
Mary Crosby plays Laura Corman, Doctor Logan’s nurse who first noticed similarities between multiple deaths in the town.Jack Kruschen plays Doctor John Logan who wrote the death certificates for the victims.Sam Freed plays Herb Apple, Ellen Wicker’s attorney.She previously appeared in “ Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble“.

This is Wallace’s second and final appearance on MSW. Dee Wallace (credited as Dee Wallace Stone) plays Ellen Wicker, local café owner and friend of Jessica Fletcher who is accused of murdering Jake Gerringer.The main mystery revolves around Jessica Fletcher’s friend being suspected of having something to do with recent deaths in the town. Click to reveal the victim It was Ross Corman, nurse Laura Corman’s husband and Ellen Wicker’s ex-boyfriend! (There were other deaths in town but those were ultimately deemed accidents due to a polluted water supply.) Click to reveal the killer It was Laura Corman, the local nurse and Ross Corman’s wife! Click to reveal the weapon It was poison: wine laced with arsenic! Click to reveal the location It was in his living room! Click to reveal the motive Laura was tired of Ross wasting all her hard-earned money! It’s also unclear how Jessica knows Ellen in the first place.) Just the facts:Ĭlick on the text below to reveal spoilers. (Note: The events in Boston involving Ellen Wicker that this episode references don’t actually correspond to any previous episode.

There have been multiple deaths due to arsenic poisoning in the town, and Jessica’s friend is now the number one suspect!

(The town appears to be somewhere off the California Interstate 40, near Barstow, in San Bernardino County, California.) An old friend of hers who grew up in the town (and whom she helped prove innocent in the murder of her husband back in Boston) is now running the Desert Rose Cafe there.

In this episode, Jessica Fletcher called to the town of Dry Wells.
