Really Really Dumb Criminals 24 is this week’s Mystery Question. I guess I was the dumb Mystery Question writer last week when I posted a set of crimes from just two ( or was it three?) weeks earlier. 😵💫
But first, the photo and verse. One day last week, I looked out the window, and these five does were grazing in the backyard. Would you believe they stayed there and let me photograph them? I thought Psalm 42:1, which has long been one of my favorite verses, was perfect for it.
Now for the answers to both of last week’s Mystery Questions ~ Really Really Dumb Criminals 21. As usual, three crimes are true, and I made up one–can you guess which one?
- Would-be robbers confidently entered the lobby of a business, hid their hands in their jackets like guns, and demanded money from the woman at the front desk. Unfortunately, there was one flaw in the plan – the “business” was actually a police station.
- The would-be bank robber was nervous. So nervous that after he handed the teller the note, he gave her his gun instead of the bag to put the money in. The quick-thinking teller turned the gun on him and held him until police arrived.
- Drive-thru windows aren’t meant to accommodate 6’3″, 270-lb. linemen, but one got stuck when servers at a Taco Bell failed to get this particular former football player’s order right, and he went ballistic. There he remained, half inside and half outside the Taco Bell, until the police arrived to dislodge him, and then arrest him.
- An 18-year-old really, really wanted a yacht, but he couldn’t afford one. So, he decided to steal one. Unfortunately for him, the 45-ft. vessel he picked was still tied to the dock. When the teenager fired up the engine for a joyride, the yacht inched forward and was quickly yanked back into the dock, alerting everyone that something fishy was afoot.
And the answer is…#2. Congrats to all who guessed correctly…again!
Answers to the 2nd group of crimes:
Now onto last week’s 2nd Mystery Question: Four scenarios are below. Three are true, unfortunately. I made up one. Can you guess which one I made up?
- A bank robber planned his getaway meticulously. He had a second set of clothes on under his snap-on pants and shirt complete with a cloth bag he could stuff the stolen money in. Everything went as planned except, he didn’t count on the wind whipping the loose money out of the bag, leaving a trail for the police to follow.
- Officials found a dead body mysteriously crumpled at the bottom of an escalator. When they looked at the TV camera video aimed at the escalator, they discovered he ran up the Down escalator and when he reached the top, he lost his balance and fell.
- A man filled a plastic jug with gas, but when he tried to pour it in his gas tank, it wouldn’t work, so he decided to melt the neck of the jug so he could shape it into a funnel. You guessed it–when he lit the torch to melt the top of the jug…
- A mysterious white powder arrived at the hotel room where nine tourists were sharing adjoining rooms. No one had ordered it, but thinking it was cocaine, they decided to divide it into nine small piles. Then they snorted it. All nine ended up in the hospital suffering from hallucinations and seizures. Turns out the drug was the very dangerous Scopolamine.
And the answer…wait for it…#1. Are people nuts or what? Congrats to all who guessed correctly.
Now for this week’s Mystery Question Really Really Dumb Criminals 24. Below are four scenarios. Three are actually true. One is false. Which one did I make up?
- It was February, and a couple in the middle of a divorce were walking along the bank of a river, quarreling. Unable to win his point, the frustrated man suddenly shoved the woman into the icy river, jumping in to push her under again and again! The only problem? He couldn’t swim and his wife could. She swam to safety while he sank…he died on February 14.
- Two men had spent the day on the river bank fishing and guzzling beer. As they trecked back to their truck with their meager catch, they had to cross a pasture with a long-horned bull in it. One man dared the other to slap the bull on his rump. When he refused, words ensued regarding his character and then a fight broke out, catching the attention of the bull. The men were so intent on their fight they failed to see the bull charging until he’d hooked one of them… on his rump.
- A young couple set out to prove that evil is a make-believe concept the human race invented. They set out on a bike ride to prove their new worldview. Sadly, after a year of biking, they were killed by ISIS militants.
- A helpful neighbor spent his last moments helping a friend weld an exhaust pipe He arrived at the garage shed with an experimental welding kit: an LPG bottle, similar to a propane tank, in which he had mixed both components that make up oxy-acetylene welding gas: acetylene and oxygen. When combined, these two components burn hot enough to cut metal. They are separated for a reason. When the neighbor attacked a torch head straight onto the bottle and lit the welding tip…the explosion shattered windows blocks away.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments, and I’ll enter you in a June drawing for a booklight.
Here’s a great summer read! Find it here.
Now for today’s song! Can you guess which one I chose? I hope you enjoy.
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