The Famous Potter Murder Case

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Episode 98-99 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Famous Potter Murder Case
Original airdate:	April 20, 1998 (Part 1) April 27, 1998 (Part 2)
Season:	4
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Music
Opening song:	Unmei no Roulette mawashite
Closing song:	Negai goto hitotsu dake

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Tome Dr. Agasa

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

When a fan of Kogoro's work invitees the family out to his place for the weekend Richard wins a cup of pottery. After a long night of drinking the group awakes and finds a murder has taken place. Maguire thinks it may be more than coincidence, but what is the real case behind this mystery?

Murder
	Location: Tsuchiya household Victim: Masuko Tsuchiya Cause of death: Hanged Suspects: Kaoru Ootani, Yoshihiko Arita, Ryuichi Seto, and Kikuemon

Part 2

Despite most proof pointing to a suicide, Conan is convinced that a murder has taken place and begins looking for additional proof he can use to prove it was murder with the sleeping detective

People

Kikuemon
	78 years old (Birth name: Mankichi Tsuchiya) Ceramic artist

Masuko Tsuchiya
	Victim (hanged) 42 years old Wife of Kikuemon's late son

Yoshihiko Arita
	36 years old Kikuemon's apprentice

Ryuichi Seto
	35 years old Kikuemon's apprentice

Kaoru Ootani
	36 years old Kikuemon's apprentice

Resolution

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The killer is Seto Ryuuichi. He had discovered that Masuko was falsifying several of Kikuemon's prized pottery pieces and selling them for huge prizes, making them pass as the real deal. He attempted to disuade her, but she harshly rebuffed her; Ryuuichi was enraged both due to this and to his own pride, and decided to kill her.

When Masuko got drunk, Ryuuichi took the sleeping woman to the storage room, placing her inside a drawer and putting a hanging noose around her neck. After this he put Masuko's cellphone next to her, since she used it as an alarm clock; when the still drunk Masuko woke up with the cellphone alarm and tried to "get off bed", she ended up hanging herself instead. The blood came from a wound caused by a metal nail sticking out of the drawer.

See also

• Season 4