Cabot Coverage: A Murder, She Wrote Podcast
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Three sisters and a beloved family friend discuss the crime-solving adventures of mystery novelist Jessica "J.B." Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) on "Murder, She Wrote."
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United States
Description:
Three sisters and a beloved family friend discuss the crime-solving adventures of mystery novelist Jessica "J.B." Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) on "Murder, She Wrote."
Language:
English
Episodes
145. Murder Among Friends (Season 12, Episode 16) (First Aired on February 8, 1996)
4/28/2024
In this spoof of Friends (1994), the producer of a hit TV show called "Buds" featuring an ensemble cast is about to kill off one of the characters when she is found dead in her office.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Frederick Coffin (Wayne's World) as Lt. Roy Flint
2. Gary Hershberger (Twin Peaks) as Timothy Flint
3. Cindy Katz (Charlie Grace) as Ricki Vardian
4. Nicolas Surovy (Forever Young) as Leo Vardian
5. Barbara Alyn Woods (One Tree Hill) as Dyan Emery
6. Bill Brochtrup (NYPD Blue) as Gene Gains
7. Robin Curtis (Star Trek III) as Rosemary Tynan
8. Cameron Dye (Brooklyn South) as Alex Bower
9. Terri Hanauer (Beauty and the Beast (TV)) as Joy
10. Allison Smith (The West Wing) as Carly McAllister
11. John Terlesky (Paradise) as Vince DeNisco
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653557/
Duration:01:08:47
144. Crossed Up (Season 3, Episode 13) (First Aired on February 1, 1987)
4/19/2024
The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what she heard was really a murder plot. Jessica is assisted by Dr. Seth Hazlitt, her nephew Grady Fletcher and Sheriff Amos Tupper.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock and Amazon.
Guest Stars include:
1. Henry Brandon (The Ten Commandments) as Abel Gorcey
2. James Carroll Jordan (Kingsman: The Golden Circle) as Adam Rogers
3. Sandy McPeak (Days of Our Lives) as Morgan Rogers
4. Tony Dow (Leave It to Beaver) as Gordon Rogers
5. Colleen Camp (Clue) as Dody Rogers
6. Stephanie Dunnam (Dynasty) as Leslie Cameron
7. Gisele Mackenzie (The Sid Caesar Show) as Mona
The IMDb page can be found here:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653476/
Duration:01:07:37
143. Proof in the Pudding (Season 10, Episode 12) (First Aired on January 9, 1994)
4/12/2024
Jessica attends the opening of a new restaurant. But when the chef is killed, Jessica is the only one who can find the real killer.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. John Saxon (A Nightmare on Elm Street) as Bernardo Bonelli
2. Bobby Di Cicco (1941) as Philip Bonelli
3. Liza Snyder (Yes, Dear) as Jeannine Bonelli
4. Fran Bennett (New Nightmare) as Detective MacKenzie
5. Heidi Swedberg (Seinfeld) as Lorna Thompson
6. Michael Brandon (Dempsey and Makepeace) as Alex Weaver
7. Valerie Wildman (Days of Our Lives) as Diane Weaver
8. Jsu Garcia (A Nightmare on Elm Street) as Manuel Ramirez
9. Tony Lo Bianco (The French Connection) as Paul Avoncino
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653601/
Duration:00:53:54
142. Obituary for a Dead Anchor (Season 3, Episode 9) (First Aired on December 7, 1986)
4/7/2024
When an obnoxious out-of-town TV personality is murdered, it's up to Jessica to figure out the killer. Jessica works with Sheriff Tupper (Tom Bosley) to solve this crime. Mayor Sam Booth (Richard Paul) also appears in this episode.
This episode can be streamed on Amazon and Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Robert Hogan (Days of Our Lives) as Dr. Wylie Graham
2. Chad Everett (Medical Center) as Kevin Keats
3. Abby Dalton (Hennessey) as Judith Keats
4. Robert Pine (CHiPs) as Doug Helman
5. Kathleen Lloyd (Magnum P.I.) as Paula Roman
6. Mark Stevens (The Dark Corner) as Nick Brody
7. Robert Lipton (As the World Turns) as Richard Abbott
8. Rex Robbins (The Royal Tenenbaums) as George Fish
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653592/
Duration:01:07:00
141. Family Secrets (Season 9, Episode 2) (First Aired on September 27, 1992)
3/16/2024
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.
This episode can be viewed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Brian McNamara (Army Wives) as Randall Sloan
2. Debra Stipe (Full House) as Sally Bates
3. Richard Venture (Heartbreak Ridge) as George Latimer
4. Beth Taylor Hart (NYPD Blue) as Margaret Babbington
5. Jeff Bankert (One Life to Live) as Owen Cooper
6. David Newsom (New Nightmare) as Neal Latimer
7. Charley Lang (Fire in the Sky) as Arnold Lummis
8. Phyllis Thaxter (Superman) as Emily Weymouth
9. Caroline Williams (Renfield) as Janet Weymouth
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653507/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
Duration:00:50:26
140. Weave a Tangled Web (Season 5, Episode 10) (First Aired on January 15, 1989)
3/2/2024
The murder of a womanizing gambler leads to double lives being exposed in seemingly quaint and old-fashioned Cabot Cove. Jessica works with Sheriff Mort Metzger and Dr. Seth Hazlitt to solve this case.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock and Amazon.
Guest Stars include:
1. Mel Ferrer (Lili) as Miles Austin
2. James Sutorius (Dynasty) as Ralph Proctor
3. Pamela Bellwood (Dynasty) as Vivian Proctor
4. George Chakiris (West Side Story) as Eric Bowman
5. Gloria Loring (Days of Our Lives) as Margo Bowman
6. Stanley Kamel (Monk) as Frankie the Barman
7. Charles Haid (Third Watch) as Augie Specter
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653694/
Duration:01:04:07
139. A Nest of Vipers (Season 11, Episode 1) (First Aired on September 25, 1994)
2/11/2024
In Los Angeles, to research an animal park, Jessica finds the employees trying to protect themselves in the middle of a skimmed-funds scandal. Then an amoral publicist turns up dead.
This episode can be viewed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Gregory Sierra (The Towering Inferno) as Lt. Gabriel Caceras
2. Susan Blakely (The Towering Inferno) as Joyce Hacker
3. David Beecroft (Melrose Place) as Mark Atwater
4. Jerry Hardin (The Firm) as Norman Gilford
5. Taylor Nichols (PEN15) as Ted Fraley
6. Corinne Bohrer (Rude Awakening) as Bea Huffington
7. John Dye (Touched By An Angel) as Dr. Ray Stinson
8. Lisa Darr (Life as We Know It) as Kelly Michaels
9. Dion Anderson (Shawshank Redemption) as Joe Gandolph
10. Glenn Taranto (General Hospital) as Jimmy Russell
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653450/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm
Duration:00:48:32
138. It's a Dog's Life (Season 1, Episode 4) (First Aired on November 4, 1984)
2/3/2024
There's in-fighting and backstabbing galore when wealthy Denton Langley snubs his family and leaves most of his estate to a dog, which is discovered after his fatal fall from a drugged horse.
The episode can be streamed on Peacock and Amazon Prime.
Guest Stars include:
1. Dan O'Herlihy (RoboCop) as Denton Langley
2. Lenore Kasdorf (Starship Troopers) as Trish Langley
3. Jared Martin (Dallas) as Spencer Langley
4. Cathryn Damon (Soap) as Morgana Cramer
5. Cherie Currie (Foxes) as Echo Cramer
6. Dean Jones (The Love Bug) as Marcus Boswell
7. Lynn Redgrave (Gods and Monsters) as Abby Benton Freestone
8. Roger Miller (Robin Hood) as Sheriff
9. Forrest Tucker (The Abominable Snowman) as Tom Cassidy
10. Gregory Walcott (Plan 9 from Outer Space) as Isaiah Potts
The IMDb page is here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653533/
Duration:00:54:31
137. Bloodlines (Season 10, Episode 6) (First Aired on November 7, 1993)
11/20/2023
A racehorse trainer is murdered as he is on his way to expose a racing fraud.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Mickey Rooney (Love Finds Andy Hardy) as Matt Cleveland
2. Shawnee Smith (Saw) as Jill Cleveland
3. Don Swayze (Evasive Action) as Gus Tardio
4. Tippi Hedren (The Birds) as Catherine Noble
5. Ami Dolenz (Cant' Buy Me Love) as Tracey Noble
6. Blake Gibbons (General Hospital) as Sheriff Clyde Benson
7. Sean O'Bryan (Olympus Has Fallen) as Paul Hampton
8. Don Murray (Bus Stop) as Wally Hampton
9. Stephen Macht (General Hospital) as Lloyd Mentone
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653468/
Duration:00:59:34
136. Incident in Lot 7 (Season 8, Episode 13) (First Aired on January 19, 1992)
10/30/2023
The would-be producer of the movie adaptation of Jessica's latest book dies.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Stuart Whitman (The Comancheros) as Ben Miller
2. Ron Leibman (Garden State) as Darryl Heyward
3. Paula Prentiss (The Stepford Wives) as Leonora Holt
4. Daniel Bardol (Pretty Woman) as John Cavershaw
5. Jackie Gayle (Broadway Danny Rose) as Willy Montego
6. Ron Glass (Barney Miller) as Lt. Hanrahan
7. Henry Gibson (The 'Burbs) as Oliver Thissle
8. Michelle Johnson (Waxwork) as Monica Chase
9. Lar Park-Lincoln (Knots Landing) as Caroline Pryce
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653530/
Duration:00:58:38
135. From the Horse's Mouth (Season 7, Episode 16) (First Aired on February 24, 1991)
10/8/2023
A clash between Kentucky Thoroughbred breeders leads to murder.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Kevin McCarthy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) as Randolph Sterling
2. Tricia O'Neil (Titanic) as Althea Mayberry
3. John Allen Nelson (24) as Tod Sterling
4. Debra Stipe (Full House) as Dr. Christie Morgan
5. Jerry Orbach (Beauty and the Beast) as Harry McGraw
6. Gregory Walcott (Plan 9 from Outer Space) as Lamar Morgan
7. Maxwell Caulfield (Grease 2) as Derek Padley
8. Patricia Charbonneau (Crime Story) as Diana Sterling
9. Melvin Belli (Lady of the House) as Judge Harlie Harley
10. Robert Donner (Mork & Mindy) as Sheriff Tyrone McKenna
11. Nanette Fabray (Harper Valley P.T.A.) as Emmaline Bristow
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653515/
Duration:01:02:37
134. Something Foul in Flappieville (Season 12, Episode 17) (First Aired on February 15, 1996)
9/26/2023
After Jessica's story for children becomes a television puppet show, she must find the fiend who used one of the puppets as a murder weapon.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) as Parker Foreman
2. Robert Knepper (Prison Break) as Robbie Dorow
3. Dey Young (Pretty Woman) as Mary Dorow
4. Maryedith Burrell (Parenthood (TV)) as Nattie Holt
5. Alan Fudge (Airport 1975) as Gus Hayward
6. Steven Martini (Major Payne) as Jason Cardino
7. Corinne Bohrer (Veronica Mars) as Helena McKenna
8. Brian Cousins (The Young and the Restless) as Lt. Spevak
9. Kimberley Kates (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) as Kim Swofford
10. Stephen Kay (General Hospital) as Darren Crosley
11. Richardson Morse (Contact) as Arvin Bucknell
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653618/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
Duration:00:55:21
133. The Dead File (Season 9, Episode 5) (First Aired on November 15, 1992)
9/18/2023
Jessica appears in a comic strip accusing various people of wrongdoing and triggering a lawsuit -- but the author insists he had nothing to do with it and his inker is killed in his studio.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Harvey Fierstein (Mrs. Doubtfire) as Stan Hatter
2. Susan Kellerman (Last Holiday) as Sergeant Martha Redstone
3. Jon Polito (Homicide: Life on the Streets) as Lieutenant Peter DiMartini
4. Patrick Macnee (The Avengers) as Dayton Whiting
5. Diana Bellamy (Air Force One) as Paige Kindle
6. George Furth (The Man with Two Brains) as Jerry Bozell
7. Robin Gammell (Skyline) as Roger Melton
8. Kris Kamm (Wyatt Earp) as Teddy Graves
9. Rodney Kageyama (Pretty Woman) as Ben Watanabe
10. Mark Roberts (Gilda) as Russell Yorke
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653639/
Duration:01:00:49
132. Fatal Paradise (Season 11, Episode 7) (First Aired on November 13, 1994)
9/6/2023
Jessica helps Charlie Garrett when he is accused of murder in Martinique.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Wayne Rogers (M*A*S*H) as Charlie Garrett
2. Cassie Yates (Dynasty) as Dorie Sparling
3. Michael Callan (Cat Ballou) as Phillip Sparling
4. Christopher Allport (Another World) as Maurice Delagre
5. Cynthia Harris (Mad About You) as Lauren Delagre
6. Rodney Eastman (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3) as Jeff Delagre
7. Marie-Alisa Recasner (Days of Our Lives) as Collette
8. Patricia Barry (Loving) as Melanie Venable
9. Andrew Hill Newman (Mannequin) as Hilton Augustus Venable
10. Anne Lockhart (Battlestar Galactica) as Norma Willens
11. Maurice Roeves (Judge Dredd) as Police Captain
12. Stephen Meadows (Santa Barbara) as Graham Farrow
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653508/
Duration:00:52:14
131. Night of the Tarantula (Season 6, Episode 7) (First Aired on November 12, 1989)
8/30/2023
Jessica must solve a murder while visiting an old friend in Jamaica.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Grand L. Bush (Die Hard) as George Gordon
2. Shani Wallis (Oliver!) as Olivia Waverly
3. John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings) as Harry Waverly
4. Hurd Hatfield (The Picture of Dorian Gray) as Jean-Pierre Dusant
5. Cheryl Arutt (Charles in Charge) as Michelle Dusant
6. Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Brewster's Millions) as Calder Williams
7. James Lancaster (Titanic) as Mark Waverly
8. Patrick Massett (Friday Night Lights) as Adam Waverly
9. Nancy Valen (Baywatch) as Selina Williams Waverly
The IMDb page can be found here:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653587/
Duration:00:53:42
130. A Murderous Muse (Season 10, Episode 20) (First Aired on May 15, 1994)
8/23/2023
Jessica searches for the truth when a maestro is found murdered and an innocent man is charged with the crime.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Jon Polito (The Crow) as Lieutenant Peter DiMartini
2. Jenny Lewis (Troop Beverly Hills) as Leslie Walden
3. Craig Wasson (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3) as Hank Walden
4. Joseph Kell (Port Charles) as Steven Hoyt
5. Matthew Ryan (Days of Our Lives) as Solly Prince
6. Eddie Barth (Fame) as Richie Kanpinski
7. Ronald Guttman (The Hunt for Red October) as Byron Tokofsky
8. Pamela Bellwood (Dynasty) as Vanessa Cross
9. Robert Knepper (Prison Break) as Owen McLaglen
The IMDb page can be found here:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653449/
Duration:00:58:08
129. Murder in a Minor Key (Season 3, Episode 14) (First Aired on February 8, 1987)
8/16/2023
In a book end episode, Jessica tells the store of her new novel about a composer accused of the murder of the professor who plagiarized his music.
This episode can be streamed on Amazon and Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. George Grizzard (Flags of Our Fathers) as Professor Tyler Stoneham
2. Karen Grassle (Little House on the Prairie) as Christine Stoneham
3. Shaun Cassidy (The Hardy Boys) as Chad Singer
4. Paul Clemens (Quincy M.E.) as Mike Prentice
5. Dinah Manoff (Empty Nest) as Jenny Coopersmith
6. Scott Jacoby (The Golden Girls) as Danny Young
7. Rene Auberjonois (Boston Legal) as Prof. Harry Papasian
8. Tom Hallick (Days of Our LIves) as Vice Chancellor Simon
9. Jennifer Holmes (Misfits of Science) as Reagan Miller
10. Herb Edelman (The Golden Girls) as Max Hellinger
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653571/
Duration:01:03:49
128. Race to Death (Season 12, Episode 21) (First Aired on April 28, 1996)
8/10/2023
Jessica investigates when a wealthy yachtsman is murdered two days before a big race, and the daughter of his rival is charged with the crime. This is a Cabot Cove episode and Dr. Seth Hazlitt, Sheriff Mort Metzger and Deputy Andy Broom also appear.
This episode can be streamed on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Steve Forrest (Mommie Dearest) as Captain Ned Larkin
2. Andrea Parker (The Pretender) as Anne Larkin
3. Curtis Blanck (Beverly Hills Ninja) as Tommy Larkin
4. John Getz (Bosch) as Kyle Kimball
5. Kate Hodge (The George Wendt Show) as Alana Kimball
6. Christopher Buchholz (The People Vs. Fritz Bauer) as Jon Vandervelt
7. Martin Milner (Adam-12) as Admiral Len Spalding
8. Dwier Brown (Field of Dreams) as Bill Richards
9. Rick Rossovich (Top Gun) as Steve Gantry
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653602/
Duration:00:57:58
127. My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean (Season 1, Episode 13) (First Aired on February 10, 1985)
7/21/2023
When Jessica's recently widowed niece takes a cruise to get away from it all, a would-be murderer follows her.
This episode can be streamed on Amazon and Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Rosemary Forsyth (Days of Our Lives) as Dr. Andrea Jeffreys Reed
2. Lawrence Pressman (9 to 5) as George Reed
3. Lynda Day George (Mission: Impossible) as Diane Shelley
4. Leslie Nielsen (Airplane!) as Captain Daniels
5. Belinda Montgomery (Doogie Howser, M.D.) as Pamela Crane
6. Jason Evers (The Brain That Wouldn't Die) as Dr. Marshall MacGill
7. Paul Carafotes (Knots Landing) as Ramon, Ship's Steward
8. Vicki Lawrence (Mama's Family) as Phoebe Carroll
9. Jo Anne Worley (Laugh-In) as Carla Raymond
10. Andrew Parks (Donnie Brasco) as Russell Tompkins
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653580/
Duration:00:58:12
126. Dead to Rights (Season 9, Episode 18) (First Aired on March 21, 1993)
7/13/2023
Jessica agrees to help clear a former research assistant of killing her new employer, despite the fact that the woman is a pathological liar.
You can watch this episode on Peacock.
Guest Stars include:
1. Sam Anderson (Forrest Gump) as Ethan Stevens
2. Christine Belford (Beverly Hills, 90210) as Missy Stevens
3. Stephen Kay (Angel Eyes) as Vincent Polaski
4. Evelyn Keyes (Gone with the Wind) as Wanda Polaski
5. Jeffrey Nordling (Big Little Lies) as Bruce Hastings
6. Edward Winter (M*A*S*H) as Baker Lawrence
7. Richard Libertini (Fletch) as Lt. Gabriel Rodino
8. Molly Hagan (Herman's Head) as Dana Ballard
9. Wallace Langham (Veronica's Closet) as Todd Merlin
The IMDb page can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653484/
Duration:00:57:33