Mystery

Only Murders in the Building – Persons of Interest

  • Title: Only Murders in the Building – Persons of Interest
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Only Murders in the Building returns with a Second Season with Mabel (Selena Gomez), Oliver (Martin Short), and Charles (Steve Martin) as persons of interest in the murder of Bunny (Jayne Houdyshell). The celebrity of their arrest creates interest in each member with Charles getting asked to appear as a supporting character in a new Brazzos show, Oliver getting propositioned by Amy Schumer (playing herself) to take the podcast to Hollywood, and Mabel’s art grabs the eye of a new friend (Cara Delevingne). However, despite their plans to leave the world of murder behind, events will eventually pull them back in.

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Only Murders in the Building – Open and Shut

  • Title: Only Murders in the Building – Open and Shut
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The First Season finale of Only Murders in the Building finally solves the murder that occured in the The Arconia which brought together three strangers to make a podcast, solve a crime, and break out of their comfort zones. Believing they have uncovered evidence that points to Jan (Amy Ryan) having a relationship with Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), which makes her a prime suspect in his murder, Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) attempt to prove their theory to Charles (Steve Martin) who elicits his own confession from his girlfriend (but not before she successfully poisons him as well and sets out to murder everyone in the building to cover her tracks). 

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The Secret of the Crooked Cat

  • Title: The Secret of the Crooked Cat
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to a mystery involving the Three Investigators whose mantra of “We Investigate Everything” leads them to look into a traveling carnival in Rocky Beach after a series of mysterious occurences including the theft of a carnival prize where the thief miraculously disappears from a blind alley. It seems the plush crooked cat stolen from Jupiter JonesPete Crenshaw, and Bob Andrews isn’t the only one the prizes the thief is after but just what is hidden in one of the crooked cat prizes and how does a bank robbery on the carnival’s last stop in San Mateo fit in?

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Scooby-Doo! – Don’t Fool with a Phantom

  • Title: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! – Don’t Fool with a Phantom
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! for another mystery involving some meddling kids and their talking dog. “Don’t Fool with a Phantom” was the final episode of the Second Season of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and the last new episode of the show for 8 years until the characters returned in the Fall of 1978. Opening with the gang performing in a dance contest on The Johnny Sands Dance Game Show, where they appear to be the only contestants, the dancing is interrupted by the sudden appearance of a Wax Phantom who superstitious states could the creation of Mr. Grisby (Don Messick), a wax sculptor with a grudge against the station although the true culprit is merely attempting to put suspicion elsewhere while carrying out his plan.

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