Murder, She Wrote (Season 6)

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Appointment in Athens 7.0
Air date: 1989-09-24
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Jessica's old friend, Michael Hagarty, persuades her to play a part in his scheme to free a fellow agent from captivity.
Seal of the Confessional 8.0
Air date: 1989-10-01
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.
The Grand Old Lady 5.3
Air date: 1989-10-08
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.
The Error of Her Ways 8.0
Air date: 1989-10-15
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When the wife of a developer is accused of killing her husband and commits suicide, it leaves the whereabouts of his embezzled millions a mystery.
Jack and Bill 7.0
Air date: 1989-10-29
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.
Dead Letter 4.5
Air date: 1989-11-05
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: An unsent letter turns up in an old bureau bought at a rummage sale the same day arson occurs in a furniture store. Are these events connected?
Night of the Tarantula 7.0
Air date: 1989-11-12
Runtime: 45 min
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.
When the Fat Lady Sings 8.0
Air date: 1989-11-19
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart attack after a shooting.
Test of Wills 7.0
Air date: 1989-11-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.
Class Act 7.0
Air date: 1989-12-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A homicide detective is farmed out to teach a class. His opening speech reduces his class to two. Together they work on a special 'closed' case as their term project.
Town Father 8.0
Air date: 1989-12-17
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The town gets a shock when bachelor Mayor Sam is confronted on the speaker's platform by a young woman claiming he is the father of her five children. Julie Adams, Gloria De Haven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman return as gossips Eve, Phyllis, Idal and Loretta.
Goodbye Charlie 6.5
Air date: 1990-01-07
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Three sets of people try to claim the body found on the railroad track--a nephew, a daughter and a wife. Jessica narrates this story.
If the Shoe Fits 7.0
Air date: 1990-01-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A single mother is accused of killing the landlord that is always harassing her.
How To Make a Killing Without Really Trying 8.0
Air date: 1990-02-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.
The Fixer-upper 7.0
Air date: 1990-02-11
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer.
The Big Show of 1965 7.0
Air date: 1990-02-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Twenty five years after a show in which a stabbing occurred, the cast is reunited and a mystery woman reappears, seeming to accuse Barry.
Murder: According to Maggie 6.0
Air date: 1990-03-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The producer of a police drama investigates the murder of a programmer who differed with her.
O'Malley's Luck 7.0
Air date: 1990-03-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.
Always a Thief 6.5
Air date: 1990-04-08
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton, who uses his skills as an ex-thief to solve crimes, returns to investigate a theft and two murders.
Shear Madness 7.0
Air date: 1990-04-29
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Jessica's cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancÃ©e is murdered in a similar fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.
The Szechuan Dragon 7.0
Air date: 1990-05-06
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Grady and his pregnant wife are tending Jessica's house in her absence when an old seaman is killed in her front room.
The Sicilian Encounter 5.0
Air date: 1990-05-20
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.