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'''''Garage Sale Mystery''''' is an American/Canadian mystery film series starring [[Lori Loughlin]] as Jennifer Shannon. It airs on [[Hallmark Movies & Mysteries]] in the US, [[Bravo (Canada)|Bravo]] in Canada and [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] in the UK occasionally as part of the weekday films. {{As of|2018|8|26|df=US}}, 15 films have aired since the 2013 debut.
'''''Garage Sale Mystery''''' is an American/Canadian mystery film series starring [[Lori Loughlin]] as Jennifer Shannon. It airs on [[Hallmark Movies & Mysteries]] in the US, [[Bravo (Canada)|Bravo]] in Canada and [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] in the UK occasionally as part of the weekday films. {{As of|2018|8|26|df=US}}, 15 films have aired since the 2013 debut.


It is executive produced by Loughlin, Michael Shepard, and [[Peter DeLuise]], who are also executive producers on the Hallmark television series ''[[When Calls the Heart]]''. The series follows the story of antiques dealer Jennifer (Loughlin) who has a knack for finding crimes. Her eye for details leads her to help solving these crimes even if it puts her own life in danger.
It is executive produced by Loughlin, Michael Shepard, and [[Peter DeLuise]], who are also executive producers on the Hallmark television series ''[[When Calls the Heart]]''. The series follows the story of antiques dealer Jennifer (Loughlin) who has a knack for finding crimes. Her eye for details leads her to help solving these crimes even if it puts her own life in danger. Loughlin however was fired from the series on March 14, 2019, due to her involvement in the [[2019 college admissions bribery scandal]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swift |first1=Andy |title=Lori Loughlin Fired From All Hallmark Projects Over College Cheating Scandal |url=https://tvline.com/2019/03/14/lori-loughlin-fired-hallmark-channel-statement-college-scandal/ |website=TVLine |date=March 14, 2019}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 20:25, 14 March 2019

Garage Sale Mystery is an American/Canadian mystery film series starring Lori Loughlin as Jennifer Shannon. It airs on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in the US, Bravo in Canada and Channel 5 in the UK occasionally as part of the weekday films. As of August 26, 2018, 15 films have aired since the 2013 debut.

It is executive produced by Loughlin, Michael Shepard, and Peter DeLuise, who are also executive producers on the Hallmark television series When Calls the Heart. The series follows the story of antiques dealer Jennifer (Loughlin) who has a knack for finding crimes. Her eye for details leads her to help solving these crimes even if it puts her own life in danger. Loughlin however was fired from the series on March 14, 2019, due to her involvement in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.[1]

Cast

  • Lori Loughlin as Jennifer "Jenn" Shannon[2][3] series protagonist who runs an antiques shop called Rags to Riches.
  • Steve Bacic as Jason Shannon, Jennifer's engineer husband (Rick Ravanello[4] played the role in the first film)
  • Eva Bourne as Hannah Shannon, Jennifer's daughter (Sara Canning played the role in the first film)
  • Connor Stanhope as Logan Shannon, Jennifer and Jason's son (Played by Brendan Meyer in the first four films)
  • Sarah Strange as Danielle/"Dani", Jennifer's business partner and co-owner of Rags to Riches
  • Kevin O'Grady as Detective Frank Lynwood, a friend of Jennifer

Films

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Garage Sale Mystery"Peter DeLuiseSuzi Weinert (book), Walter Klenhard (teleplay)September 14, 2013 (2013-09-14)
Jennifer notices that several rich houses are robbed right after they have garage sales, including one woman who ends up dead, apparently from accidentally falling down the stairs, but Jennifer suspects foul play. She convinces Detective Adam Iverson to accompany her to some garage sales, and they do turn up some suspects for the robberies, but no evidence emerges for the murder. Jennifer eventually finds the murderer.
2"Garage Sale Mystery: All that Glitters"Peter DeLuiseSuzi Weinert (book), Walter Klenhard (teleplay)October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)
Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) has a gift for finding rare treasures hidden in garage sales that she can resell at her consignment store, Rags to Riches. When Jennifer's friend and self-storage facility owner Martin (Michael Kopsa) turns up murdered just hours after auctioning off an abandoned storage unit full of unique items, she is immediately pulled into the investigation as a key eyewitness. Working with Detective Lynwood (Kevin O'Grady), Jennifer helps single out a disgruntled customer as the prime suspect, while she and her business partner, Danielle (Sarah Strange), sift through boxes from the auction. As her husband Jason (Steve Bacic) worries about her safety, there is a break-in at her store, and a run-in with Martin's angry widow. Then, Jennifer and Danielle discover their new merchandise contains the sparkly evidence they needed all along to nail the surprising real culprit, and they must race to save a life and put their own on the line.[5]
3"Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room"Peter DeLuiseSuzi Weinert (book), Walter Klenhard (teleplay)April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
A real estate agent sleeps all night in one of her listings to prove that it is not cursed but ends up dead.
4"Garage Sale Mystery: The Wedding Dress"Peter DeLuiseSuzi Weinert (book), Walter Klenhard (teleplay)August 9, 2015 (2015-08-09)
Jennifer finds an old but expensive wedding dress in a box of clothes purchased at an estate sale. She finds a blood stain on a pocket and investigation turns up Helen Carter, the bride, together with the story that the groom disappeared between the wedding and the reception after the wedding. Jennifer doggedly pursues the mystery and, using Luminol, determines that there were still blood stains inside a closet in the storage room of the church. She persuades Ted to confess to murder, but then Helen confesses her role in the murder. Helen's actions are ruled justified and she is not charged. Helen and Ted renew their romance after a gap of 35 years.
5"Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent"Peter DeLuiseSuzi Weinert (book), Walter Klenhard (teleplay)January 3, 2016 (2016-01-03)
Sandra (Kirsten Robek), a former friend of Jennifer's, comes to Rags to Riches offering to sell all of her antiques from her store Past Perfect asking for no payment up front and only 20% of any sale Jennifer makes. At Sandra's store in Madison, Jennifer discovers a basement filled with beautiful antiques, and they find the body of Sandra's former fiance, Michael Chambers (Frank Zotter), whom Sandra thought had left her for another woman when he had disappeared two years ago. An investigation ensues under local Sheriff Conners (Panou). Jennifer must find out the truth to prove Sandra's innocence. Then she meets recently widowed Kimberly Colette Baumaine (Aliyah O'Brien) who comes to Jennifer's store to sell her late husband's antiques and the pieces begin to fall into place.
6"Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders"Norma BaileySuzi Weinert (book), Walter Klenhard (teleplay)June 4, 2016 (2016-06-04)
There is a series of murders, each one taken out of a mystery novel. First, Art Henley (John Innes) is murdered, following the Agatha Christie crime novel Three Act Tragedy. Second, Gerry McNally (Alex Zahara) is murdered, following Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet. Third, Myles Fowler (Gerard Plunkett) is murdered, loosely following the mystery novel The Circular Staircase.
7"Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of Murder"Kristoffer TaboriSuzi Weinert (book), Walter Klenhard (teleplay)January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08)
While setting up a charity garage sale, Jennifer Shannon discovers a body in the attic of a nearby home. Using her eye for detail as well as her experience with antiques and murder, Jennifer puts together clues that help catch a killer.
8"Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder"Neill FearnleySuzi Weinert (book), Walter Klenhard (teleplay)August 11, 2017 (2017-08-11)
Jennifer's friend and customer Anne's (Chiara Zanni) husband is found dead at an isolated beach and his death is suspected to be an accidental drowning. But Anne suspects foul play convinced that her avid surfer husband Steve was murdered. Steve's brother Todd (Ben Cotton) is a prime suspect when Steve's business partner Mitch (Michael Teigen) is also attacked but he is soon found dead deepening the mystery. A local surfer with a criminal past had vandalized Steve's car and is soon arrested. With the clues still not adding up, Jennifer works with Detective Lynwood to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, a smitten Logan decides to try his hand at theater to be cast opposite his crush. Jennifer and Dani try to reconcile a couple who try selling each other's memorabilia to the store.
9"Garage Sale Mystery: Murder by Text"Neill FearnleySuzi Weinert (book), Walter Klenhard (teleplay)August 13, 2017 (2017-08-13)
A bass player is found dead before a planned tour with a big country singer.
10"Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval"Neill FearnleySuzi Weinert (book), Walter Klenhard (teleplay)August 20, 2017 (2017-08-20)
Jenn finds the body of a local college history professor hidden in a suit of armor she purchased. After the professor's teaching assistant becomes the next victim, Jennifer finds herself caught in a killer's web of dangerous lies.
11"Garage Sale Mystery: A Case of Murder"Neill FearnleySuzi Weinert (book), Walter Klenhard (teleplay)August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)
After buying an old reel-to-reel recorder at a garage sale, Jenn discovers that it includes the sound of a man pleading for his life. An audio repair shop leads her to find the owner Dr. Veders only he is has died of stab wounds. The devoted psychologist worked with a group of patients at a local community center and had retired the day he was later murdered. An unhappy wife and a group of abandoned patients make for a long list of suspects but when one of them turns up dead, Jenn and Detective Lynwood must find the killer before Jenn's life is in danger.
12"Garage Sale Mystery: The Pandora's Box Murders"Neill FearnleySuzi Weinert (book), Kraig X. Wenman (teleplay)August 5, 2018 (2018-08-05)
Jennifer comes in contact with a mysterious puzzle box that belonged to the Andronicus family, real estate developers whose latest project is unpopular with the townsfolk. The box goes missing, and some of the Andronicus family mysteriously die just days apart. Her curiosity piqued, Jennifer embarks on her own unorthodox investigation of the murders.
13"Garage Sale Mystery: The Mask Murder"Mel DamskiSuzi Weinert (book), Kraig WenmanAugust 12, 2018 (2018-08-12)
When Jennifer buys a storage locker at auction, she discovers a dead body inside, along with a mask matching the deceased woman.
14"Garage Sale Mystery: Picture a Murder"Neill FearnleyPatrick Kevin Day, Andrew HansonAugust 19, 2018 (2018-08-19)
Jenn gets the photos in an antique camera from the estate of a recently deceased and seemingly wealthy photography enthusiast printed. One of the pictures leads her to believe that the man's death was anything but accidental.
15"Garage Sale Mystery: Murder in D Minor"Neill FearnleyJohn WhelpleyAugust 26, 2018 (2018-08-26)
Jenn puts the winning bid on a vintage Welte-Mignon player piano at the estate auction of a wealthy philanthropist, but soon discovers that the late owner may have led a less-than-charitable life before being murdered.

Background

The series started an adaptation of a two-part book series by author Suzi Weinert: Garage Sale Stalker and Garage Sale Diamonds.[6]

Broadcast

The films were originally Hallmark Channel projects until broadcast on other stations.

Bravo (Canada) aired the entire hexalogy in July 2016 and the expanded entire eleven movies in September 2017.[7]

Channel 5 (UK) broadcast the 2nd, 7th [8] and 11th films.

References

  1. ^ Swift, Andy (March 14, 2019). "Lori Loughlin Fired From All Hallmark Projects Over College Cheating Scandal". TVLine.
  2. ^ "Lori Loughlin Begins Production On 'Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters', A Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Original Movie Premiering in October". broadcastingcable.com. August 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "Lori Loughlin Stars in 'Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters', A Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Original World Premiere October 26". TVbytheNumbers. August 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "TV Movie Goodness Preview: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries' Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters [VIDEO and PHOTOS]". TVGoodness.com. October 24, 2014.
  5. ^ "Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters". IMDB. Retrieved 24 November 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  6. ^ "Local writer's Garage Sale Mystery filmed for Hallmark Movie Channel". Phil Jason Reviews Books. 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  7. ^ "Hollywood North: Deadpool too naughty for China?". Vancouver Sun. 21 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Movies 24 Sets Premiere Date For 'Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent'". TVWise.co.uk. February 14, 2017.
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