TELEVISION PROGRAM

Murder mysteries, broadcast 1984-96.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Julie Adams	Actor	17-Oct-1926		Paula Denning on Capitol
Claude Akins	Actor	25-May-1926	27-Jan-1994	Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Tom Bosley	Actor	1-Oct-1927	19-Oct-2010	Dad on Happy Days
Len Cariou	Actor	30-Sep-1939		Sweeney Todd
Gloria DeHaven	Actor	23-Jul-1925	30-Jul-2016	Summer Holiday
Herb Edelman	Actor	5-Nov-1933	21-Jul-1996	Stan Zbornak on The Golden Girls
Louis Herthum	Actor	5-Jul-1956		The Last Exorcism
Angela Lansbury	Actor	16-Oct-1925		Murder She Wrote
Ron Masak	Actor	1-Jul-1936		Sheriff Metzger on Murder She Wrote
Keith Michell	Actor	1-Dec-1928	20-Nov-2015	The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Jerry Orbach	Actor	20-Oct-1935	28-Dec-2004	Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order
Richard Paul	Actor	6-Jun-1940	25-Dec-1998	Born to play Jerry Falwell
Madlyn Rhue	Actor	3-Oct-1935	16-Dec-2003	Marjorie Grant on Bracken's World
Wayne Rogers	Actor	7-Apr-1933	31-Dec-2015	Trapper John on M*A*S*H
Gregory Sierra	Actor	25-Jan-1941		Det. Sgt. Chano on Barney Miller
Ken Swofford	Actor	25-Jul-1933		Quentin Morloch on Fame
Hallie Todd	Actor	7-Jan-1962		Penny Waters on Brothers
William Windom	Actor	28-Sep-1923	16-Aug-2012	Glen Morley on The Farmer's Daughter

EPISODE GUIDE

Pilot

--	The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (30-Sep-1984)

Season One (1984)

1	Deadly Lady (7-Oct-1984)
2	Birds of a Feather (14-Oct-1984)
3	Hooray for Homicide (28-Oct-1984)
4	It's a Dog's Life (4-Nov-1984)
5	Lovers and Other Killers (18-Nov-1984)
6	Hit, Run and Homicide (25-Nov-1984)
7	We're Off to Kill the Wizard (9-Dec-1984)
8	Death Takes a Curtain Call (16-Dec-1984)
9	Death Casts a Spell (30-Dec-1984)
10	Capitol Offense (6-Jan-1985)
11	Broadway Malady (13-Jan-1985)
12	Murder to a Jazz Beat (3-Feb-1985)
13	My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean (10-Feb-1985)
14	Paint Me a Murder (17-Feb-1985)
15	Tough Guys Don't Die (24-Feb-1985)
16	Sudden Death (3-Mar-1985)
17	Footnote to Murder (10-Mar-1985)
18	Murder Takes the Bus (17-Mar-1985)
19	Armed Response (31-Mar-1985)
20	Murder at the Oasis (7-Apr-1985)
21	Funeral at Fifty-mile (21-Apr-1985)

Season Two (1985)

1	Widow, Weep for Me (29-Sep-1985)
2	Joshua Peabody Died Here...Possibly (6-Oct-1985)
3	Murder in the Afternoon (13-Oct-1985)
4	School for Scandal (20-Oct-1985)
5	Sing a Song of Murder (27-Oct-1985)
6	Reflections of the Mind (3-Nov-1985)
7	A Lady in the Lake (10-Nov-1985)
8	Dead Heat (24-Nov-1985)
9	Jessica Behind Bars (1-Dec-1985)
10	Sticks & Stones (15-Dec-1985)
11	Murder Digs Deep (29-Dec-1985)
12	Murder By Appointment Only (5-Jan-1986)
13	Trial By Error (12-Jan-1986)
14	Keep the Home Fries Burning (19-Jan-1986)
15	Powder Keg (9-Feb-1986)
16	Murder in the Electric Cathedral (16-Feb-1986)
17	One Good Bid Deserves a Murder (23-Feb-1986)
18	If a Body Meet a Body (9-Mar-1986)
19	Christopher Bundy Died On Sunday (30-Mar-1986)
20	Menace, Anyone? (6-Apr-1986)
21	The Perfect Foil (13-Apr-1986)
22	If the Frame Fits (18-May-1986)

Season Three (1986)

1	Death Stalks the Big Top (Part 1) (28-Sep-1986)
2	Death Stalks the Big Top (Part 2) (5-Oct-1986)
3	Unfinished Business (12-Oct-1986)
4	One White Rose for Death (19-Oct-1986)
5	Corned Beef & Carnage (2-Nov-1986)
6	Dead Man's Gold (9-Nov-1986)
7	Deadline for Murder (16-Nov-1986)
8	Magnum On Ice (Part 2) (23-Nov-1986)
9	Obituary for a Dead Anchor (7-Dec-1986)
10	Stage Struck (14-Dec-1986)
11	Night of the Headless Horseman (4-Jan-1987)
12	The Corpse Flew First Class (18-Jan-1987)
13	Crossed Up (1-Feb-1987)
14	Murder in a Minor Key (8-Feb-1987)
15	The Bottom Line Is Murder (15-Feb-1987)
16	Death Takes a Dive (22-Feb-1987)
17	Simon Says, Color Me Dead (1-Mar-1987)
18	No Laughing Murder (15-Mar-1987)
19	No Accounting for Murder (22-Mar-1987)
20	The Cemetery Vote (5-Apr-1987)
21	The Days Dwindle Down (19-Apr-1987)
22	Murder She Spoke (10-May-1987)

Season Four (1987)

1	A Fashionable Way to Die (20-Sep-1987)
2	When Thieves Fall Out (27-Sep-1987)
3	Witness for the Defense (4-Oct-1987)
4	Old Habits Die Hard (11-Oct-1987)
5	The Way to Dusty Death (25-Oct-1987)
6	It Runs in the Family (1-Nov-1987)
7	If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly (8-Nov-1987)
8	Steal Me a Story (15-Nov-1987)
9	Trouble in Eden (22-Nov-1987)
10	Indian Giver (29-Nov-1987)
11	Doom With a View (13-Dec-1987)
12	Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder? (3-Jan-1988)
13	Harbinger of Death (24-Jan-1988)
14	Curse of the Daanau (7-Feb-1988)
15	Mourning Among the Wisterias (14-Feb-1988)
16	Murder Through the Looking Glass (21-Feb-1988)
17	A Very Good Year for Murder (28-Feb-1988)
18	Benedict Arnold Slipped Here (13-Mar-1988)
19	Just Another Fish Story (27-Mar-1988)
20	Showdown in Saskatchewan (10-Apr-1988)
21	Deadpan (1-May-1988)
22	The Body Politic (8-May-1988)

Season Five (1988)

1	J.B... as in Jailbird (23-Oct-1988)
2	A Little Night Work (30-Oct-1988)
3	Mr. Penroy's Vacation (6-Nov-1988)
4	Snow White, Blood Red (13-Nov-1988)
5	Coal Miner's Slaughter (20-Nov-1988)
6	Wearing of the Green (27-Nov-1988)
7	The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel (18-Dec-1988)
8	Prediction: Murder (1-Jan-1989)
9	Something Borrowed, Someone Blue (8-Jan-1989)
10	Weave a Tangled Web (15-Jan-1989)
11	The Search for Peter Kerry (5-Feb-1989)
12	Smooth Operators (12-Feb-1989)
13	Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble (19-Feb-1989)
14	From Russia...With Blood (26-Feb-1989)
15	Alma Murder (12-Mar-1989)
16	Truck Stop (2-Apr-1989)
17	The Sins of Castle Cove (9-Apr-1989)
18	Trevor Hudson's Legacy (16-Apr-1989)
19	Double Exposure (30-Apr-1989)
20	Three Strikes, You're Out (7-May-1989)
21	Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (Part 1) (14-May-1989)
22	Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (Part 2) (21-May-1989)

Season Six (1989)

1	Appointment in Athens (24-Sep-1989)
2	Seal of the Confessional (1-Oct-1989)
3	The Grand Old Lady (8-Oct-1989)
4	The Error of Her Ways (15-Oct-1989)
5	Jack & Bill (29-Oct-1989)
6	Dead Letter (5-Nov-1989)
7	Night of the Tarantula (12-Nov-1989)
8	When the Fat Lady Sings (19-Nov-1989)
9	Test of Wills (26-Nov-1989)
10	Class Act (3-Dec-1989)
11	Town Father (17-Dec-1989)
12	Goodbye Charlie (7-Jan-1990)
13	If the Shoe Fits (21-Jan-1990)
14	How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying (4-Feb-1990)
15	The Fixer-upper (11-Feb-1990)
16	The Big Show of 1965 (25-Feb-1990)
17	Murder--According to Maggie (4-Mar-1990)
18	O'malley's Luck (25-Mar-1990)
19	Always a Thief (8-Apr-1990)
20	Shear Madness (29-Apr-1990)
21	The Szechuan Dragon (6-May-1990)
22	The Sicilian Encounter (20-May-1990)

Season Seven (1990)

1	Trials & Tribulations (16-Sep-1990)
2	Deadly Misunderstanding (23-Sep-1990)
3	See You in Court, Baby (30-Sep-1990)
4	Hannigan's Wake (28-Oct-1990)
5	The Family Jewels (4-Nov-1990)
6	A Body to Die For (11-Nov-1990)
7	The Return of Preston Giles (18-Nov-1990)
8	The Great Twain Robbery (25-Nov-1990)
9	Ballad for a Blue Lady (2-Dec-1990)
10	Murder in F Sharp (16-Dec-1990)
11	Family Doctor (6-Jan-1991)
12	Suspicion of Murder (20-Jan-1991)
13	Moving Violation (3-Feb-1991)
14	Who Killed J.B. Fletcher? (10-Feb-1991)
15	The Taxman Cometh (17-Feb-1991)
16	From the Horse's Mouth (24-Feb-1991)
17	The Prodigal Father (10-Mar-1991)
18	Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy? (17-Mar-1991)
19	Thursday's Child (7-Apr-1991)
20	Murder, Plain & Simple (28-Apr-1991)
21	Tainted Lady (5-May-1991)
22	The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane (12-May-1991)

Season Eight (1991)

1	Bite the Big Apple (15-Sep-1991)
2	Night Fears (22-Sep-1991)
3	Unauthorized Obituary (29-Sep-1991)
4	Thicker Than Water (6-Oct-1991)
5	Lines of Excellence (3-Nov-1991)
6	Judge Not (10-Nov-1991)
7	Terminal Connection (17-Nov-1991)
8	A Killing in Vegas (24-Nov-1991)
9	The Committee (1-Dec-1991)
10	The List of Uri Lermentov (15-Dec-1991)
11	Danse Diabolique (5-Jan-1992)
12	The Witch's Curse (12-Jan-1992)
13	Incident in Lot 7 (19-Jan-1992)
14	The Monte Carlo Murders (2-Feb-1992)
15	Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief (1-Mar-1992)
16	Ever After (8-Mar-1992)
17	To the Last Will I Grapple With Thee (15-Mar-1992)
18	Programmed for Murder (5-Apr-1992)
19	Day of the Dead (26-Apr-1992)
20	Angel of Death (3-May-1992)
21	Badge of Honor (10-May-1992)
22	Murder On Madison Avenue (17-May-1992)

Season Nine (1992)

1	Murder in Milan (20-Sep-1992)
2	Family Secrets (27-Sep-1992)
3	The Mole (4-Oct-1992)
4	The Wind Around the Tower (1-Nov-1992)
5	The Dead File (15-Nov-1992)
6	Night of the Coyote (22-Nov-1992)
7	Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice (19-Nov-1992)
8	The Classic Murder (6-Dec-1992)
9	A Christmas Secret (13-Dec-1992)
10	The Sound of Murder (3-Jan-1993)
11	Final Curtain (10-Jan-1993)
12	Double Jeopardy (17-Jan-1993)
13	Dead Eye (7-Feb-1993)
14	Killer Radio (14-Feb-1993)
15	The Petrified Florist (21-Feb-1993)
16	Threshold of Fear (28-Feb-1993)
17	The Big Kill (7-Mar-1993)
18	Dead to Rights (21-Mar-1993)
19	Lone Witness (4-Apr-1993)
20	Ship of Thieves (2-May-1993)
21	The Survivor (9-May-1993)
22	Love's Deadly Desire (16-May-1993)

Season Ten (1993)

1	A Death in Hong Kong (12-Sep-1993)
2	For Whom the Bell Tolls (26-Sep-1993)
3	The Legacy of Borbey House (3-Oct-1993)
4	The Phantom Killer (24-Oct-1993)
5	A Virtual Murder (31-Oct-1993)
6	Bloodlines (7-Nov-1993)
7	A Killing in Cork (21-Nov-1993)
8	Love and Hate in Cabot Cove (28-Nov-1993)
9	Murder at a Discount (5-Dec-1993)
10	Murder in White (19-Dec-1993)
11	Northern Explosion (2-Jan-1994)
12	Proof in the Pudding (9-Jan-1994)
13	Portrait of Death (16-Jan-1994)
14	Deadly Assets (23-Jan-1994)
15	Murder on the Thirtieth Floor (6-Feb-1994)
16	Time to Die (6-Mar-1994)
17	The Dying Game (13-Mar-1994)
18	The Trouble with Seth (27-Mar-1994)
19	Roadkill (1-May-1994)
20	A Murderous Muse (15-May-1994)
21	Wheel of Death (22-May-1994)

Season Eleven (1994)

1	A Nest of Vipers (25-Sep-1994)
2	Amsterdam Kill (2-Oct-1994)
3	To Kill a Legend (9-Oct-1994)
4	Death in Hawaii (16-Oct-1994)
5	Dear Deadly (23-Oct-1994)
6	The Murder Channel (6-Nov-1994)
7	Fatal Paradise (13-Nov-1994)
8	Crimson Harvest (20-Nov-1994)
9	Murder by Twos (27-Nov-1994)
10	Murder of the Month Club (4-Dec-1994)
11	An Egg to Die For (11-Dec-1994)
12	The Scent of Murder (8-Jan-1995)
13	Death 'n Denial (22-Jan-1995)
14	Murder in High-C (5-Feb-1995)
15	Twice Dead (12-Feb-1995)
16	Film Flam (19-Feb-1995)
17	Murder a la Mode (26-Feb-1995)
18	The Dream Team (19-Mar-1995)
19	School for Murder (30-Apr-1995)
20	Another Killing in Cork (7-May-1995)
21	Game, Set, Murder (14-May-1995)

Season Twelve (1995)

1	Nailed (21-Sep-1995)
2	A Quaking in Aspen (28-Sep-1995)
3	The Secret of Gila Junction (5-Oct-1995)
4	Big Easy Murder (12-Oct-1995)
5	Home Care (19-Oct-1995)
6	Nan's Ghost (Part 1) (2-Nov-1995)
7	Nan's Ghost (Part 2) (9-Nov-1995)
8	Shooting in Rome (16-Nov-1995)
9	Deadly Bidding (23-Nov-1995)
10	Frozen Stiff (30-Nov-1995)
11	Unwilling Witness (14-Dec-1995)
12	Kendo Kill (4-Jan-1996)
13	Death Goes Double Platinum (7-Jan-1996)
14	Murder in Tempo (11-Jan-1996)
15	The Dark Side of the Door (1-Feb-1996)
16	Murder Among Friends (8-Feb-1996)
17	Something Foul in Floppieville (15-Feb-1996)
18	Track of a Soldier (25-Feb-1996)
19	Evidence of Malice (28-Mar-1996)
20	Southern Double-Cross (4-Apr-1996)
21	Race to Death (28-Apr-1996)
22	What You Don't Know Can Kill You (5-May-1996)
23	Mrs. Parker's Revenge (12-May-1996)
24	Death by Demographics (19-May-1996)

TV Movies

--	South by Southwest (2-Nov-1997)
--	A Story to Die For (18-May-2000)
--	The Last Free Man (2-May-2001)
--	The Celtic Riddle (9-May-2003)

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