5 Minute Mysteries About Murders

A man sitting on a park bench reads a newspaper article headlined "Death at Sea" and knows a murder has been committed.

Everybody knew that if Julia took one step forward, she would die, but nobody told her.

Alexander shot at the king, but no one condemned him. Why?

A woman is looking through the window and sees a man with a knife. However, she does not have enough time to call the police before being murdered.

A man kills his brother in front of a crowd of people. However, no one reports him.

Sherlock Holmes was walking down the corridor. Suddenly he heard a woman screaming, “Please, John, don’t kill me!” A shot rang. Holmes burst into the room. In one corner lay a dead woman and a gun. In another corner stood a postman, a lawyer, and an accountant. Sherlock looked at them, approached the postman, and grabbed him: “I will arrest you for killing this woman.” It was really the postman who killed this woman, but how could Holmes know it?

John was walking along the snow-covered field. When he came to a lonely tree, he saw the corpse of a man hanging on the tree. He died the last night from strangulation, but there were no traces around him, except John's ones.

He died because he mixed up the colors.

Michael applaused, and everyone in the room (except him) died. What happened?

Roger sees the light and he becomes paralyzed. Soon after that he dies.

An avid birdwatcher sees an unexpected bird. Soon he’s dead. How come?

Paul goes diving. How could he know he would be burnt to a crisp?