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Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
A woman was found dead in her bedroom by her husband. Apparently, she had committed suicide by using her husband's gun. She had recorded her last moments, along with a confession to her suicide. After the police listened to the tape, they immediately arrested her husband for murder. How did they know he did it?
Hint
The clue was on the tape.Answer
On the tape, the police heard the woman's confession followed by a gun shot. This was immediately followed by the sound of the tape recorder being stopped. Obviously, if the woman had shot herself, she wouldn't have been able to stop the tape recorder!Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Good, I thought it was because it was a man's voice! cool n e way, got me fooled.
Haha not bad... pretty dumb husband!
You had me fooled on this one! I liked it alot! I was thinking was too much!!
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How did he get her to confess her own suicide. If he was going to kill her, why would she help him to make the tape?
I couldn't figureit out because you never said what was on the tape! Goodone though!
why couldnt the tape be almost done and then stop by itself....just wondering.we are assuming that the tape had way too much left on it but what if it didnt.i know i am being pestering but i think it's a good point.
why couldnt the tape be almost done and then stop by itself....just wondering.we are assuming that the tape had way too much left on it but what if it didnt.i know i am being pestering but i think it's a good point.
why couldnt the tape be almost done and then stop by itself....just wondering.we are assuming that the tape had way too much left on it but what if it didnt.i know i am being pestering but i think it's a good point.
Sep 14, 2005
if she knew she would be shot she wouldnt have left a message indicating she would commit suicide
Kinda figured it out. Nice
i've heard this before, but i can't quite place where...
oh yes, now i remember. some giant book of whodunit puzzles or something.
anyhow, good job.
oh yes, now i remember. some giant book of whodunit puzzles or something.
anyhow, good job.
Easy Got it right away
You may want to add "after the police listened to the very short tape" or something to help us understand that the tape was stopped immediately after her confession. Good one, though!
Nice
What if the man watched her do the whole thing and immediatly turned off the tape recorder? i suppose there are always exceptions
To the above comment...he would still be guilty of conspiracy of murder....legally suicide is murder, so that attempted suicide can be a crime, and therefore get that person help.....
Good teaser....stumped me.
Good teaser....stumped me.
what if her finger landeth on thy stop button?
I said it was all readgy rewound.This meant someone had rewound it as she was already dead.
i liked it... nicely done...
What if she shot her self somewhere where she wouldn't have died immediately? Since they said the tape recorder was stopped immediately after the gun shot, perhaps she shot herself and then stopped the tape recorder? That seems unlikely, but so does having such a dumb husband and recording a suicide tape, when you're not really commiting suicide.
Ohh... I thought the husband was dead too.
There was no mention of the tape being stopped until the answer so the answer does not make sense.
Not very good at all. Sorry.
nice one..i liket it
i like it, very interesting and well written
10/10 for effort!!
10/10 for effort!!
Unless she fell on it. Not likely though..
i thought u said she actually commited suicide. then u tell her husband killed her. pretty confusing.
Great teaser!
I figured he had forced her and like he yelled at her or something like that.
To all those who are confused: P.S. Its a situation puzzle so it keeps you thinking
I figured he had forced her and like he yelled at her or something like that.
To all those who are confused: P.S. Its a situation puzzle so it keeps you thinking
I heard a brain teaser like this on Youtube once, and when I read this Teaser, I knew what the answer was. Great teaser by the way.
Couldn't she have taped his suicide confession without the murder thing?
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