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Murder Riddles

Here you find our popular collection of murder riddles and other interesting and fun murder puzzles and brain teasers of all kinds. To solve the puzzles, you have to let your imagination run wild and see beyond logic to find the correct answer!

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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 from one of the floors, committing 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. Then he goes to the second floor and repeats the process. He keeps on doing this until he reaches 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?

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Category: Hard RiddlesTopics: Detective, Murder

A girl was attending her mother's funeral where she met a man.

She was very intrigued by the man and was interested in getting to know him.

As she was making her rounds she realized she had not gotten the man's name or number. Later, when she went to find him, he had already left.

A week later, she murdered her older brother to find the man.

Why?

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Category: Hard RiddlesTopics: Family, Murder

A man is found murdered on a Sunday morning. His wife calls the police, who question the wife and the staff, and are given the following alibis:

the wife says she was sleeping,
the butler was cleaning the closet,
the gardener was picking vegetables,
the maid was getting the mail, and
the cook was preparing breakfast.

Immediately, the police arrest the murderer.

Who did it and how did the police know?

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Category: Hard RiddlesTopics: Murder, Police

A man murders his wife with a knife in their car. Nobody is around to see this.

He throws her out of the car being careful not to leave any fingerprints on her body.

Next he throws the knife off of a cliff into a gorge where it will never be found and he goes home.

An hour later the police call him and tell him that his wife has been murdered and he needs to come to the scene of the crime immediately.

As soon as he arrives, he is arrested.

How did they know he did it?

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Category: Hard RiddlesTopics: Murder, Police

A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms:

the first is full of raging fires;
the second, assassins with loaded guns;
and the third, lions who haven't eaten in years.

Which room is the safest?

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Category: Hard RiddlesTopics: Murder