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The gift
Emotion6
The gift
The gift
A dying man gives another man a gift, and then the dying man dies. Shortly after that the second man dies. How come?
69%
10 min.
4/10
Jan 2022
The Shooter
Shooter
The Shooter
The Shooter
Bill shot the man, but was not punished. Why?
69%
11 min.
3/10
Dec 2023
Dressed to die
Odeta nasmert 10
Dressed to die
Dressed to die
A woman finishes getting dressed and dies.
68%
14 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
Don’t be late!
Emotion3
Don’t be late!
Don’t be late!
Bill was late for a birthday party and ended up in prison because of it. What happened?
68%
32 min.
8/10
Apr 2022
The last step
Emotion5
The last step
The last step
Everybody knew that if Julia took one step forward, she would die, but nobody told her.
68%
8 min.
4/10
Apr 2023
A lethal dinner
Poslednij uzhin 10
A lethal dinner
A lethal dinner
A woman is planning to kill her husband during dinner. However, she commits suicide while preparing it.
67%
12 min.
6/10
Mar 2018
A death in a museum
Smert v muzee 6
A death in a museum
A death in a museum
A man wearing a balaclava runs out of a museum carrying a painting under his arm. A police officer sees him, shoots him dead and commits suicide soon after. A couple of days later, the man with the painting is buried and named favorite son of the city.
67%
8 min.
6/10
Mar 2018
High price
Emotion11
High price
High price
Andrew decided to spend the evening with his family. He bought tickets for the whole family, but his ticket cost him his life.
66%
10 min.
5/10
Jan 2023
The countermove
Otvetnyj hod 203
The countermove
The countermove
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?
66%
16 min.
7/10
Apr 2018
A train on the outskirts of Tokyo
Emotion12
A train on the outskirts of Tokyo
A train on the outskirts of Tokyo
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?
66%
11 min.
5/10
Jul 2019
The murder in the car
Emotion7
The murder in the car
The murder in the car
Andrew was stabbed to death in his car. However, the doors were locked. The car wasn’t damaged: all the windows were intact and raised up to the highest position. How could this happen?
66%
11 min.
5/10
Aug 2022
The last taxi
Poslednee taksi 7
The last taxi
The last taxi
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.
65%
22 min.
8/10
Jan 2018
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Here we have collected all the black stories with solutions. You may have heard about the homonymous board game before. Black Stories are often also called "Situation Puzzles”, "Dark Stories", "Lateral Thinking Exercises". You can sort these puzzles by rating or complexity level.