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Case of a Murdered Wife

Category:Mystery
Submitted By:Unicorns
Fun:*** (2.87)
Difficulty:* (0.98)



Detective Palumbo had just finished examining the body of Debbie Layne, which was lying on the 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?

Answer:

Palumbo knew that the sheriff had only told Mr. Layne to come home and not what had happened. When Mr. Layne saw the gun, he said that she had been clubbed to death. A normal reaction would have been to assume that she had been shot with a gun, not clubbed.

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Comments on this teaser


Posted by prettykitty02/22/05
I like this. :)

Posted by tessa02/22/05
it was good one of those i can get.it was pretty easy :D

Posted by whoelsebutme0902/22/05
really fun but kinda ez. it wuz kinda obvious but it was so much fun! :D

Posted by froggygg02/23/05
I guess my 20+ years of legal work is still imprinted in my brain (or maybe Monk's influence!) but I caught the answer as soon as her loving hubby said "clubbed". Easy but fun. You set up a good case scenario. :D

Posted by charlile02/24/05
didn't get it :oops:

Posted by stormtrooper02/24/05
pretty goood... :)

Posted by chidam1102/25/05
Very Nice 8)

Posted by Behrkat502/26/05
fun but really EZ :D

Posted by laurajo02/28/05
good one!

Posted by coughdrop77702/28/05
i got it like right away, but still fun, liked it. :D 8)

Posted by rac7603/01/05
This was fun and easy! :D

Posted by freakydoughnut103/02/05
OMG, WAY TOO EASY!!!!!!!!! 8)

Posted by swithie03/17/05
It's nice to have a breather, well written. Sometimes ones in this style make it really obvious what the answer is.

Posted by Sarcastique03/18/05
It was a hard one. I didn't get it a first. I 'm a newbie so hope we can talk sometime. :oops:

Posted by thetrumonk03/19/05
This was a really easy one but good. Most people miss the clues in it, the subtle words or obvious ones. good deal :)

Posted by willymapo03/28/05
Great and instantaneosly easy! 8) But... if having a gun, why don't just shoot? :roll:

Posted by TehIgnored03/30/05
I agree with everyone else...fairly easy, but definitely fun. Also enjoyed the fact that it was well written. :D

Posted by serendity7804/02/05
that was a good1 b/c i actually figured it out on my own :) :lol:

Posted by Ms50cent04/17/05
It was very easy so i like it pretty much. :) :) :)

Posted by vikingboy04/24/05
typical....too easy..enough of the teasers in which the guilty party makes a statement that only the person that did it would know. :evil: :x :x :evil: :x :evil: :x

Posted by shandela04/26/05
if he shot her, then the detective wouldn't have an easy case.

Posted by xsadclowneyezx05/06/05
yea.....way easy

Posted by pickles108605/18/05
Yeah, I actually got that one. Woot!

Posted by babybabe105/20/05
Though i didn't get it i still loved that one! At first i thought it woz the cleaner cause nobody could get the finger prints from the gun and the cleaner must be an expert at cleaning, but then i got that it was her husband. One of my best brain teasers ever! :D :D

Posted by jannie_delta05/23/05
I did get it, these are sort of obvious, but there was no blood... :roll:

Posted by tabsgrl0905/24/05
so obvious

Posted by mamimi07/02/05
lol, the husband was an idiot! he wastes all that planning just to go and blurt out how he killed her, bet he felt dumb after that! :o

Posted by burfly0107/02/05
well... i thought it was fun and a lil easy i got it but i agree with the cleaning lady thery

Posted by bhssoccer2307/11/05
That was really good but a little easy. It makes me feel smart when I get the answer right, though, so keep up the good work!!!! :D

Posted by pInapples07/27/05
well written but EZ! but i like easy ones! :D good job!

Posted by rkaaland11/14/05
Loved it and got it!! :D :lol:

Posted by scotchtape1011/21/05
loved it!!!!!! awesome.... added to faves!!! rock on 8)

Posted by kcheer249305/29/06
That was a really easy one, but it's nice to have an easy one once in a while to make yourself feel better. Thanks for a great teaser! 8)

Posted by ChiangMastaMind08/01/06
Nice One. Pretty EZ tho :D

Posted by nikle10/12/06
vrey CSI ish :) great job!

Posted by scallio09/05/07
A bit easy, but I enjoyed it! I guess you could say it was a "dead" giveaway! :lol: :lol:

Posted by xoshortie52201/28/08
it was pretty easy..but fun all the same :D :D :D :) :) :) :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted by brain2302/04/08
Nice, but didn't actually tell who murdered the wife...

Posted by spinnercat08/30/08
really nice, but easy.. a classic mystery tale :) great job!

Posted by srpwuzhere11/15/08
good teaser :D you would figure at first the cleaning lady did it cause there were no finger prints. but then the husband blurted out that he did it. LOL stupid husband




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