#1 - CID Murder Mystery Problem #2 - Detective Hercule Murder Mystery

Puzzle
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An old man lives alone in a flat. Because of his Detective Hercule Poirot reviewed the
age, he is not able to move comfortably and so information they had on the case so far.
most of the things have to be delivered to his A lady named 'Monica' was found shot and
house. Hercule already had a list of suspects: Rooney,
On Friday while delivering the mail, the postman Torres, David, Messi and Ronaldo.
feels something suspicious in the flat and tries to The killer is a fan of Poirot and challenged him by
look inside through the key hole and he saw the leaving notes at various places.
body of the old man covered with blood. # The first was found in a dressing room.
A detective arrived on the scene. # The second was found in the attic.
Outside the flat, he found two bottles of warm # The third was in the vestibule.
milk, Tuesday’s newspaper, some unopened mails # The fourth in an ice-cream room.
and some gifts. # The fifth in the dining room
All of the notes read the same thing, 'The clues
The detective immediately knows who the are where you find the notes.' But nothing was
murderer is. found anywhere.
Hercule Poirot thought for a moment and then
Who was the murderer? arrested the killer. Who was the killer?

#3 - Murder Mystery Puzzle #4 - Sherlock Holmes Mystery Puzzle

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One evening there was a murder in the home of a
married couple, their son and daughter. One of Sir Humphrey Jones is found dead in his office at
these four people murdered one of the others. One his desk.
of the members of the family witnessed the crime.
Sherlock Holmes was working on this case and
The other one helped the murderer. has narrowed the suspects down to three people:
These are the things we know for sure: 1. His Friend Mr. Frank Simpson
1. The witness and the one who helped the 2. Frank's wife "Pamela"
murderer were not of the same sex. 3. His Secretary "Jason Kumar"
2. The oldest person and the witness were not of
the same sex. All three suspects visited Sir H Jones on the day
3. The youngest person and the victim were not of of his murder for various reasons as they told
the same sex. Sherlock.
4. The one who helped the murderer was older As we know where police failed, Sherlock comes.
than the victim. He was able to find a note at the corner of the
5. The father was the oldest member of the wall. "7-8-9-10-11" was written on it and it must
family. have been written by Sir Jones.
6. The murderer was not the youngest member of
the family. Sherlock wastes no time in announcing who the
So who was the murderer? killer is. So, are you as good as Sherlock? Who
was the killer?
#5 - Murder Mystery Puzzle #6 - Murder Mystery Puzzle
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The dead body of Adrian was found at the bottom A rich man was found murdered one Sunday
of a cliff. He was clothed in heavy hiking boots, morning. His wife immediately called the police.
gloves, several light jackets, and thick woolen The police questioned the wife and the staff in the
trousers. hall. The following alibis were given:
James G. recounted: “I returned to camp early to
make dinner for the hunting party when I saw - The wife declared she was in bed reading a
Adrian and Lulo arguing. They had been dating book.
for several years and frequently held heated
discussions. I didn't want to intrude, so I hid - The cook said she was cooking breakfast.
behind a tree. Suddenly Adrian picked up a rock
and delivered a fatal blow to Lulo's head. Just - The gardener claimed he was planting seeds.
then Adrian saw me. He was so startled he turned
and ran. He obviously forgot about the cliff and - The daughter said she was getting the mail.
fell to his death.”
- The maid explained she was cleaning the
When the lab checked the rock that supposedly windows.
killed Lulo, it found Adrian's fingerprints on it.
The police immediately ordered the arrest of The police instantly arrested the murderer.
James G. Why? Who did it? And how did the police know?

#7 - Homicide Detective Puzzle #8 - Suicide Or Murder - Crime Scene

Home Picture Puzzle
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A homicide detective is called at a crime scene. A Based on the clues in the picture, can you identify if it's a
man is lying dead in front of the building and murder or a suicide? Explain your theory in English (by
looking at the position of the windows on the describing what you see)
building and the position in which the body is
found, it is obvious that the man jumped out from
one of them and committed suicide.

The detective goes inside the building. He goes to

the first floor and into the room that is on the
front side. Inside the room, he lights up a
cigarette, walks towards the window facing the
dead body, opens the window and throws out the
cigarette. He then goes to the second floor and
repeats the same process until he is done with all
the floors and then takes the lift to the ground
floor. Upon reaching there, he calls his boss and
informs him that it is not a suicide but a murder.

How do you think he found out that it was a not a

suicide?
#9 - Murder Suspect Riddle #10 - Short Story Mystery Puzzle
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A Japanese ship was making its way through the
It was the first day of college when a young girl Pacific. The captain felt like taking a bath and thus
was found dead on the college premises. went to the bathroom after removing his Rolex watch
The police narrowed down four suspects. and gold bracelet. When he returned back from the
bathroom, he found out that his valuables were
missing.
1. The Dean: He claims he was working in his
He suspected 5 of his crew members. He called them
office the whole day. in and asked all of them what they were doing for the
2. The Maths Teacher: She claims that she was last 15 minutes. They replied as follows:
giving her students grades. The cook: I was in the fridge room getting meat for
3. The caretaker: He claims that he was bringing cooking.
the mail. The Engineer: I was working on the generator engine.
4. Mathew: He claims he was cleaning the roof of A seaman: I was on the mast correcting the flag which
the college. was upside down by mistake.
The Radio officer: I was messaging to company that
Who is the murderer and why? we will reach the port in the next two days that is
Friday morning at 11.
The navigation officer: I was taking a nap before my
night watch began.

Upon hearing all of them, the captain found out who

was the thief. How did he know that? Who is the
thief?

#11 - Murder Suspect Riddle #12 - Murder Suspect Riddle

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A crime has been committed at Freemont Street.

The main suspect is a man named Sean Baker. It
was said that a man had been walking along the
pathway when he was suddenly shot in the
stomach.

The suspect had brown hair, blue eyes and wore a

baggy Armani suit just like Sean Baker's. Sean
was asked to tell the story right from the
beginning. "Well," said Sean, "I was just hanging
around the park when I saw this man walking
along the pathway. Suddenly, a guy came up from
behind him and shot him! I ran home as fast as I
Two girls ate dinner together. They both ordered could." The policemen asked him to give a
iced tea. One girl drank them very fast and had description of the murderer. "He had a red
finished five in the time it took the other to drink mustache, red hair and a baggy Armani suit on."
just one. "I think this man is telling a lie," said one of the
policemen.
The girl who drank one died while the other
survived. All of the drinks were poisoned. How How did he know?
did the girl who drank the most survive?
#13 – The building Mystery Riddle #14 – The Hospital Mystery Riddle
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A dead body is found at the bottom of a “Who shot her?” cried a man as he rushed into the
multistory building. It looks quite clear that the hospital where his wife was kept.
person has committed suicide by jumping off The man was stopped by the police who asked
from one of the floors. him where he was last night he told them he was
A detective comes, goes to the first floor and spending the night at a friend’s place.
walks in the room facing the direction in which He told them that when he called to check on his
the body was found. He opens the closed window wife, the maid answered the call and just told him
of that room and flips a coin towards the floor. that his wife has been taken to the hospital. And
He goes to the second floor and does the exact as soon as he heard this he came running to the
same thing till the last floor. Then, when he Hospital.
climbs down, he tells the team that it is a murder, After hearing this the police immediately arrested
not suicide. him. Why?
How does he know that?

#15 – The Mystery Code Riddle #16 – The Hospital Mystery Riddle
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A man murders his wife with a knife in their car.

A detective who was mere days away from
Nobody is around to see this, there are no
cracking an international oil smuggling ring has
witnesses. He throws her out of the car being
suddenly gone missing. While inspecting his last
careful not to leave fingerprints on her body. Next
known location, inspectors find a note:
he throws the knife off of a cliff into a gorge
where it will never be found and then he goes
“710 57735 34- 5508 51 7718”
back home. A few hours later the police call him
and tell him his wife has been murdered and that
Currently there are three suspects: Bill, John and
he has to come to the scene of the crime
Todd. Can you break the detective’s code and
immediately. As soon as he arrives, he is arrested.
find the criminal’s name?

How did they know he was guilty?

#1 Newspaper delivery man was the murderer because he didn’t deliver Wednesday’s and
Thursday’s newspapers.
This indicates he already knew that there was no one to read it.
#2 David is the killer
dressing room(D) , attic(a) , vestibule (b) , ice-cream room (i) , dining room (d)

#3 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.
#4 Jason Kumar
The number on the calendar was written in a hurry. Sherlock matched the written number with
the months of the year.
So it gives us 7-8-9-10-11: July, August, September, October, November.
Use the first letter of each month and it spells J-A-S-O-N.
#5 The police found fingerprints on the rock but Adrian’s body was found with gloves on. How
could there be fingerprints if he was wearing gloves. James G must be lying then.
#6 The daughter is the murderer because there is no mail on Sundays!
#7 Upon reaching each room, he found out that the window facing the dead body was closed. He
had to open the window himself. This tells that there was somebody else with him who closed the
window. If he would have committed suicide, at least one window would have been open.
#8 Murder.
Explanation:
1. There are signs of the struggle in the room as the clock is broken.
2. Two water glasses in the room indicate the presence of two people which also suggest that the
killer is known to the victim.
3. The man’s crutches are too far from the man.
#9 The maths teacher is the murderer because it was the first day of college. She can’t have been
giving grades on the first day!
#10 The thief is the seaman because the Japanese flag looks the same when upside down and no
one can tell if it is upside down. So, he was telling a lie.
#11 The poison was in the ice cubes. The girl who drank fast was not poisoned because the ice cubes
didn’t have the time to melt.
#12 Sean said “suddenly a man came up from behind and shot him” but the victim was shot in the
stomach. So Sean is lying!

#13 Same riddle as #7

#14As soon as he entered the hospital, he cried “who shot her?” How would he know that she
was shot when no one informed him so?

#15 Bill. If you read the message upside down, you'll notice that the numbers resemble letters
and that those letters form legible sentences. The message is 'Bill is boss. He sells oil.'
# 16 The police called him and told him to come to the crime scene but gave no address. The
husband arrived at the right place so the police knew he was the killer!