4.14 - Curse of the Daanav
CCG fan Kris Maslonka joins Bridget to discuss the one where we learn Seth has a brother and was once married!
Aug 12, 2024•39 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Cabot Cove Gazette – a Murder, She Wrote podcast
An episode by episode analysis of the iconic TV series Murder, She Wrote hosted by Bridget Kies, a queer fan and media scholar.
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Special Episode - A Talent for Murder
Guest host Frank Berman joins Bridget to talk about Angela Lansbury's 1984 TV movie A Talent for Murder, in which she plays...a mystery novelist.
Aug 05, 2024•43 min
4.13 - Harbinger of Death
Guest Taylor Cole Miller joins Bridget to talk about comets, telescopes, and that defense contract about outer space.
Apr 29, 2024•38 min•Season 4Ep. 13
4.12 - Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
Guest Taylor Cole Miller joins Bridget to talk about the one where we learn about Amos's terrible in-laws. This episode has brief mentions of domestic violence.
Apr 22, 2024•37 min•Season 4Ep. 12
4.11 - Doom with a View
Guest Paul Gagliardi joins Bridget to talk about the one time Janet Leigh didn't get murdered in a hotel. With bonus Grady.
Apr 15, 2024•33 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Episode 4.10
Guest Paul Gagliardi joins Bridget to talk about this episode in which a native man claims to own Cabot Cove. CW: This episode deals with themes of violence toward native peoples.
Apr 08, 2024•31 min•Season 4Ep. 10
4.9 - Trouble in Eden
Guests Mark Benedict and Alicia Schaeffer join Bridget to talk about Jessica's jaunt to "bizarro Cabot Cove," where she accidentally ends up the madame of a brothel.
Apr 01, 2024•33 min•Season 4Ep. 9
4.8 - Steal Me a Story
Guest hosts Alicia Schaeffer and Mark Benedict join Bridget to discuss Jessica's return to Hollywood for another book vs. media scandal.
Mar 25, 2024•35 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Special Episode - Murder, She Wrote's Legacy
What influence has Murder, She Wrote had on contemporary TV mysteries? In this special episode, we'll talk about what movies, series, and even channels like Hallmark Movies and Mysteries owe our beloved series, and how they don't quite capture its spirit.
Mar 18, 2024•29 min
4.7 - If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
The night deputy might be having an affair with one of Loretta's beauty parlor clients...or all of them. Guest host Frank Berman investigates with Bridget.
Mar 11, 2024•30 min•Season 4Ep. 7
4.6 - It Runs in the Family
Guest host Frank Berman joins Bridget to talk about the first ever Jessica-free episode. Bonus Mr. Belvedere!
Mar 04, 2024•30 min•Season 4Ep. 6
4.5 - The Way to Dusty Death
Guest hosted by YOU! Bridget and fellow LanStans talk about this Macbeth riff set among high-powered executives.
Feb 26, 2024•26 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Special Rebroadcast - A Little Yuletide Murder
This week, we revisit an episode from January in which we discuss the Murder, She Wrote tie-in novel, A Little Yuletide Murder. Make sure you read the book before listening!
Jan 01, 2024•32 min
Special Rebroadcast - Mrs. Santa Claus
Join us for a rebroadcast of our 2021 episode on Angela Lansbury's 1996 TV movie Mrs. Santa Claus.
Dec 25, 2023•37 min
Announcement and Teaser
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Dec 04, 2023•3 min
4.4 - Old Habits Die Hard
Five words: Eileen Brennan in a habit. When Jessica goes to a convent, Bridget pretty much just laughs through the whole episode, and TJ takes a trip down school book fair memory lane.
Oct 09, 2023•30 min•Season 4Ep. 4
4.2 - When Thieves Fall Out
A grim episode in Cabot Cove in which Jessica seems to change character. Plus, TJ is hangry, and we speculate on what happened to Ethan.
Sep 25, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 2
4.1 - A Fashionable Way to Die
We're going to Paris, baby! Jessica investigates a murder at a fashion show, and Bridget and TJ assess which is worse: the outfits or the accents.
Sep 18, 2023•28 min•Season 4Ep. 1
3.22 - Murder, She Spoke
While recording an audiobook, Jessica just happens to be around a murder in a recording studio. TJ and Bridget don't think she did it, but they are suspicious of how she decides to announce the solution.
Sep 11, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 22
3.21 - The Days Dwindle Down
An interesting mashup of an old film noir and a hot take on the jurisprudence system, plus TJ and Bridget's usual hot mess banter.
Sep 04, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 21
3.20 - The Cemetery Vote
In small town Idaho, the sheriff turns out not to be the bad guy, there's a magical ring, and TJ introduces the concept of the Cabot Cove diaspora.
Aug 28, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 20
3.19 - No Accounting for Murder
Grady once again finds himself in the middle of something illegal, someone's living inside the walls of an office building, Mort isn't Mort, and an Irish guy who's not Michael Hagerty falls for Jessica.
Aug 21, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 19
3.18 - No Laughing Murder
Let's take a trip back in time to the Borscht Belt, where things get out of control when videotapes go on sale. And we discuss the physics of stabbing oneself.
Jul 24, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 18
3.17 - Simon Says, Color Me Dead
The gayest episode yet! Plus, Jessica's social graces carry Cabot Cove through the death of a painter, a murderous affair, and an economic class divide.
Jul 17, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 17
3.16 - Death Takes a Dive
Harry McGraw is back in a hot mess of an episode that is redeemed by Adam West and Levar Burton! Plus, Bridget and TJ's friendship is in jeopardy over TJ's secret interests.
Jul 10, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 16
3.15 - The Bottom Line Is Murder
Murderous teddy bears, deepfakes, and feminist lesbians. TJ and Bridget will sort it all out.
Jul 03, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Special Episode - The Manchurian Candidate
TJ and Bridget talk about Lansbury's performance and how the movie fit into her wider career. They also lament they "just don't make 'em like they used to."
Jun 19, 2023•40 min
Special Rebroadcast - Murder in the Electric Cathedral
In contemplation of the news of Pat Robertson's death, we thought it would be useful to revisit this episode, originally broadcast in November 2022.
Jun 12, 2023•32 min
3.14 - Murder in a Minor Key
A dud of an episode that doesn't feature Jessica as the investigator, but we promise our podcast episode finds ways to be fun anyway.
Jun 05, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 14
3.13 - Crossed Up
A bedridden Jessica overhears a murder through a crossed telephone line, and TJ and Bridget are absolutely here for this fun homage to Barbara Stanwyck's "Sorry, Wrong Number."
May 29, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 13
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