Murder Riddles

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• A woman invited her friend to her house. She made a dinner of mashed potatoes and chicken nuggets. For dessert, she cut an apple into two and offered the friend one half along with whipped cream. She then proceeded to eat her piece of the same apple with the same bowl of whipped cream. The friend died of poisoning but the host survived despite eating from the same apple. How did it happen?

  She had poisoned one edge of the knife that she cut the apple with

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• A Japanese ship sailing in the Pacific is stuck in a major storm. During the storm, the captain of the ship is murdered. The master-at-arms questions the 4 suspects: the cook was busy holding the wine barrels in place, the ship's engineer was fixing the signal, the housekeeper was fixing the flag that had turned upside down, and the captain's wife had retreated below deck because the storm made her sea sick. Who was the murderer?

  The housekeeper was the killer. The Japanese flag is a red dot in the center of a white background- it can't be turned upside down

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• A couple went on a climbing trip. Only the husband returned from the vacation and said that his wife slipped off while climbing and died. Upon investigating, the local sheriff arrested him saying, "Your travel agent called. You murdered your wife." The man had not informed anyone about the trip. How was the agent so sure that it was murder?

  The man bought himself a two-way ticket for himself but only a one-way ticket for his wife.

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• A man is in court for killing his wife. In the closing statements, the man's lawyer surprises everyone when he announces "His wife was just missing. Everyone look at those doors. His wife is going to walk through those doors in about 30 seconds." The entire court is silent and the jury stares at the door as the lawyer and the defendant stares at the jury. After a couple of minutes, the lawyer says, "See! If you were so sure he killed his wife, you wouldn't be watching that door!" The jury immediately gave a guilty verdict. Why did the jury convict him?

  The man was watching the jury and not the door since he knew she wouldn't come

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• A man was shot to death while in his car. There were no powder marks on his clothing, which indicated that the gunman was outside the car. However, all the windows were up and the doors locked. After a close inspection was made, the only bullet holes discovered were on the man's body. How was he murdered?

  It was a convertible car

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