Episode
Murder, She Wrote: Night of the Tarantula
Overview
A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.
Details
- Series
- Murder, She Wrote
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1989-11-12
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Night of the Tarantula is Episode 7 in Season 6 of Murder, She Wrote. It aired on 1989-11-12. The runtime is 45 min.
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