Jessica is in the process of designing a murder-mystery board game for a toy company when an executive (Barbara Babcock) is murdered.

A film based on Jessica's book opens at a film festival in Milan, and the opening is followed by the murder of the film's producer (Susan Blakely).

One of Jessica's former students is murdered when he returns to Cabot Cove to write a book exposing new information on a 30-year-old town scandal.

Officials hesitate to confront Jessica's kidnapper (Ken Howard), a philanthropist who mistook her for a government informant.

While in Ireland to research a new book, Jessica is called in to help solve the crime when a tycoon's murder is linked to a local legend.

Jessica is sued for libel after a comic strip version of her accuses prominent New Yorkers of crimes.

In New Mexico, Jessica links the murder of the owner of an Old West tourist attraction to buried treasure.

Seth's old Army pal (Gerald S. O'Loughlin) is accused of murdering his new employer (Cliff DeYoung), a yacht dealer.

Jessica is in the process of designing a murder-mystery board game for a toy company when an executive (Barbara Babcock) is murdered.

A lifeguard whom Dr. Sloan treats for fatigue becomes a murder suspect after a gorgeous swimmer drowns.

After an attempt is made on the life of the teacher at Steve's night school, Dr. Sloan gets an education of his own.

Mark delivers quadruplets, then must save them from kidnappers; guests Bo Jackson; Kim Johnston Ulrich.

When Amanda wins a role on a daytime drama, Mark learns of death threats made to its stars; guests Eric Braeden; Lauralee Bell; Melody Scott Thomas; Doug Davidson.

Ben defends a politician (Peter Haskell) framed for murdering a cartoonist (Ray Buktenica) who knew about his affair.

A baker friend (John Hancock) of Ben's is framed for the poisoning death of a rival bakery owner.

A legal secretary (Shirley Knight) is accused of murdering her boss, who was having an affair with her daughter.

When the judge presiding over Ben's latest case is found murdered, Ben is accused of the crime.

When the judge presiding over Ben's latest case is found murdered, Ben is accused of the crime.

A madam (Maureen Arthur) is accused of killing a former employee who was blackmailing famous clients.

As Hannah and Mike balance their personal lives and busy careers, a murder at a 24-hour gym complicates their wedding plans.

Much to the dismay of her fiancé, Hannah investigates the discovery of a skeleton found amid the rubble of a building that's undergoing renovation.

Michael Hagarty (Len Cariou) is suspected of murdering his future son-in-law, thought to be involved in an illegal banking scheme.

Jessica investigates the mysterious disappearance of her editor's millionaire father along with $150 million from his corporate account.

The future son-in-law (Sean O'Bryan) of a prominent Cabot Cove family is suspected in the shooting of a hardware store employee.

Jessica uses her knowledge of music to investigate the murder of the owner of the record company that is producing one of her mysteries on tape.

Seth's friend (Peter Donat), an actor coming out of retirement to launch a play is implicated in the murder of his ex-manager (Bradford Dillman).

One of Jessica's students is framed for murder when someone uses information from her creative writing class to kill a local crime boss.

While attending a writers' conference in Florida, Jessica stumbles onto old photos that may be linked to the JFK assassination.

The owner of a Midwest radio station (Lyman Ward) is found murdered at a new transmitter site, and Jessica must weed out the suspects to find the killer.

At a dinner party with a gossip magazine editor (Penny Fuller), Jessica imagines the plot for her next novel.

Jessica investigates a cold case to help an agoraphobic woman (Cynthia Nixon) who is haunted by dreams of her mother's murder five years earlier.

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.

A roofing contractor (George DiCenzo) is charged with murdering his wife's philandering personal-fitness trainer.

A narcotics officer (Titus Welliver) faces charges of murdering a fellow cop to cover up department corruption.

A plastic surgeon is charged with the murder of his partner, but evidence later shows the doctor's twin brother may be the culprit.

Ben defends a gambling blues singer (Ron Taylor) accused of killing his bookmaker.

Ben uncovers information about a 15-year-old unsolved killing during his defense of a gambler accused of murder.

Conrad and his fashion-model girlfriend ask Ben to defend a photographer who is accused of murdering a modeling agent.

Hannah solves a murder while her relationship with Mike is on the rocks.

Crime series actress Hadley Warner retires to a small town where she encounters her first real case. Using her TV crime knowledge, she teams up with Detective Caden to try and solve the mystery.

The CEO (Chad Everett) of a struggling high-tech defense firm is suspected of killing a banker and a fisherman.

Jessica agrees to help clear a former research assistant of killing her new employer, despite the fact the woman is a pathological liar.

A delivery boy (Neil Patrick Harris) who witnessed a murder becomes the prime suspect and disappears.

Jessica is enjoying a Caribbean cruise on a ship where her old friend (Keith Michell) is chief of security when a woman is found dead in the ship's cargo net.

Jessica becomes involved in an internal police investigation when a colleague is left for dead in an accident in which a rookie policeman is killed.

Jessica investigates the murder of a visiting romance novelist's assistant, who was having an affair with the writer's publisher husband.

Jessica's trip to Hong Kong is interrupted by the murder of an American businessman negotiating a merger with a Chinese tycoon.

Jessica's editor is accused of murdering a developer opposed to the preservation of a historic New York brownstone.

A stranger obsessed with restoring a Cabot Cove landmark is killed after he is suspected of being a vampire.

Jessica comes to the aid of a promising young reporter when he is suspected of murdering a rival magazine's unscrupulous publisher.

Jessica happens on a computerized clue to a murder while writing a mystery story for a friend's interactive video game company.

Researching a novel, Jessica unravels the mystery of a Thoroughbred trainer's (Mickey Rooney) murder.

In Ireland, the son of Jessica's friend (Fionnula Flanagan) is accused of killing another family member (Andrew Robinson).

Jessica investigates her accountant and uncovers his gambling, an illegal casino and a police officer's murder.

A man (George Segal) who claims Jessica's novel closely resembles the story of his first wife's murder sues Jessica.

A London friend invites Jessica to rewrite a play based on her novel and is accused of murdering a manipulative producer/financier.

When a visit to a mystery-themed resort goes wrong, a local detective and a vacationing British criminal psychiatrist team up to solve a real murder. Starring Elizabeth Henstridge, Charlie Weber.

Mystery Island hosts a corporate retreat with a guest being Emilia's ex-fiancé. Old feelings become complicated, tensions run high and allegations arise when a guest is found dead.

Hailey works to track down a murderer that uses a dating app to find his victims.

After she finds a human skull in the basement of her current project, Shannon sets out to discover who is behind the mysterious death by piecing together clues left behind in the victim's hidden diary.

Her plane laid-over in a small British Columbia town, Jessica probes two murders related to a local mining company.

Jessica discovers clues to a puzzling murder when she is a guest star on a friend's television cooking show.

An art gallery owner is stabbed to death with a sculpture belonging to Jessica's friend (Loretta Swit).

Jessica attempts to clear the name of a Cabot Cove fisherman who is suspected of murdering a Chicago hit man.

Jessica refuses to believe that the editor of her latest book has committed suicide and is determined to find out the truth.

Infrared cameras seem to prove Jessica's writing student is guilty of killing his abusive stepfather.

The closing of a family-owned department store leads to a double murder in New York, and Jessica has no shortage of suspects in the crime.

Fresh blood stains indicate foul play when Seth (William Windom) disappears; a proliferation of strangers in town raises Jessica's suspicions.

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.

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

Archaeologist Emma Fielding unearths evidence of a 17th-century coastal Maine settlement that predates Jamestown, but the dead body that accompanies it embroils Emma and her students in a different kind of investigation.

Emma is hired to consult on the acquisition of a castle-like estate that local legends claim carries a curse.

While hosting a gathering of the Association for the Study of American Archaeology, Emma Fielding is thrust into the middle of a murder mystery when the president of her organization is poisoned on the eve of announcing her successor.

When her patient is questioned about the sudden deaths of her parents, Hailey's previous job comes in handy to prove her innocence.

After Hailey Dean agrees to help Pam dispose of her parent's estate, her friend disappears without a word, Pam's boyfriend suffers a serious accident, and Hailey's boyfriend contracts a serious illness.

Hannah's favorite reality show takes over "The Cookie Jar." When the producer is found dead, Hannah and Norman team up to track down the killer. Chad invites Hannah to court.

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.

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

A movie star's former bodyguard, now a rebellious biker, is the primary suspect in the actor's murder.

Julie suspects that a murder and the perpetrator's apparent suicide are really a double homicide and pursues her own investigation.

A boxing champ (Ken Foree) is accused of murdering a journalist (Christopher Allport) who wrote an unfavorable article about him.

The composer (Geoffrey Blake) of a Broadway-bound musical is accused of murdering its powerful critic (Tony Jay).

Matlock defends a couple accused of murdering a new mother who changed her mind about giving up her baby for adoption.

On his way to a luncheon where he is to be honored as "Man of the Year," Ben and his housekeeper have car trouble, are robbed and then arrested.

Ben defends a man accused of murdering his business partner during a fight about hiring an arsonist to burn down their failing store.

When Hailey attends her niece's school recital, she learns that the beloved music teacher has vanished; Hailey soon discovers several startling secrets among the staff.

Hailey's professional code of ethics prevents her from going to the police about a client's confession, so she must find another way to bring the killer to justice.

Emotionally ready to confront her fiancé's 15-year-old murder, Hailey finds herself caught up in the case of a missing college coed; the deeper Hailey digs into the young woman's disappearance the more she's convinced that the two events are related.

Hailey Dean helps Fincher Garland come to terms with the unexpected murder of his friend, Kurt Cullen; in spite of what the military police say, Fincher doesn't believe that Kurt was murdered in a random attack.

Hailey Dean aids Detective Garland Fincher in investigating a string of murders at Atlanta Memorial Hospital when Fincher's girlfriend Dr. Meghan Phillips is named a suspect in the first killing.

District Attorney Paulina D'Orazio isn't dealing well with the parole of convicted murderer Clayton Morrel; then, Hailey finds the parolee murdered in his home.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ben seeks the truth on behalf of a chemist accused of stealing a hair growth formula and murdering its inventor.

Matlock travels to London to conduct a mock retrial for a man convicted of killing his millionaire father.

Special Prosecutor Matlock faces a top defense attorney in his prosecution of two judges and a lawyer.

Matlock defends a man charged with killing an ambulance-chasing lawyer who specialized in personal injury claims against a local water-slide park.

Ben defends a movie-queen turned cosmetics-mogul accused of murdering her former lover to prevent the publication of some revealing photos.

A serial killer (Richard Gilliland) whose eventual target is Ben embarrasses him in court by leaving false clues.

When Henry is invited as a guest speaker at a luxury resort spa, he quickly finds himself at the center of another murder.

Henry is hired to find the best Italian chef for a new high-end eatery but it turns out that murder is on the menu.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

While back home for the town's bicentennial festivities, Ben is retained to defend a man for two homicides linked to a 15-year-old crime.

While back home for the town's bicentennial festivities, Ben is retained to defend a man for two homicides linked to a 15-year-old crime.

On his way to a dude ranch, Ben is knocked unconscious and dreams of himself as a frontier lawyer, with Conrad as a gunslinging client and Julie as the owner of a boardinghouse.

Ben's insurance agent (Ron Fassler) is charged with murdering a deceitful marriage counselor (Bryan Cranston) after the police learn the adviser was having an affair with the agent's wife (Kim Johnston Ulrich).

Evidence uncovered in Michelle's case may incriminate Ben's murder client (Brynn Thayer), but attorney/client privilege bars action.

Evidence uncovered in Michelle's case may incriminate Ben's murder client (Brynn Thayer), but attorney/client privilege bars action.

Goldy Berry is a Colorado caterer who's thrust into the role of town sleuth to help solve a friend's mysterious death. With the clock ticking, she strikes up an unlikely partnership with a detective to find the killer.

Caterer Goldy Berry reunites with Detective Tom Schultz to investigate the murder of a realtor. As they uncover personal and professional rivalries, they soon realize the culprit is closer than expected.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

In a flashback case involving the young widow (Sheree J. Wilson) of a wealthy older man (Daniel Benzali), Ben recalls the investigative techniques his father taught him.

A grandmother's testimony is vital to Ben's defense of a youth who is charged with murdering his abusive father to protect his mother.

Defending a game-show host (Peter Haskell) accused of killing his producer, Ben learns others had motives.

Matlock risks being disbarred when he accuses the deputy district attorney of misconduct in her case against his client.

Ben finds a photo that may solve a murder while looking for his cousin's (Christina Pickles) philandering husband.

Ben uses evidence in an altered photo to uncover a murder plot designed to conceal a counterfeiting operation.

Goldy agrees to cater an elaborate wedding, but a dead groom and a missing bridezilla brings her together with Tom again.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"Retired" Ben returns from fishing to find a young immigrant farmhand dead and a town unfriendly to questions.

"Retired" Ben returns from fishing to find a young immigrant farmhand dead and a town unfriendly to questions.

Frugal Ben hires a hitchhiker (Randy Travis) to paint his home; Michelle and an insurance adjuster pursue an ad producer's murderer.

Michelle is kidnapped by mobsters who offer her release in exchange for evidence Ben was given prior to a mob lawyer's murder.

A TV reporter is framed for his producer's murder, a smoke screen for a real estate scam and fictitious news story.

Conrad makes a surprising discovery relating to a real estate scam after he infiltrates a street gang.

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

When Hannah discovers the dead body of her competitor, she finds herself the top suspect of their murder.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The town sheriff is murdered during election time and Hannah teams up with the smitten town dentist to clear her brother-in-law of the crime.

Hannah investigates the murder of a fellow bake-off judge.

Former detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madieras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also - a murderer.