Exactly three years ago today, I published my very first post on this blog. And each year, on the anniversary of my starting this blog, I like to take time to reflect on how the blog and website has grown.…
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Before Jessica Fletcher: early detective shows starring women
Early detective shows produced at the dawn of television were ubiquitously centered on male detectives. In the 1950s, the shows had eponymous titles like 'Casey, Crime Photographer', 'Charlie Wilde, Private Detective', and 'Craig Kenney, Criminologist'. But it took a while…
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Murder, She Wrote 9.14 “Killer Radio”
This episode finds Jessica in Easton while she's doing a promotional tour of the Midwest. (The episode doesn't seem to reveal what state Easton is in, but it's possible I simply missed this detail.) She is doing an interview with…
Jessica Fletcher is NOT allergic to radishes: a Wikipedia cautionary tale
It all started on the Murder, She Wrote subreddit: a Reddit user posted a question asking "Was Jessica Fletcher Allergic to Radishes???" This piqued my interest since (just like the original poster) I couldn't recall this allergy ever being mentioned…
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Murder, She Wrote 9.13 “Dead Eye”
This episode finds Jessica in Miami, Florida, delivering a mystery seminar at the South Florida Writers' Conference. While there, she gets drawn into a case involving a detective who was murdered in 1963 and whose remains were recently found in…
American detective shows that premiered in 2020
This week, I'm continuing with my mission to compile a TV Detective Database listing all mystery/detective/crime shows ever made. I have already compiled lists spanning the decades from the 1950s until the 2010s. And now that the year 2020 is well…
Murder, She Wrote 9.12 “Double Jeopardy”
Jessica Fletcher is back in New York City, this time teaching a university extension course in Creative Writing at St. Julian's parish. The class involves a discussion of unique murder methods, and Jessica suggests the students consult her personal bibliography…
Murder, She Wrote: Manhattans and Murder (Book Review)
While I have watched the Murder, She Wrote TV series over and over multiple times, I must confess that it wasn't until I started this blog almost three years ago that I first discovered the Murder, She Wrote spin-off novels.…
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Murder, She Wrote 9.11 “Final Curtain”
A new play is being put on at the Cabot Cove Community Building theater! The play 'And Wept A Stranger' (not a real play as far as I've been able to find) is about one man's descent into madness as…
British detective shows that premiered in 2020
Now that we're well into the 2020s, I figured I should start compiling a list of detectives shows from this decade in my TV Detective Database. However, once I got started, I was surprised by the sheer number of new…
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