Murder Riddles

Murder Riddles 1 : Murder Crime Riddle

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A dead body is found at the bottom of a multistory building. Seeing the position of the body
it is evident that the person jumped off from one of the floor for attempting suicide.

A homicide detective is called to look after the case. He goes to the first floor and walks in
the room facing the direction in which the body was found. He opens the window in that
direction and flips a coin towards the floor.

The he goes to the second floor and repeats the process. He keeps on doing it till the last
floor. Then, when he climbs down, he tells the team that it is a murder not suicide.

How did he come to know that it was a murder?

Solution:
At each floor, he did the same task of opening the window and flipping the coin. If it was a
suicide, then at least the window at any of the floor must have been left open by the person
who jumped off. The present situation only suggests that someone pushed him off and then
closed the window again.
Sherlock breaks into a crime scene. The victim is the owner who is slumped dead on a chair
and have a bullet hole in his head. A gun lies on the floor and a cassette recorder is found on
the table. On pressing the play button, Sherlock hears the message 'I have committed sins in
my life and now I offer my soul to the great lord....following a gunshot.

Sherlock smiles Of-course its a murder.

Solution:
How can a dead person rewind back the tape himself ?

Murder Riddles 3 : Explain Murder Mystery Riddle

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You are living at you place alone. You own a shed which has been locked. The lock that has
been placed on the door can be closed without a key but need the key to be opened. You
collected some old stuff and decided to keep it in the shed. After keeping the things, you
locked it back. The next day, the police found a dead body inside the shed. As you are the
only one living in your house, the police has nothing else to believe than you are the
murderer. But you have not committed any crime.

There is a way the murder would have happened. Can you find that way and tell the police so
you are not sentenced for the crime you did not commit?

Solution:
The lock can be closed without a key.
When you were keeping the things inside the shed, the murderer took the lock hanging on the
door and replaced it with an identical one. You closed it as it did not require a key. When you
were gone, the murderer opened the new lock with his key, planted the body inside, replaced
the lock with the original one again and locked it.

Murder Riddles 4 : Strange Killing Puzzle

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A girl, at the funeral of her mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She fell for him and
just kept looking at him.Sometime later she realized that the guy is gone and she forgot to
take the number of the guy and now she can't find him. A few days later she killed her elder
brother. Question: What is her motive in killing her brother ?

Solution:
She was hoping that the guy would appear at the funeral again.

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Murder Riddles 5 : Sherlock Holmes Puzzle
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Sherlock Detective reviewed the information they had on the case so far.

A lady named 'himanshi' was found shot and they already had a list of suspects - Ankit ,
Tarun, Harish, Manoj and Manish.
Killer is a fan of sherlock and chalenge him by leaving notes ad various places.
* The first was found in a toilet room.
* The second was found in an art room.
* The third was in a restroom.
* the fourth in an underwater room.
* The fifth at the no smoking room.

All of the notes read the same thing, 'The clues are where you find the notes.' Yet, nothing
was found at anyplace the notes were.
Sherlock the genius , immediately solved the case.
Who was the killer ?

Solution:
Its Tarun

toilet room(T) , art room(a) , rest room (r) , underwater room (u) , no smoking room (n)

Murder Riddles 6 : Trick Detective Murder Riddle

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A couple went on for a climbing trip. But only the husband returned from the vacation and
said that his wife slipped off while climbing and died. On investigating, the local sheriff
arrested him saying, 'Your travel agent called. You murdered your wife.'

The man did not inform anyone about the trip. Then how did the agent was so sure that it is a
murder?

Solution:
The man bought only one way ticket for his wife whereas he bought two way ticket for
himself. It means that he was sure that he will be returning alone.
Murder Riddles 7 : Easy Murderer Mystery Riddle
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A man plots the murder of his wife. His plan is full proof. Nobody saw them leaving their
house. He stabbed her with a knife while driving. She died on the spot. He threw her body in
a valley. He threw the knife carefully wiping his finger prints on a random garbage bin. Then
he went back to his home and no one was watching him this time as well.

After an hour, he was called by the local police department who informed him that his wife
was murdered. They asked him to reach the scene of crime immediately. But as soon as he
arrived at the crime scene, he was arrested by them.

How did the police know that he himself is the murderer?

Solution:
It is clear that the police never told him where the crime scene was. But still he reached the
correct place. It means that he knew about the crime and he himself is the murderer.

Murder Riddles 8 : Suicide Riddle

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A man is found dead. When the investigation is done, he is found dead with a knife in his
back. A chair sits beside him and the forensic team finds moisture around the body.

If he committed suicide, how did he do it?

Solution:
The man used an ice knife. The ice was capable of holding the knife pointing upwards and he
dropped down on the chair with his back towards the knife. The moisture indicates the
melting of ice.

Murder Riddles 9 : Tricky Murder Mystery Logical Riddle

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Four boys were playing a game in which they need to throw the stone in the water so that the
stone at don't get sunk into the water(there is some solid area in water).
Boy1: Succeeded in throwing 2 stones at solid area but 1 of the stone sunk.
Boy3: All stones got sunk.
Boy4: None of the stones got sunk.

Boy2 was the winner but was struck by a stone in the head and died.

Who killed Boy2 ?

Solution:
Boy1, he was left with one stone.
Murder Riddles 10 : Murder Mystery Problem
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One evening there was a murder in the home of married couple, their son and daughter. One
of these four people murdered one of the others. One of the members of the family witnessed
the crime.

The other one helped the murderer.

These are the things we know for sure:

1. The witness and the one who helped the murderer were not of the same sex.

2. The oldest person and the witness were not of the same sex.

3. The youngest person and the victim were not of the same sex.

4. The one who helped the murderer was older than the victim.

5. The father was the oldest member of the family.

6. The murderer was not the youngest member of the family.

Who was the murderer?

Solution:
mother

We know from (3) that the youngest person was not the victim, from (4) that the youngest
person was not the helper and from (6) that the youngest person was not the killer. The
youngest person can only have been the witness therefore. If we make up a chart there are
now three possible combinations:

Oldest person (father) H H M

Next to oldest (mother) V M H

Next to youngest (son) M V V

Youngest (daughter) W W W

(H = Helper ; V = Victim ; M = Murderer ; W = Witness)

We can work out from (5) that the father was the oldest, from (2) that the youngest person
must have been the daughter. Therefore the next to the youngest must have been the son and
the next to the oldest, the mother.

Of three possibilities: the first is impossible (from (3) the youngest person and the victim
were of different sexes); the third is also impossible (from (1) the witness and the helper
were of different sexes). Therefore only the second possibility holds and the mother was
the murderess.

Murder Riddles 11 : Science Murder Riddle

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A man was going to bleach his socks because they had gotten muddy the day before. As he
was pouring the bleach into the washing machine, he spilled some on the floor. He got some
cleaning fluid and mopped it up with a rag. Minutes later he was dead. What killed him?

Solution:
When you mix bleach and ammonia [found in most cleaning products] it creates a deadly gas
that can kill.

Murder Riddles 12 : Murder Mystery Puzzle

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A wealthy man lives alone in a small cottage. Being partially handicapped he had everything
delivered to his cottage. The mailman was delivering a letter one Thursday when he noticed
that the front door was ajar. Through the opening he could see the man's body lying in a pool
of dried blood. When a police officer arrived he surveyed the scene. On the porch were two
bottles of warm milk, Monday's newspaper, a catalog, flyers, and unopened mail. The police
officer suspects it was foul play. Who does he suspect and why?

Solution:
The police officer suspects the newspaper delivery person. The absence of Tuesday's and
Wednesday's newspaper indicates that the delivery person knew there was no one there to
read it.