1. Cabot Cove or Mendocino ?
• Cabot Cove - Fictional seaside village in
Maine (pop. 3,560) and home to the world
famous mystery writer Jessica Fletcher
(Angela Lansbury) on the drama MURDER,
SHE WROTE/CBS/1984-96. Jessica lived
in an 85-year-old Victorian house at 698
Candlewood Lane in Cabot Cove, ME. 03041.
She is a widowed substitute English teacher
who gained fame as a mystery novelist
after her husband Frank died. Although
Cabot Cove was just a small hamlet, it
turned out to be the Murder Capital of
New England Apparently, each week,
Jessica found herself involved in the
murder of some unfortunate local or visitor.
She, in turn, used her mystery writing skills
to deduce the killer. And even when Jessica
travelled out of town, there was always a
murdered body turning up to challenge
Jessica's sleuthing skills. Over the run of
the series, Jessica investigated some 260+
murders.