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Illustration for the riddle “The Light Switched Off”

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The Light Switched Off

A man wakes up in the middle of the night for a glass of water. Before going back to bed, he absent-mindedly switches off the light. In the morning he looks out the window, screams, and takes his own life. Why?

The solution

Uncover this answer in Post Mortem. In the app, the narrator answers your questions as you piece together the story.

Available on Google Play and the App Store.

Where do you start?

Read the scene again and separate the facts from your assumptions. With a narrator who knows the answer, ask one question at a time. They answer yes, no or irrelevant.