It\'s funny how long it takes the police to get around to checking fingerprints in identical twins stories, whether radio, TV, or film. Especially when one is a member of the US armed forces, a vetern, entitled to benifits, etc.

Straying a ways off-topic here, I\'m also a fan of Columbo. A series that was/is delightful to watch for the interplay of characters, but . . . the writing and \"logic\" of the eventual solving of the crime was sometimes horribly flawed. Anyway, they had at least one episode on twins; \"Double Shock\" (Season 2), where the twins hate each other, as in our episode here, and together they plot the death of a wealthy relative, and provide each other with solid alibis. Of course they are exposed in the end . . .

Back to our show. It does seem to stretch the imagination that a person in love can\'t tell the difference between an imposter and the one she loves. No first-hand or even second-hand experience here, but I think that\'s somewhat unlikely.

Identical twins aren\'t too common yet aren\'t extremely rare either. And here\'s something weird. I\'ve worked in theatre for some time at the college and community level, and run into 4 sets of identical twins in that regard. But in other avenues of my life I\'ve never run into any; strange.

This story carries a couple of morals or messages that are simple enough for the listener to understand. But here\'s a lesson that might be missed by some:

When you murder your twin, and his/her ghost won\'t leave you alone, and keeps saying to you, \"Don\'t worry about that letter,\" or \"Disregard that bill,\" or \"Ignore that ticking noise under your bed,\" or \"No way your medicine has been tampered with,\" or \"Bet the farm on Paper Chase in the 12th at Belmont,\" . . . don\'t believe it!!! Try to remember that a spirit that isn\'t at rest in the afterworld probably is not in heaven . . . and if they\'re not in heaven, where do you suppose they really are?? So the ghost advising you possibly has nefarious purposes of their own, though they may appear as friendly and helpful as Casper. If I believed everything my ghosts told me I wouldn\'t be living the free and easy life of the upper-crust jet-setter that I so much enjoy, I can tell you that. So my general advice is to ignore all your ghosts; a word to the wise and a freebie from me to you.