Dark Stories

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There's light
Svet 16
There's light
There's light
Roger sees the light and he becomes paralyzed. Soon after that he dies.
78%
8 min.
3/10
Mar 2018
The birdwatcher
Ptichka 14
The birdwatcher
The birdwatcher
An avid birdwatcher sees an unexpected bird. Soon he’s dead. How come?
78%
7 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
Fire!
Ogon 12
Fire!
Fire!
Paul goes diving. How could he know he would be burnt to a crisp?
78%
15 min.
7/10
Mar 2018
A sad story
Grustnyj rasskaz 209
A sad story
A sad story
Today, I was on the train again when a woman appeared before me. I didn’t even remember her face. It’s so sad. Explain why the narrator feels sad.
78%
6 min.
2/10
Aug 2019
Misread
Emotion5
Misread
Misread
A woman misread something and never saw another person again.
78%
6 min.
4/10
Jan 2022
The albatross
Mjaso albatrosa 2
The albatross
The albatross
A man goes into a restaurant, orders albatross, eats one bite, and kills himself. Why?
77%
29 min.
9/10
Jan 2018
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?
77%
9 min.
4/10
Jan 2022
Stand to the end
Emotion7
Stand to the end
Stand to the end
Mike has been standing on his knee in the middle of the desert for over a day. He is all alone and has neither food nor water. But he doesn’t leave the place. What’s the matter?
76%
21 min.
7/10
Jan 2022
Restless sleep
Bespokojnyj son 15
Restless sleep
Restless sleep
Paul comes home tired. He goes to his room and turns off the light to sleep. After a while, feeling uneasy, he turns on the light and looks around. He turns the light back off and tries to sleep again. After repeating this several times, he takes a look under his bed and finds a dead body.
75%
16 min.
6/10
Jan 2018
Died of fright
Umer ot straha 1 6
Died of fright
Died of fright
A man woke up, lit a match and saw something that frightened him to death.
75%
26 min.
8/10
Feb 2018
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?
75%
11 min.
6/10
Apr 2018
Feather
Emotion8
Feather
Feather
A man lies dead next to a feather. How did he die?
75%
16 min.
7/10
Mar 2021
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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.