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challenge yourself by solving these mysteries first (before reading the answers at the last post of these puzzles). 

"The empty cell mystery"


How can Andy escape? REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli

Andy is put in a cell with a dirt floor and only one window. The window is too high for him to reach. The only thing in the cell is a shovel. He won’t be able to get any food or water and only has two days to escape or he’ll die. Andy can’t dig a tunnel because it will take him much longer than two days to do it. How will Andy escape from the cell?

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"Suicide ... or not?"


How does the detective know it's not a suicide? Hollis Johnson

A dead female body lies at the bottom of a multistory building. It looks as though she committed suicide by jumping from one of the floors.

When the detective arrives, he goes to the first floor of the building, opens the closed window, and flips a coin towards the floor. He goes to the second floor and does the exact same thing. He continues to do this until he gets to the top floor of the building.

When he comes back down, he states that it was a murder and not a suicide. How does he know that?

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"The stolen ring"


Why did police suspect Nicole? Flickr / Jo Naylor

Nicole went to the police to report that someone had stolen her vintage ring. When the police got to her house they notice that the window was broken, there was a total mess inside, and there were dirty footprints on the carpet. But, there were no other signs of a break-in.

The next day, the police arrested Nicole for fraud. Why?

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"A murder at school"


This isn't a tough one. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

On the first day of school, someone murdered a history teacher. There were four people at the school that the police suspected had done it: the landscaper, a math teacher, a basketball coach, and the principal. These were their alibis:

The landscaper said he was outside mowing the lawn.

The math teacher said he was giving a mid-year test.

The basketball coach said he was running practice drills with his players.

The principal said she was in her office.

After giving their alibis, the police arrested the killer immediately. Who killed the history teacher and how did the police know?

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"The honeymoon mystery"


This killer wasn't the smartest. conejota/Shutterstock

A couple went to Hawaii for their honeymoon. Unfortunately, the husband returned home alone because his wife had died in a horrible boating accident. The police contacted the travel agent he booked the trip with and arrested him for murdering his wife. How did they know he did it?

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"The recorded last words"


Think twice about this one. Christopher Boswell/Shutterstock

A man was found on the floor dead with a cassette recorder in one hand and a gun in the other. When the police arrive at the scene they pressed play on the recorder. It was the man’s voice. He said, “I have nothing else to live for. I can’t go on,” followed by the sound of a gunshot. After listening, the police knew that this was a murder, not a suicide. How?

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Answers

"The empty cell mystery". The answer: Andy has to use the shovel to create a pile of dirt under the window so he can climb up onto it and escape from the cell.

"The poisonous drinks". The answer: The poison was in the ice. Since Marissa's ice had time to melt, she was poisoned but Juliana wasn't.

"Suicide ... or not?". The answer: She couldn’t have jumped from any of the floors because when the detective went to each floor, all of the windows were closed.

"Love at a funeral". The answer: She killed her sister. She was hoping that if someone else in her family died, the man she met at her mother’s funeral would show up again. (No one has figured out these strange science mysteries yet, can you?)

"The stolen ring". The answer: As soon as the police got to the “crime scene,” they knew that Nicole has most likely staged the break-in. The glass from the broken window was all outside of the house, meaning that it had been broken from the inside.

"The thief at sea". The answer: It was clearly the seaman. It was a Japanese ship and a Japanese flag is white with a single red dot in the middle. It can’t be hung upside down.

"A murder at school". The answer: The math teacher killed the history teacher. He claimed that he was giving a mid-year test, but it was the first day of school.

"The poisonous pills". The answer: Neither of the pills was poisonous. The poison was in the water that all the victims used to swallow their pill.

"The honeymoon mystery". The answer: The travel agent revealed that he had only booked a one-way ticket for his wife.

"The science case". The answer: There was a very obvious clue on the piece of paper. If you combine the abbreviations of the chemical substances on the paper, you’ll get a name: Ni-C-O-La-S.

"The recorded last words". The answer: If the dead man had killed himself, he wouldn’t have been able to press the reverse button on the cassette recorder.

"Guilty in court". The answer: The woman was watching the jury and not the doors because she knew that her husband wouldn’t walk through them because she had killed him. If she has really missed him as she said, she would have been watching the doors.

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