New "Black Stories" Crime Riddles

Laura Hunt · Mon 31/08/2020 11:08:52

Quote from: Mandle on Mon 31/08/2020 10:57:50
Quote from: Laura Hunt on Mon 31/08/2020 10:40:03
Can anybody start a new case, or is it always whoever solved the previous one? I might have something but I think I'd rather polish it up a bit before throwing it out there...

It's anyone really, unless the winner specifically reserves the right I suppose.

The idea of a winner in something like this is also kind of ambiguous, I guess, since it's such a collaborative effort. Well, except for this last one

In any case, I think I'll wait a couple of cases more while I think this through, so anybody who wants to have a go at it, please go ahead.

Mandle · Mon 31/08/2020 12:00:17

Case #67

Gwen was cleaning her father's house after he had passed away. She found his old journal from back before he was even married and started reading it. About halfway through she stopped reading and made a phone call. She continued reading the journal before falling asleep in her old bedroom. The next morning she was found murdered. What happened?

YES
Is the father's wife her mother?
Is the phone call related to Gwen reading the journal?

NO
Was Gwen murdered by the person she phoned?
Did she find out something about herself by reading the journal?
Was Gwen's father not her real father?
Is the father's wife still alive?
Does Gwen have brother(s) and/or sister(s)?
Did she find out that her father committed a crime? (unless maybe he admitted to smoking some weed in his journal)
Was Gwen poisoned?

IRRELEVANT OR CANNOT BE ANSWERED THE WAY THE QUESTION IS POSED
Was Gwen the intended target?

heltenjon · Mon 31/08/2020 12:06:04

Quote from: Snarky on Sat 23/05/2020 12:44:56
I thought I'd try to revive one of my favorite forum games, introduced by Kumpel in this thread. The aim of the game is to solve a crime riddle:

The narrator gives a short description of the case they have in mind and the problem that must be solved
Each case only has one correct solution, determined in advance
To help you solve the case, you can ask any yes/no question; the narrator will only answer "Yes", "No" or "Maybe/Irrelevant"
Each of you may only ask 5 questions between each update by the narrator
Whenever you think you have solved it, you can propose your solution, and win the game if you are correct!

While the sheer playfulness of this thread is all good, and we don't have to strictly adhere to Snarky's rules set in the first post, I suggest that we try to use the max of 5 questions at a time as a rule of thumb. I think we may get more participants that way.
(Otherwise we may lose them to the threads discussing adventure games.)

heltenjon · Mon 31/08/2020 12:10:30

Was Gwen murdered by the person she phoned?
Did she find out something about herself by reading the journal?
Was Gwen's father not her real father?

Mandle · Mon 31/08/2020 12:24:17

Answered above and, yes, let's go back to the 5 question rule being enforced.

Ian Aloser · Mon 31/08/2020 12:31:16

Still can't believe that JackPutter solved the previous one in two attempts......
Thanks Mandle for the new case !

Is the father's wife still alive?
Is the father's wife her mother?
Does Gwen have brother(s) and/or sister(s)?
Did she find out that her father committed a crime?

Mandle · Mon 31/08/2020 13:54:01

Whoops forgot to say "Answered above."

heltenjon · Mon 31/08/2020 14:17:36

Was Gwen poisoned?
Was Gwen the intended target?
Is the phone call related to Gwen reading the journal?

Mandle · Mon 31/08/2020 14:23:45

Answered above

Laura Hunt · Mon 31/08/2020 16:29:08

Did Gwen call her partner? (husband, wife, boyfriend, whatever)
Did Gwen call a lawyer?
Did Gwen call a family member of hers? (aunt, uncle, cousins, etc)
Did she find anything related to money in the journal?
Was the murderer expecting to find her in the house?

Ian Aloser · Mon 31/08/2020 17:12:24

Did Gwen find a phone number in the journal?
EDIT: Would she still be alive if she would have fallen asleeep in another room ?

Cassiebsg · Mon 31/08/2020 17:51:00

Is the murder related to the phone call?
Would she had been murdered if she hadn't made the phone call?
Is the murder male?
If the murder a human?

Riaise · Mon 31/08/2020 19:23:12

Did the murderer break in to the house?
Was the murderer already in the house when Gwen arrived?
Did the murderer overhear the phone call?

Stupot · Tue 01/09/2020 04:42:47

Did Gwen know she was going to get killed when she went to bed?
Did the journal reveal that her father had been murdered?
Did Gwen kill the father?
~~Was the phone number she called in the Journal?~~
Did the journal reveal something about matters of inheritance?

heltenjon · Tue 01/09/2020 09:11:26

Is the country/geographic location important? (For instance a dictatorship where surveillance listens in on phone calls.)
Did the murderer also take/hide/destroy the journal?
Is this set in present time?
Is the murder method important?

Mandle · Tue 01/09/2020 10:49:46

Case #67

Gwen was cleaning her father's house after he had passed away. She found his old journal from back before he was even married and started reading it. About halfway through she stopped reading and made a phone call. She continued reading the journal before falling asleep in her old bedroom. The next morning she was found murdered. What happened?

YES
Is the father's wife her mother?
Is the phone call related to Gwen reading the journal?
Did Gwen call a family member of hers? (aunt, uncle, cousins, etc)
Is the murderer male?
Is the murderer a human?
Is this set in present time?

NO
Was Gwen murdered by the person she phoned?
Did she find out something about herself by reading the journal?
Was Gwen's father not her real father?
Is the father's wife still alive?
Does Gwen have brother(s) and/or sister(s)?
Did she find out that her father committed a crime? (unless maybe he admitted to smoking some weed in his journal)
Was Gwen poisoned?
Did Gwen call her partner? (husband, wife, boyfriend, whatever)
Did Gwen call a lawyer?
Did she find anything related to money in the journal?
Was the murderer expecting to find her in the house?
Did Gwen find a phone number in the journal?
Would she still be alive if she would have fallen asleep in another room?
Is the murder related to the phone call?
Would she had been murdered if she hadn't made the phone call?
Did the murderer break into the house?
Was the murderer already in the house when Gwen arrived?
Did the murderer overhear the phone call?
Did Gwen know she was going to get killed when she went to bed?
Did the journal reveal that her father had been murdered?
Did Gwen kill the father?
Did the journal reveal something about matters of inheritance?
Is the country/geographic location important? (For instance a dictatorship where surveillance listens in on phone calls.)
Did the murderer also take/hide/destroy the journal?
Is the murder method important?

IRRELEVANT OR CANNOT BE ANSWERED THE WAY THE QUESTION IS POSED
Was Gwen the intended target?

Ian Aloser · Tue 01/09/2020 11:10:28

Did Gwen call the police, i.e. one of her relatives is in the police?
Did the journal contain information about a crime someone else had committed?
Did the killer also read the journal?
Was the killer mentioned in the journal?

heltenjon · Tue 01/09/2020 11:38:43

Are there more murders in this case than Gwen's?
Did the phone call go to voice mail?
Is it important exactly who she called?
Did the phone call alert the murderer that she's/there's someone in the house?
Did Gwen fall asleep with the journal covering her face?

Laura Hunt · Tue 01/09/2020 11:51:35

Did the murderer have keys to the house?
Was the murderer a neighbour?
Did the murderer think Gwen was an intruder?

Cassiebsg · Tue 01/09/2020 20:14:45

Did the murderer went to the house to retrieve the journal?
Is/was the journal relevant to why the murderer was in the house?
Was the murderer looking for something else than the journal?
Did the murderer kill Gwen by accident?
Was it a messy crime scene (as in lots of blood)?