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Cast
Case
Situation
| Murder (Past)
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Mansion on 4-chōme
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| Victim:
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Akio's father
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| Cause of death:
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Blunt force trauma
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| Suspects:
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Unknown culprit
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| Conan, Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi explore a haunted house. With strange noises and mysterious scream around every corner, what they find is more tangible and bizarre than any ghost.
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People
Resolution
Evidence
- There is a working secret entrance that allows entry or exit onto the grounds without being seen by anyone else.
- The house still has running water.
- A window had been left open, with no signs of wind or rain wear.
- The house shows no overt signs of life, but the kids smell something cooking.
Conclusion
- The house is not abandoned, but rather hides the dead mansion owner's wife and son, Akio.
- Akio killed his father with a single blow to the head. Unlike many other suspects, Akio had actually intended to turn himself in as soon as he could, but his mother decided to protect him. Her "protection", however, meant locking Akio in the basement until the statute of limitations for the murder expired and he couldn't be prosecuted. He tried to convince his mother otherwise but she was so desperate to not lose her son and apparently only relative left that she wouldn't listen to his pleas. Eventually, as she loses it and attempts to kill the children for snooping in the now abandoned home, Akio manages to stop his mother and insists that he should atone for his crime; with Conan's help, this time he is successful, and both mother and son turn themselves in together.
Motive
- Akio killed his father in the heat of an argument over how he had flunked an important university exam, having impulsively grabbed a bronze candle holder and hit his father in the head with it. He did NOT intend to murder him, however, and was emotionally broken when he realised what he had done.
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Trivia
- Mitsuhiko says that they are going to investigate Shinichi's house which he says "is the last house on the left" a clear allusion to the 1972 film of the same name.
Manga to anime changes
- The manga version of the story marks the debut of Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, Ayumi Yoshida and Genta Kojima. In the anime, they appear in the first episode.
Dub changes
- In the English Dub, Genta brags about his intention to beat the ghost with the other Detective Boys teasing him about it, whereas in the Japanese Version the Detective Boys liken themselves as characters in an RPG game.
- Akio's name in the English Dub is Abraham.
In other languages
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Translation
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 Arabic |
جريمة في البيت المخيف |
A Crime in The Frightening Home
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 Vietnamese |
Vụ án giết người trong lâu đài ma |
A Haunted Mansion Murder Case
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 Galician |
Asasinato na mansión enmeigada |
Murder in a Haunted Mansion
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See also
