Artist Hedley Shale is found dead on his bedroom floor, having spent the morning indulging in bedroom frolics with a young model.

When crime writer Maddie Magellan becomes involved and subsequently encounters magician’s consultant Jonathan Creek, she realises that his brilliant lateral mind could help her find out what really happened to Hedley.

Could his perturbed wife possibly be the perpetrator? And what does an Army Coronel from northern Michigan have to do with all this?

In addition to a summary and analysis of the episode, this podcast includes details about locations featured and sheds some light on extraordinary real-world connections to people, places and other stuff.

We also delve into what was going on in the real world on the day the episode aired.

The Wrestler’s Tomb was the first ever episode of Jonathan Creek and hit UK screens on May 10th 1997.

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