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"Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly" is the second episode of the second season of Murder, She Wrote and its 24th episode overall. It aired on October 6, 1985.

Summary[]

Plans for a new hotel in Cabot Cove are interrupted when a skeleton is discovered in a grave on the construction site. Sheriff Tupper calls in Jessica for help, all the while having an adamant belief that the skeleton in the grave is the remains of famous Revolutionary war-hero Joshua Peabody. However, Dr. Hazlitt argues that the existence of Joshua Peabody is nothing but an old wives' tale. Despite her friends' bickering, Jessica decides to get to the bottom of things, but things get more complicated when a second body (the body of construction mogul, Henderson Wheatley, to be exact) turns up at the construction site, and this one is much more recent.

Was there any narrative at all to have Del Scott to go to Wheatley, & why would she, given her animosity towards him. David Marsh was in no position to move a skeleton to where the skeleton was found, if he had moved the skeleton to where it was found, there would be a narrative for him be charged with grave robbery in order to plant the skeleton, right. Don't you think that it's odd that Henderson gets a note indicating that the skeleton was planted there, meaning where it was found, showing that that Ellsworth & Henderson's legal documents that stopped the construction end up being useless, therefore, the construction would be allowed to continue & was it?

Starring[]

Regular cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest stars[]

  • Robin Bach as Ellsworth Buffum
  • Jody Carter as Olive Newton
  • Chuck Connors As F.B.I. Agent Fred Keller
  • John Ericson as Henderson Wheatley
  • Meg Foster as Del Scott
  • Barbara Ann Grimes as Sarah Harris
  • Sandra Hawthorne as Mavis Gillam
  • Bobby Jacoby as Eric Marsh
  • Bruce Lawrence as Earthmover Driver
  • Ed Morgan as Austin Bailey
  • Roger Price as Eli Harris
  • Michael Sarrazin as David Marsh
  • David S. Sheiner as Arthur Griswold
  • Ken Swofford as Leo Kowalski
  • Deborah White as Matty Marsh

Trivia[]

  • This was William Windom's debut as the curmudgeonly Dr. Seth Hazlitt.
  • This also was the first of three appearances John Astin made as real estate broker Harry Pierce.
  • This also was the first time the name Joshua Peabody, Cabot Cove's Revolutionary War hero, was first mentioned.

Goofs[]

  • When FBI Agent Fred Keller first places David Marsh under arrest, he states that he has been after him for 17 years. But then seconds later Agent Keller states that the crimes Marsh is wanted for occurred 14 years ago.

Gallery[]

Home media releases[]

Item Region Release date
Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Second Season Region 1 December 6, 2005
Murder, She Wrote: Season 2 Region 2 May 1, 2006
Murder, She Wrote: The Complete 2nd Season Region 4 August 1, 2007
Murder, She Wrote: Seasons 1 - 3 Region 2 November 20, 2006
Murder, She Wrote: Seasons 1 - 5 Region 2 October 22, 2007

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