Episode 11: Death Casts A Spell

We're back with Murder, She Wrote. This episode, Jessica inherits 4% of a football team left to her by an uncle who no one else in the family bothered showing up to the funeral for. We learn the meaning of the word intestate and still are not fully sure if you can buy stock in a sports team. This was a fun episode all about the footballs and reasons why you should never kill someone while wearing your nice clothes.

We're taking a diversion this episode. So pop open a nice cold Coors tallboy and join us as we talk about the first episode of Rian Johnson's Poker Face series. We also shop for lie detector tests which looks like a lot of fun...even though they also seem like garbage. But we would happily use one drunk... This is one of the many that is available on Amazon that all contain the same images but are priced differently. Again...probably garbage, but give 'em a look: USB Polygraph Lie Detector Here's the other one we talked about that's got a cool face but you probably should not stick your privates in: Zerodis Lie Detector Toy We'll return to Murder, She Wrote on the next episode.

A private detective Jessica is working with is murdered. She teams up with his grumpy partner to get to the bottom of things. This is the first episode to feature Jerry Orbach as Harry McGraw. Overall a fun episode and we attempt to give all of the suspects a rating. I think we called this one pretty early on.

Welcome to another episode of the Donkey Podcast…I mean, Has There Been A Murder? Our guest this month is Ivy Le. We spend way too much time talking about donkeys, wondering how rich people work, and ponder the phrase, “colonial enchantress.” Levi gets really confused about which character Capucine is…although, Chris seems to have figured it out.  You can hear plenty more Ivy Le on the new season of her Spotify podcast FOGO: Fear of Going Outside.  She learned to camp last season. This season is all about the hunt! You can also follow her on Instagram and Twitter @IvyLeWithOneE

Is this episode late? Extremely. But we're back with an extra long one on an ocean voyage. It may not be the Titanic, but murder is lurking at every turn as Jessica accompanies her niece, Pamela, who is dealing with the recent loss of her husband. Is this a swinger cruise? By the end, we seem to have convinced ourselves that it is. Does this episode feature Leslie Nielsen as a ship captain? You betcha. All we were missing was a salty pirate and an iceberg. 

Yet another music based episode. This time, Jessica is in New Orleans to be interviewed for a morning show. She ends up at a jazz club where a musician dies while performing. Of course, she's gonna have to get to the bottom of this. Jessica has a toe-tapping time with a lot of guest stars and plenty of jazz. 

Jessica is invited to attend a show her nephew is working on Broadway. She ends up getting mixed up in some shenanigans and it's up to her to untie all the knots. Featuring lots of singing and more weird detectives. 

Jessica is chosen to be a temporary state representative right before a crucial vote. There's lots of octogenarian parties, foot rubs, and murder to go around as we get to the bottom of these governmental hijinks. 

Our guest this week is Jackie the cockroach (Olivia Wise). The specter of death follows Jessica to a generic hotel/casino. We show off our drunk voices, learn about the inner workings of casinos, experience mass hypnosis, and learn why you should never use hotel ice machines. 

The Russian ballet is coming to town! Jessica ends up in some political intrigue as she works with a KGB agent to round up some asylum seekers. Huh? What? We enjoy all of the terrible accents and more of Sheriff Tupper's ineptitude. We also find out how safe you are walking the streets of Boston at night while being followed by a KGB agent. We also lament what seems to be the end of Ethica? Jethan? Whatever you wanna call it we are gonna miss shipping Jessica and Ethan.