New "Black Stories" Crime Riddles

[mkennedy]

Something that you may want to consider when editing the answer posts is to have line breaks between them, possibly with the date of the edit to make reading the questions before the answers slightly easier.

[Mandle]

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?
Is it important exactly who she called?
Was the murderer looking for something else than the journal?
Is what's written in the journal relevant?
Is the person she called older than Gwen?
Was the murderer looking for something of monetary value?
Was the person that Gwen phoned a relative of her father's?
Did Gwen call her uncle?
Was the murderer present in the house at the time of the murder?
Was the murderer looking for money?
Was the murderer looking for jewel(s)?
Did the killer murder Gwen in her bedroom, I mean was he in the room ?
Was Gwen's uncle mentioned in the journal?
Is the murderer a random man with no connection to the family?
Was Gwen's body found in her bedroom?
Was the murderer a thief?
Did the murderer enter the house because he thought it was empty?


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?
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?
Are there more murders in this case than Gwen's?
Did the phone call go to voice mail?
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?
Did the murderer have keys to the house?
Was the murderer a neighbour?
Did the murderer think Gwen was an intruder?
Did the murderer go to the house to retrieve the journal?
Is/was the journal relevant to why the murderer was in the house?
Did the murderer kill Gwen by accident?
Did she let her murderer into the house?
Did the phonecall come from a landline, i.e. not a mobile phone?
Does the person she called know the murderer?
Did Gwen know her murderer?
Was there something hidden in the journal?
Did the person she called tell anyone else about the conversation?
Is the father's cause of death important?
Did Gwen already know the murderer?
Did Gwen and the murderer enter the house together?
Is the phone itself the murder weapon?
Is the bed the murder weapon?
Was Gwen murdered in the same way her father died?
Was the murderer happy that Gwen died?
Did the murderer use a spare key?
Was the door locked?
Is it important where Gwen was when she called? (For instance near a window, where the reception was better.)
Did her uncle send the murderer?
Are any other relatives than her uncle involved?
Can anybody access the house without having a key? (No, it's usually all locked up)
Were there more persons in the house? (Except Gwen and probably her killer) ?
Did the murderer come into the house through a window?
Did the murderer take  money and/or jewellery from Gwen's body?
Is anything supernatural involved?
Did the murderer know that Gwen was in the house before he entered?
Did Gwen call her uncle to tell him she would be staying the night at the house?
Did the murderer know there were valuables in the house?
Did the murderer know the father?


IRRELEVANT OR CANNOT BE ANSWERED THE WAY THE QUESTION IS POSED
Was Gwen the intended target?
Was it a messy crime scene (as in lots of blood)?
If someone else had made the phonecall, would this someone have been killed instead of Gwen?
Was the murderer looking for a work of art?
Was the murderer looking for a stamp(s)?

[Ian Aloser]

Did she let her murderer into the house?
If someone else had made the phonecall, would this someone have been killed instead of Gwen?
Did the phonecall come from a landline, i.e. not a mobile phone?
Does the person she called know the murderer?
Did Gwen know her murderer?

[heltenjon]

Was there something hidden in the journal?
Is the person she called the one who killed her? (Thanks, Riaise.)
Is what's written in the journal relevant?
Did the person she called tell anyone else about the conversation?
Is the person she called older than Gwen?

[Riaise]

Is the person she called the one who killed her?

Already answered:

Was Gwen murdered by the person she phoned?

Was the murderer looking for something of monetary value?
Was the person that Gwen phoned a relative of her father's?
Is the father's cause of death important?
Did Gwen already know the murderer?
Did Gwen and the murderer enter the house together?

[Mandle]

Answered above

[heltenjon]

Was the murderer looking for money?
Was the murderer looking for jewel(s)?
Was the murderer looking for a work of art?
Was the murderer looking for a stamp(s)?
Did Gwen call her uncle?

[JackPutter]

I'm so completely confused by all of this... The answer to "Is the murder related to the phone call?" is no, but the answer to "Would she had been murdered if she hadn't made the phone call?" is ALSO no... And apparently the murder method isn't important either!

Is the phone itself the murder weapon?
Is the bed the murder weapon?
Was the murderer present in the house at the time of the murder?
Was Gwen murdered in the same way her father died?
Was the murderer happy that Gwen died?

[Mandle]

Answered above.

[heltenjon]

Did the murderer use a spare key?
Was the door locked?
Is it important where Gwen was when she called? (For instance near a window, where the reception was better.)
Did her uncle send the murderer?
Are any other relatives than her uncle involved?

[Ian Aloser]

EDIT:Does the house contain any doors at all ?
Can anybody access the house without having a key?
Were there more persons in the house? (Except Gwen and probably her killer) ?
Did the killer murder Gwen in her bedroom, I mean was he in the room ?
EDIT:Is the type of house important?
Did the murderer come into the house through a window?
Did the murderer take  money and/or jewelery from Gwen's body?

[Riaise]

I'm so completely confused by all of this... The answer to "Is the murder related to the phone call?" is no, but the answer to "Would she had been murdered if she hadn't made the phone call?" is ALSO no...

I was wondering about that, too. I can't work it out.

Is anything supernatural involved?
Did the murderer know that Gwen was in the house before he entered?
Was Gwen's uncle mentioned in the journal?
Is the murderer a random man with no connection to the family?
Was Gwen's body found in her bedroom?

[Cassiebsg]

Did Gwen called her uncle to tell him she would be staying the night at the house?
Was the murderer a thief?
Did the murderer knew there were valuables in the house?
Did the murderer enter the house because he thought it was empty?
Did the murderer knew the father?

[Mandle]

Answered above.

[heltenjon]

I'll attempt a solution. I guess Gwen called her uncle to ask for the codes to deactivate the alarm system or automatic locks. Or the uncle deactivated them remotely. Then she fell asleep and neglected to lock the doors (if that was even possible). A burglar entered the building and ended up killing Gwen when he was surprised by her presence.

The big hole in this theory is that what's written in the journal is supposed to be relevant, and unless there are some details about the building or the alarm, I don't know what it could be.

[Riaise]

I think you're on the right track. The murderer is a random burglar who heard that the house was now empty and didn't expect Gwen to be there. But what the phone call, uncle and journal have to do with anything is beyond me.

Was the house a family home that Gwen's father and uncle had grown up in?
Did Gwen's uncle tell her something about the house?
Did Gwen's uncle tell her to leave the door unlocked?

[Mandle]

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?
Is it important exactly who she called?
Was the murderer looking for something else than the journal?
Is what's written in the journal relevant?
Is the person she called older than Gwen?
Was the murderer looking for something of monetary value?
Was the person that Gwen phoned a relative of her father's?
Did Gwen call her uncle?
Was the murderer present in the house at the time of the murder?
Was the murderer looking for money?
Was the murderer looking for jewel(s)?
Did the killer murder Gwen in her bedroom, I mean was he in the room ?
Was Gwen's uncle mentioned in the journal?
Is the murderer a random man with no connection to the family?
Was Gwen's body found in her bedroom?
Was the murderer a thief?
Did the murderer enter the house because he thought it was empty?
Did she call to ask her uncle about something? (Kind of. Enough on the "YES" side.)
Did she call to tell her uncle about something? (Again, kind of...)
Did she know about her uncle before 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?
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?
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?
Are there more murders in this case than Gwen's?
Did the phone call go to voice mail?
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?
Did the murderer have keys to the house?
Was the murderer a neighbour?
Did the murderer think Gwen was an intruder?
Did the murderer go to the house to retrieve the journal?
Is/was the journal relevant to why the murderer was in the house?
Did the murderer kill Gwen by accident?
Did she let her murderer into the house?
Did the phonecall come from a landline, i.e. not a mobile phone?
Does the person she called know the murderer?
Did Gwen know her murderer?
Was there something hidden in the journal?
Did the person she called tell anyone else about the conversation?
Is the father's cause of death important?
Did Gwen already know the murderer?
Did Gwen and the murderer enter the house together?
Is the phone itself the murder weapon?
Is the bed the murder weapon?
Was Gwen murdered in the same way her father died?
Was the murderer happy that Gwen died?
Did the murderer use a spare key?
Was the door locked?
Is it important where Gwen was when she called? (For instance near a window, where the reception was better.)
Did her uncle send the murderer?
Are any other relatives than her uncle involved?
Can anybody access the house without having a key? (No, it's usually all locked up)
Were there more persons in the house? (Except Gwen and probably her killer) ?
Did the murderer come into the house through a window?
Did the murderer take  money and/or jewellery from Gwen's body?
Is anything supernatural involved?
Did the murderer know that Gwen was in the house before he entered?
Did Gwen call her uncle to tell him she would be staying the night at the house?
Did the murderer know there were valuables in the house?
Did the murderer know the father?
Was the house a family home that Gwen's father and uncle had grown up in?
Did Gwen's uncle tell her something about the house?
Did Gwen's uncle tell her to leave the door unlocked?
Was there a power outage?
Did Gwen deactivate the alarm/locks?


IRRELEVANT OR CANNOT BE ANSWERED THE WAY THE QUESTION IS POSED
Was Gwen the intended target?
Was it a messy crime scene (as in lots of blood)?
If someone else had made the phonecall, would this someone have been killed instead of Gwen?
Was the murderer looking for a work of art?
Was the murderer looking for a stamp(s)?

[Mandle]

I'll attempt a solution. I guess Gwen called her uncle to ask for the codes to deactivate the alarm system or automatic locks. Or the uncle deactivated them remotely. Then she fell asleep and neglected to lock the doors (if that was even possible). A burglar entered the building and ended up killing Gwen when he was surprised by her presence.

The big hole in this theory is that what's written in the journal is supposed to be relevant, and unless there are some details about the building or the alarm, I don't know what it could be.

Not really, no. Not everything is wrong though.

[heltenjon]

Was there a power outage?
Did Gwen deactivate the alarm/locks?
Did she call to ask her uncle about something?
Did she call to tell her uncle about something?
Did she know about her uncle before reading the journal?

[Mandle]

Answered above.