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She may be wrong. But frankly, we doubt it.
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Episode 1
Jessica is blamed for the death of an escapee who was wrongly convicted.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Ben Masters, Stephen Furst, Carrie Hamilton, Richard G. Camphuis, George Maharis, Michael Beck, Molly Cheek, George Hearn
Episode 2
A young reporter is persuaded to help a typist alter the evidence and move her husband's body.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Robert E. SwansonGuest stars David Oliver, Ron Masak, Will Nye, Lise Cutter, David McCallum, Janet Margolin, Joe Dorsey, Geoffrey Lewis
Episode 3
Jessica introduces this story of a lawyer with many enemies who is the victim and Dennis who must investigate.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Peter S. FischerGuest stars Heidi Bohay, Nana Visitor, Charles Haid, Keith Michell, Judith Chapman, Robert Reed, Vera Miles, Hallie Todd
Episode 4
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.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Peter S. FischerGuest stars Mala Powers, Raphael Sbarge, Cynthia Harris, Anthony Geary, Guy Stockwell, Van Johnson, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Bradford Dillman
Episode 5
A wealthy woman's passion for jewellery, not always hers, and her involvement with the chauffeur might be connected
Directed by Jerry JamesonWritten by Tom SawyerGuest stars Richard Davalos, Howard McGillin, Stanley Kamel, Mike Farrell, Jonna Lee, Brenda Vaccaro, Doug Mears, Joey Aresco
Episode 6
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.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Donald RossGuest stars Ron Masak, Will Nye, Sally Struthers, Julie Adams, Joe Dorsey, Jason Beghe, Alix Elias, Ruta Lee
Episode 7
This time it is the company controller that seems to have been the victim of the previously convicted publisher.
Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by Tom SawyerGuest stars Brynn Thayer, Lois Chiles, Michael McKean, Todd Susman, Gordon Thomson, George Coe, Arlene Golonka, Regina Leeds
Episode 8
Proving a burnt Mark Twain manuscript is a fake is the reason for a book expert's murder.
Directed by Jerry JamesonWritten by Steve BrownGuest stars Holly Gagnier, Roy Dotrice, Keith Michell, Hallie Todd, James Sloyan, Ken Swofford, David Birney, Diane Baker
Episode 9
Jimmy Dean plays a country-music star who's the victim in this story.
Directed by Jerry JamesonWritten by William BigelowGuest stars Jimmy Dean, Brandon Maggart, Daphne Ashbrook, Mickey Gilley, Florence Henderson, Jeri Gaile, Blake Gibbons, Gary Grubbs
Episode 10
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.
Guest stars Stephen Caffrey, Ricardo Montalban, Melinda Culea, Keith Michell, Joe Dorsey, Hallie Todd, James Sloyan, Ken Swofford
Episode 11
In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who didn't survive.
Directed by Walter GraumanGuest stars Vincent Irizarry, William Windom, Robert Costanzo, Tige Andrews, Cynthia Bain, David Ciminello, Joe Cortese, Diane Franklin
Episode 12
Dennis is suspected in the murder of the husband of an old flame with whom he has been spending some time.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Peter S. FischerGuest stars Susan Blakely, Keith Michell, Hallie Todd, Dennis Cole, James Sloyan, Ken Swofford, Sam Bottoms, Robin Strand
Episode 13
An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Robert E. SwansonGuest stars Harry Guardino, Stephen Macht, Ron Masak, Richard Paul, Will Nye, Robert Ginty, Phyllis Franklin, Susan Clark
Episode 14
A snoopy fan in Texas impersonates Jessica when she starts investigating a potential dog show scandal and Jessica is reported dead.
Directed by Walter GraumanGuest stars Earl Holliman, Jane Withers, Jamie Rose, Betty Garrett, Max Baer Jr., Janet Blair, Terry Moore, Margaret O'Brien
Episode 15
The owner of Edna's Pies near St. Louis, is accused of skimping on her IRS payments. She in turn blames her ex-husband who, consequently, is found murdered.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Donald RossGuest stars Max Wright, Phyllis Newman, Fred Willard, Kent McCord, Macon McCalman, Roy Thinnes, Gregg Henry, Robin Dearden
Episode 16
An argument over stud fees ends in murder.
Directed by Jerry JamesonGuest stars Melvin Belli, John Allen Nelson, Patricia Huston, Maxwell Caulfield, Gregory Walcott, Jerry Orbach, Patricia Charbonneau, Robert Donner
Episode 17
A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Mary Ann Kasica, Michael ScheffGuest stars Robert Lansing, Ron Masak, Claudia Christian, Richard Paul, Will Nye, Don Galloway, Abe Vigoda, Larry Wilcox
Episode 18
A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.
Directed by John Llewellyn MoxeyWritten by Peter S. FischerGuest stars Leslie Easterbrook, Keith Michell, Georgia Brown, Teri Copley, Grant Shaud, Hallie Todd, Marty Ingels, Jim Metzler
Episode 19
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.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Robert E. SwansonGuest stars Alan Fudge, S. Scott Bullock, Lindsay Frost, Paul Gleason, Martin Milner, John Anderson, John Beck, Richard Gilliland
Episode 20
When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Chris ManheimGuest stars Jay Robinson, Martha Byrne, John Ireland, Michael Sarrazin, Todd Eric Andrews, Hunt Block, Arlen Dean Snyder, Ed McCready
Episode 21
The owner of a diner is accused of using too much 'spice' in the food, when someone finds arsenic.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Mary Crosby, Marshall Colt, Nina Foch, Sam Freed, Jack Kruschen, Gary Lockwood, Laurie Prange, Dee Wallace
Episode 22
The brewery family is angry when they find out the writer acting as spokesperson for them has written an expose.
Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by Tom SawyerGuest stars Ron Masak, Will Nye, Leslie Easterbrook, Pat Harrington Jr., Jerry Orbach, Alex Hyde-White, Tony Lo Bianco, Michael McGrady
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Angela LansburyJessica Fletcher
Tom BosleyAmos Tupper
Richard PaulSam Booth
Ron MasakMort Metzger
Julie AdamsEve Simpson
Leonard LightfootDetective Henderson
William WindomSeth Hazlitt
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Universal TelevisionUnited States
