Funny Crimes Gone Awry is this week’s Mystery Question because I’m having so much fun finding these crimes! I hope you’re enjoying them as much as I am!
But first the photo and scripture verse. Psalm 37:4 has long been a favorite verse, one I claimed when I first started writing. As the years went on, I began to wonder why, if I was delighting myself with the Lord, I wasn’t getting published. Then one day, Psalm 37:7 jumped out at me. I had to wait for God’s timing, not my own. My own timing would have produced books that weren’t ready. God’s timing took me through many craft books and workshops. 🙂
Now for last week’s More Crimes Gone Awry. As usual, three are true, one is made up. Can you guess the false one?
- A burglar scoured through a home and managed to come up with some jewelry. Most burglars, once they’ve scored, usually leave the scene of the crime, but this one sat down on the sofa and promptly fell asleep. This was handy for police who were called by the homeowner when he returned home.
- An assassin picked up the proposed murder weapon, an umbrella rigged to distribute poison through a spike in the tip. The man who gave it to him accidentally tested it out on himself as he demonstrated it. He survived, but the bad luck continued–the assassin’s target no longer lived in the area. The plot was abandoned and the umbrella was thrown into the Thames.
- A man who went missing in 1985 turned up in the chimney of a gift shop in Natchez, Miss., during renovations 15 years later. His corpse was found by masons, and he was identified by a wallet found near him. Since the missing man had a prior history of burglary, investigators concluded that he had become caught in the chimney as he tried to crawl into the gift shop to rob it.
- In Tennessee, a man scored a bag of marijuana and promptly rolled a joint and smoked it, then another before he decided he wasn’t getting high enough. That’s when he called police to get them to arrest the men who’d sold him the marijuana. After he showed his purchase to the officers, they promptly arrested him for possession of more than a half-pound of the drug.
And the answer is #4. A lot of you got it correct and congrats. Let’s see if I can do better this week!
Now for Funny Crimes Gone Awry–this week’s Mystery Question. As usual, three are true, one is made up. Can you guess the false one?
- For three hapless drug thieves, it was their lucky day. These dumb criminals broke into a home and discovered three jars of cocaine. They took the jars home and snorted the contents. That’s when they discovered that the jars were in fact urns, and that they were snorting the cremains of the victim’s husband and two dogs.
- It never pays to rob a store your mother shops at. The robber thought the jewelry store would be an easy score, but he didn’t count on his mother shopping there when he decided to rob it. When she recognized him, she grabbed him by the ear and made him drop his gun.
- What would be the worst possible time to faint? Maybe in the middle of robbing a bank? The teller called 911 for the helpless criminal, and then the suspect had the gall to hand a note to the teller demanding all her cash while they waited for the ambulance.
- This poor guy suffered a heart attack and thought he was going to die, so he confessed to a 17-year-old murder. But then he didn’t die and got sentenced to prison for life instead.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll enter you in an August drawing for a book from my library.
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Good to see you, Mary! We’ll see if it’s #2.
I think you made up number 2 because I haven’t seen a mom grab a son’s year in decades.
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We’ll see, Anonymous. 😉 This might not have happened in the near past…thanks for stopping by.
#2 Love the sunrise and scripture.
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Thanks, Lucy. Number 2 seems very popular. 😉
I’m with you 100% that God’s timing beats mine hands down. Great photo, Pat.
Numbers 1 & 2 made me laugh the hardest. Between them, I think you made up #2, but if it was true, I would have loved to have seen mom pull the bum’s ear.
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Glad I made you laugh, Tim! We’ll see next week if #2 is the correct answer. Good to ‘see’ you today.
I think and hope you made up #3. I knew someone who mailed the cremated remains of a relative back to Germany after WWII but the accompanying explanation got separated from the urn and contents. They thought it was some kind of protein powder… True story.
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Oh, my goodness, Delores. That is too funny…well, not really, but still… thanks for stopping by. We’ll see if that’s the correct answer.
They all sound made up! 🙂 I’ll guess #3
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I’m so glad, MS Barb! We’ll see next week if it’s #3. Good to ‘see’ you today!
I love the picture and verse. So well matched.
I am choosing #3. I think I would have asked what is the worst time to hand a note to a teller demanding all her cash? After she has called 9-1-1 because I fainted. If that one is true, he was an idiot. I know. You never suggested that criminals are smart. But some seem to be totally past hope when it comes to an intelligent thought.
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Thanks, Edward! So glad you liked the meme. I sit amazed each week as I research these Mystery Questions at how dumb some criminals are. We’ll see next week if this is one of the true ones. 🙂
I’m going to guess #2, because most mothers, especially today, would not willingly send their child to jail. Although it definitely might be something I would do! I always told my kids they had to face the consequences of their actions!
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Hi Linda. Like your logic…we’ll see next week if the mother was at the end of her rope with this son. 🙂 Good to ‘see’ you!
#1 is too weird to be false.
…I mean REALLY?? *shivers* Lol.
I’m going to say #3.
Psalm 37:7 was my theme for my most recent pregnancy. I required partial bedrest for much of it, and I was ten days past the projected due date to boot. I lived and breathed Psalm 37:7!
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To be able to live and breathe Psalm 37:7 is so comforting, Elizabeth! Often I’ll get impatient for something to happen and invariably, God will bring this verse around. 🙂 We’ll see next week if #3 is the correct answer.
I am going with #3 this week.
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We’ll see, Gloria. Good to ‘see’ you here.
I’m going with #2 this week, though it would be ironic to rob the store your mom likes to shop at wouldn’t it?!
#1 made me laugh the most! Imagine the robbers surprise (and probably disgust) when they found out they were snorting human & canine remains instead of cocaine. Serves them right, I say!
What a beautiful sunset (or sunrise) picture! I’m glad the scripture encouraged you in a time in your life when you most needed it. What a lesson we could all learn, trusting for God’s timing.
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Absolutely, Trixi–it’s so hard to trust God’s timing, but it’s always best. And I’m glad I made you laugh today! We’ll see if it’s #2 next week.
Ill go for #1 this time because it’s so funny!
I noticed a lot of your pictures have the sun in them! Jesus is the Light of the World! Blessings.
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Amen, Paula! I love sunrises and sunsets! We’ll see if it’s #1 next week. Thanks for dropping by and commenting.
#2
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Hi Alicia! We’ll see next week if it’s #2. 🙂
I’m gonna say #1 only because I truly hope it isn’t true!
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Love it, Megan! We’ll see next week. So glad you stopped by.
3. thanks for the chance
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Number 3 is certainly popular, Lynn! Glad you stopped by.
#2 is too funny to be true but if it is, would love to have been there to see it!
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It is funny, isn’t it Shelia! We’ll see next week! Thanks for dropping by.
Asked my son and we are leaning toward #2. All are pretty funny.
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So glad you bought your son in on our little contest, Ellen! We’ll see next week if it’s #2.
#1
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We’ll see, Joan! Thanks for dropping by.
#3
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We’ll see, Patricia! Good to ‘see’ you here.
#4
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We’ll see, Caryl! Thanks for stopping by!
I’m going with #2
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We’ll see Rosalyn! So glad you stopped by. 😉