A Haunted Mansion Murder Case

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Information
Title:	The Haunted Mansion Murder Case
Japanese title:	幽霊屋敷殺人事件 (Yūrei Yashiki Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	June 17, 1996
Broadcast rating:	14.3%
Manga case:	#6
Season:	1
Manga source:	Volume 2: Files 8-10 (017-019)
English version
English title:	The Disappearing Act
Dubbed episode:	Episode 21
English airdate:	June 28, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Ran Mouri Hiroshi Agasa Shinichi Kudo
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Creepy basement
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Kuchiru Kazehara
Storyboard:	Kuchiru Kazehara
Episode director:	Ikuro Sato
Animation Director:	Masatomo Sudo
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Hiroshi Yanaka as Akio Reiko Yamada as Akio's mother Tomomichi Nishimura as Akio's father
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song:	STEP BY STEP
Chronology
Prev episode:	« An Elevator Murder Case
Next episode:	On Location, TV Drama Murder Case »
List of episodes

Characters introduced

Mrs. Kojima
	Genta's mother

Mrs. Tsuburaya
	Mitsuhiko's mother

Mr. Yoshida
	Ayumi's father

Gadgets introduced

Elasticity Suspenders
	Functions like a pulley Can be used to lift heavy objects

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ran Mouri Hiroshi Agasa Shinichi Kudo (background)

Case

Situation

Murder (Past)
	Location: Mansion on 4-chōme Victim: Akio's father Cause of death: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Unknown culprit 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.

People

Man
	Deceased (bludgeoned) Mansion owner Akio's father

Akio
	Missing man

Woman
	Akio's mother Missing woman

Resolution

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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.

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.

Translation changes

Anime

• 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.

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.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	胸がドキドキ	Mune ga Dokidoki	The Pounding of My Heart	Mune ga Dokidoki
2	悪のテーマ2	Aku no Tēma 2	Theme of Evil 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
3	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	はずむ蘭 （音コンテ）	Hazumu Ran (Oto Konte)	Bouncing Ran (Sound Cue)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	はずむ蘭 （音コンテ）	Hazumu Ran (Oto Konte)	Bouncing Ran (Sound Cue)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	推理1	Suiri 1	Deduction 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	緊迫1	Kinpaku 1	Tension 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	緊迫2	Kinpaku 2	Tension 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	悪のテーマ1	Aku no Tēma 1	Theme of Evil 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
12	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	コナンのテーマ （バラード・ヴァージョン)	Konan no Tēma (Barādo・Vājon)	Conan's Theme (Ballad Version)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
14	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
15	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP
16	はずむ蘭 （音コンテ）	Hazumu Ran (Oto Konte)	Bouncing Ran (Variation)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
17	それいけコナン1	Soreike Konan 1	Let's Go Conan 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	جريمة في البيت المخيف	A Crime in The Frightening Home
French	La Maison hantée	The Haunted House
Galician	Asasinato na mansión enmeigada	Murder in a Haunted Mansion
German	Eine gespenstische Entdeckung	A Ghostly Discovery
Italian	La casa del mistero	The Mistery's House
Spanish	Asesinato en la casa encantada
Vietnamese	Vụ án giết người trong lâu đài ma	A Haunted Mansion Murder Case

See also

• Season 1