
Murder, She Wrote — Season 6
She may be wrong. But frankly, we doubt it.
About this season
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Episodes (22)

1. Appointment in Athens
7.0Aired 24 September 1989 • 45 min
Jessica's old friend, Michael Hagarty, persuades her to play a part in his scheme to free a fellow agent from captivity.

2. Seal of the Confessional
8.0Aired 1 October 1989 • 45 min
A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.

3. The Grand Old Lady
4.2Aired 8 October 1989 • 45 min
When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.

4. The Error of Her Ways
8.0Aired 15 October 1989 • 45 min
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.

5. Jack and Bill
7.0Aired 29 October 1989 • 45 min
A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.

6. Dead Letter
3.3Aired 5 November 1989 • 45 min
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?

7. Night of the Tarantula
7.0Aired 12 November 1989 • 45 min
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.

8. When the Fat Lady Sings
8.0Aired 19 November 1989 • 45 min
The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart attack after a shooting.

9. Test of Wills
7.0Aired 26 November 1989 • 45 min
A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.

10. Class Act
7.0Aired 3 December 1989 • 45 min
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.

11. Town Father
7.7Aired 17 December 1989 • 45 min
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.

12. Goodbye Charlie
6.7Aired 7 January 1990 • 45 min
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.

13. If the Shoe Fits
7.0Aired 21 January 1990 • 45 min
A single mother is accused of killing the landlord that is always harassing her.

14. How To Make a Killing Without Really Trying
7.5Aired 4 February 1990 • 45 min
Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.

15. The Fixer-upper
7.0Aired 11 February 1990 • 45 min
Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer.

16. The Big Show of 1965
7.0Aired 25 February 1990 • 45 min
Twenty five years after a show in which a stabbing occurred, the cast is reunited and a mystery woman reappears, seeming to accuse Barry.

17. Murder: According to Maggie
6.0Aired 4 March 1990 • 45 min
The producer of a police drama investigates the murder of a programmer who differed with her.

18. O'Malley's Luck
7.0Aired 25 March 1990 • 45 min
An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.

19. Always a Thief
6.5Aired 8 April 1990 • 45 min
Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton, who uses his skills as an ex-thief to solve crimes, returns to investigate a theft and two murders.

20. Shear Madness
7.0Aired 29 April 1990 • 45 min
Jessica's cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancée is murdered in a similar fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.

21. The Szechuan Dragon
7.0Aired 6 May 1990 • 45 min
Grady and his pregnant wife are tending Jessica's house in her absence when an old seaman is killed in her front room.

22. The Sicilian Encounter
5.0Aired 20 May 1990 • 45 min
Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.