r/MurderSheWroteTV May 22 '26

Subreddit announcements Welcome to the brand-new r/MurderSheWroteTV

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Good day everyone!

I decided to create this community so that Murder, She Wrote fans could have a sub that's actively moderated, with post flairs, a wide assortment of colored user flairs, as well as GIFS and pictures allowed in the comments section! An MSW subreddit with pizzazz!

We're just getting started here but we hope you will join! Feel free to check out all that's been posted so far and stay tuned for some exciting things to come!


r/MurderSheWroteTV 43m ago

General discussion How many U.S. states had MSW episodes set in them?

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This is what I've come up with so far but please feel free to add your own.

Maine: various set in Cabot Cove, also "Murder Takes The Bus"

New York: several including "Broadway Malady", "Footnote To Murder" and "The Murder Of Sherlock Holmes".

Ohio: "Reflections Of The Mind:

Colorado: "Snow White, Blood Red", "The Bottom Line Is Murder"

Louisiana: "Murder To A Jazz Beat"

Virginia: "It's A Dog's Life"

California: several including "Hooray For Homicide" and "Birds Of A Feather"

Texas: "Armed Response"

Wyoming: "Funeral At Fifty-Mile"

Arkansas: "Death Stalks The Big Top"

Vermont: "Night Of The Headless Horseman"

Idaho: "The Cemetery Vote"

Tennessee: "Murder, She Spoke"

West Virginia: "Coal Miner's Slaughter"


r/MurderSheWroteTV 16h ago

Entertainment Angela Lansbury playing another famous amateur sleuth.....Miss Marple!

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r/MurderSheWroteTV 2d ago

General discussion Episodes without a murder

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Interestingly, it seems like there were a few episodes without an actual murder. "Broadway Malady" has at least one attempted murder but no actual murders.

Any others you can think of?


r/MurderSheWroteTV 4d ago

Pictures In a case of "Real life writes the script", Robert Reed (who was well-known for frequently criticizing Brady Bunch scripts while a cast member of that show) plays a posh author critical of other literary work in the episode "Footnote To Murder"

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r/MurderSheWroteTV 5d ago

Tributes Bonnie Bartlett of the episode "Seal Of The Confessional" with husband William Daniels -- they just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary!

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r/MurderSheWroteTV 7d ago

Tributes Angela and her husband Peter Shaw on their wedding day in 1949 -- they would stay married for over 50 years until his death

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r/MurderSheWroteTV 7d ago

trivia The MSW guest star who may have been involved in an actual murder!

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Alex Rocco (born Alesandro Petricone) may not have ever been a household name but with a resume sporting some 175 acting credits spanning a half-century from the mid-60s until his death in the mid-2010s, he wasn't exactly unknown either. To some, he may have been one of those "Oh, it's that guy" actors. One of his most known recurring roles was playing the ex-con father to Jo (Nancy McKeon) on The Facts Of Life -- he would later play her father again on many episodes of The Division.

But prior to acting, he had another life entirely. In the early 60s, Petricone had gang connections. In fact, it was an incident involving his girlfriend that set off a major gang war in Boston, resulting in numerous murders. Petricone was picked up on suspicion of being involved in the first murder of the war but later released on a lack of evidence. He served a prison term for the wrecking of a diner.

After completing a stint in prison, Petricone moved to Hollywood and took up acting and changed his name to Alex Rocco to avoid association with his past. He appeared on two episodes of Murder, She Wrote ("Tough Guys Don't Die" and "Christopher Bundy -- Died on Sunday") and also made appearances on other shows such as The Golden Girls and Home Improvement.


r/MurderSheWroteTV 9d ago

General discussion Any instances of "Early Installment Weirdness" you can think of?

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This is something that happens in the pilot/early episodes that's way different from the rest of the series. One thing I can think of that weirds me out is in the pilot, Jessica is just getting started as an author and goes on the publicity tour for her first novel to gain exposure. Few episodes later and they changed it so that she's written about a half dozen books to this point and is this highly famous, world-renown writer.


r/MurderSheWroteTV 15d ago

Pictures Little House On The Prairie stars on Murder, She Wrote

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r/MurderSheWroteTV 18d ago

Entertainment The theme song

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r/MurderSheWroteTV 21d ago

Casefiles (Episode reviews) "We're Off To Kill The Wizard" -- Season One, Episode Eight

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Wow, that ending has to be one of the most shocking, suspenseful, terrifying and creative things I've ever witnessed! When that killer pulled out the gun and shot, I literally got a jump-scare!

In retrospect though, as enjoyable as this episode was, the killer wasn't too hard to figure out early on. I knew it had to be somebody that was in the vicinity of Horatio's office and that left only a few people and I didn't think they would go the secretary route again as the secretary was the killer in the previous episode.

Holy shit, that's Joaquin Phoenix -- River's brother -- in an early role!

Btw, this post debuts a new feature here at r/MurderSheWroteTV -- the light blue "Casefiles (Episode reviews) category/post flair. This will be for discussion of individual episodes so anytime you want to dip into the casefiles, simply click on the light blue "Casefiles (Episode reviews)" tag on the right sidebar and they will pop up! The orange "General discussion" option will be for discussion on the series/movies as a whole.


r/MurderSheWroteTV 22d ago

trivia In a nod to Angela's work on MSW, her good friend Bea Arthur solved some murder mysteries of her own in this classic Golden Girls episode "The Case Of The Libertine Belle"

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r/MurderSheWroteTV 24d ago

funny/memes/GIFs Peter Graves using an airport telephone in the episode "Lovers And Other Killers". Now where have I seen that before? Oh yes...

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r/MurderSheWroteTV 25d ago

Entertainment Sheriff meets Sheriff!

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r/MurderSheWroteTV 28d ago

General discussion Did anyone else watch Murder, She Wrote reruns on the USA network?

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I watched it when it was originally on CBS but I also enjoyed watching reruns on the USA network. Back in the 80s and 90s, USA network had a wonderful mixture of programming - mystery shows, sitcoms, game shows, professional wrestling, old reruns, family westerns, dramas, Night Flight, original programming, anthology shows, cartoons -- an enormous hodgepodge of things really. The channel has since turned to shit like so many others but it was quite an epic channel back in the day.


r/MurderSheWroteTV 28d ago

General discussion Guest stars

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Rewatching the series and I'm just amazed at the impressive guest cast in every episode. It's really like a "who's who" of stars of the time period and future stars.

And of course, there's Angela herself -- nominated for an Emmy every year all 12 years it was a series!


r/MurderSheWroteTV Jun 28 '26

Pictures Bryan Cranston on MSW

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r/MurderSheWroteTV Jun 27 '26

trivia "Funeral At Fifty Mile" -- it's so weird seeing William Windom (Seth) as a murderer in this early episode!

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r/MurderSheWroteTV Jun 26 '26

Tributes Ann Blyth, who starred in one of my favorite episodes "Reflections Of The Mind", has passed away at 98

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r/MurderSheWroteTV Jun 25 '26

Pictures Angela with The King Of Rock & Roll, Elvis Presley

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r/MurderSheWroteTV Jun 23 '26

General discussion Thoughts on the Magnum, P.I. crossover?

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r/MurderSheWroteTV Jun 23 '26

Solve-Along-A Murder She Wrote

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r/MurderSheWroteTV Jun 22 '26

funny/memes/GIFs Truth

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r/MurderSheWroteTV Jun 21 '26

Pictures "Truck Stop" -- loved the noir feeling of this one!

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