#death
86 riddles foundA man is found dead in a locked room with a puddle of water and some broken glass on the floor. There is no furniture in the room.…
A man is sentenced to death. He is given a choice between two rooms. One room is full of raging fire, the other is full of assassi…
A man is lying dead in an empty field. There is an unopened package next to him. No other person or animal was involved. How did h…
A man is found dead in a cabin in the woods. The cabin is not a building. How did he die?
The music stopped. A woman died. What happened?
At a party, everyone who drank the punch died. But the woman who drank the most punch survived. How?
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 ge…
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 a…
A man is found dead, hanging from the ceiling in an otherwise empty room. There is a puddle of water beneath him. How did he die?
A woman is found dead in her apartment. The only witness is her parrot, but the parrot never says anything useful to the police. H…
A man gets into an elevator on the 30th floor. When the elevator reaches the ground floor, the man is dead. The elevator worked pe…
A cabin is found burned on a mountainside. Inside are several dead bodies. No one set the fire deliberately. What happened?
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…
A blind beggar had a brother who died. But the dead man had no brother. How is this possible?
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left?
A man is found dead in a locked room with a puddle of water and some broken glass on the floor. How did he die?
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 finds an animal lying perfectly still on the road, tongue out, eyes glazed, not breathing. He assumes it's dead. Thirty minu…
A man is found dead in a locked room with a puddle of water and broken glass on the floor. There is no furniture in the room. How …
A prisoner must choose between two doors. One leads to freedom, the other to death. Each door has a guard. One guard always tells …
At a party, everyone drinks from the same punch bowl. All guests who arrived early are fine, but all guests who arrived late died …
A man receives a letter in the mail. The envelope has his address written correctly, proper postage, and a return address. He open…
A man is found dead in a field with an unopened package next to him. No one else is around. How did he die?
A prisoner must choose between three rooms: one full of fire, one full of assassins with loaded guns, and one full of lions that h…
A farmer has seventeen sheep. All but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left?
You find a cabin in the woods. Everyone inside is dead, but there is no sign of violence. The doors and windows are intact. What h…
A man is found dead in a locked room. The only clue is a puddle of water on the floor. What happened?
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 d…
An actor dies on stage every night but shows up to work the next morning. Is he a ghost?
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 happe…
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?
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 lighthouse keeper is found dead. The lighthouse light was off all night and a ship crashed on the rocks. But the keeper didn't f…
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 an…
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 man is found dead in a field. He is wearing a backpack. The backpack is empty. There are no footprints or tracks around him. How…
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. H…
Two people drink from the same poisoned punch bowl at a party. One dies. One survives. The survivor drank more. How?
A man is arrested for knowing too much about a crime he claims he did not commit. He is not psychic, and nobody told him the detai…
A woman looks at a photograph and says, 'I have no sisters or brothers, but this person's mother is my mother's daughter.' The per…
One hundred people attend a party. By midnight, zero people have left. By 1 AM, zero people have left. Yet by 2 AM only one person…
Two planes collide mid-air over the ocean. All passengers on one plane survive. All passengers on the other plane die. The crash w…
A man reads a newspaper and immediately goes blind. He is not ill, and nothing is wrong with his eyes. Why?
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 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 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 man is found dead in a locked room. He is holding the shortest match. Did he cause his own death?
A man reads a newspaper and immediately knows that someone has been murdered. He was not at the scene, and the newspaper does not …
A man is arrested for murder. The murder weapon is a gun. The gun has never been fired. Is the man guilty?
A woman receives a phone call from her husband who died three years ago. Is she dreaming or mentally ill?
A body is found in the middle of a field. There are no footprints leading to or from the body. The man died of a fall. Was he push…
A man is trapped with two doors. Behind one door is freedom; behind the other is death. Two guards stand before the doors — one al…
A man is found dead in an open field. He is wearing a pack on his back. The pack was never opened. There are no footprints anywher…
A man receives a phone call and immediately hangs up. He then goes to his room and shoots himself. Why?
A woman's husband dies. She is happy. Why?
A man knows for certain that he will die in exactly one hour. He smiles and feels at peace. He is not suicidal, terminally ill, or…
I thrive without water, but if you give me water, I die. What am I?
A detective arrives at a crime scene. The victim's body is at the bottom of a lake. Without entering the water or using any equipm…
A man is found dead in an open field. He is surrounded by straw, and there is a small piece of cloth nearby. No one else was in th…
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. …
A man is found dead inside a small wooden cabin in the woods. There are no windows. The only door is locked from the inside, and t…
A man is found dead inside a locked phone booth. There are no marks on his body and no weapons inside. The glass is unbroken. How …
I am born in water but I cannot swim. I live in water but I die when it rains. What am I?
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
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 …
A tree kills every other plant that grows near it. It does not release any poison. It is not blocking sunlight. The tree is perfec…
A man is accused of murder committed at noon. He says he was watching a sunset at the time. Three witnesses confirm he was watchin…
A detective finds a man dead next to a locked safe. The safe is still locked and undamaged. The man died alone and no one else was…
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 single tree caused an entire forest to die. The tree itself survived. No disease, fire, or human was involved. How?
A man was convicted of murder. The victim's body was found and the man had motive and opportunity. Yet he was completely innocent.…
A newspaper published a story about its own death. This was not a mistake or satire. The story was accurate. How?
A man reads a newspaper and immediately goes blind. He is not ill and nothing is wrong with his eyes. Why?
A detective receives a phone call from a murder victim. The victim has been dead for three days. The detective uses this call to i…
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 numbe…
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 …
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 man is found dead in a room with 53 bicycles. There is a gun nearby. How did he die?
All the fish in a lake die, but no one is worried. There is no pollution. The water is fine. Why is nobody concerned?
A hiker pitches his tent in the middle of a forest. He wakes up at 3 a.m. and hears something outside. He unzips the tent and is i…
A wealthy man dies. His will states that his fortune goes to his only living child. He has two children. Only one can inherit. The…