Mystery
A cabin in the woods has two dead people inside. There are no footprints in the snow leading to or from the cabin. How did they get there?
A woman is swimming in the ocean. She sees a human arm floating in the water. She is not scared at all. Why?
Three people are stranded on a desert island. One of them is found dead with a broken match in his hand. The other two are alive and well. What happen...
A woman receives a phone call in the middle of the night. She picks up the phone, listens for a moment, then smiles and goes back to sleep peacefully....
A woman is found dead in her apartment. The only witness is her parrot, but the parrot never says anything useful to the police. However, the police a...
A man gets into an elevator on the 30th floor. When the elevator reaches the ground floor, the man is dead. The elevator worked perfectly and no one e...
A man looks at a photograph and says, 'Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the photograph?
A grandfather clock strikes six in five seconds. How long does it take to strike twelve?
A cabin is found burned on a mountainside. Inside are several dead bodies. No one set the fire deliberately. What happened?
A man shoots an arrow at another man. The arrow hits an apple on the second man's head. Both men are happy. Why?
Police find a dead body in the trunk of a car at an airport parking lot. The car belongs to the dead person. There is no foul play. What happened?
Two men sit down to play chess. They play five complete games. Each man wins three games. No draws. How is this possible?
A woman puts her husband's shirt in the washing machine. When she takes it out, she decides to call a divorce lawyer. Why?
Every Sunday a man goes to the hospital and asks to see his brother. The nurses let him in even though visiting hours are over. Why?
In the red house there are red bricks. In the blue house there are blue bricks. What is in the greenhouse?
A night security guard tells his boss he dreamed the building would be robbed that night. The boss fires him immediately. Why?
You are a bus driver. At the first stop, five people get on. At the second, three get off and seven get on. At the third, two get off and four get on....
A blind beggar had a brother who died. But the dead man had no brother. How is this possible?
A man runs along a hallway, turns left, runs, turns left again, runs, turns left once more, and returns to where he started. Two masked men are waitin...
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left?
A man is found dead in the middle of the desert. He is wearing a backpack. There are no footprints around him. How did he die?
A man is found dead in a locked room. There is a puddle of water and some broken glass on the floor. How did he die?
A man walks into a seaside restaurant and orders albatross soup. After one sip, he leaves the restaurant, goes home, and ends his life. Why?
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes, then hangs him. Thirty minutes later, they go out together for dinner. How?
A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says 'thank you' and leaves. Why?
A man is found dead in a locked room. The only clue is a puddle of water on the floor. What happened?
A woman enters a large department store, walks through the perfume section, and suddenly starts crying. She hasn't lost anything or received bad news....
A man dies in his own home. Police find fifty-three bicycles outside. The bicycles have nothing to do with his death. How did he die?
A man is found dead in a locked room. There is a puddle of water on the floor and broken glass. No weapon, no intruder. What happened?
A man is found dead in the middle of a desert wearing a backpack. The backpack is unopened. What happened?
Two people are found dead inside a cabin in the woods. The cabin is destroyed but no one else was around. What happened?
A man eats at a restaurant on an island. He orders albatross soup. After one bite, he leaves, goes home, and takes his own life. Why?
A woman lives on the 25th floor. Every morning she takes the elevator down. Every evening she takes it to the 20th floor and walks up five flights. On...
The music stopped. She died. Explain.
A scuba diver is found dead in a burnt forest far from any water. How did he get there?
A woman receives a package containing a human arm. She smiles and sends a thank-you note. Why?
Two friends drink the same poisoned iced tea. One drinks it fast and survives. The other sips slowly and dies. Why?
A man is found hanging in an otherwise empty locked room. There is a puddle beneath him. How did he hang himself?
A man sees another man get pushed off a train platform. He does nothing and walks away calmly. He is not a criminal. Why?
A lighthouse keeper is found dead. The lighthouse light was off all night and a ship crashed on the rocks. But the keeper didn't fail at his job. What...
Two strangers played five complete games of chess. Each won three games. No draws. How?
A boat is found in the middle of a lake with the engine running. No one is on board. The water is calm. What happened?
A window washer falls from a 40-story building and survives without injury. How?
A man driving a black car with headlights off speeds down a dark street. A black cat crosses the road. No streetlights. He stops in time. How?
A man checks into a hotel. He calls the front desk immediately and says he's trapped and can't get out. The door is unlocked. What's wrong?
A kidnapper gives his victim two pills — one is poison, one is safe. The victim picks one, the kidnapper takes the other. The victim always dies. How ...
A man finds a coin dated 46 BC. He takes it to an expert who immediately says it's a fake. How does the expert know?
A father and his son are in a terrible car crash. The father dies. The son is rushed to the hospital. The surgeon looks at the boy and says, 'I can't ...
A woman boards a plane with a ticket in her name, sits in her assigned seat, and doesn't break any rules. Yet the flight attendant asks her to leave b...
A man flies the same route every Monday for a year. One Monday he arrives at the airport but refuses to board even though the flight is on time and hi...
A doctor walks into a hospital room and sees a patient she has never met. She immediately says 'I'm sorry for your loss' before any examination. She i...
A man checks into a hospital perfectly healthy. After three days without any treatment or illness, he cannot walk. No one harmed him. What happened?
A student gets a perfect score on every test but is expelled at the end of the year. The school admits she did nothing wrong. Why?
A teacher writes the correct answer on the board, but every student in the class copies it down wrong. The teacher planned this. Why?
A man orders dinner at a fine restaurant. The food is delicious, the service is perfect, but he calls the police after paying. Why?
A woman eats at the same restaurant every day for a month. On the last day, the chef comes out and cries. She never spoke to the chef before. Why?
A woman is found dead in her home, and the cause of death is drowning. There is no water anywhere in the house. Was she murdered?
A woman found her prize roses destroyed every morning, yet the garden gate was always locked. No footprints in the soil. Did an animal do this?
A farmer harvested his entire wheat field, but the next morning his barn was completely empty. There were no tire tracks or footprints leading away. W...
A factory worker heard a scream during the night shift, but when security checked, every worker was calmly at their station. No one was missing. Did s...
Every morning a man rides the elevator alone to the 20th floor, but his coworkers say no one works on that floor. The building directory confirms it i...
A man opens a music box, listens to it play, and then dies. No poison, no weapon, no illness. The music itself caused his death. How?
A witness at a trial says she saw the crime happen with her own eyes, from ten meters away, in broad daylight. The defendant is proven innocent. The w...
A man finds a note in a bottle washed up on shore. The note says: 'I dropped this bottle 10 miles out at sea at noon on July 4th.' The man is standing...
Two brothers read the same newspaper article about a tragedy. One laughs. The other cries. Both have the same emotional reaction to the news. How?
A man hears a song on the radio, pulls over his car, and shoots himself. Why?
A woman is found dead in a field. She has a pack on her back, but it is unopened. What happened?
A man lives on the 25th floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the ground floor to go to work. When he comes home...
A man is found dead in a locked room. There is a music player on the table and a pool of blood on the floor. What happened?
A father and son are in a car accident. The father dies. The boy is rushed to the hospital and needs surgery. The surgeon looks at the boy and says: "...
A man goes to a restaurant and orders turtle soup. He eats it, then goes home, calls his wife, and kills himself. Why?
A woman dials a wrong number and ends up saving a stranger's life. How?
A woman looks at a clock on her wall and it changes her life forever. The clock has not moved in years. Is she happy?
A detective offers a suspect a cup of coffee. The suspect drinks it and confesses to the crime. Was the coffee poisoned or drugged?
A man dives into an empty swimming pool and survives without injury. Is he superhuman?
A woman receives a phone call from her husband who died three years ago. Is she dreaming or mentally ill?
A man is trapped with two doors. Behind one door is freedom; behind the other is death. Two guards stand before the doors — one always lies, one alway...
A prisoner escapes from a maximum security prison and walks straight to the warden's office. Is he recaptured?
A man reads a newspaper and immediately goes blind. He is not startled, not sick, and the newspaper is perfectly normal. Why did he go blind?
At her mother's funeral, a woman meets a man she has never seen before and falls in love. A week later, she kills her own sister. Why did she kill her...
A man calls his wife. She answers and they talk. He immediately hangs up and calls the police. Why?
The music stops and a woman dies. Why?
A man is afraid to go home because there is a man in a mask waiting for him there. Why?
A woman pours water on a grave, then smiles and walks away. She is not grieving and had never met the person buried there. Why did she pour the water?
A man is found dead in a field. He is wearing a backpack and surrounded by no one. There are no footprints leading to or from the body. How did he die...
A woman wakes up in a room with no doors or windows. The walls, floor, and ceiling are solid concrete. There is no way in or out, yet she escapes. How...
Two brothers are born from the same mother on the same day in the same year, but they are not twins. They have never been apart. How?
A man crosses a vast desert with no water and no food. He has no special survival skills. The journey takes ten days. He arrives perfectly healthy. Ho...
A man was officially declared dead at 9 am. At noon the same day, he signed a legal document. Neither declaration was wrong. How?
A man possessed a photograph of himself taken before cameras were invented. The photograph was genuine and he had not travelled through time. How?
A man tried to break a window with all his strength. The window did not break. He did not give up — he tried hundreds of times. The window remained pe...
At her mother's funeral, a woman meets a man she has never seen before. She falls deeply in love with him but never gets his number. A week later she ...
A man is found dead in a cabin on a mountain. There are no windows, no doors, and no damage to the walls or roof. He is holding a match. How did he di...
A woman hears a piece of music and immediately runs home. When she gets there, she finds her husband drowned. How did she know?
A woman looks at a photograph and says: 'Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' She is describing herself. How?
A man's watch stopped working two weeks ago. Every time he looks at it, he can tell the exact time. How?
A man checks into a hotel room. He goes to his room, opens the door, walks in and immediately checks out and demands a refund. He does not see anythin...
A man is alone in a sealed room with no windows. He has one candle and no lighter. The candle is lit. He blows it out, then lights it again. How?