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3. The Dead Wife

3. It was a dark stormy night and a couple were in a car racing madly through a foreign city. The car broke down and the husband had to go get help from someone who spoke his language. He was afraid to leave his wife alone in the car so he pulled up the windows and locked the car before leaving. When he came back, the car was in the same state as he had left it but his wife was dead, there was blood on the floor and there was a stranger in the car. What happened?

Added 1 January 2007 · Updated 9 July 2026

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Hint:

The husband must have been away from the car for more than a mere couple of minutes.

Solution:

The wife was about to have a baby. They were driving to the hospital. The baby was born, and the wife didn't survive the birth.

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