Now you can play Sherlock Holmes
I have always deeply enjoyed reading Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Actually, I have always enjoyed reading mysteries, period. That whodunit question always keeps me hooked. I always like to stop in the middle of the novel and try to assemble the clues received so far to see whether I can think like the author. Well, it turns out that there are many people who are like me. They love solving mysteries. I would like to introduce The 5 minute mystery.
This website is awesome. Basically, every day, you get a quick mystery story that you can read in under 5 minutes. Now, its up to you to solve it. You can use the clues given in the mystery to either incriminate or exonerate the suspects in the story. Then you submit the results, and wait for the next day when the solution is released. Depending on whether you got the right answer and depending on whether you used all the clues or not, you get points.
If you are really good, then these points help you get ranked on the Leaderboard, where you can show off your power of logical reasoning. Personally, I think its worth joining the site just to read the stories and the solutions alone (even if you don’t want to solve them). It would be fun reading who stole the rent at the detective’s office, or the dilemma of the gift at the white house.
And this is not just a here now, gone tomorrow website. Its even getting covered in news: ABC News.
