Lori Loughlin discusses her return to Hallmark Channel with new episodes of "Garage Sale Mysteries" and "When Calls the Heart." In "Murder Takes the Stage," she plays Jennifer Shannon, who investigates a murder at a true-crime book club reenacting the Borden murders. Coincidentally, Netflix's "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story" by Ryan Murphy was released around the same time, which Loughlin found surprising but exciting. She expresses her intrigue with the historical case and its enduring mystery.
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Lori Loughlin‘s Hallmark Channel homecoming has been filled with rewarding reunions, and tonight’s new release, Garage Sale Mysteries: Murder Takes the Stage, marks the latest one.
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Loughlin, who kicked off her tenure as the thrifty, crime-solving Jennifer Shannon in 2013’s Garage Sale Mystery, has since inhabited the role in 16 other Garage Sale Mysteries films including Murder Takes the Stage, which involves a murder taking place at her true-crime book club, where they are reenacting the infamous Borden murders.
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“It felt familiar, and it felt like coming home,” she said of returning to the franchise and reuniting with co-stars like Sarah Strange and Kevin O’Grady.
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The case at the center of the movie feels particularly timely, as Ryan Murphy‘s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story also being released on Netflix earlier this week, which Loughlin said was a “fluke.”
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“We had no idea,” she added.
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“But that’s exciting.
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I love all of Ryan Murphy’s stuff.
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I love Ryan and I think he’s a really nice man, too.”
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Hallmark fans have also gotten to revel in Loughlin reprising her role as Abigail Stanton in the beloved historical romance series When Calls the Heart.
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During our chat with Loughlin, which also took place just days before the network’s 17th annual Countdown to Christmas lineup was announced, the actress opened up further about her highly anticipated Garage Sale Mysteries return, Abigail Stanton’s When Calls the Heart Season 14 arc, and co-starring with Tom Cavanagh in their upcoming Christmas film, What If Christmas.
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How familiar were you with the Borden murders before filming this installment of Garage Sale Mysteries?
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Of course, as a child, we all know the “Lizzie Borden gave her mother 40 whacks, gave her her father 41.”
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Now I can’t even remember.
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I was familiar with that, but I didn’t know a lot about the story.
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So even I’m surprised to [learn about the] jewelry and things that I didn’t know, facts that I didn’t know at all that make you do pause and go, “Hmm,” you know?
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So it’s interesting to learn about that.
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After filming this movie, have you been swayed one way or another as to whether or not Lizzie was guilty?
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It is one of those mysteries where you’re just like, “I don’t know.
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It could go either way, I suppose.
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And that’s Jennifer’s take on it too, Jennifer Shannon, my character.
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She’s a real mystery buff, and even she’s like, “I just don’t know.”
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This installment of Garage Sale Mysteries is timed extremely well.
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The new Monster installment on Netflix, Ryan Murphy‘s series, about Lizzie Borden came out this week.
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[Laughs] We had no idea.
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But that’s exciting.
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I love all of Ryan Murphy’s stuff.
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I love Ryan and I think he’s a really nice man, too.
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What do you think it is about this case that’s worth revisiting in both Garage Sale Mysteries and Monster?
Maybe because it is a case where you can argue both sides.
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It is interesting that she wasn’t found guilty.
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People are still trying to figure out what really did go on, what really did happen.
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And if she did it, what was her motive?
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So maybe that’s why.
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Like Jennifer says in Garage Sale [Mysteries], “You can’t figure it out.”
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It’s perplexing.
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This movie marks your 17th Garage Sale Mysteries film.
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What do you think it is about this franchise that has made it such a lasting success?
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God, I can’t believe it’s 17.
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That’s crazy.
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I think what has made it a lasting success is that the murder mysteries are interesting and fun.
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They’re not too scary.
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