Murder, She Wrote

Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell) becomes involved in a murder case while delving into the disappearance of a shy ventriloquist's (Grant Shaud) dummy. Guest stars: Marty Ingels, Lyle Waggoner.

A woman (Vera Miles) seeks Jessica's (Angela Lansbury) help in clearing her son (Richard Gilliland), whom she claims was fathered by Jessica's late husband. Guest star: Jennifer Warren.

While traveling with her publisher's assistant (Hunt Block) in Amish country, Jessica's (Angela Lansbury) involvement in a traffic mishap leads her to a murder. Guest stars: John Ireland, Michael Sarrazin.

Jessica (Angela Lansbury) comes to the aid of a small-town diner's owner (Dee Wallace Stone) who becomes an outcast when she is blamed for three arsenic poisoning deaths. Guest stars: Nina Foch, Mary Crosby.

A writer (Pat Harrington) asks Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to critique his latest work, an expose of a real-life kidnapping, which results in a murder. Guest stars: Jerry Orbach, Jameson Parker.

When Jessica (Angela Lansbury) rents a New York apartment to accommodate her new college teaching position, she discovers the previous tenant has been murdered. Guest stars: William Windom, Eugene Roche.

A policeman-turned-professor (Wings Hauser) challenges Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to solve a series of campus muggings that soon escalates to murder. Guest stars: Roxie Roker, Alan Oppenheimer.

Jessica (Angela Lansbury) aids an old friend (Bradford Dillman) who is suspected of killing an author (Jessica Walter) who had planned to write an unauthorized biography of his famous wife (Barbara Bain).

Sheriff Metzger (Ron Masak) asks Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to help him keep his perspective when his troublesome younger brother (Bruce Abbott) is suspected of murdering his employer (Pat Hingle).

Jessica (Angela Lansbury) accidentally discovers a case of computer tapping which leads to murder when she trades in her manual typewriter for a computer. Guest stars: Conrad Janis, Charles Frank and David Groh.

Jessica (Angela Lansbury) attends the New Orleans funeral of a jazz musician and attempts to solve a 20-year-old murder that is haunting his family. Guest stars: Olivia Cole, Beah Richards, William Atherton.