Murder, She Wrote Season 6, Episode 11: Town Father

1

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.

45 min

2

Seal of the Confessional

A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.

45 min

3

The Grand Old Lady

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

45 min

4

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.

45 min

5

Jack and Bill

A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.

45 min

6

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?

45 min

7

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.

45 min

8

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.

45 min

9

Test of Wills

A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.

45 min

10

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.

45 min

11

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.

45 min

12

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.

45 min

13

If the Shoe Fits

A single mother is accused of killing the landlord that is always harassing her.

45 min

14

How To Make a Killing Without Really Trying

Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.

45 min

15

The Fixer-upper

Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer.

45 min

16

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.

45 min

17

Murder: According to Maggie

The producer of a police drama investigates the murder of a programmer who differed with her.

45 min

18

O'Malley's Luck

An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.

45 min

19

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.

45 min

20

Shear Madness

Jessica's cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancée is murdered in a similar fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.

45 min

21

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.

45 min

22

The Sicilian Encounter

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

45 min