Free Mystery Stories

Locked room mysteries have been around for over a century, and many of them are now available in the public domain. Below I have listed a number of stories that are available for free.

I'll be updating the list as I cover more stories for the site.

Stories from the upcoming novel The Locked Room:


Private Eye by P.J. Bergman
Date: 2014, Length: 30 pages

Diagnosis Cancer by P.J. Bergman
Date: 2014, Length: 30 pages

Window of Opportunity by P.J. Bergman
Date: 2014, Length: 28 pages

More information on the The Locked Room is available here.


Other free mystery stories:


The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle
Date: 1905, Length: 50 pages, Score: 9/10

The Adventure Of The Sealed Room by Andy Weir
Date: 2000's, Length: 22 pages, Score: 8/10

The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr by William Brittain
Date: 1965, Length: 6 pages, Score: 8/10

The Leopold Locked Room by Edward D. Hoch
Date: 1971, Length: 20 pages, Score: 8/10

The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
Date: 1841, Length: 55 pages, Score: 7/10

The Curzun Street Conundrum by David Stuart Davies
Date: 2014, Length: 21 pages, Score: 7/10

Holiday Puzzle: A Locked Room Mystery by Mosomoso
Date: 2012, Length: 17 pages, Score: 7/10

Footprints in the Snow by Maurice Leblanc
Date: 1922, Length: 36 pages, Score: 7/10

Passage In The Secret History Of An Irish Countess by Sheridan Le Fanu
Date: 1839, Length: 55 pages, Score: 6/10

The Phantom Motor by Jacques Futrelle
Date: 1907, Length: 22 pages, Score: 6/10

The Problem of the Vanishing Man by Jacques Futrelle
Date: 1900's, Length: 21 pages, Score: 6/10

A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins
Date: 1852, Length: 25 pages, Score: 6/10

The Locked Room Mystery Mystery by Jasper Fforde
Date: 2007, Length: 6 pages, Score: 6/10

The Problem of Thor Bridge by Arthur Conan Doyle

Date: 1922, Length: 40 pages, Score: 5/10

Therese and Germaine by Maurice Leblanc
Date: 1922, Length: 32 pages, Score: 5/10

The Adventure Of The Sealed Room by Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr
Date: 1954, Length: 32 pages, Score: 5/10

The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
Date: 1908, Length: 300 pages, Score: 4/10

The Grinning God by May & Jacques Futrelle
Date: 1907, Length: 50 pages, Score: 4/10

The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1892, Length: 40 pages, Score: 4/10

The Lost Special by Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1898, Length: 28 pages, Score: 4/10

The Suicide of Kiaros by L. Frank Baum
Date: 1897, Length: 18 pages, Score: 2/10

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