Night of the Headless Horseman: Murder, She Wrote (TV Episode)

• Genre: Mystery
• Movie Type: Detective Show, Prime-Time Drama
• Themes: Amateur Sleuths
• Director: Walter E. Grauman
• Release Year: 1987
• Country: US
• Run Time: 60 minutes

Plot

Dorian Beecher (Thom Bray), the new poetry instructor at Cabot Cove's most exclusive prep school, tries to impress the girl of his dreams, Sarah Dupont (Karlene Crockett), by telling her that Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) is his mother. Meanwhile, Nate Findley (Barry Williams), the school's riding instructor and Dorian's rival for Sarah's affections, plots to scare off Dorian by taking a page from Washington Irving's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Unfortunately, Nate's impersonation of the fabled Headless Horseman becomes a bit too realistic when his head is lopped off by an antique sword--owned by poor Dorian! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide