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Chabal2
Since: Jan, 2010
BentonGrey
Since: Mar, 2017
25th Mar, 2021 03:02:29 PM
Ahh, excellent! Thanks Chabal 2, that's it exactly!
God bless, -Benton Grey
Howdy folks, does TV Tropes have an entry for the old detective story trope of the villain bringing a detective into a plot to serve as an unimpeachable witness, then letting them see a carefully orchestrated series of events? This is a standard for Old Time Radio and a lot of the detective genre, where someone like Phillip Marlowe will be hired, allowed to see a "suicide" or something similar, in the hopes that they will be a believable witness to the version of events the antagonists want the authorities to believe, but which are actually a cover-up to some type of nefarious plot. Of course, the hero usually unravels the truth behind the plot and catches the villains.