it was a riddle that threatened to destroy kay s family until someone with an explosive secret revealed the horrifying truth. here s keith morrison with mystery in payson canyon. there are people on this glorious sun-kissed planet of ours who get up each morning to the miracle of being alive and wor worry. not that there aren t things to worry about, of course. whether we can do anything about them or not. but some people worry a very great deal indeed and do try to be prepared for whatever. and one of those prepared people was a brilliant retired university professor named kay mortenson whose sister was a woman named fern. they said, well, kay, what would happen if i m not prepared and i m hungry or my kids are hungry? can we come to the house? no, i ll probably just shoot you. jestingly. he wouldn t have. but he was definitely willing to protect what he had.