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Lethal Laundry
Inspector Dante Missertrick arrived on the scene. His keen eye surveyed the area, his assistant madly clicking photographs. Not that the Inspector ever needed any, he had his memory after all. He noticed the small smashed window apparently leading into what was the laundry area. The small, well kept gardens out front looked splendid in the midday sun.
He made his way to the door where he was greeted by a plump lady claiming to be the owner's sister.
"Hello," he said, with his smooth Italian accent. "I have come to inspect the scene." Seeing his badge, the plump sister let him in. The first thing he noticed was to his left, the dejected figure of a man sobbing on the couch. He went to the man and politely requested that he ask a few questions.
"Ok... sniff... I'll do my best."
"Can you tell me what happened?"
"I was in the laundry with my brother as we were planning what gear to wash for a fishing trip, I heard something outside then a gunshot. I ducked, my brother fell, he was dead. I ran from the room, slamming the door, which must have startled the killer. I tried to get a look of who was out the front but heard running. The gate slammed and whoever it was was gone."
"I see, and you did not see anything of the killer? Clothing maybe, hair colour, shoes?"
"No, that's all I saw... sniff."
"Ok, thank you, I may need to ask you more but for now that is good."
He left him and turned to look at the laundry where the murder took place. He turned the handle to the door and pushed it inward having to exert some energy as the body was lying up against it. After pushing the door far enough open he ran his keen eye around, again checked the smashed window this time from the inside and quickly checked the gun shot wound and the body. At that point he decided he'd seen enough.
He returned to the man on the couch and said, quite nonchalant, "I'm afraid your crocodile tears do not bite with me. Sir, please accompany me to the station."
What is it that Dante discovered that pointed to the brother's lies?
He made his way to the door where he was greeted by a plump lady claiming to be the owner's sister.
"Hello," he said, with his smooth Italian accent. "I have come to inspect the scene." Seeing his badge, the plump sister let him in. The first thing he noticed was to his left, the dejected figure of a man sobbing on the couch. He went to the man and politely requested that he ask a few questions.
"Ok... sniff... I'll do my best."
"Can you tell me what happened?"
"I was in the laundry with my brother as we were planning what gear to wash for a fishing trip, I heard something outside then a gunshot. I ducked, my brother fell, he was dead. I ran from the room, slamming the door, which must have startled the killer. I tried to get a look of who was out the front but heard running. The gate slammed and whoever it was was gone."
"I see, and you did not see anything of the killer? Clothing maybe, hair colour, shoes?"
"No, that's all I saw... sniff."
"Ok, thank you, I may need to ask you more but for now that is good."
He left him and turned to look at the laundry where the murder took place. He turned the handle to the door and pushed it inward having to exert some energy as the body was lying up against it. After pushing the door far enough open he ran his keen eye around, again checked the smashed window this time from the inside and quickly checked the gun shot wound and the body. At that point he decided he'd seen enough.
He returned to the man on the couch and said, quite nonchalant, "I'm afraid your crocodile tears do not bite with me. Sir, please accompany me to the station."
What is it that Dante discovered that pointed to the brother's lies?
Hint
Read again closely the part about the Inspector and what he had to do to get into the laundry.Answer
The brother claimed to have heard the shots, checked the brother was dead, then 'ran from the room, slamming the door'. The problem being that when the Inspector entered the room, the body was up against it, meaning no one had exited the room since he fell as you wouldn't be able to get out of the room with the body up against the door.No, the brother was shot by his own brother who stupidly remained at the scene as part of his plan to appear innocent. He didn't count on Inspector Dante Missertrick, though.
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Wonderful, very well written. I got so caught up thinking about the characters that I was completely stumped.
Easy, but very fun
Great, thanks very much. As my first submission this is good feedback to hear, especially with taking time over building the characters a little. Maybe I have found another category I can work in.
This is a very good teaser. I had to use the hint, though, to get it. Very cleverly hidden inside the text.
Thanks Irock I'm pleased the hint actually helped too - hopefully without giving it away too easily. Heh, also, I just noticed one thing I thought I should clarify about my above comment is that this is my first submission in the mystery category. Not my first submission overall ;) .
i really liked it but da hint gave it away a little more than i think u wanted to...a good hint doesnt help at all which is completely true yet very funny
. Oh and thanks .
Good teaser!
Since the window was mentioned at the end, I did expect something about no broken glass on the floor.
Enjoyed your first mystery - keep up the good work.
Since the window was mentioned at the end, I did expect something about no broken glass on the floor.
Enjoyed your first mystery - keep up the good work.
I liked this one even though it was easy--I appreciate the fact that this one was well written. Make your mysteries a little harder! I think that if you do that you'll become one of the best mystery writers on this site.
I liked it. I figured part of it out, I knew it had to do with the door.
I got it right without hint, but it was so simple I was afraid to check anwer, thought i had missed something, lol. But i enjoyed it. Was well written, Good job.
good one
It was really good, maybe you should write a book!
Wow.. thanks everyone. Warm fuzzies on a Monday morning . Oh and Birdman, that's a big call, I'll see what I can do ;) . Thanks for your suggestion Dolphin, maybe one day I will.
How Fun...
That was a little easy but very good. I like a mystery I can actually solve.
i liked this teaser, i actually figured it out!
It took me a minute to figure it out i thot it was great!
my friend got a little confused but likes to be a little stumped not to ridiculsy hard but not to easy!! PERFEcT good job!
my friend got a little confused but likes to be a little stumped not to ridiculsy hard but not to easy!! PERFEcT good job!
I KNEW IT WHEN THE INSPECTOR WENT IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM
GREAT TEASER MAKE MORE LIKE THEM
It is a very good teaser even though it is easy.It is a well worded teaser too .I liked it very much.
Thanks everyone. Wow, so many nice comments I might just have to write another one.
I got this one right easily, but it was fun. Even thought it was very easy.
Thanks
Agreed... nice one, but fairly easy. Well written, thanks!
Thanks
i got it easily bc of the door. really good.
Thanks
it was kind of confusing with the hint. but i probably read it wrong...but i liked it.
I'm pleased you enjoyed it
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Well done :-)
great teaser!I had to use the hint though cuz i tend to skip parts in reading that dont have someone talking!lol
Thanks
your welcome
really good one, you needed to use logic to figure out the answer
it was a bit easy because you focused on that one section a bit much, but good teaser.
it was a bit easy because you focused on that one section a bit much, but good teaser.
well, no offense at all to the creator of this teaser, but i thought the way u wrote it was very confusing. it was hard for me to undrstnd. i thnk the grammer & punctuation were, not tht bad, but not perfect. & im attuned to details. so, yeah, it seems like its just me tho, who saw the flaws....& it probly is. but othr thn that, it was a very nice teaser kudos
Um...EdWaRdLuVeR_918, you can't understand how the person wrote it. Who can understand YOUR writing?
Cause some of your words are shortened, that's kind of ironic 0.0
Thanks for the comments and thank you for your thoughts/reply to Edware srpwuzhere. I did find his a rather ironic comment
i got it, but only because i read a similar teaser. good one though. i liked it
wonderfully written teaser..a bit easy though
This is one of the first teasers I solved, and one of my favorites as well. It was simple, yet fun!!!
keep up the good work
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