• Tatort ('Crime Scene' - 'The Ghost Train Case' - english). 'Der_Fall_Geisterbahn' 16th episode, Tatort TV-Series 1970-

    From bruce bowser@bruce2bowser@gmail.com to rec.arts.mystery on Fri Apr 9 11:34:29 2021
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    STORY LINE (in english):
    'On the' fairgrounds, chief detective 'Klipp from the police burglary department has fun at the shooting' gallery, 'while a solid marital' dispute takes place' where 'the Forster family' is.-a-a'After Klipp' saw 'a-afortune teller there, he found Otto Forster shot in one of the gondolas of' a-a'ghost train' ride.
    'Klipp carefully secures the crime scene and the witnesses and' then 'waits until detective Konrad from the homicide squad arrives.Forster's wife does not seem particularly shaken; she is on her way to see her mother, the said fortune teller.-a Konrad and Klipp question-athe employees of the ghost train ride, who are not very cooperative.'-a These two policemen 'then' take a ride 'down the train' path 'to get' any 'ideas' on what else happened 'and discover a second bullet hole in a figure' display.-a
    Paul Horn,' who was in the area, 'speaks' 'at the back exit and says that the dead man was a very unpleasant person.' The next morning, he had 'had' a fatal 'accident.-a With his last words he' warned 'Klipp and Konrad about "any contacts".-a Forster's widow is convinced' of 'murder and not' just 'an accident.-a Klipp got the address of Zink, the owner of the ghost train and several other show shops, and called inspector Konrad.-a He announced to Klipp that he was allowed to completely take over the ghost train case due to the great shortage of staff at the homicide squad.-a The inspector immediately threw himself into work and looked for' Zink.-a 'His villa' shows 'evidence of great wealth, which does not really fit the meager life of' a 'showmen.Klipp secretly follows Zink to the-afreight station-aand learns that a tractor and two wagons for' Zink 'are being loaded.-a 'He secretly stows another box on the wagon, but before the train can move towards the border, Klipp calls in the-acustoms investigation.-aCustoms inspector Kressin-aarrives, has the ominous box' viewed, 'and finds a parcel of-aheroin-ain' a 'false bottom.-a
    Klipp informs Konrad, and with police reinforcements he goes to' Zink, 'who immediately begins' shooting at them, 'but is then arrested.-a 'He vows not to be a murderer.Klipp goes back to Forster's widow, who had to admit her mother to the hospital at short notice.-a On her deathbed, she, the fortune teller confesses that Zink had Forster firmly in hand with the-adrugs, but Forster wanted to get out.-a He took out his frustration on his family and hit his child over and over again.-a As a grandmother, she could no longer bear that and shot Forster because she didn't have long to live, anyway.'
    SOURCE: (updated)
    from Wikipedia Germany, Wikipedia the free encyclopedia ---ahttps://de.zxc.wiki/wiki/Tatort_(Fernsehreihe)#Liste_der_Tatort-Folgen (see: 'Main article : List of crime scene episodes')
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