The "Black Stories" crime riddles thread

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CaptainD

Was his wife disguised as someone else when he tried to give her the chocolates?

(I have the oddest feeling that this case is from an episode of Columbo!!)
 

Mandle

Quote from: CaptainD on Fri 07/04/2017 08:51:35
Was his wife disguised as someone else when he tried to give her the chocolates?

(I have the oddest feeling that this case is from an episode of Columbo!!)

Ah, so the man went to meet his lover at a hotel on Valentine's Day, and found her sitting facing away from him, he took out the chocolates to give her, but it was actually his wife wearing a wig, or possibly it was his lover's dead body and the wife came out from the bathroom. Either was, his wife shot him dead.

Something like that?

Gurok

Case #19 - A man is found dead, slumped in the recliner of a hotel room. There are chocolates on his lap, but he wasn't poisoned. What happened?

YES
is there any visible wounds?
is there any other signs that someone else was in the room?
Are the chocolates actually relevant to how he died?
Was he murdered?
Was it Valentine's Day?


NO
die of diabetic shock?
Did he receive the chocolates as some kind of warning message?
Is the mafia involved in this story?
Did he eat any of the chocolates?
Was it Easter?
Was it the dead man's birthday?
Was his wife disguised as someone else when he tried to give her the chocolates?


AMBIGUOUS
Did his wife kill him when he tried to give her the chocolates? - Yes and no. I'll need more specific questions to clarify.


Mandle: Ah, so the man went to meet his lover at a hotel on Valentine's Day, and found her sitting facing away from him, he took out the chocolates to give her, but it was actually his wife wearing a wig, or possibly it was his lover's dead body and the wife came out from the bathroom. Either was, his wife shot him dead.

You might be getting off the trail with this one. Try probing for more clues first.
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CaptainD

Was his wife trying to kill someone but didn't realise who he was?
Was the man himself disguised in any way?
Does his wife do something which unintentionally results in his death?
 

Cassiebsg

Did his wife killed him?
Did he had a lover?
Were the chocolates meant for his wife?
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

Gurok

Case #19 - A man is found dead, slumped in the recliner of a hotel room. There are chocolates on his lap, but he wasn't poisoned. What happened?

YES
is there any visible wounds?
is there any other signs that someone else was in the room?
Are the chocolates actually relevant to how he died?
Was he murdered?
Was it Valentine's Day?
Did his wife killed him?
Did he had a lover?


NO
die of diabetic shock?
Did he receive the chocolates as some kind of warning message?
Is the mafia involved in this story?
Did he eat any of the chocolates?
Was it Easter?
Was it the dead man's birthday?
Was his wife disguised as someone else when he tried to give her the chocolates?
Was his wife trying to kill someone but didn't realise who he was?
Was the man himself disguised in any way?
Does his wife do something which unintentionally results in his death?


AMBIGUOUS
Did his wife kill him when he tried to give her the chocolates? - Yes and no. I'll need more specific questions to clarify.
Were the chocolates meant for his wife? - Yes and no. Perhaps ask more about the chocolates.
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CaptainD

Did the chocolates have writing on them?
Did the chocolates have symbols on them?
 

dayowlron

Did he buy the chocolates for someone else and the wife asked who they were for he told her my girlfriend?
Pro is the opposite of Con                       Kids of today are so much different
This fact can clearly be seen,                  Don't you know?
If progress means to move forward         Just ask them where they are from
Then what does congress mean?             And they tell you where you can go.  --Nipsey Russell

Mandle

#588
Did he get the chocolates and/or valentine cards mixed up so that the wife read the one meant for his lover, got angry and killed him?

Cassiebsg

Did he brought the chocolates?
Did his wife brought the chocolates?
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

Gurok

Case #19 - A man is found dead, slumped in the recliner of a hotel room. There are chocolates on his lap, but he wasn't poisoned. What happened?

YES
is there any visible wounds?
is there any other signs that someone else was in the room?
Are the chocolates actually relevant to how he died?
Was he murdered?
Was it Valentine's Day?
Did his wife killed him?
Did he had a lover?
Did he brought (buy) the chocolates?


NO
die of diabetic shock?
Did he receive the chocolates as some kind of warning message?
Is the mafia involved in this story?
Did he eat any of the chocolates?
Was it Easter?
Was it the dead man's birthday?
Was his wife disguised as someone else when he tried to give her the chocolates?
Was his wife trying to kill someone but didn't realise who he was?
Was the man himself disguised in any way?
Does his wife do something which unintentionally results in his death?
The wife asked who they were for he told her my girlfriend?
Did he get the chocolates and/or valentine cards mixed up so that the wife read the one meant for his lover, got angry and killed him? - Too many variables!
Did his wife brought (buy) the chocolates?


AMBIGUOUS
Did his wife kill him when he tried to give her the chocolates? - Yes and no. I'll need more specific questions to clarify.
Were the chocolates meant for his wife? - Yes and no. Perhaps ask more about the chocolates.
Did he buy the chocolates for someone else? - Yes and no.


IRRELEVANT
Did the chocolates have writing on them?
Did the chocolates have symbols on them?


dayowlron, I broke your question up into two parts
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Snarky

Did his wife kill him because she found out he was cheating on her?
Did he buy chocolates both for his wife and for his lover?
Did the man intend to kill someone?

Mandle

#592
Nevermind... I missed some key points

Gurok

Case #19 - A man is found dead, slumped in the recliner of a hotel room. There are chocolates on his lap, but he wasn't poisoned. What happened?

YES
is there any visible wounds?
is there any other signs that someone else was in the room?
Are the chocolates actually relevant to how he died?
Was he murdered?
Was it Valentine's Day?
Did his wife killed him?
Did he had a lover?
Did he brought (buy) the chocolates?
Did his wife kill him because she found out he was cheating on her?
Did he buy chocolates both for his wife and for his lover?


NO
die of diabetic shock?
Did he receive the chocolates as some kind of warning message?
Is the mafia involved in this story?
Did he eat any of the chocolates?
Was it Easter?
Was it the dead man's birthday?
Was his wife disguised as someone else when he tried to give her the chocolates?
Was his wife trying to kill someone but didn't realise who he was?
Was the man himself disguised in any way?
Does his wife do something which unintentionally results in his death?
The wife asked who they were for he told her my girlfriend?
Did he get the chocolates and/or valentine cards mixed up so that the wife read the one meant for his lover, got angry and killed him? - Too many variables!
Did his wife brought (buy) the chocolates?
Did the man intend to kill someone?


AMBIGUOUS
Did his wife kill him when he tried to give her the chocolates? - Yes and no. I'll need more specific questions to clarify.
Were the chocolates meant for his wife? - Yes and no. Perhaps ask more about the chocolates.
Did he buy the chocolates for someone else? - Yes and no.


IRRELEVANT
Did the chocolates have writing on them?
Did the chocolates have symbols on them?


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Snarky

Does the identity of the lover, or some particular characteristic (e.g. it was a man) matter?
Did the wife find out about the affair because of the chocolates?
Does the way she killed him matter to the story?

Gurok

Case #19 - A man is found dead, slumped in the recliner of a hotel room. There are chocolates on his lap, but he wasn't poisoned. What happened?

YES
is there any visible wounds?
is there any other signs that someone else was in the room?
Are the chocolates actually relevant to how he died?
Was he murdered?
Was it Valentine's Day?
Did his wife killed him?
Did he had a lover?
Did he brought (buy) the chocolates?
Did his wife kill him because she found out he was cheating on her?
Did he buy chocolates both for his wife and for his lover?
Did the wife find out about the affair because of the chocolates?


NO
die of diabetic shock?
Did he receive the chocolates as some kind of warning message?
Is the mafia involved in this story?
Did he eat any of the chocolates?
Was it Easter?
Was it the dead man's birthday?
Was his wife disguised as someone else when he tried to give her the chocolates?
Was his wife trying to kill someone but didn't realise who he was?
Was the man himself disguised in any way?
Does his wife do something which unintentionally results in his death?
The wife asked who they were for he told her my girlfriend?
Did he get the chocolates and/or valentine cards mixed up so that the wife read the one meant for his lover, got angry and killed him? - Too many variables!
Did his wife brought (buy) the chocolates?
Did the man intend to kill someone?
Does the identity of the lover, or some particular characteristic (e.g. it was a man) matter?
Does the way she killed him matter to the story? - Everything matters, but it's fairly straightforward


AMBIGUOUS
Did his wife kill him when he tried to give her the chocolates? - Yes and no. I'll need more specific questions to clarify.
Were the chocolates meant for his wife? - Yes and no. Perhaps ask more about the chocolates.
Did he buy the chocolates for someone else? - Yes and no.


IRRELEVANT
Did the chocolates have writing on them?
Did the chocolates have symbols on them?
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Cassiebsg

Did his wife like chocolates?
Could her wife eat chocolates?
Did he switch the boxes by mistake? (as in: gave the ones meant for his wife to his lover, and gave her wife the ones meant to his lover)
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

Mandle

Solution: The man bought two seperate but identical boxes of chocolates for his wife, and his lover for Valentine's Day. He put a letter inside both boxes, but he got the boxes mixed up. The wife read the note meant for his lover and thus found out about her husband's affair. So she killed him.

Snarky

Mandle, that's already been suggested and put in the NO pile.

Did his wife see the chocolates (or the box, card, etc.) for his lover?
Was there anything special/distinctive about the chocolates (or the box, card, etc.)?
Did his wife know the lover? (I intended this to be covered by the "does identity matter?" â€" but I guess it could be interpreted otherwise)

Mandle

Quote from: Snarky on Sat 08/04/2017 12:36:45
Mandle, that's already been suggested and put in the NO pile.

Yeah, but it seems mainly because "too many variables" so I took out the "and/or" part...

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