Back to Crazy Crimes 7 ~ Crazy Crimes

Patricia Bradley Mystery Question 48 Comments

Back to Crazy Crimes 7 ~ is this week’s Mystery Question. I marvel at how crazy these crimes are. It makes it really hard to come up with a fake one. 🙂

I’ve never seen the fall foliage in the Smoky Mountains so I took a few days off and drove to East Tennessee. While the leaves haven’t turned much in the valleys, we took a ride up to Shady Valley, and found beautiful scenery! (Also some really good places to set a book! More on that to come.) Here are a couple of photos:

Tunnel Damascus, VA Fall foliage Shady Valley TN

Now for last week’s Mystery Question, More Crazy Crimes 6. As usual, three are true, and I made up one. Can you guess which one?
  1. Dude walks into a bank and writes a demand letter on the back of a copy of his own birth certificate. He was also wearing a cut-off T-shirt that showed his unusual tattoos.
  2. A man steals his neighbor’s car, and when the police show up, he goes out to drive it off. Unfortunately for him, the neighbor’s video shows the actual theft with him wearing the same clothes.
  3. The thief couldn’t be satisfied with getting away with stealing $10,000 in jewelry–he had to post his heist on Facebook along with how he did it. He had no idea the police even knew he had a Facebook page.
  4. Please don’t be stupid enough to rob a gun store armed with only a baseball bat like this criminal did. A gun shop. Really? The owner kept the thief in his crosshairs until the police arrived.

And the answer is…#3. Congrats on all who guessed correctly!

Now for this week’s Mystery Question, More Crazy Crimes 7. As usual, three are true, and I made up one. Can you guess which one?
  1. A man tired of thieves breaking into his house rigged up an explosive that went off when a thief raised the window. This got him a prison sentence when the police arrested him for excessive use of a deadly weapon.
  2. One of the worst things a thief can do is pick the wrong house to burgle. This happened to a thief who picked a house that had been burgled a few hours earlier, and police were still processing the house.
  3. If a thief plans to rob a liquor store, he should never ask the clerk out on a date and give his name and phone number before robbing it.
  4. This hapless drunk asked the clerk for a room, and he quickly got one. Only the clerk turned out to be a state trooper at the state trooper station.

Okay Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments, and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library!

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  4. Barbara Diggs

    #1
    Glad you got to see some of our colored leaves!! It’s supposed to peak in another week or so. We don’t get colorful foliage like we used to. Love the photo of the tunnel.

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      Patricia Bradley

      I love that tunnel, Barbara! There was a trail that led up to the top with steps, but I was afraid if i got up there, I couldn’t get down–no handrail. lol We’ll see next week if it’s #1…

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  5. Tim Johnson

    I love that prayer. How often through our impatience do we underestimate what blessings God has in mind for us?
    Those photos are really nice. While there are some nice places in AZ where you can see the leaves change color this time of year, the desert around Tucson isn’t one of them. Got to get up into the mountains!

    Crazy crimes:
    #1. Booby trapping windows is a definite no-no.
    #2. If a place has a crime scene tape still in place, expect crime scene police there!
    #3. Must have been one good looking clerk.
    #4. Hey, and the room was free!
    These are tough, given how smart we know these crooks are. I will say you made up #2 this time.

    For the record, I always hated having to change the clocks twice a year. I’m really spoiled here in AZ where we stay on standard time all year.

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      1. Dottie

        Hi Patricia! I love your photos and glad you got to make another trip to the Smokies. Our color hasn’t been as vibrant in the valley this year, looks like I should have made an effort to go myself.

        I’m going to guess #2. These burglars don’t seem to have much luck!

        I really like Steven Wood’s music and House of Gold is one of my favorites. My husband sings that sometimes too.

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  13. Edward Arrington

    I like the old farmer’s prayer. He had a good grasp on reality. Thanks for sharing those pictures. I’ve never been to Shady Valley, but I have been very close. You were less than 20 miles from where you could have stood on the spot where Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina join. Of course, I don’t know whether or not the spot is marked. Those are nice pictures. The leaves look like they have advanced a slight bit further than they have here.

    I remember that song from when I was about twelve years old. Something about being in a “deep dark grave” always got to me, regardless of the condition of my soul.

    I think #4 is made up. The drunk would have had to be way beyond hapless to think a state trooper station was a motel. I can’t speak for other places, but state trooper stations have signs on them in Virginia, and they are not in flashing neon lights. No way to confuse them with a place to get a room. To be honest, I haven’t had much experience with drunks, but I think a person would have to be practically drunk out of their minds to make that mistake, and I’m not sure they would be able to even walk into a place on their own in that condition.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Love your logic, Edward! That said, drunks have a tendency to not realize where they are…;-) But we will see next week. And I’m pretty sure the spot where the three states meet is marked.

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