- Title: Murder, She Wrote – Joshua Peabody Died Here… Possibly
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Murder Mystery Monday takes us back to the most famous mystery writer of Cabot Cove. For a sleepy New England town, there’s a lot going on in “Joshua Peabody Died Here… Possibly,” most of it centered around the site of controversial new hotel and a local man’s past coming back to haunt him.
First, the body of an unknown man, who may or may not be the remains of a legendary hero from the Revolutionary War, are found, halting the production of the dishonest construction mogul Henderson Wheatley’s (John Ericson) latest project. And if that’s not enough, the local man (Michael Sarrazin) leading the protests of the construction is fingered for both the murder and an unrelated terrorist bombing from more than a decade ago.
Despite a bad back (which allowed for the debut of William Windom as Dr. Seth Hazlitt), Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) jumps into the case believing the man’s innocence and uncovering others with motives given the victim’s shoddy practices which have caused injuries and deaths to many of his workers over the years. In the end, using the presence of a reporter on the scene (Meg Foster), Jessica is able to clear the local man of the recent charges while also presenting a solid argument to Agent Fred Keller (Chuck Connors) why he is also innocent of the earlier charges.
