I’ve just received the email below for the third time. I am relatively sure that it is an old puzzle of the “lateral logic” type. But my friend says that the claim at the bottom of the email is 100% true. Can you help me debunk it? I glanced at snopes but didn’t find it (but did not search hard.) Here is the email in its entirety, including the claim:
Murder Mystery
Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. No one I know has got it right.
A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met this guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing, so much her dream guy she believed him to be, that she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister.
Question: What is her motive for killing her sister?
[Give this some thought before you answer]
Answer:
She was hoping the guy would appear at the funeral again.
If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test by a famous American Psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer. Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the question correctly.
If you didn’t answer the question correctly, good for you.
If you got the answer correct, please let me know so I can take you off my email list, unless that will tick you off, then I’ll just be extra nice to you.
Robert M. Nichols, M. A.
(address deleted)
DrDeth
February 1, 2005, 9:56pm
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Damn, you beat me to it. But to save our OP the effort of clicking a link- no, it’s an UL. :dubious: