Here is another funny riddle story. There are three houses. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the middle, and the blue house is to the right of the house in the middle, where is the white house? The answer is Washington D.C. It's a play on words as the White House is in Washington D.C.
Sure. Here's one. A man is looking at a picture of a man on the wall and says, 'Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man's father is my father's son.' The answer is that he is looking at a picture of his son. Because if he has no brothers and sisters, his father's son is himself, and the man in the picture's father is himself, so it's his son.
One more. A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days, and leaves on Friday. How? His horse is named Friday.
One of the best riddle stories is the 'The Riddle of the Sphinx'. In this story, the Sphinx in Greek mythology asks a riddle: 'What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?' The answer is man. As a baby (morning of life), a man crawls on all fours. As an adult (noon), he walks on two legs. And in old age (evening), he may use a cane, so it's like walking on three legs.
One riddle horror story could be: A man wakes up in a strange room with a note that says 'Solve the riddle to leave. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?' It's an echo. But as he shouts the answer, a shadowy figure emerges from the corner. The man realizes the real horror is just beginning.
Sure. Here is one. There was a kingdom where a strange law existed. A man was locked in a room with two doors. One door led to freedom and the other to death. There were two guards, one in front of each door. One guard always told the truth and the other always lied. The man could only ask one question to one guard. He thought for a while and then asked one guard, 'If I were to ask the other guard which door leads to freedom, what would he say?' The guard he asked replied. Then the man was able to figure out which door was the right one.
One more. There is a small cabin in the middle of the woods. It is filled with people. They are all dead. There are no doors, but a window. There is also a table and chairs. How did they die? They were on a plane that crashed. The cabin refers to the cabin of the plane.
There's a riddle short story about a king who had a beautiful garden. He put a magical flower there and made a rule that anyone who could find it without asking the guards could have half his kingdom. A young boy came. He noticed that the bees were flying in a particular direction more often. He followed the bees and found the flower. He used his observation skills to solve the riddle of the king.
A snail was entered in a race. He was so slow that by the time he got to the starting line, the other animals had already finished the race. Riddle: Why was the snail late for the race? Answer: Because he was too slow to even get to the start on time.
Here is one. A man is found dead on a Sunday morning. His wife calls the police immediately. The police question the wife and staff. The wife said she was asleep, the cook said he was cooking breakfast, the gardener said she was picking vegetables, the butler said he was cleaning the closet, and the maid said she was getting the mail. The police immediately arrested the murderer. Who was it? It was the maid. There is no mail on Sunday.
One scary riddle story is about a girl who lived in an old mansion. Every night, she heard a strange scratching at her door. The riddle was, 'What has claws but no hands and wants to get in?' The answer was a stray cat that had made a home in the attic. But for days, she was terrified not knowing what it could be.
Sure. Once there was a cat that tried to catch its own tail. It spun around in circles, looking so confused. It was hilarious.
One story is that a man was found dead in a phone booth. The glass on either side was broken, and he had a fishing rod in his hand. The riddle is how did he die? The answer is that he was a fisherman on a big fish. He called someone on the phone saying he caught a huge fish. But the fish was so strong that it pulled him through the glass of the phone booth, and he died.