🕵️Can you solve this Mystery of the Chemist Using Your Sherlock Detective Skill?

Feb 8, 2026, 23:00 IST

Test your Sherlock detective skills in this thrilling chemist mystery riddle. This mystery riddle is challenging to readers to apply logical reasoning and Sherlock-style detective skills. Analyze hidden clues, observe patterns, and test critical thinking abilities in this intellectually puzzle narrative.

Solve this Mystery of the Chemist
Solve this Mystery of the Chemist

Riddles are one of the most popular brain teasers that require high thinking and detective skills to spot the mistakes and solve the different mysteries.

These types of mysterious riddles always give a surprise to readers about their clues and patterns for the recognition of the truth. But, using the famous Detective Sherlock Holmes skill, we can easily solve these types of mysteries.

In the last mystery case, we solved the mystery of Mr Wilson's case. Now we have a new mystery scenario.

These riddles offer an unusual and compelling scenario, challenging solvers to use the provided clues and evidence to identify the hidden culprit.

So, are you ready to solve today’s mystery with Mr Cassano, the head of the Detective Department?

Then, guess the correct culprit using the clues given in the story.

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Using your Sherlock Detective Skill, try to solve this Mystery of the Chemist🔍🕵️‍♀️

In today’s riddles challeng, there is a murder mystery of a famous chemist, Mr Daniel Kuurt, who was also a scientist and widely known for his research and sharp intellect.

He used to prefer to live a very normal and quiet life, and the rest of the time, he devoted to science and spent most of his time inside his private laboratory.

One evening, Mr Daniel was found dead in his own lab under very mysterious circumstances.

There were no signs of forced entry in the lab, no weapons, and no witnesses were found at the moment of the murder.

However, Mr Cassano, who is again the investigator of this mystery case, found one crucial clue near Daniel’s body.

There is a piece of paper on which Mr Daniel has written some chemical names with formulas before he died.

The chemicals written were:

  • Oxygen

  • Carbon

  • Nickel

  • Lanthanum

  • Sulfur

And, on the day of the murder, only three visitors came to his lab:

  1. His Wife Lorry

  2. His nephew Nicolas

  3. His close friend John

Soon, after examining the crime scene and the mysterious chemical list, Mr Cassano arrested the murderer immediately, without any further investigation.

The case is solved by Mr Cassano.

But, for you all, there is still something to be solved, and there is a big question for you all: How did the investigator know who the murderer was, and why?

So, can you solve this mind-bending murder mystery using your Sherlock Detective Skills? 🔍🕵️‍♀️

So, how was this mysterious case? Okay, congratulations to those who could have identified the real Culprit in this murder scene, you all have done a great job, and obviously, you all possess detective skills as Sherlock Holmes has.

Okay, now those who were not able to identify the real Culprit, they also do not worry. 

Practice these puzzles and riddles, and your IQ level, thinking skills, and problem-solving skills will be increased.

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Solution: Who is the real Culprit?

So, are you excited to know who the real culprit is in this Mysterious murder case? Okay, now go back to the crime scene, where you would find one note, on which you can all find a chemical formula name written on that note.

Can you recall all the chemical names, once again:

  • Oxygen, which has the chemical formula name is: O 

  • Carbon, same for this also: C

  • Nickel: Ni

  • Lanthanum: La

  • Sulfur: S

Now, can you rewrite these chemical formulas name at one place: O C Ni La S

Now, rearrange these chemical formula names in proper order, what you will get, Ni C O La S

Yes, it was written, Nicolas, Remember, who was this person, nephew of Mr Daniel, and he also came on that day, when Daniel died.

So, I think, with Mr Cassano, you all also came to know who the real culprit is. Yes, his nephew was the killer of Mr Daniel, as he has already given the clues of his nephew's name in the chemical formula notes.

So, now you all know who the real culprit is in this mysterious murder scenario, and by solving this mysterious riddle, you all have enjoyed it.

Keep practising more puzzles like these!

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Prabhat Mishra
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