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Mystery is My Hobby: Bullets Make Holes

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Drake explains that seven shots, seven holes, and one neck wound prove Steve Morgan lied.

1. Mystery is My Hobby Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio focuses on the case titled “Bullets Make Holes.” 2. Adam Graham hosts from Boise, Idaho, and Broughton Gregg voices Barton Drake, whose deductions drive the case. 3. The episode asks whether Max Warner’s shooting at a fishing lodge near the Pierre Marquette was an accident or murder. 4. Charlie Ames tells Drake that Ronald the Razor escaped from the pen and was heading toward the lodge. 5. Charlie says the escapee slit cabin doors from cabin number one through cabin number six. 6. Steve Morgan says he heard a prowler, reached for his .45 automatic, and fired at a figure by the window. 7. Steve says he heard seven shots and then found Max Warner on the floor of cabin six. 8. Inspector Noah Danton notes that Max and Steve are both connected to a Brown Copper stock position. 9. Danton sends Charlie Ames to Ludington by station wagon to telegraph New York about Brown Copper. 10. The telegraph reply says Brown Copper is down, which confirms Steve sold his shares before Max was killed. 11. Drake checks the cabin window and finds it nailed shut and unable to open from the outside. 12. He also notices that the ground outside the window is soft and does not show signs of someone entering there. 13. Mrs. Warner says she and Steve are in love and want to drive to Ludington to get married. 14. Drake warns Mrs. Warner that accomplice liability can still apply if she helped plan the killing. 15. Mrs. Warner points a gun at Drake and forces him into a closet while she and Steve try to leave. 16. Danton returns, uses the amphious jeep, and helps chase the station wagon across the river. 17. Drake’s key reasoning is that a .45 automatic holds seven shots and the cabin contains seven bullet holes in the floor. 18. He also says the single wound in Max Warner’s neck must match the missing bullet logic, and “Bullets do make holes, you know.” 19. The episode’s tone mixes lodge chatter, exaggerated stock-market talk, and fast dialogue from Barton Drake and Inspector Danton. 20. Listeners who like old-time radio mysteries with physical clues and deduction will fit this episode, while listeners who want minimal period slang may skip it.

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