Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man
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Thank you.
:53:07
- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you.
- That's all right. Please go on.

:53:13
Listen, I can come back another time.
:53:15
No, really, I'm all right. I want to hear.
:53:18
- Are you sure you're all right?
- Mm-hm.

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There's not much else to say,
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it's just another one of those things
that bothers me.

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I mean, what was your husband doing?
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Was he just standing there
while some guy sitting down shot him?

:53:35
At this point there's no way
of really knowing what happened.

:53:39
Right. You're right about that. Right. That's...
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- But the other peculiar thing...
- Something else?

:53:46
- He was shot with a.22 calibre revolver.
- So?

:53:50
Most criminals use a.32, maybe a.38.
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- But this one was different?
- Sure was.

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And I tried to figure it. Why a.22?
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- Hm, that's interesting.
- Yes, that is interesting.

:54:04
What if he wanted to fire into someone
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and know the bullet didn't have
the velocity to go through the body?

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- But why?
- He didn't want any trace of the crime

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in the room where he shot him.
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Well, you've given these details of yours
a lot of thought.

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I know all these things don't seem like much
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but put them all together,
one on top of the other,

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and that kidnapping just doesn't add up.
:54:29
Let me understand you correctly.
:54:31
Was this perhaps
not an ordinary kidnapping?

:54:35
That's right. That's interesting, isn't it?
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What if someone murdered your husband
and made it look like a kidnapping?

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- So the ransom money was a setup?
- That's possible.

:54:46
Look how that throws us off.
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We're looking for kidnappers that don't exist.
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In the meantime, the real killer is so close
we can't even see him.

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And all these little details fall into place -
the angle of the gun.

:54:58
Shot by someone he knew
while the murderer was sitting down.


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