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A twisted criminal's gruesome videos drive a group of amateur online sleuths to launch a risky manhunt that pulls them into a dark underworld.

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? follows the story of Bobby Jones and his socialite friend Lady Frances Derwent, who discover a dying man while hunting for a golf ball. Their curiosity led them both into becoming amateur investigators as they seek to unravel the mystery of the man, who has the picture of a beautiful young woman in his pocket, and, with his last breath, utters the cryptic question that forms the series' title.

A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery haunting her neighborhood. It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues-including a skull, its missing skeleton and a suspicious group of neighbors-and solve the murder before she becomes the unlikely killer's next victim.

England, 1954. On a train to London, a man going by the name of Luke Fitzwilliam meets Miss Pinkerton, who tells him that a killer is on the loose in the sleepy English village of Wychwood under Ashe. The villagers believe the deaths are mere accidents, but Miss Pinkerton knows otherwise - and when she's later found dead on her way to Scotland Yard, Luke feels he must find the killer before they can strike again. Because for a certain kind of person, murder is easy...

It will follow Mrs Sidhu, a recently widowed high-end caterer who solves murders and other crimes among the affluent residents of the English county of Berkshire.

Former high school English teacher and famed mystery writer Jessica Fletcher has a gift for solving mysteries. You see, it seems murder follows her around, whether it be to the houses of her seemingly endless number of friends, nieces, and nephews or right in her hometown of Cabot Cove, Maine.

Geraldine McEwan stars in the latest TV adaption of "Agatha Christie's Miss Marple". Following in the footsteps of Gracie Fields, Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Helen Hayes and Joan Hickson, Geraldine McEwan plays the part of elderly amateur sleuth Jane Marple, who has an extraordinary knack of solving crimes.

This freshly baked new murder mystery introduces Hannah Swensen (Sweeney), a creative and bubbly baker extraordinaire in a sleepy town in Minnesota, where everyone knows each other and secrets don't stay hidden for long. Hannah's bakeshop, the Cookie Jar, is where much of the town's gossip percolates along with the strong coffee. But after she finds her good friend and delivery driver shot dead in the alley behind her shop, Hannah's idyllic world is turned upside down.

Jennifer Shannon is a sleuthing yard sale treasure hunter, who looks for items she can sell at her store Rags to Riches. Her keen eye for finding valuables often gets her caught up in criminal investigations that happen at the second-hand sales she attends.

The Forgotten centers around a group of amateur detectives known as the Identity Network. Each episode is narrated by a "body" that the team is trying to identify and find out what happened to them. Each member has their own reason for working in this group and brings their own expertise.

Abigail Mapleworth is a prim yet saucy murder-mystery writer who solves homicides with the help of her niece in their quaint small town of New Woodstream.

Billie Blessings has gone from beloved chef, restaurant owner, and morning show segment host to #1 suspect in a murder case when one of the executives at the network dies from poisoning. When the head chef at Billie's restaurant is arrested and held as a suspect, Billie takes matters into her own hands by digging deeper into a mystery that could incriminate people close to her while risking her own life in the process. Stars Holly Robinson Peete and Rick Fox.

The show is based on the novel by Kate Collins. Abby Knight, a former lawyer turned flower shop owner, is starting over after the death of her husband with the support of her father and her daughter, who recently left for college. Life is good in the peaceful town of New Chapel, but when an SUV rams her prized vintage car, she's determined to track down the driver. She begrudgingly accepts the help of a new neighbor, the handsome and charming ex-Marine Marco Salvare. But their budding relationship is threatened when an acquaintance is murdered and Abby's good friend is the prime suspect - and it all links back to the hit and run. Caught up in a tangle of menacing phone calls, police corruption and murderous road rage, Abby must work against the clock to find the killer or the next flower arrangement might be for her own funeral.

Curious Caterer follows the story of a Colorado caterer called Goldy, a spirited single mom who's thrust into the role of town sleuth, and joins forces with a detective to solve a murder case. 

Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme, who've made a fresh start in their lives by starting their own gardening business, encounter mysteries both botanic and human.

This is a mystery reality competition pitting 13 amateur sleuths against each other in a quest to solve a series of puzzling murders.

Diagnosis Murder follows Dr. Mark Sloan, the chief of internal medicine, at LA's Community General Hospital. Dr. Sloan, much like Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote, has a magnetic quality that apparently draws murders to him. Every week, Dr. Sloan stumbles across murders, either acting in his role at the hospital, aiding the police as a medical consultant, or just plain dumb luck.

True Crime Story: Citizen Detective is our new documentary series that examines fascinating true crime stories through the eyes of the untrained amateur sleuths who solved them or are still trying to do so. Each episode spotlights one new crime and the crime-fighter determined to make sure the case he or she is obsessed with is ultimately classified as "closed."

Aurora Teagarden Mysteriestakes place during Aurora's post-college days when she finds herself back home in Lawrenceton. While her mother, Aida struggles to keep her newfound real estate business, Aurora supports herself by working as a teacher's assistant in a crime fiction classand waitresses at the local diner at night, where she shares her love of researching true crime with her friend, Sally, and police officer, Arthur.

Inspired by the book "The Skeleton Crew" by Deborah Halber and infused with the personal story of producer Wendy West. The series follows the life of a thirty-year-old woman (Ola Serafin) who is forced by circumstances to leave her husband and London, and return to her hometown of Lódz. While driving her car one night, she witnesses a dramatic situation which looks like suicide, but which she finds highly suspicious. The police seem to be indifferent to the case. Desperate, Ola looks for help on the Internet, where she finds a group of amateur detectives that solve criminal cases the police are unable to.

Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English crime writer Agatha Christie, is portrayed by Joan Hickson who starred in a dozen television mysteries about Miss Marple over the course of a decade. Between 1984 and 1992 the British Broadcasting Corporation in association with Australia's Seven Network and America's Arts and Entertainments Network, produced an irregular series of twelve Miss Marple mysteries. The elderly, deceptively delicate Joan Hickson starred in each of these as the amateur detective from the bucolic village of St. Mary Mead.

Brought up on a steady diet of mystery fiction by her Uncle Bob, Samantha Kinsey inherits his bookstore, complete with its live-in expert, retired former CIA agent Ian Philby. Now, in her new position, mysterious murders seem to occur all around her. Fortunately, she is the perfect person to solve them, because of all her years of reading about every possible fictional crime. She gets assistance from her friend Cassie, an aspiring district attorney, and from police chief Connors.

The series follows a PR whiz, who gives up her successful London life to move to a quiet village, in hopes of starting afresh. Friends are few and far between, so to integrate herself into the village, she decides to enter its quiche-making competition. Things soon take a bizarre turn, however, when her quiche lands her as a suspect in a murder case.

A self-made millionaire and a freelance writer are a globetrotting married couple with a talent for finding mysteries wherever they go.

Birdie Case is a bright, successful attorney. Her husband Alden is smart and charming, but his inability to settle on a career is causing strain in their marriage. When Alden goes behind his wife's back to take classes in hopes of becoming a private investigator, a homework assignment entangles him in a murder investigation. Birdie just may hold the keys to solving the mystery, but Alden will have to come clean to find out.