Episode
Murder, She Wrote: Unauthorized Obituary
Overview
After Jane Dawson informs Jessica of her plans to write an unauthorized biography on her good friend Ellen Lombard, Ellen's husband Arthur comes under suspicion when Jane's sister and husband find her dead body electrocuted after a T.V. was dropped in her hot tub, and Arthur is seen leaving the house.
Details
- Series
- Murder, She Wrote
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1991-09-29
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Unauthorized Obituary is Episode 3 in Season 8 of Murder, She Wrote. It aired on 1991-09-29. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 2: Night Fears
Former policeman Wallace Evans, now a professor, challenges Jessica to a race to solve a series of muggings on campus, and the muggings soon escalate to murder.
Episode 4: Thicker Than Water
When his younger brother Wayne, the family's black sheep, becomes chief suspect in the murder of his employer, Sherrif Metzger relies on Jessica to help him keep his perspective about the case.
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Episode 1: Bite the Big Apple
Jessica heads off to New York to begin teaching and has difficulty finding an apartment. She finally gets one that she likes, only to learn that a murder recently took place in the apartment complex and that someone desperately wants something that is inside her apartment. She's relieved when Seth comes to New York to check up on her, and enlists his help in cracking the case.
Episode 5: Lines of Excellence
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Episode 6: Judge Not
The death of a rhythm and blues legend and subsequent murder of his bass player reopen the 20-year-old unsolved murder of the musician's wife.
Episode 7: Terminal Connection
Evidence points to the battered wife of a powerful businessman as his killer, but Jessica establishes that there is a long list of suspects who wished him dead.
Episode 8: A Killing in Vegas
Jessica stakes her life on slim odds when she investigates a murder.
Episode 9: The Committee
The governing committee of an exclusive men's club commissions Jessica to identify a rogue member's killer--who likely serves on the committee.
Episode 10: The List of Yuri Lermentov
Chance possession of a secret intelligence document lands Jessica in the center of an international web of intrigue and murder.
Episode 11: Danse Diabolique
When a beautiful ballerina dies during her preniere performance in a new ballet, Jessica is convinced it is murder.
Episode 12: The Witch's Curse
The thespians of Cabot Cove put on a play about a 17th century woman who cursed the town before she was executed as a witch.
Episode 13: Incident in Lot 7
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