A Texas trucker (Earl Holliman) is charged with insurance fraud; his son (Patrick Cassidy) is accused of murder.

Jessica searches for a motive when a legendary maestro, who is about to lose control of his protege, is found murdered.

Burglaries and a murder occur when the carnival comes to Cabot Cove but doesn't seem to bring in a great deal of money.

Monk's faithfulness to his deceased wife is put to the test when a murder probe leads him to a beautiful divorcee and a shot at romance.

The wife of a wealthy businessman is suspected of murdering her husband under the cover of a major earthquake.

After reluctantly boarding a cross-country flight to New Jersey, Monk suspects there's a killer aboard.

A military-academy commandant murders to protect his career and prevent his school's conversion to a coed junior college.

After a woman announces the father of her baby is a space alien, Dr. Sloan tries to find the earthly killer of her rock star husband.

That an ailing neighbor took his own life seems obvious, until Mark finds something odd about the suicide note.

Mark steps in to care for a 7-year-old abuse victim who was the lone witness to her father's murder and has been left mute from shock.

A gorgeous woman who turned heads on the beach is found murdered, and Dr. Sloan's only key to the mystery is a blind man, who never saw the beauty.

Ben investigates a murder with the help of the victim's ghost (Franc Luz), whose widow is accused of the crime.

Ben regrets teaching a public seminar on criminal law, when one of his students disappears without a trace after a class discussion on the perfect crime.

A country singer is murdered after firing her manager, who claims he was framed by the investigating lieutenant.

Ben defends a country singer accused of murdering his dishonest business partner after the two open a club with money won in the lottery.

Emotions run high when Ben holds out against 11 fellow jurors faced with deciding an accused murderer's fate.

Against her father's advice, Leanne reluctantly agrees to defend her former husband, who is accused of murdering a fellow lawyer.

When Jennifer buys a storage locker at auction, she discovers a dead body inside - along with a mask matching the deceased woman.

Jenn gets the photos in an antique camera from the estate of a recently deceased and seemingly wealthy photography enthusiast printed, and one of the pictures leads her to believe that the man's death was anything but accidental.

Internal strife at an earthquake-shaken California zoo culminates in an employee's death from snake bite.

Jessica's probe of a friend's kidnapping in Amsterdam leads to two murders and a diamond-smuggling ring.

Jessica's discovery that Cabot Cove's Revolutionary War hero was actually a traitor results in a TV director's murder.

Jessica's vacation to Honolulu becomes chaotic when the son of her host, power broker Matt Kinkaid, vanishes during a hotly contested U.S. Senate election.

Jessica investigates when, during a visit to San Francisco, an advice columnist (Eileen Brennan) falls victim to a crazed gunman.

Monk takes a job as a substitute teacher to determine whether an educator's death was suicide or murder.

Monk gives new meaning to the phrase "don't drink the water" when he travels to Mexico to probe the mysterious death of a sky diver who drowned in midair.

When an executive and his wife are murdered, Monk tries to determine whether a baseball player is involved.

Columbo's Mexico cruise is disrupted when an automobile executive kills his blackmailing lover, the ship's singer, then frames a musician.

Dr. Sloan's jury duty ends on a unique note when the defendant in the case is suddenly murdered after the verdict is read.

An accident involving a correctional bus brings prisoners to Community General, and a man convicted of murdering his wife takes Mark hostage.

Mark protects his kidnapper from police while trying to prove him innocent of his wife's murder, beginning a deadly chain reaction.

Dr. Sloan believes two police officers were victims of a serial killer and has no time to lose when Steve becomes the killer's next target.

Matlock turns up clues to two other murders while defending a murdered millionaire's disinherited nephew.

Matlock turns up clues to two other murders while defending a murdered millionaire's disinherited nephew.

Ben fights to protect his reputation from a deliberate campaign to ruin his credibility as a witness in a robbery trial.

Nightmares give Ben clues to the murderer of a celebrity doctor who was selling secrets about a client to the press.

Ben agrees to handle the divorce of his friends Clara and Duncan Farmington; a man collecting for charity sues after falling off Ben's porch steps.

A music student who lost a scholarship competition is thought to have committed suicide, but Ben proves murder.

Jennifer Shannon puts the winning bid on a vintage Welte-Mignon player piano at the estate auction of a wealthy philanthropist, but she quickly realizes that the late owner may have led a less-than-charitable life before being murdered.

Every year, Jennifer and her friend Miles Wexford participate in the organization of an auction of goods seized by the police. The night of the auction, Miles is found dead in his store. Every clue points to suicide, but there is more to it. Jennifer learns that he was in serious debt due to a gambling problem.

Accidentally tapped into a closed-circuit video surveillance system, Jessica's neighbor witnesses scheming, a robbery and then a murder.

While vacationing in Martinique, Jessica is called on to help an acquaintance (Wayne Rogers) accused of a woman's (Cassie Yates) murder.

The mysterious deaths of a winery matriarch's son and a rival vintner lead Jessica into a world of greed and betrayal.

Jessica seeks a link between the electrocution of the town bully and the hanging of a teacher who was his lover.

While working on an infomercial, Jessica helps a detective friend (George DiCenzo) probe a strangulation, and tries to find out why a member of her studio audience (Gale Hansen) is found dead during the taping.

After a circus ringmaster is murdered by a high-flying daredevil, all leads point to his acrobatic and vengeful ex-wife, but she has a broken foot.

Capt. Stottlemeyer tries to think like Monk to determine why someone would want to kill the world's oldest man.

Monk stars in a play while investigating an onstage murder witnessed by 300 theatergoers. Melissa George, Amy Sedaris and Betty Buckley guest star.

A retired actress/dancer stages her wealthy husband's suicide after he refuses to finance her Broadway comeback.

Jessica helps a Russian police officer (David Ogden Stiers) capture the elusive mastermind behind the theft of a Faberge egg.

The pervasive stench of death looms over Jessica and Seth's visit to his cousin's South Carolina plantation.

Jessica takes a trip to Egypt to finalize a cultural exchange program and ends up searching for a killer and a stolen artifact.

A stalker threatens a gifted soprano (Khrystyne Haje) about to make her debut, and Jessica steps in to help with the investigation.

Pressured by corporate sponsors, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist (Bruce Weitz) fakes his death, then turns up dead.

Homicide haunts the release of a restored movie, and Jessica investigates the current crime and the 1960 murder that prevented the original release.

Gretchen returns to her hometown and meets her neighbor Melissa. They form a reluctant friendship when Melissa discovers she has a sibling she never knew about, and through their detective work, they uncover a huge surprise.

While settling his father's estate, a man becomes suspicious as to why the man left his nurse a large sum of money after knowing her for less than two months before he died.

A struggling single mother (Bethany Joy Lenz) searches for a lost family heirloom that she hopes will bring her love and good fortune in time for the holidays.

When a mysterious key and a cryptic holiday riddle arrive on their doorsteps, Kate and Kevin embark on a romantic Christmas adventure.

New to town, Heidi Wicks and her kids discover a Christmas mystery in their historic home. Local handyman and historian David helps along the way, finding his own surprising connection.

The murder of a French designer's estranged son leads Jessica into the world of smuggling and sweatshops.

A plan to develop Cabot Cove ends badly when the chief financial investor's wife takes a nose dive into the bay.

An ambitious professor (Nicholas Surovy) at a New England prep school campaigns for the retiring headmaster's (Roy Dotrice) position, only to wind up as a murder victim after winning the post.

Monk's primary suspect in a string of mail bombs is in a coma.

Monk spends a weekend at a mansion to investigate a magazine publisher's death.

Monk is called upon to investigate a rash of murders in the city and to stop the killer before he strikes again.

A cunning advertising consultant leading a double life as a spy tries to cover up the details of a homicide.

An overworked and tired Jesse witnesses the death of a patient, but when the body vanishes, not even Dr. Sloan believes him.

The high-pressure learning environment for the interns at the hospital claims Amanda's cousin, but Amanda believes his death is no accident.

Mark poses as a vagrant to learn who is killing homeless people for their vital organs.

A slain rich man's young widow tops the list of suspects, and she has a twin; with Kate McNeil, Robert Vaughn.

A lawyer is accused of murdering his lover and her husband, a high-school football coach and aspiring minister.

A lawyer is accused of murdering his lover and her husband, a high-school football coach and aspiring minister.

After losing his role in a community play, Ben is hired to defend the play's director, who is accused of murdering the leading lady.

At a beach resort to attend a high-school sweetheart's funeral, Ben is drawn into the investigation of two men's deaths.

Ben defends a man against murder charges stemming from a date-rape shakedown scheme.

Ben recalls the '60s, when he resigned as judge to defend a black cook (Stan Shaw) accused of killing a bullying white sheriff.

When Jazz Ramsey and her crime detection dog Zeus stumble upon an old crime scene, the K9 trainer, her star pup, and ex-boyfriend and lead detective Nick get into the investigation.

Mystery Island hosts contest winners vying to solve a fake murder for a grand prize, but the event goes awry when an employee is murdered, and secrets are uncovered. Stars Elizabeth Henstridge, Charlie Weber, Kristin Booth.

Jessica visits Ireland soon after an American tourist's corpse lands in a wishing well near Tom Dempsey's (Rod Taylor) fishing lodge.

Jessica finds no mourners, but plenty of suspects after a young tennis pro's domineering father is killed.

After convincing the star stylist at Jessica's beauty salon to jump ship, a sneaky entrepreneur turns up dead in the hair dresser's chair.

An insurance investigation reunites detective Garrett (Wayne Rogers) with Jessica who is in Aspen visiting her recently widowed friend (Leigh Taylor-Young).

Jessica helps an inexperienced sheriff investigate a murder in a small desert town where the government may have conducted dangerous chemical experiments.

Jessica finds no mourners, but plenty of suspects after a young tennis pro's domineering father is killed.

After convincing the star stylist at Jessica's beauty salon to jump ship, a sneaky entrepreneur turns up dead in the hair dresser's chair.

An insurance investigation reunites detective Garrett (Wayne Rogers) with Jessica who is in Aspen visiting her recently widowed friend (Leigh Taylor-Young).

Jessica helps an inexperienced sheriff investigate a murder in a small desert town where the government may have conducted dangerous chemical experiments.

A research trip to New Orleans plunges Jessica into the world of the occult, when a businessman dies, and a voodoo doll is evidence.

Jessica's investigation into ghost stories lands her in the dungeon.

Jessica escapes from the dungeon and works with Inspector Lanahan to uncover the killer of an American investor.

Hannah and Chad flirt with their own paths to solve the same murder while working to clear a colleague who is implicated in the crime. Meanwhile, Delores gets her big break. Stars Alison Sweeney, Victor Webster and Barbara Niven.

Goldy Berry's medieval feast at Hyde Castle gets interrupted by a murder. She teams up with Detective Schultz to solve the mystery before the killer strikes again.

Goldy Berry caters a VIP concert and goes on a date with Tom.

A former Army surgeon moves back to her hometown and joins a practice of family doctors. However, her quiet life gets upended when she tries to solve the mysterious death of a patient.

When a student from Aurora's true crime literature class is found murdered outside the diner where she works, Aurora takes it upon herself to figure out the real culprit.

Master sleuth Aurora Teagarden must find a copycat killer who targets members of a crime-buff club.

After losing two elderly patients, a young nurse (Megan Porter Follows) is found holding a syringe containing poison and charged with murder.

Jessica travels to Rome to help rewrite the script for the filming of one of her books, but the filming takes a tragic turn when a stuntman dies.

Detective Charlie Garrett's (Wayne Rogers) high bid on a mediocre painting puzzles Jessica; then, its second-rate artist is found dead.

When Jessica arrives at an ice cream company to get a check for charity, the funds have melted away and the company's co-founder is iced.

After being subpoenaed to testify at the jury probe of a brokerage house, Jessica is charged with contempt for speaking to a witness who is killed.

A murder case involves two stars of a local theater production and an argument Ben thought he saw from his hotel window.

Milton Berle guest stars as a mouthy comic who stands accused of murdering an equally mouthy young comedian.

A con artist facing execution for murder exasperates Ben while having his case appealed.

A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise.

A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise.

A young attorney is involved in blackmail, jury tampering and murder when a chemical company is accused of carcinogenic pollution.

In a dream, Ben defends a '30s club owner accused of shooting a saxophonist who was romancing his wife.

A retired Boston PD detective and the acting medical examiner in Martha's Vineyard, work together to solve the murder of a mysterious young man.

When an art gallery robbery leads to the death of the contemptible manager, a former Boston detective teams up with a local doctor - and an old flame - to catch the killer.

When a local waitress is found dead on the beach and a mysterious deposit appears in Zee's bank account, Martha's Vineyard proves to be all but the simple, scenic life Jeff Jackson was after.

A gunshot rings out while wedding photographer Allie Adams is taking pictures of a bride and groom's first dance, and the groom falls dead.

Photographer Allie and Detective Sam's investigation into a priceless stolen necklace leads to danger and an unexpected death.

While backstage, Allie Adams discovers the body of the show's leading lady, murdered before the curtain went up.

In Japan, Jessica gets involved in the murder of a motorcycle racer, the son of an international CEO (Pat Morita).

Jessica works hard to get her friend's (Tony Plana) Latino band a recording contract, until a murder rocks her plans.

Seth Hazlitt's benefit concert to save the woods near Cabot Cove is endangered when the lead singer is permanently silenced.

Details in a manuscript convince a young editor (Tracy Middendorf) that the author (Richard Beymer) kidnapped her 11 years earlier, but when the author is found dead, the editor becomes the primary suspect.

When the producer of a hit twenty-something series is murdered, Jessica does some directing of her own.

Jessica works hard to get her friend's (Tony Plana) Latino band a recording contract, until a murder rocks her plans.

Seth Hazlitt's benefit concert to save the woods near Cabot Cove is endangered when the lead singer is permanently silenced.

Details in a manuscript convince a young editor (Tracy Middendorf) that the author (Richard Beymer) kidnapped her 11 years earlier, but when the author is found dead, the editor becomes the primary suspect.

A magician claims an airtight alibi - being sealed in a tank of water - in the murder of a blackmailing associate.

After a beautiful young surgeon with a frosty reputation prevents a distinguished doctor from performing surgery, she is found dead.

A paparazzo stays frames ahead of Dr. Sloan and Steve in a kidnapping investigation they believe is related to a murder; Amanda goes into labor.

When the administrator who threatened his career is murdered, Mark is a suspect and can clear his name only by committing a different murder.

A psychic envisions a murder during the taping of an infomercial; with George Hamilton.

Leanne falls in love with her client, Gil Stoddard, a handsome philanthropist accused of murdering his partner.

An FBI agent investigating the kidnapping of Ben's friend is accused of killing a colleague.

Ben sets out to prove the innocence of an FBI agent who is involved in a murder setup and the kidnapping of Ben's friend.

Ben's daughter Leanne becomes involved with a man who burgled her home, took her diary and now seems to know everything about her.

A rare-book collector, who is also a parishioner at Ben's church, is accused of killing a college professor.

Ben agrees to participate in a charity event - a murder mystery weekend that becomes all too real when the host is found dead.

Cooking show host Billie Blessings is excited to learn that her boss has hired celebrity interior designer Marian Robbins to redecorate the studio's offices, then Marian's identical twin sister, Jasmine, turns up dead.

TV host Billie Blessings finds bones in the basement of an old friend's house, unearthing a dark secret that threatens to unravel the lives of the most powerful people in her city.

After Jessica's short story for children becomes a television puppet show, she must find the fiend who used one of the puppets as a murder weapon.

A vacation in the Grand Tetons turns into work when the man threatening Jessica's host with blackmail is murdered.

Jessica has to solve two murders to clear the name of her old friend Deputy Andy Broom (Louis Herthum), who becomes a suspect when a murder weapon is found in his car.

Jessica travels to Australia to prove that she is the rightful heir to 130,000 acres of grazing land, but her arrival results in two murders.

Jessica investigates when a wealthy yachtsman is murdered two days before a big race, and his rival's daughter is charged with the crime.

After his paperboy is murdered, Monk turns to the pages of the newspaper for clues about the baffling crime.

Monk's long-lost older brother calls on him to help solve a murder.

A law student offers to help Monk get back on the police force on the condition that he help her find her grandmother's kidnappers.

Lt. Columbo's prime suspect in the case of a drowned yacht magnate also turns up dead.

Dr. Sloan tries to clean up the literary world when three lovely authors who penned a Hollywood tell-all book have their lives threatened.

Dr. Sloan suspects foul play on the part of a wholesome TV personality when a radio shock jock is electrocuted.

Sloan makes some shocking discoveries about a murdered friend after the man's severed arm is found in the belly of a deceased shark.

Mark becomes suspicious of a veteran police officer who claims he killed his partner accidentally, when the dead man's widow sues the police department.

Ben vies with a formidable D.A. (George Dzundza) while defending a client accused of killing a city councilwoman.

Ben's friend (George Peppard), a private investigator, and his estranged daughter (Tracy Nelson) try to re-establish their relationship while probing the murder of a director's (Jonathan Banks) mistress.

Ben represents fellow lawyer Sam Haskins, who got involved in blackmail and murder while vacationing with his girlfriend on St. Thomas.

Ben represents fellow lawyer Sam Haskins, who got involved in blackmail and murder while vacationing with his girlfriend on St. Thomas.

A writer who claims she killed in self-defense turns to Ben for help; Ben hires a new investigator.

A writer who claims she killed in self-defense turns to Ben for help; Ben hires a new investigator.

Ruby Herring and Detective Jake Killian investigate a suspicious fatal car accident; they solve the case, then Ruby finds new evidence that casts doubt on their conclusion.

When crime reporter Ruby Herring receives clues to a murder that happened five years earlier involving a local psychic, she joins forces with Detective Jake Killian to help crack the case.

When a young man dies in a motorcycle crash, and a local attorney is murdered, Jessica looks for links between the two seemingly unrelated deaths.

While Jessica is in Atlanta to address mystery writers, a lethal virus is stolen from the Biological Research Institute.

After a San Francisco radio station changes its music format from classical to rock, the promoter who engineered the switch dies and Jessica searches for the killer.

Newly successful mystery writer J.B. Fletcher gets involved in a murder at a New York publisher's costume bash.

With her first hit mystery, Maine widow Jessica Fletcher makes a promotional trip to New York, and becomes involved in a murder at a publisher's costume bash.

The captain's wife becomes a victim when a union dispute goes awry, and it is up to Monk to figure out what really happened.

Monk and Sharona pretend to be married in order to catch a con man.

Monk tries to figure out why a death row inmate was murdered 45 minutes before his execution. Guest stars include Tim Curry, Kathy Baker, John Cothran and Danny Trejo.

A TV-network executive murders her boss and lover when he fails to promote her.

Steve and Amanda race to find a stolen antigen for a biological weapon that has infected Mark and Jesse.

The main rival of a celebrated young figure skater becomes the chief suspect in an attack, and Mark is out to prove her innocence.

After a clever serial killer is murdered in jail, Mark and Steve realize an equally lethal copycat is on the loose.

After a clever serial killer is murdered in jail, Mark and Steve realize an equally lethal copycat is on the loose.

Ben throws a prenuptial party for his goddaughter at his house, resulting in murder.

The prime suspect in the murder of a prominent attorney is an employee (Melora Hardin) who accused him of sexual harassment.

Murder occurs after a millionaire philanthropist (Terry O'Quinn) tells Ben he is planning one and dares him to solve it.

A senatorial candidate (Tricia O'Neil) is accused of murdering the editor of a tabloid that smeared her.

After a college basketball coach clashes with a booster over recruiting techniques, he is accused of murder.

Ben and Jerri pose as video-dating customers to find a murderer who may have used the service.

As Birdie and Alden Case's relationship strengthens, they discover a mutual interest for true crime. When their favorite podcaster is found dead, it's up to them to listen to the clues.

When the creator of a beauty pageant is found dead, a savvy hairdresser teams up with a detective to clear the names of those she loves.

A financier (Howard Duff), reportedly swept overboard during a hurricane, turns up in Jessica's yard disguised as a handyman.

Jessica travels to San Francisco for a family wedding and discovers that the groom (Jeff Conaway) faces a murder charge.

Jessica is suspected of a producer's murder after people hear her threatening to stop the victim from filming her new novel.

Jessica delves into two investigations when both her wealthy Southern cousin and his daughter die mysteriously.

Jessica sets out to prove her secretary isn't a murder suspect.

Monk travels to New York City to search for his wife's killer.

Monk must puzzle through the death of a record producer who is found inside the supposed safety of his "panic room.".

After a deadly bomb blast at a power plant, Monk tries to shed light on why blackouts are leaving San Francisco in darkness.

An Irish poet, who fronts a peace organization while secretly running guns, kills an arms dealer who tries to swindle him.

Jessica helps clear her neighbor (Van Johnson), an eccentric suspected of murdering with one of his inventions.

Murder ends a tycoon's (James Coco) plan to have Jessica design a house of horrors for one of his theme parks.

A friend (Hurd Hatfield) asks Jessica to help two Soviet dancers defect, unaware one (George de la Pena) is a murder suspect.

A hypnotist (Jose Ferrer) is murdered before a host of would-be witnesses who all were in a deep trance at the time.

Jessica is asked to complete the last weeks of an expired congressman's term, and discovers politics is murder.

A Broadway legend's (Vivian Blaine) life is threatened after her daughter (Lorna Luft) is seriously injured in a mugging.

Family friend Poppy Wilson returns to Lawrenceton, but when she is killed, Aurora must face uncomfortable truths to solve the mystery of her killer's identity.

Young Aurora Teagarden returns home to Lawrenceton to pursue her post-graduate degree but soon finds herself embroiled in a mystery involving her friend's fiance.

During the renovation of an old house, Shannon makes a shocking discovery which leads her on an investigation that changes everything.