The Truth about Robin Masters. Mystery Solved:
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 6:59 pm
Selleck said in an interview that "because Magnum believed Higgins was Robin then that was the truth." That's not exactly right in fact it's wrong. The only factual authority is Don Bellisario and it's clear from J. Digger Doyle that Robin was a real author who wrote (dictated) his own novels. So if you want to make this theory work you have to make it contingent upon the death of Orson Welles when he died in real life that's when the Real Robin Masters died in the universe of the show.
Higgins conspired with Robin's publisher to cover up the death of Mr. Masters so as to keep the book sales on the best seller list and Higgins assumed the duty of ghost writing new novels under the Robin Masters name. His publisher might have also hired additional ghost writers. So there really was a real Robin who hired Magnum in 1979 and the real Robin was seen on the show at various points.
Bellisario created all of the characters and his is the only opinion that matters. Don is now in very bad health he has Alzheimers and swelling of the brain he does not have long to live. But you must rely on what Don set in stone. I think it was Jay Huguely who decided that Higgins was really Robin and that only became true after Orson Welles died in real life. Then the theory works so in a way Selleck is correct but there is a very big "yes, but" that goes with this theory and I've now explained it.
I've solved this mystery as much as it can be solved and my explanation makes everyone happy this is correct. Also in Squeeze Play when Robin wagered the estate to Buzz Benoit that was the Real Robin. No imposter hired by Higgins would have the authority or be so dumb to wager the estate in a poker game.
So if you take all the episodes where Orson Welles did the Voice of Robin you get a clear picture that he was a real author who owned the estate and hired Higgins as caretaker then hired Magnum as security consultant. I think Welles died in 1984 and from that point on in the world of the show Higgins worked with Robin's publisher to continue the books.
And as crazy as it sounds they kept the death of Robin from Magnum which makes no sense because Magnum often talked to Robin by phone and Thomas would have realized he was talking to an imposter since Orson's Robin's voice was so distintive. But this is the truth in so far as it can be explained logically. Toward the end Higgins did become "Robin Masters" but he was not always Robin Masters.
Higgins conspired with Robin's publisher to cover up the death of Mr. Masters so as to keep the book sales on the best seller list and Higgins assumed the duty of ghost writing new novels under the Robin Masters name. His publisher might have also hired additional ghost writers. So there really was a real Robin who hired Magnum in 1979 and the real Robin was seen on the show at various points.
Bellisario created all of the characters and his is the only opinion that matters. Don is now in very bad health he has Alzheimers and swelling of the brain he does not have long to live. But you must rely on what Don set in stone. I think it was Jay Huguely who decided that Higgins was really Robin and that only became true after Orson Welles died in real life. Then the theory works so in a way Selleck is correct but there is a very big "yes, but" that goes with this theory and I've now explained it.
I've solved this mystery as much as it can be solved and my explanation makes everyone happy this is correct. Also in Squeeze Play when Robin wagered the estate to Buzz Benoit that was the Real Robin. No imposter hired by Higgins would have the authority or be so dumb to wager the estate in a poker game.
So if you take all the episodes where Orson Welles did the Voice of Robin you get a clear picture that he was a real author who owned the estate and hired Higgins as caretaker then hired Magnum as security consultant. I think Welles died in 1984 and from that point on in the world of the show Higgins worked with Robin's publisher to continue the books.
And as crazy as it sounds they kept the death of Robin from Magnum which makes no sense because Magnum often talked to Robin by phone and Thomas would have realized he was talking to an imposter since Orson's Robin's voice was so distintive. But this is the truth in so far as it can be explained logically. Toward the end Higgins did become "Robin Masters" but he was not always Robin Masters.
