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Mystery is My Hobby: Fishing Trip Ends in Murder

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Hugh Osmond says he will kill Rita’s husband unless she leaves with him.

1. Mystery Is My Hobby Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio centers on “Fishing Trip Ends in Murder” at Pine Haven Lodge in the Adirondacks. 2. Host Adam Graham introduces the program from Boise, Idaho, and opens the episode after the show’s sponsor messages. 3. The episode asks whether a fishing outing can stay peaceful after Bart Drake and Inspector Danton overhear a threat near a hidden pool. 4. Barton Drake and Inspector Danton arrive at Pine Haven Lodge after Judd Loring points them toward a likely fishing pool known only to a few people. 5. The first major scene pairs the men’s fishing chatter about worms and a “royal coachman” with a concealed argument between Hugh Osmond and Rita Conrad. 6. Hugh tells Rita, “Unless you make up your mind to forget that old buzzard and come away with me, I’m going to kill him,” while Bart and the inspector listen from behind bushes. 7. A gunshot follows, and Bart and Danton find Gil Conrad on the ground with Rita kneeling beside him. 8. Rita says Gil was alive long enough to tell her he had decided “to end it all,” which makes the death look like suicide. 9. Hugh Osmond denies the accusation and says he heard the shot, ran back, and stopped behind bushes before showing himself. 10. Laura Bailey, Rita Conrad’s sister, later says Gil asked her to talk Rita into giving up Hugh and that he had threatened to commit suicide that morning. 11. Inspector Danton examines Conrad’s body and notices bullet holes through the head, powder burns on the right side, and a gun in the right hand. 12. Bart then says Gil was left-handed because he carried his keys and money in the left pocket, so the suicide setup does not fit. 13. Laura Bailey insists Gil was right-handed, which forces Bart to question whether one of the three adults around him is covering for the real killer. 14. Bart tells Danton that Rita, Laura, or Hugh must know who committed the murder, and that the innocent two are shielding the guilty one. 15. At night, Bart watches the lodge cabins and notices silhouettes pacing in Laura’s cabin, Hugh’s cabin, and Rita’s cabin. 16. A shot is fired at Laura’s cabin, and Inspector Danton chases the fleeing gunman into the woods until the suspect falls. 17. The inspector and Bart then identify the wounded man as Hugh Osmond, tying the earlier threat, the hidden meeting, and the later shooting together. 18. The episode keeps a fast, dialogue-heavy pace, with Bart trading jokes with Danton while the clues accumulate in short exchanges. 19. Listeners who like old-time radio detective puzzles with lodge-country suspects should fit this episode. 20. Listeners wanting slow character drama without a crime puzzle may skip this episode.

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