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The Case of the Candid Camera

Album: Gold Audio 15: A Place of Wonder

Episode: 207

Lesson/Theme: Honesty; the consequences of sin.

Bible Verse: Numbers 32:23

Characters: Harlow, Lucy, Rodney

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer: Bob Luttrell

Original Air Date: October 10, 1992

Last Air Date: October 6, 2008

Description:
Harlow Doyle is on the case! Rodney Rathbone has had a camera stolen, and he thinks someone from Whit's End took it. It all started when he took his friend Denver to Whit's End to enter him in the Bible Bowl. Rodney set his camera down for a couple of minutes to go sign Denver up, and when Rodney came back, it was gone. Harlow examines the facts and turns up nothing. Just as he's about to give up, Denver bursts in, conscience-stricken. He confesses that the whole thing is a setup: Rodney needs the camera back because he took pictures of the answers to give Denver so he could win the Bible Bowl! But Denver says he has been studying. He thinks he has a good chance without the pictures! Lucy, who is organizing the contest, decides to give Denver a shot, and he actually wins without cheating! Or does he? While giving Denver his award, Whit mentions a well-known Bible verse, which Denver doesn't seem to know. Whit is also concerned that the camera hasn't turned up, which means there is still a thief on the loose. Denver is happy, though. He gets his picture in the paper for winning the contest, and he and Rodney plan to use the prize to enjoy themselves at Water World. Later, during a visit to a nearby shop, Harlow Doyle learns that a roll of film has been dropped off there by Rodney Rathbone to be developed. Harlow puts two and two together and realizes that Rodney dropped off the film after the camera had been stolen! How was that possible? Whit and Harlow get to the bottom of it. They discover that . . . well, we won't give away the ending, but you can be sure that the thief is caught, punishment is meted out, and Odyssey returns back to normal.

Questions:
Why did Rodney and Denver think they could pull a fast one on Lucy and Harlow? Why didn't Lucy believe Rodney and Denver? Read Numbers 32:2 Have you ever tried to hide your sin? Did it "find you out"?