New situation puzzles

Landlords used to delay payment to people who built and repaired houses or even booted them out without money. But the builders came up with an uncommon move, which immediately made the landlords pay them in full. What did they do?

At five minutes to midnight, I took the train on the outskirts of Tokyo. There were only me and a few other people in the carriage when a man entered. He looked around the carriage and as soon as the doors closed, his face was convulsed with horror. He approached a girl. – Excuse me, ma’am, are you 28 years old? – Yes! – she replied – How did you guess? He ignored her question and moved on to the man sitting next to him. – And you... are you 45? – Yes, right! He looked at me. – And you’re 35. – That’s right, but how do you know? – And you, miss, are you 50? – Yes, exactly, but tomorrow I’ll be 51... or rather, in 5 minutes. When she said that, the man’s face turned white as a sheet. Why?

Eva was a skeptic, and never believed in the paranormal. But after she had spent 3 nights in a creepy forest all alone, her skepticism disappeared. Why?

After the barrister’s speech, Bill’s punishment was upgraded. Why?

A man lies dead next to a feather. How did he die?

The girl’s mother died. The girl was burying her, and at the funeral she saw the man of her dreams and fell in love with him. 14 days later, she killed her sister. Why did she do that?

Silence fell, and after a few moments she died.

A man is found hanging in an otherwise empty locked room with a puddle of water under his feet.

Sonia was very tired and fell asleep. When she woke up, she found herself in a completely different place. What happened?

A person got into the car and drove off, but five minutes later the car was just in the same place that it started from. What happened?

Bill was late for a birthday party and ended up in prison because of it. What happened?

Five pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf are lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on the lawn but there is a perfectly logical reason why they should be there. What is it?