Mystery riddles

A black cat is walking through the middle of a road where there is a broken street lamp. A man is driving his vehicle with headlights that do not work. Despite all of this, he doesn't kill the cat. Why?

Answer explanation

The man avoided the cat because it was daylight.

Jack and Judy were lying on the floor dead. There was a puddle ("charco") of water and broken glass on the floor. How did they die?

Answer explanation

Jack and Judy were two fish that swam in a small aquarium placed on a shelf. One afternoon, the cat hit the aquarium that fell off the shelf and broke against the ground.

A little girl was warned by her parents never to open the cellar door. If she did, she would see things that they did not want her to see. One day, while her parents were out, they accidentally left the cellar door unlocked. The girl opened the cellar door. What did she see?

Answer explanation

When the girl opened the cellar door she saw the living room and a beautiful garden through its windows. She had never seen these before because her parents had kept her in the cellar all her life.

A man kills his brother in front of a lot of people. However, no one reports him to the police. Why?

Answer explanation

The man worked as executioner and his brother had been sentenced to death.

Francis dies of a heart attack at work. His colleagues are there when it happens. However, they do not call for help until Francis dies. Why?

Answer explanation

Francis was a theather actor and suffered a heart attack in the middle of a performance. However, he was playing someone who was having a heart attack. Therefore, both his colleagues and the audience simply thought that he was giving a really impressive performance.

A couple was speeding into town when their car ran out of gasoline. The man went for help after making sure his wife closed the windows and locked the doors of the car. When he returned, he found his wife dead and a stranger in the car. The windows were still closed, the doors were still locked, and no damage was done to the car. What happened?

Answer explanation

The woman gave birth, and bled to death. Since the father has never seen the baby before, the kid can technically be called a stranger.

The son of a rich man was kidnapped. The kidnapper wanted the rich man to bring and put the expensive diamond into the call-box located in a city park. Policemen surrounded this park, intending to catch the criminal. The father of the kidnapped child came to the call-box and did everything the kidnapper said to him, but the police could not prevent the cunning criminal from taking the diamond out of the call-box. They didn't grab the villian as well. What did he do?

Answer explanation

The son of a rich man was kidnapped. The kidnapper wanted the rich man to bring and put the expensive diamond into the call-box located in a city park. Policemen surrounded this park, intending to catch the criminal. The father of the kidnapped child came to the call-box and did everything the kidnapper said to him, but the police could not prevent the clever criminal from taking the diamond out of the call-box. They didn't grab the villian as well. What did he do?

Roger sees the light and he becomes paralyzed. Soon after that he dies.

Answer explanation

Roger was a rabbit that escaped from the house where he lived. He was crossing the road at night when the lights of a car blinded him. The driver did not see him and ran him over.

A hospital director recently confirmed that many that many of people admitted to his hospital were not ill. They were perfectly healthy, but they were given hospital care and treatment. Why?

Answer explanation

The hospital was a maternity hospital and all those admitted were pregnant women.

A man and a woman got married. After the wedding they abandoned all their activities, that were bringing them money, and only had fun. As a result, in three years they became millionaires. Why?

Answer explanation

Before the wedding, they were billionaires. Therefore during these three years they spent a lot of money and as a result became millionaires.