5 Minute Mysteries About Murders

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

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?

Cindy is amongst a crowd of people when she is murdered. However, nobody notices her cries.

A salesman tries too hard to get a sale and as a result ends up dying.

A man is found dead in a filed. Lying next to him is an unopened package.

A woman finishes getting dressed and dies.

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

In the front of a car, a woman is found dead. There is a gun in the back seat, out of her reach. The windows are closed and the doors are all locked.

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?

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?

Bill shot the man, but was not punished. Why?