Detective Riddles / Situation Puzzles

A little girl was warned by her parents never to open the cellar door. If she did, she would see things that they did not want her to see. One day, while her parents were out, they accidentally left the cellar door unlocked. The girl opened the cellar door. What did she see?

A man woke up, lit a match and saw something that frightened him to death.

A man went into a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone at the party who drunk the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?

A married couple was speeding into town when their sedan ran out of gas. The man went for help after making sure his wife closed the windows and locked the doors of the car. Upon his return, he found his wife dead and a stranger in the car. The windows were still closed, the doors were still locked, and no damage was done to the car.

A man designed a device into which you can insert colored paper, and then get the ideal 100$. Experts can not distinguish them from the real ones. How does he do that, and why does he sell this device?

He died because he mixed up the colors.

A man walks up to a cactus, looks at a piece of paper pinned there, and kills himself.

The man received the parcel in which he found a dead mouse. He reported this to the police, and the sender of this parcel was found guilty of fraud.

Following criminals’ trail, a police inspector entered a chess club. Assessing the situation, he told his assistants, “Detain those two!” How did he guess?

A person called the police and told them to ask about John K. Upon arrival at John’s house, the police found him dead. Examining the corpse, the police discovered severe injuries. But the apartment was in perfect order, without any signs of a struggle or break-in.

Eugene was watching his relatives and friends being killed, but he couldn’t wipe the smile off his face.

Tony ran out of the building, carrying two bags. Another man ran after him, shouting and waving knives.