Episode
Father Dowling Mysteries: The Mummy's Curse Mystery
Overview
While visiting the Chicago Museum to take in a Pharaoh's burial chamber, Father Dowling and Sister Steve encounter an ancient Egyptian curse. Father Prestwick almost becomes a victim himself when he attempts to uncover the tomb's deadly secrets.
Details
- Series
- Father Dowling Mysteries
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1991-02-21
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
The Mummy's Curse Mystery is Episode 17 in Season 3 of Father Dowling Mysteries. It aired on 1991-02-21. The runtime is 47 min.
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Episode 16: The Priest Killer Mystery
When a rooftop sniper almost kills Father Dowling, Sister Steve goes undercover as a cab driver, hoping the flush out the would-be priest-killer.
Episode 18: The Monkey Business Mystery
Father Dowling and Sister Steve go out on a limb when they kidnap a chimp accused of murdering an animal activist. The killer-chimp will be put to sleep unless they can prove it has been framed.
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: The Moving Target Mystery
A hired killer has a change of heart when he discovers that Father Dowling is his intended victim. He warns the priest that someone else is certain to accept the contract. Now it's up to Father Dowling to figure out who, and why, someone is out to get him.
Episode 19: The Hard Boiled Mystery
An author who used Dowling and Steve as characters in his murder mystery dies before its completion.
Episode 14: The Prodigal Son Mystery
A blast from the past rocks Father Dowling's world when a man he's never met shows up claiming to be his son. The man disappears before Father Dowling can question him. And then his would-be son is charged with murder.
Episode 20: The Malibu Mystery
Father Dowling is on the trail of a runaway teen who is taking a walk on the wild side of L.A.'s night life.
Episode 13: The Missing Witness Mystery
Sister Steve has disguised herself as a trashy lady-of-the-evening in order to track down a witness who can clear the name of a young businessman charged with murder. But was he really framed or is he actually guilty? Father Dowling is not certain.
Episode 21: The Consulting Detective Mystery
It is difficult to tell who is consulting with whom when Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of Father Dowling. The pair prove to be an unbeatable team as they put their powers of deduction to the supreme test as eyewitnesses to multiple murders. There's only one hitch: No one other than Dowling can actually see Mr. Holmes!
Episode 12: The Substitute Sister Mystery
Father Dowling and Sister Steve are caught in the middle of the battle of the bugs when warring exterminators do battle over franchise rights. The plot is further thickened by a nun who isn't, a hitman who is and a mobster who will do anything to rescue his daughter.
Episode 22: The Joyful Noise Mystery
The local District Attorney's office is home to bullets and ballots as deadly rivals battle for power. One man is already dead and an innocent boy has been charged with murder. Father Dowling tries to expose the real killer before a political rally becomes a blood bath.
Episode 11: The Fugitive Priest Mystery
Trouble is brewing for Father Dowling when his evil twin brother rolls into town. Blaine manages to frame his brother for a bank robbery, while protecting himself with a perfect alibi: He's been arrested for overdue parking tickets. With the help of Sister Steve, Father Dowling masquerades as his troublesome twin in order to track down his underworld associates.
Episode 10: The Christmas Mystery
There's a murder attempt on a woman who has left her son in the temporary care of St. Michael's and the search for the culprit leads to a department store on Christmas Eve.