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Illustration for the riddle “The Stranger in the Car”

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The Stranger in the Car

A car runs out of gas on an empty road. The husband sets off to find a can, first making sure his wife locks the doors and rolls up the windows. When he gets back, his wife is dead and there is a stranger inside the car. Everything is still locked from within. What happened?

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.