# People other than Police who Solve Murders

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-other-than-police-who-solve-murders/698697>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 17, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-other-than-police-who-solve-murders/698697 "2014-09-17T00:42:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-other-than-police-who-solve-murders/698697/81 "2014-09-21T03:48:34Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> I bet the police won’t believe you, you have to solve the case from your wheelchair.

Exacta!

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**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-other-than-police-who-solve-murders/698697/82 "2014-09-21T04:38:22Z")

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Mennonite Bed and Breakfast owners  
Southern antique dealers (both series by Tamar Myers)  
Herb shop owners (China Bayles series)  
Cleaning ladies (series by Kathy Hogan-Trocheck)  
Country music singers (Kinky Friedman)  
Journalist (Edna Buchannan)  
Quilter (Bennie Harper series)

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-other-than-police-who-solve-murders/698697/83 "2014-09-21T06:37:36Z")

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OJ

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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-other-than-police-who-solve-murders/698697/84 "2014-09-26T01:27:44Z")

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Sorry to bring this up again and if I am duplicating.

Drovers (Rawhide)  
Cattlemen (Bonanza)

Anyone want to guess what I’ve been watching a lot of lately? 😉

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-other-than-police-who-solve-murders/698697/85 "2014-09-26T14:41:51Z")

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> [@darth panda](#):
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> OJ

OJ Who???

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