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UPDATE: Apparently this aired back in June and July as well! Sorry about that, folks. Well, the future airing information is still good at least!

Well, I know I said I wasn’t going to be doing anymore Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel movies since their website is so doggone difficult to navigate, but I just found out about a new mystery movie series they will be starting in a few days EDIT: a mystery movie series that I apparently missed because their channel is hard to use! I am also posting the re-airing dates of the four new Garage Sale mystery movies they showed during August.

Here’s the news about a the new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries series:

Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery

SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 3, 2017  8:00 PM (Central)

Brilliant, dedicated, and driven, archaeologist Emma Fielding is trying to unearth evidence of a 17th century coastal Maine settlement that predates Jamestown, one of the most significant archaeological finds in years. But the dead body that accompanies it has embroiled Emma and her students in a different kind of exploration. Stars Courtney Thorne-Smith and James Tupper. (Based on Dana Cameron’s Emma Fielding Mystery Series. <—You can click on this link to go to her page on my site.)
It will be re-aring: Wednesday – September 20 6:00 PM

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In case any of you missed the four new Garage Sale mystery movies the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel aired in August, well, here are the re-airing dates:

Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder

Annie Winters is a long-time customer of Rags-to-Riches and her husband Garret is a wealthy internet entrepreneur. When Garret’s dead body is found washed up on the beach, it looks like an apparent surfing accident. But Annie doesn’t believe the death was accidental and pleads with Jenn to take a closer look. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Thursday – September 7 8:00 PM (Central)
Monday – September 18 8:00 PM (Central)

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Garage Sale Mystery: Murder by Text

Famous country singer John Dalton’s concert rehearsal is stalled when the entire crew receives a suicide note from Lita, the band’s bassist. After discovering that a Taser was used to immobilize her before her death, Jenn is skeptical that Lita’s death was actually suicide. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Wednesday – September 13 8:00 PM (Central)
Tuesday – September 19 8:00 PM (Central)

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Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval

Jenn finds the body of a local college history professor hidden in the 15th century suit of armor she purchased for a wealthy client. As she narrows down the number of murder suspects, Jenn finds herself caught in the killer’s web of dangerous lies. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Tuesday – September 12 6:00 PM (Central)
Monday – September 25 8:00 PM (Central)

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Garage Sale Mystery: A Case of Murder

Jenn buys an old reel-to-reel recorder at a garage sale only to find that it includes the sound of a man pleading for his life. When the former owner of the recorder, a retired therapist, is found murdered in a patient’s apartment, Jenn’s investigation leads to other patients whose love lives are more entangled than she was first led to believe. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Monday – August 28 6:00 PM (Central)  — Tonight!
Friday – September 1 8:00 PM (Central)
Sunday – September 3 10:00 PM (Central)
Friday – September 29 6:00 PM (Central)

I am going to go set up my DVR right now. I hope you do, too!

(The descriptions of the movies above were copied from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries website.)

It’s the time of the month again to find out about next month’s upcoming mystery movies that will be on television. As usual, I’m posting the Turner Classic Movies channel mysteries (and some non-mystery movies with my favorite actors and actresses) that I think are definitely worth looking at.

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September 2017 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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Saturday – September 2, 2017

9:30 AM
THE PHANTOM THIEF (1946)
A reformed thief tries to stop a murderous blackmailer.
Dir:  D. Ross Lederman Cast:  Chester Morris, Jeff Donnell, Richard Lane.
BW- 65 mins

12:45 PM
RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952)
A cowboy infiltrates a bandit hideout in search of his girlfriend’s killer.
Dir:  Fritz Lang Cast:  Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer.
C- 89 mins, CC

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Sunday – September 3, 2017

9:00 AM
FRAMED (1947)
A femme fatale lures an unemployed man into helping her with a criminal scheme.
Dir:  Richard Wallace Cast:  Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan.
BW- 82 mins, CC

5:15 PM
ROPE (1948)
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Dick Hogan, John Dall, Farley Granger.
C- 81 mins, CC

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Monday – September 4, 2017

10:45 AM
WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Dir:  George Stevens Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter.
BW- 114 mins, CC

*** Not a mystery, however it’s really good! ***

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Tuesday – September 5, 2017

10:00 PM
LOVE LETTERS (1945)
A soldier falls for the woman who may have killed his best friend.
Dir:  William Dieterle Cast:  Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards.
BW- 101 mins, CC

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Wednesday – September 6, 2017

3:45 PM
THE HITCH-HIKER (1953)
A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
Dir:  Ida Lupino Cast:  Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman.
BW- 71 mins, CC

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Friday – September 8, 2017

6:00 AM
CHINA PASSAGE (1937)
Murder and jewel theft plague a China-bound steamer.
Dir:  Edward Killy Cast:  Constance Worth, Vinton Haworth, Leslie Fenton.
BW- 65 mins, CC

10:00 AM
WE’RE ON THE JURY (1937)
A jury member sets out to prove a murder defendant innocent.
Dir:  Ben Holmes Cast:  Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Philip Huston.
BW- 70 mins

8:30 PM
THE CATERED AFFAIR (1956)
A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
Dir:  Richard Brooks Cast:  Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds.
BW- 94 mins, CC

*** Not a mystery. This is a fantastic movie. ***

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Saturday – September 9, 2017

11:00 AM
REAR WINDOW (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey.
C- 112 mins, CC

7:00 PM
BULLITT (1968)
When mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
Dir:  Peter Yates Cast:  Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset.
C- 114 mins, CC

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Sunday – September 10, 2017

5:00 AM
VENGEANCE VALLEY (1951)
An honest rancher tries to block his evil brother’s plots while keeping them from their father.
Dir:  Richard Thorpe Cast:  Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru.
C- 83 mins, CC

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Wednesday – September 13, 2017

9:00 AM
UNDER COVER OF NIGHT (1937)
A police detective and his wife try to solve a string of murders.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Edmund Lowe, Florence Rice, Nat Pendleton.
BW- 71 mins

10:15 AM
FROM HEADQUARTERS (1933)
A police lieutenant uses scientific methods to solve a decadent playboy’s murder.
Dir:  William Dieterle Cast:  George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette.
BW- 63 mins, CC

1:15 PM
BULLETS OR BALLOTS (1936)
A cop goes undercover to crack an influential crime ring.
Dir:  William Keighley Cast:  Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane.
BW- 82 mins, CC

2:45 PM
BORDERLINE (1950)
A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.
Dir:  William A. Seiter Cast:  Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr.
BW- 88 mins, CC

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Saturday – September 16, 2017

9:30 AM
TRAPPED BY BOSTON BLACKIE (1948)
When the pearl necklace he’s been hired to guard goes missing, a reformed thief is the prime suspect.
Dir:  Seymour Friedman Cast:  Chester Morris, June Vincent, Richard Lane.
BW- 67 mins, CC

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Sunday – September 17, 2017

9:00 AM
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
An aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental boyfriend is a murderer.
Dir:  Nicholas Ray Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy.
BW- 93 mins, CC

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Tuesday – September 19, 2017

10:00 AM
THE CORSICAN BROTHERS (1941)
Siamese twins, separated in infancy, join forces to avenge their parents’ murder.
Dir:  Gregory Ratoff Cast:  Douglas Fairbanks, Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff.
BW- 111 mins, CC

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Wednesday – September 20, 2017

5:00 AM
THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE (1938)
A doctor plots crimes so he can study criminal psychology.
Dir:  Anatole Litvak Cast:  Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart.
BW- 87 mins, CC

7:00 PM
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir:  Norman Jewison Cast:  Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.
C- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Saturday – September 23, 2017

7:30 AM
THE UNSUSPECTED (1947)
The producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
Dir:  Michael Curtiz Cast:  Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter.
BW- 103 mins, CC

9:30 AM
BOSTON BLACKIE’S CHINESE VENTURE (1948)
When he’s spotted leaving a laundry whose proprietor has just been murdered, a reformed thief has to find the real killer.
Dir:  Seymour Friedman Cast:  Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane.
BW- 59 mins

1:00 PM
THE NANNY (1965)
A disturbed young man tries to prove his nanny is out to kill him.
Dir:  Seth Holt Cast:  Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett.
BW- 93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Sunday – September 24, 2017

7:00 PM
CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948)
A Chicago reporter re-opens a ten year old murder case.
Dir:  Henry Hathaway Cast:  James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb.
BW- 111 mins, CC

9:00 PM
BOOMERANG (1947)
A prosecutor fights to prove the defendant in a scandalous murder case is innocent.
Dir:  Elia Kazan Cast:  Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb.
BW- 88 mins, CC

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Monday – September 25, 2017

6:15 AM
MURDER IN THE PRIVATE CAR (1934)
A speeding train becomes the setting for murder.
Dir:  Harry Beaumont Cast:  Charlie Ruggles, Una Merkel, Mary Carlisle.
BW- 63 mins, CC

7:30 AM
THE TALL TARGET (1951)
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President Lincoln during a train ride.
Dir:  Anthony Mann Cast:  Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou.
BW- 78 mins, CC

3:30 PM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW- 101 mins, CC

5:30 PM
MURDER SHE SAID (1961)
When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
Dir:  George Pollock Cast:  Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow.
BW- 86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Tuesday – September 26, 2017

12:15 AM
THE LADYKILLERS (1956)
An eccentric bandit gang moves into a little old lady’s boardinghouse to plot a major heist.
Dir:  Alexander Mackendrick Cast:  Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom.
C- 91 mins, CC

3:45 AM
A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)
Inspector Clouseau tries to clear a beautiful woman accused of shooting her husband.
Dir:  Blake Edwards Cast:  Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders.
C- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Wednesday – September 27, 2017

1:45 PM
STOP, YOU’RE KILLING ME (1952)
The surprise appearance of four corpses interferes with a beer baron’s plans to crash high society.
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Broderick Crawford, Claire Trevor, Virginia Gibson.
BW- 86 mins, CC

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Thursday – September 28, 2017

5:00 AM
LADIES OF THE JURY (1932)
A jury hold-out tries to prove the defendant’s innocence.
Dir:  Lowell Sherman Cast:  Edna May Oliver, Jill Esmond, Rosco Ates.
BW- 63 mins

9:15 AM
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (1956)
A novelist frames himself for murder to prove the fallibility of circumstantial evidence.
Dir:  Fritz Lang Cast:  Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer.
BW- 80 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 PM
TWILIGHT OF HONOR (1963)
A struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
Dir:  Boris Sagal Cast:  Richard Chamberlain, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams.
BW- 104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple’s tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Dir:  Billy Wilder Cast:  Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton.
BW- 116 mins, CC

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Friday – September 29, 2017

8:30 AM
THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir:  Lewis Milestone Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott.
BW- 115 mins, CC

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If you’re particularly looking forward to these or other mystery-themed TV movies coming up in September, be sure to leave a comment below!

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the August television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for August 2017

And of course, here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and  Movie Section