Season 3 (1986)

Death Stalks the Big Top (1)
7.5

September 28, 1986 • 45m

Jessica's niece receives a gift from her grandfather---a man long thought dead---which leads Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to a circus...Read more

Death Stalks the Big Top (2)
8.0

October 5, 1986 • 45m

Conclusion. Despite her brother-in-law's confession, Jessica refuses to believe he killed the circus foreman. Neil Fletcher: Jacki...Read more

Unfinished Business
7.0

October 12, 1986 • 45m

A retired policeman decides to re-examine an old case he never solved in which Seth was a strong suspect.

One White Rose for Death
7.0

October 19, 1986 • 45m

Attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder.

Corned Beef And Carnage
7.0

November 2, 1986 • 45m

An adman handling the account of a fast-food chain is murdered and Jessica smells something funny.

Dead Man's Gold
7.0

November 9, 1986 • 45m

While diving for sunken treasure near Cabot Cove, a young woman is murdered.

Deadline for Murder
7.0

November 16, 1986 • 45m

A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher who has turned a goo...Read more

Magnum on Ice (II)
6.0

November 23, 1986 • 45m

Jessica offers to help Thomas Magnum, who has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target. The crossover starts on Ma...Read more

Obituary for a Dead Anchor
7.0

December 7, 1986 • 45m

Jessica reluctantly agrees to do an interview for an old friend, Paula Roman, but is surprised when Kevin Keats, a journalist who ...Read more

Stage Struck
8.0

December 14, 1986 • 45m

The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two previously married, but now warring, actors.

Night of the Headless Horseman
7.0

January 4, 1987 • 45m

The 'headless' horseman rides again, but his costume becomes more realistic.

The Corpse Flew First Class
8.0

January 18, 1987 • 45m

Theft and murder of the courier occur on board a jet bound for London.

Crossed Up
7.0

February 1, 1987 • 45m

The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what she heard was real.

Murder in a Minor Key
7.0

February 8, 1987 • 45m

Jessica tells the tale of a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his music.

The Bottom Line Is Murder
6.0

February 15, 1987 • 45m

A lying TV Consumer advocate is killed. Was it done by one of the clients whose products he maligned?

Death Takes a Dive
8.0

February 22, 1987 • 45m

Jessica inherits a boxer's contract and her old friend; Harry McGraw is accused of murdering its former owner.

Simon Says, Color Me Dead
8.0

March 1, 1987 • 45m

An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.

No Laughing Murder
0.0

March 15, 1987 • 45m

After the engagement party for the offspring of two estranged comics, someone is found dead.

No Accounting for Murder
7.0

March 22, 1987 • 45m

Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect.

The Cemetery Vote
7.0

April 5, 1987 • 45m

First, the reform mayor dies in an ""accident"" and then the mayor's father is murdered after he demands an investigation of the ""accident"".

The Days Dwindle Down
8.0

April 19, 1987 • 45m

Thirty years ago, Sam Wilson was sent to prison for murdering his boss, Malcolm Jarvis. After finally being released, Sam goes hom...Read more

Murder, She Spoke
7.5

May 10, 1987 • 45m

During a short black-out in the studio where Jessica is recording a book for the blind, the studio co-owner is murdered.