THEORIES OF RELATEEVEETY - THE HEIDEMANN BROTHERS

PERRY MASON
THE CASE OF THE CLUMSY CLOWN

During a power struggle between two dueling owners of a small circus, the top clown in the company was doing his routine using a gun filled with blanks.  However, the gun shot one of the circus owners dead and it was witnessed by everyone in the audience – including Perry Mason, Della Street, and even Lt. Arthur Tragg.

That clown was Felix Heidemann, but thanks to being represented by Mason, the charges against him were dropped and the real murderer was exposed.

And we have a theory of relateeveety for Felix!

COLUMBO
A STITCH IN CRIME

Dr. Edmund Heidemann, one of the leading researchers in developing a drug to help lessen the chance for a human body to reject a transplanted organ.  Dr. Heidemann was not obsessed with finishing  before any of their rivals in order to reap the praise.

However, his junior partner on the project, Dr. Barry Mayfield, lusted for the acclaim and he wanted the sole credit.  But Heidemann wouldn’t budge on declaring the project as complete so Mayfield plotted to kill his senior partner. 

Luckily for Dr. Heidemann, Lt. Columbo proved Mayfield was plotting to kill him which saved Heidemann's life.

Here’s the theory of relateeveety: Edmund and Felix Heidemann were brothers.  True, there are seventeen years separating them, with Edmund being the elder, but that isn’t surmountable.  There’s thirteen years between me and my baby sister; in fact, I was old enough to be her godfather!

There is one catch.  Dr. Heidemann received a telegram from his German rival and the surname was spelled with only one “n” at the end of the name.

However, I’ve got some splainin to do….

It’s simply a typo, perhaps based on Dr I.C. Brechman knowing somebody who spells the name as “Heideman”.

And I should point out that in the IMDb, both characters have their family name spelled with two “n”’s.

BCnU!