10 Murder Mystery Riddles That Will Make You Feel Like Sherlock Holmes

Are you passionate about murder riddles, suspects and impossible crimes? Well, put on your detective hat because Sherlock Holmes has gone on vacation and has left 10 pending cases to solve. Try to unravel the truth behind these riddles without resorting to their solutions (found right at the end).

1. The Honeymoon Riddle

A couple is going on their honeymoon. During it, the husband falls down a ravine and dies. After consoling the woman, the police call the travel agency. After the call, the agents arrest the woman as guilty of the murder of her husband, masked as an accident. How did they know it was her?

2. The Drink Riddle

Ana and Julia are going to have a drink together. Both ask for the same drink: lemon tea, with ice cubes to keep it cool. Also, the tea comes from the same jug. Ana is very thirsty so she drinks 5 glasses in less than a minute. Julia is not that thirsty so it takes her 10 minutes to drink a single glass. Soon, Julia falls dead to the ground. Has died. Poisoned by drinks. How is it possible that she died of poisoning but Ana didn't?

3. The riddle of infidelity

Liam and Rose have been happily married for 5 years. One fine day, a guest from another country arrives for a visit. Liam immediately fell in love with the visit. And it is that he had exactly the type of face that he loves. That same Monday, Liam murders and buries Rose. However, the next day Rose shows up with the police, who arrest Liam for murder so he discovers that he has accidentally killed his guest. How is that possible?

4. The Riddle of the Window Christiane Drummond

A man has been found dead in his office. The person who has notified the police is your friend. He recounts that he was heading towards the victim's house when he saw that the window that led to the office was fogged up by ice. When cleaning it and looking inside, he saw his friend's body and that's why he called the police. However, she immediately arrests him for murdering his friend. How did the agent know that the killer was lying?

5. The Riddle of the Storm

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One fine day, suddenly, a storm hits the city. The incident causes a blackout. After the storm, in the most ostentatious mansion in the city, the body of one of the maids is found.

There are 3 suspects: the husband, the wife and the butler. When she was questioned, the husband said that he was reading books in his bedroom. The wife claimed that at the time of the incident she was watching TV. The butler commented that he was calculating the family budget in his room. Who is lying and therefore murdered the maid?

6. The riddle of the alleged suicide Getty

The residents of a block of flats are horrified to see that one of the tenants has committed suicide: she has apparently thrown herself from one of the windows and they have found the body in the pavement.

A detective is called and he decides to find out the exact floor the woman allegedly jumped from. He goes to the first floor, opens the window that he gave to the street and throws a coin. He goes to the second floor and does the same. And so until the end.

When he descends, he warns the neighbors that it was not a suicide but a murder. How does she know?

7. The Riddle of the Doors

You are faced with 3 closed doors. Door 1 contains a serial killer who killed more than 300 people in 1890. Door 2 contains an inferno that is over 1000 degrees hot. Door 3 contains liquid nitrogen that will freeze you forever. Which of these doors hides salvation and why?

8. The Funeral Riddle Getty Images

A girl meets a boy at her mother's funeral. It made him a lot of tingle, despite the circumstances. Unfortunately, she was busy serving visitors and couldn't ask for the boy's phone number. He questions the rest of the guests who attended his funeral, but no one knows who the boy is. Days later, the girl's sister dies, and the police suspect that it was a murder. Who killed the sister?

9. The Teacher's Riddle

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On the first day of school, someone has murdered a poor girl. The police suspect 4 teachers so they question them. These explain what they were doing at 8 in the morning.

Teacher Walter was driving to school and was late.

Professor Thomas was reviewing the English exams from the other day.

Professor Benjamin was reading the newspaper.

Professor Calin was with his wife in the office.

With just that question, the police identified the killer and arrested him. Who was he?

10. The Cassette Tape Riddle

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Police find a dead man with a tape recorder in one hand and a gun in the other. When you press play on the recorder, the tape inside is played. They hear the man say "I have no reason to live, I can't go on with this" and then a gunshot is heard. After listening to the tape, the police already know that it was murder and not suicide. How do you know?

Solutions

1. The couple's riddle: The police knew the murderer was the woman because she had bought 2 one-way tickets, but only one return.
2. The riddle of the drinks: The poison was in the cubes. Ana did not die because she did not give time for the ice cubes to melt and spread the poison in her drink. Not so with Julia.
3. The Cheating Riddle: The guest was Rose's twin sister.
4. The Window Riddle: Windows fog up on the inside and don't outside. So the friend couldn't see the body from the outside.
5. The riddle of the storm: The murderer was the wife. Her alibi doesn't fit because she couldn't be watching TV in the middle of the blackout.
6. The riddle of the alleged suicide: The woman couldn't have jumped out of any of the windows because they were all closed when the killer arrived.
7. The riddle of the doors: Door 1 is the safe one because if the murderer is from 1890, he has been dead for years and the bones that remain will do little harm to you.
8. The riddle from the funeral: It was the girl herself. He killed his sister in the hope of seeing the boy again at the funeral.
9. The Teachers' Riddle: It was Professor Thomas. Few tests from “another day” I could correct if it was the first day of class.
10. The riddle of the cassette tape: If the man had committed suicide, how could the tape have rewound itself? ? It has been his murderer.