Solve A problem

There is a guy called Mr. Wood. He is a detective and he has to work out mysteries. One day he went to a scene of a suicide. He walked inside and saw his dear friend Tom.

Tom was facing down on a table with a gun in his right hand. There was a pool of blood on the table, also a napkin and a book.

Mr. Wood looked around the room, and then he saw a cassette tape recorder, he went over to it and pressed play. The sounds of the tape were as follows :

It was Tom's voice, he said ''Mr. Wood, I know you'll be the first person to hear this, and you were such a good friend to me, but I can't go on any longer, I don't want to live any more'' the next sound he heard was a gun shot, and the body fall onto the table.

Mr. Wood paused for a moment, then said ''Tom didn't commit suicide, he was murdered''

How Does Mr. Wood know tom was murdered?

because the cassette tape recorder was not on the table.

Because the detective didnt have to rewind the tape

Same as qais................also who stopped the recording button?

i think because Mr. Wood is tom's dear friend , Tom would call him by his first name but he didnt becuase he was TOLD to say this !

cute booq i think you've got it....waiting for selma

Okay, here is what I'm guessing...

1-As Cute_BooQ said... About his first name and all...

2-When Mr.Wood looked around the room, he found the tape recorder... And as the story said, he WENT OVER TO THE TAPE RECORDER, that means that the tape recorder was far from TOM... And in the end of the tape, he heard a gun shot... That means that if Tom commited Suicide, then he would shoot himself next to the recorder that he was recording his voice into...

I'm not sure though...

Well...the tape recorder stopped recording right after there was a gun shot...there was a book on the table where Tom was found...he wouldnt be reading a book and then commit suicide...Was he sitting on the table!? Hmm, Was there blood on the napkin and book!? if not,then they were moved there right after Tom was killed! because the shot would have squirted blood all over the place!!(nasty!)... Maybe he did want to commit suicide but then was killed!! hehehe....o'right...this is all that i can think of..and besides the fact that the tape recorder should have been on the table near the body, if it WAS Tom who shot himself after leaving that message for Mr. Wood...But...its wasnt there!:eek:

Nice points i read above....

Another thing i can see....


"Tom was facing down on a table with a gun in his right hand"
then..

"the next sound he heard was a gun shot, and the body fall onto the table"

If he really felt on th etable would the gun stay in his hand?
Would he be facing the table?

Originally posted by IceTea
because the cassette tape recorder was not on the table.

Nope.. :D
Bt nice try

Originally posted by Cute_BooQ
i think because Mr. Wood is tom's dear friend , Tom would call him by his first name but he didnt becuase he was TOLD to say this !

Good Point .. but that is not the answer

Originally posted by mf_alkhalili
Okay, here is what I'm guessing...

1-As Cute_BooQ said... About his first name and all...

2-When Mr.Wood looked around the room, he found the tape recorder... And as the story said, he WENT OVER TO THE TAPE RECORDER, that means that the tape recorder was far from TOM... And in the end of the tape, he heard a gun shot... That means that if Tom commited Suicide, then he would shoot himself next to the recorder that he was recording his voice into...

I'm not sure though...

you are wrong:D
Not enough info

Originally posted by BliNd_MelOn
Well...the tape recorder stopped recording right after there was a gun shot...there was a book on the table where Tom was found...he wouldnt be reading a book and then commit suicide...Was he sitting on the table!? Hmm, Was there blod on the napkin and book!? if not,then they were moved there gith after Tom was killed! because the shot would have squirted blood all over the place!!(nasty!)... Maybe he did want to commit suicide but then was killed!! hehehe....o'right...this is all that i can think of..and besides the fact that the tape recorder should have been on the table near the body, if it WAS Tom who shot himself after leaving that message for Mr. Wood...But...its wasnt there!:eek:

you should be the detective..... but yo uwont make a good one though:D
So not correct

Originally posted by EviliO
Nice points i read above....

Another thing i can see....


"Tom was facing down on a table with a gun in his right hand"
then..

"the next sound he heard was a gun shot, and the body fall onto the table"

If he really felt on th etable would the gun stay in his hand?
Would he be facing the table?

yes.. all those are possible.. he could have been gripping the gun so tight in his right hand...

Qais and Scotish Girl,

Could explain your answers Please..

he shot himself while the tape recorder was recording.....so he was DEAD while the tape recorder is still recording. He had to be alive after the gun shot tostop recording and rewind to the part where he started talking which is not possible....so their must have been someone else to rewind the tape to the beginning of the message.

Originally posted by qais
Because the detective didnt have to rewind the tape

i have a feeling that this is selma's answer but the tape recorder could be one of those auto reverse recorder where it would just flip to the other side of the tape automaticlly.

Originally posted by qais
he shot himself while the tape recorder was recording.....so he was DEAD while the tape recorder is still recording. He had to be alive after the gun shot tostop recording and rewind to the part where he started talking which is not possible....so their must have been someone else to rewind the tape to the beginning of the message.

yes thia is the answer..

But again Mo has raised a new argument which has proven qais's answer to be not the definate one, wrong...

Mo,
What are you saying here.. do you think there is another explanation?

**** iam smart:D


any more?

Originally posted by selma


Mo,
What are you saying here.. do you think there is another explanation?

what i'm saying is whoever wrote this mystery doesn't know anything about auto reverse tape recorders and just assumed everybody has the conventional tape recorder.

Originally posted by Big MO
what i'm saying is whoever wrote this mystery doesn't know anything about auto reverse tape recorders and just assumed everybody has the conventional tape recorder.

Yes You are right..
possibly it is a very old old old riddle!!!

Another One:



A detective is called to a scene where they find a business man dead on his desk. they found a suicide note on the table. they found a empty bottle of poison on the floor next to him and a pen in his had which he was griping on to.

So what u think a murder or a suicide?
and y u think that?

A murder.....he wouldnt be working(he had a pen in his hand) if hew just drank some poisen and knows that he is going to die in a couple of minutes

he wouldnt be working but he would write the note that he left on the paper .....two is possible ........ but i think its murder as qais said why would he have the pengripped on ..he would write the note before drinking the the poison ,but he was forced to write it. unless he was just holding the pen for no reason ,then its murder

Qais & Booq Booq

u both think it is suicide

good theory. but not quite there.

explain it well...

i think everyone has come up with all possible answers..!!
get it on with and tell us the Correct answer!:D

it was a murder.

it couldnt have been a suicide because of the pen. when a person dies from poison, it poisons your body, your muscles relaxes. so can not grip on to anything. That fact he was still griping on to the pen Suggest that he did not drink the poison. so he is dead it has to be murder then.

Originally posted by selma
it was a murder.

it couldnt have been a suicide because of the pen. when a person dies from poison, it poisons your body, your muscles relaxes. so can not grip on to anything. That fact he was still griping on to the pen Suggest that he did not drink the poison. so he is dead it has to be murder then.

Alright great... you got any more?:)

Originally posted by mf_alkhalili
Alright great... you got any more?:)

Noo.. I have to search for it..

How about someone else bring another one?

Another One:

The Case of the Murdered Wife

Detective Palumbo had just finished examining the body of Debbie Layne which was lying on couch in her plush living room.

"Mrs. Layne was hit on the back of her head 3 or 4 times with the butt of that pistol," the sleuth said.

The .45 lay on the floor near the body. Sheriff Hobbs was dusting the weapon for fingerprints.

"I've telephoned her husband at his office and only told him to come home, I dislike breaking bad news.Will you do it?", the sheriff said.

"I'll do it," said Palumbo as he watched the body being removed from the scene. Then he took a seat in a lounge chair to wait for Mr. Layne.

The Ambulance drove away just as Mr. Layne arrived. He came into the living room and asked, "Where's Debbie? What's happened?"

"I'm sorry to have to tell you that she was murdered about 3 hours ago," said Palumbo. "Your cleaning lady found the body and called the sheriff."

"I can't find any fingerprints on this gun," said the sheriff. "I'll send it to the lab."

Mr. Layne's face flushed as he got angry and said, "please find the fiend that clubbed Debbie to death, I'll put up a twenty-five thousand dollar reward!"

"Save your money," said Hobbs. "The murderer won't be that hard to find." Why?

Mr. Layne's face flushed as he got angry and said, "please find the fiend that clubbed Debbie to death, I'll put up a twenty-five thousand dollar reward!"

He just arraived, and he suprisingly knew that the lady wasnt only shot, but hit ! as said: "Mrs. Layne was hit on the back of her head 3 or 4 times with the butt of that pistol"

it seems he is actually the murderer!!

AP,

YOU ARE RIGHT...:color:

The Case of the Archaeological Dig

"I've finally earned my place as assistant curator of the museum", said Bob Hobbie to Max, the chief administrator of the Belgra Archeological Museum. "I moved West of the Pakistani dig site and we've just unearthed some wonderful coin artifacts."

"Why did you start digging in a new location?" asked Max.

"One of the local natives told me that, for many generations, his family had passed down a legend of a lost village and he found a map among his father's things," said Bob. "His father recently passed away", he added. "The native followed the map and led me to this site on the condition that if we discovered anything of value he would be paid one thousand dollars", explained Bob.

"And what is it that you found buried,?" asked Max.

"It's just terrific," exclaimed Bob, "we found 3 gold coins of various sizes dated 400 B.C., and after properly dusting them off I found them to be in excellent condition." "I quickly paid the native to complete our verbal contract and keep him from trying to claim a portion of the discovery," concluded Bob. After considering for a few moments, Max told Bob that when he returns home he should look for another job!! Why?

Hello

what happened?????

people.. C'mon.. solve this:sorry:

I tried, but it doesnt seem am getting it!

C' mon.. just put down your answer and lets see..:)

How much were the coins worth? If they were worth, say, just a couple of hundred dollars, it seems that the "native" was on the make: He offered to find a very valuable site, buried three coins himself to keep them interested, showed them where to dig, then took his money as soon as they founf the coins. They will find nothing else.

Mimosa you are right.. the answer is

Max realized that Bob had been taken in by the local native because there couldn't be any coins dated B.C. How would anyone have known it was B.C?

Another one:

The Case of the Knife Wielding Gangster

Detective Hobbs found the notorious gangster Scarface Joe found lying face down on the bar room floor. A bullet had entered his left ear and must have lodged somewhere in his brain as there was no exit wound.

The bullet matched the gun that was owned by Bernie the Bull, another hoodlum, and Joe's rival gang member. It was well known that they hated each other but frequented the same bar.
Bernie said that he was the only customer in the bar when Joe came in and started yelling at him. "He was like a madman," said

Bernie. "He pulled out a knife and started coming at me. I shot him in self-defense as he charged head-on at me swinging that knife." Joe's body lying close by still had the knife clutched in his left hand. "He just wouldn't stop coming at me," exclaimed Bernie. "I had to shoot, I had no choice."

The only witness was the bartender, another shady character, who agreed with Bernie's story.
Detective Hobbs just smiled and said, "you boys will have time to think of something better than that story on the way to the slammer."

Why didn't he believe them?

ok my answer was late, let me think of the new one now :p

ok I dont know how right this might seem, but let me try.

The dead person held the knife in his left hand, and the bullet entered his head from the left ear.

If it was true, berrie would at least get a wound or something as a reaction from Joe! I cant picture how would the bullent enter the left ear and not come out unless he was shot so close!!!

AP,

You are there:p

Hobbs knew the men were lying because the bullet entered the dead man's ear. That couldn't have happened if he had been charging Joe head-on.

Another one:

The Case of the Late Night Suicide

Detective Hobbs was on his way to the big Detroit auto show when he decided to visit his old friend, Dr. Sam. At Sam's home he was shocked to learn that just two days earlier his long time friend had hanged himself.

"Sam was in excellent health and spirits when I heard from him last week," Hobbs told the sheriff. "I can't believe he committed suicide."

"But he did---I investigated it myself," said the sheriff. "Here's how it all happened."

"Pete Porter, Sam's manservant, was returning to the house late that night when he spotted a light in the attic. As Porter got out of his car, he saw through the open attic window Sam knotting a rope around his neck. The other end was tied to a rafter. Then he saw Sam calmly kick away the small stool he was standing on, and that was the end.

"Porter found the house locked. He had forgotten his key; so he went to the neighbor to call me."
"He repeated to me exactly what I've just told you," said the sheriff.

"When I arrived at Sam's house, I had to force the front door open." Porter and I then ran up the three floors to the attic. Sam was dead. The coroner has no doubt that death was from hanging."

"The attic floor was clear except for the little stool that lay overturned by the door," concluded the sheriff.

"Let's go out to the house," said Hobbs. "From everything you've told me about Porter's story, I can tell you he's lying!"


How did Hobbs know that Porter was lying?


Take your time to think... But please not very long time:)

mmm peter could not possibly know all the details of sam's suicide from down there especilally that he mentioned it was only little light in the attic!!

Right theory..

but you are not there yet

wooow it seems we got soo many intelligence over here.. why dont u apply a part time job in ROP.. u'll realy help them althougth they work hardly and in a total way..

If Pete Porter were getting out of the car outside the house, there is no way he would have been able to see into a third floor (attic) window from there.

Originally posted by mimosa
If Pete Porter were getting out of the car outside the house, there is no way he would have been able to see into a third floor (attic) window from there.

You are right..

You would make an excellent detective;)


The answer is:

Hobbs knew that Porter was lying because Porter said he saw Sam kick the small stool. If he had been looking from the driveway up to the attic, he would never have been able to see a small stool on the floor. The house was 3 stories high!!!

I will post another one Later:color:

Another one:

The Case of the Gold Digger

Detective Palumbo had just ordered a drink at the bar in the Tahoe motel when a young man with sun-bleached golden hair and tanned cheeks sat on the stool beside him.

After ordering a scotch and water, the sunburned man nodded toward the gaming tables. "My name is John Patmos," he said genially. "It's great to be back in civilization and hear people and money talking out loud."

Palumbo introduced himself. "I guess you've been out in the desert?"

"Yeah, I got back yesterday," said Patmos. "Washed the dust out of my ears, had a barber shave off my seven months of whiskers and trim my hair. Then I bought a whole wardrobe on credit. All I had to do was show my assay report. Boy am I going to celebrate."

"You found gold?," inquired Palumbo.

"Yes sir. Hit the big load." Patmos stroked his bronzed chin thoughtfully; then in a low voice he said, "if I can find a backer, I'll take enough out of those hills to buy ten pleasure palaces like this one. Of course, I'm not trying to interest you. But, if you know someone who'd like to get in on a sure thing, let me know. I'm staying in room 510. Can't give out the details here, you understand."

"I understand," said Palumbo, "that you'd better improve your story if you want to sucker someone into a deal that's worthless."

How did Palumbo know the story was fictitious?

Originally posted by selma
You are right..

You would make an excellent detective;)


The answer is:

Hobbs knew that Porter was lying because Porter said he saw Sam kick the small stool. If he had been looking from the driveway up to the attic, he would never have been able to see a small stool on the floor. The house was 3 stories high!!!

Selma that what I said :eyes:

said by Arabian Princess
peter could not possibly know all the details of sam's suicide from down there

Then I bought a whole wardrobe on credit. [/B]

Why would he buy it on credit if he really have the gold!!!

"had a barber shave off my seven months of whiskers and trim my hair"
"Patmos stroked his bronzed chin thoughtfully"

If he had just shaved off a seven month beard, his chin would not be "bronzed" i.e. tanned.

Originally posted by Arabian Princess
Selma that what I said :eyes:

I apologise it was my mistake..
I just did not read properly or may be i was in a rush..


I am sorry:sorry:

Both of you are right


My puzzles must be very easy..

well and the answer is:


Palumbo had no doubt that the whole story was fabricated. Patmos said he had a barber shave off 7 months of whiskers, yet his face and chin were tanned. If he hadn't shaved for seven months, his face would be white where the whiskers were not tanned!! and that he bought his clothes on credit!!!

For the weekend:

The Case of the Untimely Blackmailer

"I'm telling you, Hobbs," said John Dough, "inheriting the Dough millions has had some nerve racking moments. Do you remember Frack, the butler?"

"A smiling and mild mannered chap," said Hobbs
"That's the guy. I fired him after inheriting the house in the Hamptons. Well, two days ago he came to my office and demanded one hundred thousand dollars. He claimed to have been in the study when my father drew up another will, naming his brother sole heir."

"You believed him?"

"I confess the news was quite a shocker. Dad and I had an argument over Marilyn sometime during the last week of June. Dad opposed the marriage, and it seemed possible that he had cut me off."

"Frack said he has this second will, which he said would be worth a lot more than the blackmail money he was asking for. He said the new will was dated June 31, only one day newer than the old will, but it would be legally recognized he claimed."

"You didn't pay him, I hope?" asked Hobbs.
"I paid---with my boot to the seat of his pants."
"Perfect," agreed Hobbs. "Imagine trying to peddle a story like that!?


Why did they decide not to pay Frack?