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The Tale Of Kevin Smith
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Puzzle ID: #51896
Submitted By: The2thomasklu8 Corrected By: The2thomasklu8
Submitted By: The2thomasklu8 Corrected By: The2thomasklu8
Mystery
Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.Mystery
Have you ever lost a friend? You never know what to do with yourself when you hear about it. This has happened to me quite recently. I'll tell you about it.
My name is Steven, and my best friend Kevin Smith was murdered last Friday at around 5am. The body was found in the dining room the next morning.
An autopsy was performed and the case was ruled a natural death. But Kevin was actually poisoned with Clostridium Botulinum, an undetectable poison.
His wife, Jenny, leaves every night for work until 6am. She thinks that the Butler had killed him, because they had an endless feud since as long as she could remember, or that it was a suicide, because Kevin had no enemies.
The Butler, however, suspects Jenny, because he remembers telling her about other women Kevin was seeing a few days ago. The Butler leaves at around 4am everyday and returns at 6pm.
Who murdered Kevin?
My name is Steven, and my best friend Kevin Smith was murdered last Friday at around 5am. The body was found in the dining room the next morning.
An autopsy was performed and the case was ruled a natural death. But Kevin was actually poisoned with Clostridium Botulinum, an undetectable poison.
His wife, Jenny, leaves every night for work until 6am. She thinks that the Butler had killed him, because they had an endless feud since as long as she could remember, or that it was a suicide, because Kevin had no enemies.
The Butler, however, suspects Jenny, because he remembers telling her about other women Kevin was seeing a few days ago. The Butler leaves at around 4am everyday and returns at 6pm.
Who murdered Kevin?
Hint
There are three suspects.Answer
The narrator, Steven, killed Kevin.Both Jenny and the Butler suspect each other, but they both have alibis because of when they leave the house. But how could Steven have known the name of the poison that killed Kevin?
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Congratulations on your first teaser.
Thanks.
A new teaser author! Welcome and congratulations! I love that you started with a mystery. We don't see many of those. Nicely done.
I wondered if the killer was Kevin Jones, given it was a tale about him and Kevin Smith was the victim. I thought it was an attempt to deviously put the answer in the title. But, as you point out, since it was a named narrator who is presumably not omniscient, only the killer could know about the poison.
I'm excited to see what you come up with next! (No pressure )
I wondered if the killer was Kevin Jones, given it was a tale about him and Kevin Smith was the victim. I thought it was an attempt to deviously put the answer in the title. But, as you point out, since it was a named narrator who is presumably not omniscient, only the killer could know about the poison.
I'm excited to see what you come up with next! (No pressure )
Oops! Thanks for pointing that out! I've corrected it. The change should appear shortly.
ooh! that was tricky! Very good! I really enjoyed this one!
Interesting teaser. I suspected the narrator, because he knew the precise time of death being 5, whereas he could have been murdered anytime between 4 and 6.
Excellent!
Just one thing: the alibis are unnecessary because we are told that each of the two other suspects thinks that the other is guilty. This means each is innocent, unless conceivably one committed the crime and then repressed the memory or something, which is a bit far out.
The puzzle's solution is not affected by this detail though.
Perhaps each could have suggested to the detectives that the other was guilty, before it was ruled (incorrectly) to be suicide?
Just one thing: the alibis are unnecessary because we are told that each of the two other suspects thinks that the other is guilty. This means each is innocent, unless conceivably one committed the crime and then repressed the memory or something, which is a bit far out.
The puzzle's solution is not affected by this detail though.
Perhaps each could have suggested to the detectives that the other was guilty, before it was ruled (incorrectly) to be suicide?
Easy, but chilling!
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