Plans to build a new hotel in Cabot Cove are put on hold when diggers discover an old skeleton that had been buried deeply that many of the townspeople believe to be the remains of Joshua Peabody. Not everyone is thus inclined though, and many people believe it's just a random dead body. But when Jessica and Amos head back to the dig site, they find there's another body there! Jessica not only has to find out who killed Wheatley, she has to help an old friend when his past comes back to haunt him.

While spending time at a lake, Jessica sees what appears to be a struggle and a woman falling from a boat into the lake.

When a woman is electrocuted in her bathroom, Amos chuckles that even Jessica can't make a murder out of it. Michael Dugby: Parker Stevenson. Harry Pierce: John Astin. Frederich Hoffman: Paul Benedict. Adam Frobisher: Christopher Stone. Edna: Evelyn Keyes.

An archaeological dig at the site of Coronado's City of Gold does not please everyone and a new corpse is dug up.

Jessica, Seth and Amos try out a new tourist-oriented restaurant, and murder interrupts their meal.

Investigation of a claim that the deceased was murdered leads the police to discover that the wrong body is in the coffin.

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

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

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

An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.

When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.

A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.

Somebody laced Mrs. Fletcher's chowder and Amos' brutish brother-in-law was in for the long sleep.

Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.

Someone wants the old historic house enough to kill for it and its supposed hidden treasure AND Jessica is executor of the late owner's will.

The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.

Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.

A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she really died a century or so ago.

A red hot novel, written by a former Fletcher student, seems to expose the small town's secrets and inspires murder. Julie Adams, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman appear again as the local gossips.

Eudora McVeigh, a rival mystery writer, arrives at Jessica's door with seemingly friendly intentions, but the discovery of a corpse and a web of deceit follows her to Cabot Cove leading Jessica to suspect the woman of ulterior and sinister motives.

After Seth is hospitalized and diagnosed as poisoned, with an apple Eudora gave Jessica, she still believes in her colleague's innocence. Sheriff Metzger discovers the murdered P.I. was following her husband, Hank Shipton, and found him adulterous with rich Victor Casper's wife, Lisa. Hank's son, Bobby, is beaten up by local Arnie on account of pool bet debts. Jessica ties up all the loose ends.

A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.

A single mother is accused of killing the landlord that is always harassing her.

Grady and his pregnant wife are tending Jessica's house in her absence when an old seaman is killed in her front room.

In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who didn't survive.

Jessica heads off to New York to begin teaching and has difficulty finding an apartment. She finally gets one that she likes, only to learn that a murder recently took place in the apartment complex and that someone desperately wants something that is inside her apartment. She's relieved when Seth comes to New York to check up on her, and enlists his help in cracking the case.

When his younger brother Wayne, the family's black sheep, becomes chief suspect in the murder of his employer, Sherrif Metzger relies on Jessica to help him keep his perspective about the case.

The thespians of Cabot Cove put on a play about a 17th century woman who cursed the town before she was executed as a witch.

There is something strange about a software expert's sudden death from bleeding ulcers that just doesn't compute.

Jessica intervenes when a long-lost Army buddy of her friend Seth is accused of murder.

Jessica's former student, a reporter, returns to Cabot Cove with new evidence on a 30-year-old scandal involving two of the founding families.

The return of a Gulf War veteran and his reunion with his fiancée is marred by his big secret.

The personal manager of a 'resting' actor dies just as his client returns to the stage.

The town is concerned when a local fisherman dies, but concern turns to confusion when a second body is discovered aboard a fishing boat. Both men died from carbon monoxide poisoning, but seem to have no connection until the fisherman's daughter receives her father's logbook and nautical charts in the mail.

The death of a novelist's assistant seemed to be a case of mistaken identity.

A new Victorian house owner is killed in the manner befitting a vampire -- a wooden stake in his chest.

Jessica is fascinated by a demo of a VR game based on her book, but, while playing it, she thinks she sees a real murder.

There are three suspects in the murder of a crooked deputy: a CPA, an illegal casino owner and his daughter's jilted lover.

A mobster is upset when he learns that a petty thief has found an unexpected $900,000.

Seth vanishes and every one is sure there was foul play.

It is no sleight of hand when the crooked carnival magician is murdered.

The discovery of an old document may make Cabot Cove rewrite its history.

A Cabot Cove resident is killed in Jessica's garage.

The townspeople are concerned about a massive development on their shore and it is further complicated for Jessica since the firm employs her nephew, Grady.

A nurse under a cloud comes to Cabot Cove. One of her patients is Jessica's best friend Maggie.

A much disliked singer gets a jolt from an electric guitar during a rehearsal for a rock concert benefit in Cabot Cove.

Deputy Andy bought a house with numerous defects from the victim and emerges as the chief suspect.

Jessica is the honorary commodore of the World's Cup Race, featuring Kyle Kimball's Buccaneer and Ned Larkin's Free Spirit. There is much ill-will and Ned is injured, too much to skipper his craft. His daughter replaces him and then Kyle is killed. This is no way to run a regatta!

Seth's niece returns to Cabot Cove for her wedding only to have her groom die ""accidentally"" before the event.