#tv mystery special

[littlewalken]

Tip of my tongue 80s TV show

I'm trying to identify a murder mystery special or movie of the week that was aired in the early to mid 80s where the audience is given clues to identify a bride's murderer at a giant mansion and the suspects give their alibis to the camera. Everyone is a suspect, it does get solved at the end but I won't spoil it.

I want to say Bill Bixby hosted but it could be someone else who was known for hosting magic and mysteries of the unknown shows. Can't say if there were phone numbers for the audience to call in and vote for who did it. Having the audience try to figure it out before the end was an important gimmick.

[murakamijeva-muza]

[drwcn]

cdramas be like I know a spot and take you to the most devastating and vaguely prophetic ending.

[murdermysterymagic]

The funniest yet the worst thing about watching so many murder mysteries series is confusing the plot of episodes with different shows in the same universe.

[sothisisablog]

“The PJO show is for children. It’s not meant for older audiences” Shut the fuck up. Shut up. People are allowed to criticize media for not lining up with the source material the way they expected it to. The source material that is also for children.

[phrynefishersfrocks]

The third ensemble of "Murder Under the Mistletoe" (Season 2, Episode 13) is Phryne's beautiful antique printed jacket atop her intricately beaded black blouse and black pants.

Combining detail and drama, Miss Fisher wears a black blouse with a sheer yoke decorated with intricate beading in a geometric art deco pattern, extending from a central point and curving around to the back. The blouse has long sleeves and tight fitted cuffs, and two ribbons connected by a zig-zagging thread along her neckline (known as a fagoted seam).

The short-sleeve silk jacket worn on top adds a layer of subtle festivity to the look with bright green silk lining and a pattern of papyrus branches and reeds printed on the outside. A vintage piece, this been described as one of Essie Davis' favorite costumes:

“Another one of my favorite costumes is what I wore on the very first day of filming - to meet Murdoch Foyle (Phryne’s younger sister’s murderer) in jail. It was black silk pants with a little black top in sheer black chiffon with beading and a fantastic antique short-sleeved jacket in an orange, gold and black design that reminds me of a Margaret Preston painting." - Essie Davis, Miss Fisher’s Costume Exhibition

Margaret Preston was considered the most prominent female Australian artist of the 1920′s and 1930′s. In a desire to create art that reflected her country, she was the first non-indigenous artist to use Aboriginal elements in her paintings. Her “Still Life” from 1925 appeared in “Raisins and Almonds” (1x05) where Miss Fisher declares “Margaret Preston is a talent to watch”, and hangs to the left of her fireplace in her parlor.

Phryne finishes her look with her classic black silk faille pants, long green teardrop earrings (seen on the right in the exhibition photo), and a black beaded necklace that feature larger beads on either side of the central beaded fringe. During a quick trip out into the snow to investigate with Jack, she dons a black fur wrap, seen in 2x01.

A fabulous ensemble, we've seen this exact outfit (apart from the jewelry) in both "Raisins and Almonds" (1x05) and twice in "Death By Miss Adventure" (1x10).

Season 2, Episode 13 - "Murder Under the Mistletoe"

Screencaps from here, promo photos from the official Facebook (x, x, x, x, x) and various sources (x), jewelry photo from the National Trust Facebook, Margaret Preston painting photo from here, detail and comparison photos by me.

[canadachronicles]

I'm not certain yet, but if I have the time, I may re-watch all the Murdoch Mysteries Christmas Specials during the Holidays. And if I do, I shall start with A Merry Murdoch Christmas, the very first one!

[mariocki]

Infinite list of favourite lyrics: 229/?

Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe (1967)

"And Papa said to Mama, as he passed around the black-eyed peas:

'Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please.

There's five more acres in the lower forty I got to plow'

And Mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe, anyhow.

Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge

And now Billie Joe McAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

[...]

"Mama said to me, 'Child, what's happened to your appetite?

I've been cookin' all morning, and you haven't touched a single bite.

That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today

Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday - oh, by the way

He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge

And she and Billie Joe was throwin' something off the Tallahatchie Bridge'"

[gigihou-jff]

I love how he randomly mentions countries form Caucasus

[pulkitoki]

The Dreams in the Black Lodge. Have been having weird dreams about the Black Lodge lately, sadly not strange or surreal enough to be considered Lynchian but more like that one time Scooby Doo did a parody of it weird. Perhaps it's a call to rewatch or/and increase caffeine consumption.

[simcardiac-arrested]

Im jus looking at u w big eyes. Tell me what you're autistic about. Infodump get out of jail free card. Any size

oh boy there are. many things. there are so so so many things……. all rattling around my little brain……………….

[torgawl]

everyone here was soooo excited because a national channel was going to bring back this iconic tv series, directed specifically to the youth, from our childhood and adolescence that we are so nostalgic about after 11 years for them to disappoint us all with the trailer because it looks like elite 2.0

[skwtches]

AUGH tigger n rabbit thoughts r swirling around in my brain like a blender rn

[stabbystiletto]

🥳🥳🥳🤯🤯🤯🥳🥳🥳😏😏😏😃😃😃😃😃

STOOOOOOOOOOOKED 😆😆😆😆😆

THEY'RE DOING A CHUCKY HOUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN ON A YEAR THAT THEY DID A CHUCKY HOUSE??!! (though i did go that one year where he took over the Terror Tram lololol that was so much fun ☺️☺️☺️)

Also can we just appreciate them doing not just the Phantom of the Opera, but also Jekyll and Hyde, the Invisible Man, and the Hunchback of Notre Dame??!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

Like yes they always do a classic Universal Monsters house, but it's usually some combination of like Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, Bride of the Monster, the Wolfman, with something like Creature from the Black Lagoon or The Mummy thrown in every now and then.

THESE ARE ALL UNCOMMON ONES THEY'RE DOING THIS YEAR THOUGH, GOOD FOR THEM!! 👏👏👏🥳🥳🥳👏👏👏

Unrelated note, not super excited about the Terror Tram theme (like these mutated bugs who are people exterminators or something??) but I appreciate that they're doing something different, I'll give them credit for that 👍