A young woman is attending her mother’s funeral. While there, she meets a man she has never seen before and falls in love immediately. After the funeral she tries to find him but cannot. Several days later she kills her sister. Why does she kill her sister?
Riddle AnswerDetective Riddles
Statements from Six Suspects
After a local art theft, six suspects were being interviewed. Below is a summary of their statements.
Police know that exactly four of them told one lie each and all of the other statements are true. From this information can you tell who committed the crime?
Alan said:
It wasn’t Brian
It wasn’t Dave
It wasn’t Eddie
Brian said:
It wasn’t Alan
It wasn’t Charlie
It wasn’t Eddie
Charlie said:
It wasn’t Brian
It wasn’t Freddie
It wasn’t Eddie
Dave said:
It wasn’t Alan
It wasn’t Freddie
It wasn’t Charlie
Eddie said:
It wasn’t Charlie
It wasn’t Dave
It wasn’t Freddie
Freddie said:
It wasn’t CharlieRiddle Answer
It wasn’t Dave
It wasn’t Alan
Missing Wallet Thief
Six men, namely Martin Freeman, Jonah Jameson, Terry Singer, Mike Cooper, Jim Condon and Sylvian Bogard were in an elevator together.
Unexpectedly, the lights went out. When the lights came back, Martin Freeman’s wallet was missing which contained a confidential item.
Detectives were called at the scene. They interrogated the suspects, the witnesses, and people who were familiar with the suspects. They collected physical evidence (hair samples, fiber samples, etc.) from the crime scene as well. Overall, they were able to collect fifteen clues, but they could still not find the culprit.
Following are the clues.
- No two suspects have the same weight, color shoes, color umbrella, color car, or hair color.
- The suspect who owns a pink car was wearing tan shoes.
- The suspect who weighs 180 pounds owns an orange car.
- Terry Singer owns an orange car.
- The suspect who owns a blue car was wearing purple shoes.
- The suspect who weighs 150 pounds was wearing tan shoes.
- Mike Cooper was carrying a pink umbrella.
- Sylvian Bogard has black hair.
- Jonah Jameson weighs 210 pounds.
- The suspect who weighs 190 pounds was wearing purple shoes.
- The suspect who was carrying a black umbrella is not the one who was wearing blue shoes.
- The thief owns a blue car.
- The suspect who owns a white car is not the one who weighs 170 pounds.
- Jim Condon was wearing brown shoes.
- The suspect who weighs 190 pounds is not the one who has black hair.
Can you find the culprit?
Riddle AnswerFly in Tea
A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea. The waiter took her cup and went into the kitchen and returned with a fresh cup of tea. She shouted, “You brought me the same cup of tea!” How did she know?
Riddle AnswerCharged for Killing Wife
A man is in court for killing his wife. In the closing statements the man’s lawyer surprises everyone when he announces “His wife was just missing. Everyone look at those doors. His wife is going to walk in those doors in about 30 seconds.”
The entire court is silent and the jury stares at the door as the lawyer and the defendant stare at them. After a couple of minutes the lawyer says “See! If you were so sure he killed his wife, you wouldn’t be watching that door!”
The jury goes into deliberation and comes back almost immediately with a guilty verdict. Why did the jury convict him?
Riddle Answer