Hard situation puzzles

A man is returning from Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking car he would have died.

At one time, the following warning notices appeared on one of the main squares of Prague, “Attention! Beware of pickpockets!” The local police knew that there really were a lot of pickpockets here, but they actively tore these notices down. Why?

A woman dies from a long telephone conversation.

They had to throw away plenty of their valuables, but it didn’t made them upset. What happened?

A woman completes a drawing, and then commits suicide. Why?

The man was afraid to go home because the man in the mask was there.

King George IV was born in 1763 and ruled England from 1820 to 1830 when he died. He wasn’t an outstanding ruler but is known as a footwear trendsetter. His shoes were fundamentally different from those worn by his contemporaries. Everyone liked this innovation so much that today it’s a common practice, which can’t be said about those times. What kind of innovation is it?

Oscar was sitting reading his newspaper, when he heard a noise. When he realized what had happened, he bitterly regretted not having caught the taxi in time. Shortly afterwards, he committed suicide.

A guy goes into a drugstore and leaves shortly after with the money from the cash register. The drugstore owner calls the Police Station and, some time later, a police officer recovers the money and takes the guy away. That evening the three people go to the police station to report a theft.

Why did a healthy young girl put a gypsum on her arm, which was not damaged?

A man is stranded on an island covered in forest. One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process. There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off. How can the man survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)

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