Solving the Crime Scene Riddle: Can You?

In summary, the conversation revolved around a riddle involving a man who was shot and killed, with one bullet getting embedded in a heavy wooden chair. A suspect was caught with a gun that had a high velocity and long barrel length, leading to a discussion about whether or not the gun could have been used in the crime. The conversation then moved to a different riddle involving a man found stabbed to death with only a puddle of blood and water at the crime scene, and a detective claiming to be able to determine the murder weapon from that information alone. Other variations of the riddle were mentioned, including a person found hanged in a locked room with a pool of water underneath and a dead man and monkey in a room with strange
  • #36
DaveC426913 said:
Well, it wasn't very old when the thread was posted... :biggrin:

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DaveC426913 said:
An otherwise empty room, locked from the inside. On the floor is some broken glass, a puddle of water and a body. What went down here?

If its the same one I heard before...
A goldfish bowl fell off a table and broke leaving broken glass, water, and the dead body of a fish on the floor.
 
  • #38
Tom Mattson said:
Here's a much less challenging one. A man was found stabbed to death. All that was found at the crime scene was the corpse, a puddle of blood, and a puddle of water. The detective claims that he can figure out the murder weapon from that information alone. What do you think it was?

ice …. shaped like a knife :rolleyes:
 

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