Whodunit mysteries, you name the culprit

Classic five-minute whodunits: a crime, a handful of suspects, and every clue you need to work out who did it.

Each story sets out a crime and four or five suspects. As you read, mark the sentences that point to a suspect or clear one and, when you are sure, make your accusation. The solution opens once you have answered.

Whodunits are most of our collection, written by our authors and by members whose mysteries proved popular enough to become official.

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Easy Who Dun It? Oct 29

The Potter Book Mystery

Cupcake, an orange cat, curled up in a dark corner of the dark musty bookstore. For years Uncle Ezra had been smiling as customers came into his store, helping them…

by Moe Zilla 19% solve it · 3,681 players
Medium Who Dun It? Oct 26

Death in the Office

It was 8:35 A.M. and Cynthia Peck was not only in a bad mood but late for work as well, which was most unusual for her. Not only was she late, but rain had been coming…

by Tom Fowler 33% solve it · 4,744 players
Easy Who Dun It? Oct 22

Chief Inspector Japp Solves a Case

Hercule Poirot drummed his fingers on his desk, trying vainly to control his impatience. He stared at the telephone, willing it to ring. It did not ring. “For heaven’s…

by William Shepard 32% solve it · 1,245 players
Easy Who Dun It? Oct 19

Who Stole the Caveman's Dinner?

65 million years ago, Grog the caveman fell asleep under the sun. He snored, enjoying a long nap. He dreamed he was chasing a dinosaur, and that the dinosaur was afraid…

by Moe Zilla 37% solve it · 1,875 players
Easy Who Dun It? Oct 15

The Stolen Car Mystery

Walking outside, Tim soon realized why he felt as he did, and why his friends were acting so strange. His car was missing! A light bulb went off in his head when he…

by Tom Fowler 43% solve it · 2,586 players
Medium Who Dun It? Oct 12

The Straw Hat Theater Mysteries - Final Curtain

The last performance of “Murder by Design,” a classic 1930s Broadway thriller that had once been a vehicle for Tallulah Bankhead, was going smoothly. In the last act…

by William Shepard 56% solve it · 1,100 players
Medium Who Dun It? Oct 8

iTheft

A small high school stood adjacent to a much larger hill, which effectively blocked out the sun so that shadows engulfed the building. The absence of activity on the…

by Nicholas LeVack 65% solve it · 7,373 players
Easy Who Dun It? Oct 5

The Punch with a Punch

I did my best to play it cool and not go over and talk with all of the kids I knew. Fortunately, many of them stopped over during the night to say a quick hello. Even…

by Barney Parmington 56% solve it · 2,132 players
Hard Who Dun It? Oct 1

The Straw Hat Theater Mysteries - Box Office Nightmare

The current show, “Lehar’s Merry Widow”, was a perennial favorite. It made no difference that half the audience knew all of the song lyrics by heart. They could - and…

by William Shepard 33% solve it · 1,003 players
Easy Who Dun It? Sep 28

The Waffle Man Mystery

He was the strangest person I'd ever met. It was already hot, even at 8 a.m., when we pulled into the restaurant in New Mexico. I don't remember where -- we'd been…

by Moe Zilla 40% solve it · 2,366 players
Easy Who Dun It? Sep 24

The Sunday School Tithe Mystery

Juliet, placing her dollar into the envelope first, did not pay strict attention to the others as the envelope made its way around the table. Though, she did notice Doc…

by Tom Fowler 50% solve it · 1,408 players
Medium Who Dun It? Sep 21

The Straw Hat Theater Mysteries - Casting Call

Each woman knew that playing opposite Hollywood’s most bankable leading man could launch a career, or jump-start a stalled one. Janice Starling, Sandra Buckingham and…

by William Shepard 53% solve it · 928 players
Easy Who Dun It? Sep 17

The Anonymous Bank Robber

Recently, Patrick learned something about a friend in the group -- one of the old men had been a bank robber in the 1930s. He had spent time in a federal penitentiary…

by Tom Fowler 37% solve it · 2,407 players
Easy Who Dun It? Sep 14

The House of Lies

“You'll like it here,” said Debra. “Everything is a mystery.” Before I could digest the mystique of the mansion in front of me, or the height of its white columns, a…

by Moe Zilla 60% solve it · 3,984 players
Hard Who Dun It? Sep 10

The Straw Hat Theater Mysteries - On Stage!

The accident happened on Opening Night, before a full house. It was in the Third Act, when Mrs. Danvers enters from stage right for a bit of business, as they say in…

by William Shepard 32% solve it · 1,028 players
Hard Who Dun It? Sep 7

Canada Day

Glen pushed back the floppy brim of his Tilley hat and mopped his forehead, promising himself a hot dog and cold soda for lunch with the money he’d found. He was up by…

by Laird Long 37% solve it · 1,536 players
Easy Who Dun It? Sep 3

The Missing Communion Set

Janice Cummings was excited. As the youth director for a new church in Overland Park, Kansas, she would host the church’s first youth sleep over. The little church had…

by Tom Fowler 46% solve it · 1,233 players
Easy Who Dun It? Aug 31

Who Stole Super Bowl Sunday

He'd invited me to watch his first widescreen Super Bowl — which was a relief. Eight years earlier, when I was seven years old, my parents had taken me for my first…

by Moe Zilla 51% solve it · 2,040 players
Medium Who Dun It? Aug 27

The Cocktail Conundrum

The exclusive cocktail party, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Fairbank, had prematurely ended with the untimely demise of one of the guests, not to mention Mrs. Fairbank’s…

by Stefanina Hill 58% solve it · 2,411 players
Easy Who Dun It? Aug 24

The Gypsy's Secret Numbers

There was a crime, and I was worried. And I was always worried about an acrobat named Lorenzo. He was my father, and he'd exercised every day until his slender body was…

by Moe Zilla 37% solve it · 1,827 players
Medium Who Dun It? Aug 20

It's Gone

Officer Jerry Davidson of the Las Vegas Police Force entered “Abe’s Novelties.” Surrounding him were all kinds of magical apparatus. He noticed a gray-haired man behind…

by Steve Shrott 42% solve it · 2,235 players
Easy Who Dun It? Aug 17

The Miser's Hoard

I know the value exactly because when he found the miser’s hoard, honest Sam made two telephone calls immediately, the first to Bob Parsons, and the other to my editor…

by William Shepard 48% solve it · 1,165 players
Easy Who Dun It? Aug 13

The Cornfield Caper

"Hello?" Joe called out. "Is someone there?" Joe wasn't sure why, but being in the corn maze always made him feel uneasy, even though it was on his family’s farm. Even…

by Brad Marsh 71% solve it · 14,733 players
Medium Who Dun It? Aug 10

A Stolen Future

George Wilson slid his access card through the reader and entered the office. He walked past the rows of empty workstations and stopped at the desk of his assistant…

by Doug Fellin 60% solve it · 2,441 players

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Medium Who Dun It? Apr 19

The Stolen Cupcake

Leslie loved being a stay-at-home mom. Contrary to popular belief, she was never bored and always busy! Not only did she have her own two precious angels to look after…

by Sarah R. 22% solve it · 21,638 players
Easy Who Dun It? Nov 28

Arsonist Attack

Jade set fire to the library. She got a bad grade in reading, and she wore the red hoodie Max had to make people think Max did it. It fell out of her purse. She said…

by Sarabelle g. 80% solve it · 11,802 players
Medium Who Dun It? Sep 24

Murder of The Actor

It was a rainy evening in the quiet town of Carberry. A young man of 15 named Michael Rembrant was being driven in a car by his mother to a crime scene. The youth was…

by Mackie S. 52% solve it · 722 players
Easy Who Dun It? Jul 7

The Necklace

It happened at around 9 PM. We were having our supper, a very large one (it was Saturday, and as our family tradation we eat more than usual on Saturdays). Our mother…

by Edward Jones 27% solve it · 477 players
Medium Who Dun It? Jul 9

The Missing Book

When we met Mr. Kahilua, he looked devasted. ''Oh officers, please help me! That book had been had been in my family for three generations! I can't afford to lose such…

by Monica Sanchez 46% solve it · 445 players
Hard Who Dun It? Sep 7

Another Hotel Murder

It was a quiet morning in Indianapolis. But as I was enjoying coffee and listening to my wife's desperate attempts at piano, my phone rang and I was speaking to Kevin…

by Jonathan Grease 38% solve it · 440 players

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