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A Ballroom
A Ballroom
A Ballroom
A couple enters a grand ballroom only to find the occupants are dead. There has been no crime committed. The couple is not concerned by what they have found. How is this possible?
78%
7 min.
5/10
Nov 2023
Misread
Misread
Misread
A woman misread something and never saw another person again.
77%
6 min.
3/10
Jan 2022
A fight
A fight
A fight
He was very calm. However, they kept beating him until he screamed. After that, she was happy. Why?
77%
22 min.
3/10
Feb 2022
The albatross
The albatross
The albatross
A man goes into a restaurant, orders albatross, eats one bite, and kills himself. Why?
76%
29 min.
9/10
Jan 2018
Sad Sally
Sad Sally
Sad Sally
Sally was sleeping when she was awoken by Jack. She walked to the door and found a letter. She read it and began to cry. She now knew that her boyfriend would never see her again. Why?
76%
12 min.
4/10
Mar 2021
Stand to the end
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
The last step
The last step
The last step
Everybody knew that if Julia took one step forward, she would die, but nobody told her.
76%
9 min.
4/10
Apr 2023
Died of fright
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
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
Feather
Feather
A man lies dead next to a feather. How did he die?
75%
17 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.