# Cabot Cove syndrome

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The situation where, in order to create storylines for a detective drama, the protagonist encounters far more murders than is plausible.

## Etymology
Named from the fictional setting of the long-running US television series Murder, She Wrote.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cabot-cove-syndrome