Dark Stories

A man was born in 1972 and dies in 1952 at the age of 25. How can this be?

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?

A dying man gives another man a gift, and then the dying man dies. Shortly after that the second man dies. How come?

A man is found dead in a puddle of blood and water on the floor of an otherwise empty locked room with no windows. How could this happen?

Camellia brought Valmont some wine. He looked at his watch, drank and died.

The killer was severely punished by his victim. Plus, instantly. How?

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

A man dies of thirst at home. How could it happen?

Andrew decided to spend the evening with his family. He bought tickets for the whole family, but his ticket cost him his life.

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?

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?

Eugene was watching his relatives and friends being killed, but he couldn’t wipe the smile off his face.