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The prime suspect is Dante’s beautiful assistant, (real name: Mabel Higgins), who was supposed to release the safety catch on the blade. She swears she did, but the catch was found locked. Also in the wings: the jealous stage manager Horace Pringle , who hated Dante’s arrogant demands; a rival illusionist known as The Great Aldini , who attended the rehearsal disguised as a reporter; and Dante’s estranged wife, Evelyn Ripley , who recently discovered he’d faked his own death in a train wreck five years ago to collect insurance.

arrives with Detective George Crabtree , who’s thrilled to be at a theatre (“A murder at a magic show, William! It’s like a novel by that new writer, Gaston Leroux!”). Dr. Julia Ogden examines the body and finds traces of atropine in Dante’s blood—a muscle relaxant that would have prevented him from holding his breath or untying the knots. The real cause of death: a thin wire garrote pulled from inside the tank. murdoch mysteries season 09 dthrip

The Royal Alexandra Theatre is abuzz with its hottest new attraction: “The DTH Rip,” a sensational illusion act by the mysterious magician Dante the Divine (born Arthur Ripley). His signature trick—the “Death Rip”—involves him being bound, locked in a glass water tank, and escaping just before drowning as a giant clockwork blade slices down. The prime suspect is Dante’s beautiful assistant, (real