Chronicle Mysteries

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Chronicle Mysteries
Genre Mystery film
Written byMelissa Salmons
Kraig Wenman
Directed byJason Bourque
Terry Ingram
David Weaver
Nimisha Mukerji
Starring Alison Sweeney
Benjamin Ayres
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes5
Release
Original network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Original releaseFebruary 17, 2019 (2019-02-17) 
present (present)

Chronicle Mysteries is a 2019 American/Canadian mystery film series [1] [2] that stars Alison Sweeney as Alex McPherson, a podcast host, [3] and Benjamin Ayres as Drew Godfrey, the editor of a local newspaper. [4] Set in the small Pennsylvania town of Harrington, it airs on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in the United States.

Contents

Main cast

Characters

CharacterTitle
RecoveredThe Wrong ManVines That BindThe Deep End
Alex McPherson Alison Sweeney
Drew Godfrey Benjamin Ayres
Miles Lewiston Michael Kopsa
Eileen Bruce Rebecca Staab Rebecca Staab
Kendall GodfreyOlivia Steele FalconerOlivia Steele Falconer
Chuck MatthewsDave Collette
Sean MullenToby Levins

Films

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Chronicle Mysteries: Recovered" Jason Bourque Melissa SalmonsFebruary 17, 2019 (2019-02-17) [6]

Alex McPherson is the host of a podcast who returns to her hometown of Harrington in Pennsylvania seeking answers to the disappearance of her school friend, Gina DeSavio (Lisa Durupt), who went missing twenty years ago in 1998. She teams up with the local newspaper, The Chronicle, to research the case from old case files and interviews with locals to try and find out what happened to Gina. She and newspaper editor-in-chief, Drew, have different outlooks on research and using technology but end up working together and striking a friendship.


2"Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man"Terry IngramMelissa SalmonsFebruary 24, 2019 (2019-02-24) [7]

The body of a woman who had been missing for three years is discovered. Her husband, acquitted for lack of evidence but now seen as guilty, asks Alex for help to clear his name. As she investigates for her podcast, Drew investigates fishy river shipping for a local scoop.


3"Chronicle Mysteries: Vines That Bind"David WeaverMelissa Salmons, Kraig WenmanMarch 3, 2019 (2019-03-03) [8]

Alex's friend and colleague at the newspaper, Eileen, enlists her help to look into the one year old, suspicious death of the owner of a vineyard. After his death by carbon dioxide poisoning, Colton Saunier's will divided the vineyard between his sons - Jackson and Gil but the discovery of a mysterious new will now leaves everything to only one son leading to new suspicious events as Alex, Drew and Eileen investigate.


4"Chronicle Mysteries: The Deep End" Nimisha Mukerji Melissa SalmonsAugust 25, 2019 (2019-08-25) [9]

Alex's best friend Katie (Karen Holness) is the defense attorney for Stephanie Burke (Chelan Simmons), a young mother of two who is on trial for the murder of her ex-husband Eliot. Katie asks Alex to help and Alex and the team at the newspaper decide to investigate. Drew and Alex work closely and discover Eliot had many secrets including being a pilot and owning his own plane. As they dig deeper they find that Eliot could have had friends and enemies that they don't know about.


5"Chronicle Mysteries: Helped to Death" Jason Bourque Melissa SalmonsFebruary 21, 2021 (2021-02-21) [10]

Alex and Drew investigate a self help retreat and the controversial life coach who oversees it.


Production and filming

The first three films were shot in Vancouver, Canada. [11]

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