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While you're freaking out over the scary riddles, read some facts below that are guaranteed to freak you out as well:
- The Japanese giant hornet's venom is so powerful that it can actually dissolve human flesh.
- Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your dinner begin to eat you?
- The mask in the movie Halloween is actually William Shatners face.
- In the movie 'The Exorcist' producers used Andersen's Pea Soup as the realistic looking vomit.
- In Medieval Europe, people believed that owls were really witches in animal form.
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Scary & Creepy Riddles To Solve

These are fantastic riddles to share on those cool nights out on the camping trail, or to help get your family and friends in the Halloween spirit.
Here are the basics:
Included in this section are many scary riddles for kids and adults alike. All of these puzzles have a creepy dark themes - and should probably only be viewed by those aged 13+ without parental guidance.
If The Streets Are Crowded But Nobody Lives Here Riddle
Hint: If it is stated that there are people somewhere but there is no life, those people are dead.
A Man Was Shot In The Heart Riddle
Hint:
All You Can Eat Riddle
Hint:
Be Careful At Night
If you see one flying around
Youd better be careful at night
As some turn into vampires
And will give your neck a big bite
What are they?
Youd better be careful at night
As some turn into vampires
And will give your neck a big bite
What are they?
Hint:
Lots Of Ghosts
This structure isnt somewhere
You ever want to be
Because it has lots of ghosts
That make it so scary
What place is this?
You ever want to be
Because it has lots of ghosts
That make it so scary
What place is this?
Hint:
Random Slamming Doors
This place has hardly any lights
But a lot of creaking floors
There are all kinds of strange noises
And some random slamming doors
Where is this place?
But a lot of creaking floors
There are all kinds of strange noises
And some random slamming doors
Where is this place?
Hint:
The Dinner Guests
Our dinner guests howl that we're evil
When they notice their place in the meal.
But it's no big deal why;
We're just one happy tribe,
And we get really fed up with people!
Who, or what, are we?
When they notice their place in the meal.
But it's no big deal why;
We're just one happy tribe,
And we get really fed up with people!
Who, or what, are we?
Hint: Anyone for dinner? Anyone!
Cannibals
The opening lines refer to a guest's role in dinner - as the main course!
"Tribe" and the pun, "fed up", are the main clues. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
The opening lines refer to a guest's role in dinner - as the main course!
"Tribe" and the pun, "fed up", are the main clues. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Love At A Funeral
A girl, at the funeral of her mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She fell for him and just kept looking at him. Sometime later she realized that the guy is gone and she forgot to take the number of the guy and now she can't find him. A few days later she killed her elder brother. What is her motive in killing her brother?
Hint:
She was hoping that the guy would appear at the funeral again Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
YES NO
The Other Side Of The Door Riddle
A man watches his friend walk slowly across a room, go through a door at the other end, and slam the heavy steel door behind him. The man knows that his friend is dead. There are no windows in the door or in the walls around it. His friend wasn't dieing as he walked across the room. The room on the other side of the door was perfectly safe, and there was no one in it. How did the man know that his friend was dead? Also, if the same thing had happened now, the man wouldn't have died.
Hint:
They were diving, wearing the old-fashioned diving suits that have a tube that goes to the surface. The were exploring a sunken submarine. When the man shut the door, it cut the air tube, and he died. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
YES NO
Haunted Halloween House Riddle
To spice up your Halloween, you decide to enter a haunted house with your girlfriend. As you enter, an eerie silence embraces you and you can see nothing because its dark. You fumble your way and try your luck to find the switches, but it turns out to be a waste as there is no electricity connection to the house.
When you decide to turn back, the door closes on you and you are trapped in the house with your girlfriend who has now started panicking.
While you are trying to console her, an evil laughter takes you by surprise. Then, you see a faint figure who tells you that you have three doors in front of you and you must take one of them; it is the only way to free yourself. The figure describes that the first door opens up to a compact space filled with a swarm of deadly bees and you will be stung endlessly by them. The second door opens up to the electricity chairs. You both will be strapped to the chairs for five minutes and exposed to high voltage electricity. The third door opens up with a pit that has no bottom and you will keep falling endlessly into nothingness.
While this leaves you all panicked, which door will you choose if you have no other choice?
When you decide to turn back, the door closes on you and you are trapped in the house with your girlfriend who has now started panicking.
While you are trying to console her, an evil laughter takes you by surprise. Then, you see a faint figure who tells you that you have three doors in front of you and you must take one of them; it is the only way to free yourself. The figure describes that the first door opens up to a compact space filled with a swarm of deadly bees and you will be stung endlessly by them. The second door opens up to the electricity chairs. You both will be strapped to the chairs for five minutes and exposed to high voltage electricity. The third door opens up with a pit that has no bottom and you will keep falling endlessly into nothingness.
While this leaves you all panicked, which door will you choose if you have no other choice?
Hint:
You must choose the door that opens with electric chairs. This is because there is no electricity in the house. Thus, you will just have to sit on the chairs for five minutes and then you will be free to go. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
YES NO
Man In The Grave Riddle
Two men are walking in a graveyard. The first man walks to a grave.
The second man says, "Who is in that grave?"
The first man points to the grave and says, "Brothers and Sisters I have none, But that man's father, is my father's son."
*Who is in the grave?*
The second man says, "Who is in that grave?"
The first man points to the grave and says, "Brothers and Sisters I have none, But that man's father, is my father's son."
*Who is in the grave?*
Hint:
"That mans father is my fathers son" refers to the speaker. *Since he's pointing to the grave, it means he's in the grave.* Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
YES NO
The Graveyard Of Ol' Man Jenkins
There was a girl who was extremely brave and always bragged about how brave she was. Many of her classmates got sick and tired of her boasting, so they decided to play a trick on her. One day, a group of boys and girls walked up to her and said, " If you're so brave, we all dare you to go to the old graveyard at the back of Ol' Man Jenkins mansion all alone at midnight. Stand in front of a tombstone, rumor has it that if you do, a bony hand will reach out and grab you, dragging you underground! You said you were brave so that shouldn't be so hard! To prove that you actually went, stick a knife in front of a tombstone so in the morning, we'll know you were there." Of course, the girl couldn't refuse and agreed to the dare. At midnight, she did just as her classmates asked and went to the graveyard with a pocketknife. The night was cold and windy, blowing her dress, chills went up her spine. She slowly walked up to a tombstone and quickly stuck the pocket knife into the ground. She was beginning to feel not as brave as she thought she was. Turning around as fast as she could, she just wanted to get out of there right away! But, there was a problem. Something was stopping her from moving. Was it a bony hand trying to drag her down? A shrill scream was heard. The next morning, the boys and girls went to the graveyard to see if the girl had been there. To their horror, she was there, dead.
1) What prevented the girl from escaping the graveyard?
2) How did the girl die?
1) What prevented the girl from escaping the graveyard?
2) How did the girl die?
Hint:
1) The girl was wearing a dress at the graveyard. It was dark, so she hadn't noticed where she stuck the knife in the ground. She accidently stuck it in her dress (and the girl DID NOT get hurt by the knife in any way). That is what prevented her from running away.
2) Since the knife had her stuck, she was frighted that the rumor of the bony hand was true and had grabbed her, trying to pull her into the ground. She was truly terrified and died of fright. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
2) Since the knife had her stuck, she was frighted that the rumor of the bony hand was true and had grabbed her, trying to pull her into the ground. She was truly terrified and died of fright. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Shortcut Through The Woods
4 friends were walking home when they decided to take a shortcut through the woods. It begins to rain and they cannot find their way out of the woods since it becomes dark out. So they find a cabin and decide to stay in it till Morning. The cabin has no lights and no windows so it is pitch black. Scared, the 4 friends huddle together in the middle and decide to do the whole: 1 person stays awake to keep watch while everyone sleeps and they'd switch off every hour. But this plan didn't work as everyone was too scared to sleep. So they decided to play a game until sunrise. Each of the friends went into one of the four corners of cabin and played a game. one person would run out of their corner along the side of the cabin and tag the next person on their back and take their place. That person would then do the same as the last person and they would keep going at this till morning. They kept playing the game over and over till one of the friends realized something wrong and screamed. What did that person realize?
Hint:
As soon as the 3rd person was tagged they'd run to a corner where no one is standing since person 1 is at corner 2, person 2 is corner 3 person 3 is corner 4.
Since they can't find a person there they screamed. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Since they can't find a person there they screamed. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
The Flicker Of A Light
A man runs along a hall with a piece of paper. When the lights flicker, he drops to his knees and begins to cry. Why?
Hint:
He is running to deliver a pardon, and the flickering lights indicate the convict to be pardoned has just been electrocuted. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
YES NO
Written In Blood Riddle
On a dark, stormy Halloween night, four kids named Luke, John, Sarah and Bob walk into a haunted house during a blackout. Only one can escape. They take a staircase to the second floor, a trapdoor on the left, then go up the ladder to the right, followed by a 28-foot slide to the basement through the mouth of a Giant Panda. In one corner of the murky cellar is a chainsaw, a dagger, a rope with a noose and an electric chair. Written on the wall in blood are the words, Only one will survive choose your death! Bob takes the rope, Sarah picks up the dagger, John chooses the chainsaw and Luke uses the chair.
Who survives?
Who survives?
Hint:
Post Your Scary Riddles Puns Below
Can you come up with a cool, funny or clever Scary Riddles of your own? Post it below (without the answer) to see if you can stump our users.
1. I went to the Halloween party in my disguise, but everyone could see right through me. Why? Because I was a ghost pepper!
2. I asked the zombie if he wanted a bite to eat, and he said, "Sure, I'll have a leg of lamb!"
3. I invited the werewolf over for dinner and asked him if he wanted a bone to chew on. He replied, "No thanks, I'm trying to cut back on my howl-carbs."
4. I was camping in the woods when I heard a strange rustling outside my tent. I was scared it was a werewolf, but it turned out to just be a tree with bark worse than its bite.
5. I asked the vampire if he could come out and play, and he said, "Sorry, I can't. I'm going to be coffin all day."
6. I tried to scare my friend by yelling "Boo!", but he just laughed and said, "Sorry, you won't have a ghost of a chance with me."
7. I saw a ghost at the library, and I asked her what book she was reading. She said, "The Invisible Man, but I can't seem to put my finger on it."
8. I asked the scarecrow if he wanted to come to the harvest festival, and he said, "I'll think about it. I don't want to be corn-ered into anything."
9. I was trying to solve a murder mystery, but all the clues were so cryptic. It was like a real Whodunitstein.
10. I was stuck in a haunted house, and I didn't know what to do. I was a-maized and corn-fused.
1. I went to the Halloween party in my disguise, but everyone could see right through me. Why? Because I was a ghost pepper!
2. I asked the zombie if he wanted a bite to eat, and he said, "Sure, I'll have a leg of lamb!"
3. I invited the werewolf over for dinner and asked him if he wanted a bone to chew on. He replied, "No thanks, I'm trying to cut back on my howl-carbs."
4. I was camping in the woods when I heard a strange rustling outside my tent. I was scared it was a werewolf, but it turned out to just be a tree with bark worse than its bite.
5. I asked the vampire if he could come out and play, and he said, "Sorry, I can't. I'm going to be coffin all day."
6. I tried to scare my friend by yelling "Boo!", but he just laughed and said, "Sorry, you won't have a ghost of a chance with me."
7. I saw a ghost at the library, and I asked her what book she was reading. She said, "The Invisible Man, but I can't seem to put my finger on it."
8. I asked the scarecrow if he wanted to come to the harvest festival, and he said, "I'll think about it. I don't want to be corn-ered into anything."
9. I was trying to solve a murder mystery, but all the clues were so cryptic. It was like a real Whodunitstein.
10. I was stuck in a haunted house, and I didn't know what to do. I was a-maized and corn-fused.