a book of the
month club isn't going well.

231- An Egg to Die For
The search for the thief of a Faberge egg brings a Russian cop to Miami Beach.

232- The Scent of Murder
All is not well in Charleston when Jessica and Seth visit his botanist cousin.

233- Death 'N Denial
Jessica comes into possession of a much sought after statuette without knowing it and
becomes suddenly popular.
 
234- Murder in High-C
An opera diva in Genoa becomes the target and her associates think it is just a publicity
stunt for the opera.
 
235- Twice Dead
More was going on in the bio-lab than was known until a Nobel biophysicist threatened to
expose it.

236- Film Flam
Video piracy could put a Hollywood studio out of business.  Will the last film of a noted
director help?
 
237- Murder A La Mode
There are clues to jewel smuggling in a sweatshop making fancy clothes in Paris.

238- The Dream Team
The townspeople are concerned about a massive development on their shore and it is
further complicated for Jessica since the firm employs her nephew, Grady.

239- School For Murder
It seems that there is more than schoolboy pranks going on between a Cabot Cove prep
school and its rival.

240- Another Killing in Cork
While Jessica is enjoying her stay at a fishing lodge in Ireland, she finds out the owner is
beset by a consortium that wants to buy his land for a strip mine.

241- Game, Set, Murder
A domineering father forces a teenager to play beyond her desire and she suffers emotional
problems.

242- Nailed
Gossip is rampant in a stylish Fifth Avenue beauty salon where an expert hair-dresser is
involved in several intrigues.
 
243- A Quaking in Aspen
In Aspen, Colo,  Jessica's friend, Laney, seems to be the best suspect in the murder of her
husband, Grant Boswell.
 
244- The Secret of Gila Junction
People in a sleepy Arizona town, are threatened by a truck-stop bandit and suspicious
treasure hunters.
 
245- Big Easy Murder
Jessica travels to New Orleans to research a new novel, but gets caught up in a series of
voodoo killings.
 
246- Home Care
A nurse under a cloud comes to Cabot Cove.  One of her patients is Jessica's best friend
Maggie.
 
247- Nan's Ghost (Part 1)
A spooky story set in an old Irish castle where legend has it that there is a ghost and a
hidden treasure.

248- Nan's Ghost (Part 2)
Jessica is trapped in the rat-infested dungeon of an ancient Irish castle, but uses her
ingenuity to get rescued and find the treasure and a murderer.
 
249- Shooting in Rome
A movie set in Rome is the setting for a more than they planned while filming a J.B.
Fletcher novel.
 
250- Deadly Bidding
Jessica goes to New York to bid on a manuscript for the local museum and finds the
bidders are not necessarily honest.

251- Frozen Stiff
What is the secret ingredient in the ice cream?  Jessica means to find out and see that the
donation for the literary foundation is paid as promised.
 
252- Unwilling Witness
Jessica is called to testify before a grand jury after a victim's last phone call was traced to
her number.
 
253- Kendo Kill
Motorcycle racing in Osaka, Japan, puts a man's life in danger when he tries to wed a girl
from a traditional Japanese family.
 
254- Death Goes Double Platinum   (Sunday)
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.
 
255- Murder in Tempo
A much disliked singer gets a jolt from an electric guitar during a rehearsal for a rock
concert benefit in Cabot Cove.
 
256- Dark Side of the Door
The victim of a childhood kidnapping sees more in the manuscript she is editing than
coincidence would suggest.
 
257- Murder Among Friends
A TV sitcom, Buds, turns out to be less friendly than the producer hoped.

258- Something Foul in Floppieville
The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.

259- Track of a Soldier (Sunday)
The scene is a guest lodge in the Grand Tetons.  Two of the guests are hiding secrets. 
Who has the diamond?
 
260- Evidence of Malice
Deputy Andy bought a house with numerous defects from the victim and emerges as the
chief suspect.
 
261- Southern Double-Cross
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.
 
262- Race to Death
Jessica is the honorary commodore of the World's Cup Race, featuring Kyle Kimball's
Buccaneer and Ned Larkin's Free Spirit.  There is much ill-will and Ned is injured, too
much to skipper his craft.  His daughter replaces him and then Kyle is killed.  This is no
way to run a regatta!
 
263- What You Don't Know Can Kill You
Seth's niece returns to Cabot Cove for her wedding only to have her groom die
"accidentally" before the event.
 
264- Mrs. Parker's Revenge
Jessica somehow gets tangled in a situation involving a deadly virus and an arms deal.

265- Death By Demographics
In San Francisco, a radio station's new manager is trying to change their image by firing
every staff member who is past a certain age and playing music for teen-agers only. 
Angela Lansbury wrote a farewell note and stated that this is episode number 264 and the
last WEEKLY episode.