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In the Silent Hill 2 Remake, players can find the Hangman Puzzle in Toluca Prison, which requires choosing the correct noose to pull by matching the first and second verses of six poems. See how to match the poem verses in light, standard, and hard difficulties, and how to find the correct noose for the Gallows Puzzle in this guide!
List of Contents
| Execution Lever Details | |
|---|---|
 Execution Lever Location |
 Where to Use the Lever |
The Hangman Puzzle only becomes available after solving the Weights and Scales Puzzle, and obtaining the Execution Lever. Use the Execution Lever in the area that appears behind the scales to unlock the Hangman Puzzle.
Weights and Scales Puzzle Guide
The solution to the Hangman Puzzle, or the Gallows Puzzle, is to match the second verses of the riddles on the bottom of the cabinet to the first verses on the middle.
It is possible to match the pieces visually by aligning the tear lines for the verses, making sure there are no holes or overlaps. You'll know the matches are correct if the game autosaves and you can't move the pieces anymore.
The first and second verses of the Hangman Puzzle differ per difficulty. There are also two possible second verse matches for Standard and Hard difficulties, which is randomized per playthrough.
The hint for the Hangman Puzzle is seen on the text at the very top and will lead you to the correct answer by matching the correct pairs. The possible riddles can be seen below.
▼ Jump to Hangman Puzzle Poems ▼
The correct noose for the Hangman Puzzle is connected to absolving an innocent prisoner that players will have to determine after reading through the completed poem of their crime.
For Standard and Hard, up to two correct answers can appear per run, but you can also find the correct noose through trial and error without solving the puzzle. If you pull on the wrong rope, you'll be dropped down to a room with monsters and a ladder, and you'll have to climb back up to retry.
For players on Light Difficulty, both Noose I or Noose VI are always the correct answers for the Hangman Puzzle.
| Jump to a Difficulty! | ||
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| Light | Standard | Hard |
| Poem I | |
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Hallowed was the place, this one set ablaze. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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T'was the home of evil, it had to be razed. |
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| Poem II | |
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This one took from others, t'was a sinful deed. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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Stealing not to eat, but to feed his own greed. |
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| Poem III | |
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This one, he did kidnap, his beloved daughter. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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In a fit of anger, bloody end he brought her. |
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| Poem IV | |
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This one broke the lock, to steal, I'll tell you plain. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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One more place to plunder, One more wrongful gain. |
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| Poem V | |
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This one dared to take his own mother's life. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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Did it just for pleasure not over a strife. |
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| Poem VI | |
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This one clenched his fist, and has pulled no punch. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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Turned against his bully, turned his brain to mulch. |
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| Jump to a Difficulty! | ||
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| Light | Standard | Hard |
| Poem I | |
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For your grace I do not plead, For the flames I did set free. Sisters shrieked and children cried, No one made it out alive. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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Though the young ones' deaths I mourn, Their tormentors are no more, On young souls the nuns did prey, Took their innocence away. |
I watched them burn, I heard them cry, I felt a soothing warmth inside. It felt so good, I cannot lie, And for my bliss, they had to die. |
| Poem II | |
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The wealth of others I did take, The seventh statute I did break. And yet my deeds I don't regret, I had my reasons that is that. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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The reason, if I have to say, Was to survive another day. To them, it was a loaf of bread. To me, a cherished step ahead. |
What were those reasons you might ask, The truth allow me to unmask. I see. I crave. I need. I take. 'Tis all the sense it needs to make. |
| Poem III | |
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I took the child you are quite right, Carried her off into the night. She did not scream, she did not bawl, I was her father after all. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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Forgive me, child, for I have failed, To save you from her wretched ways, She whom I loved, who gave you life, A monster hiding in plain sight. |
My only daughter, joy of days, They wanted to take you away. Hush, little baby, and be still. If I can't have you, no one will. |
| Poem IV | |
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Once the sun has ceased its reign, I cut through the rusty chain. Pushed the door and snuck within, Filled my pockets to the brim. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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So my guilt is plain to see, I had robbed the pharmacy. Yet, I did so not for gain, But so I could ease the pain. |
I departed with great haste, Leaving not a single trace, Ever faithful to my creed, All is right which feeds my greed. |
| Poem V | |
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Mommy dearest, mommy sweet, Your love for me was so deep. 'Why, oh, why?', you shouted out, When my knife pierced through your heart. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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You broke my legs, I couldn't walk, You pulled my teeth, I couldn't talk You fed me pills to slow my mind, I took your life 'fore you took mine. |
You were, oh, so kind to me, Filled my heart with joy and glee. In the end, it was for naught, 'Why, oh, why?', you ask. Why not? |
| Poem VI | |
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I waited long, I bid my time. I waited to commit my crime. The man appeared, he saw me not, A bloody end is what he got. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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In truth, he was less man than beast. And on my flesh and soul he'd feast. My will to live he'd try to break. There is so much a man can take. |
In truth, I did not hesitate, As my blade sealed the poor man's fate. He knew the rules, they are quite clear, Go against me, your end is near. |
| Jump to a Difficulty! | ||
|---|---|---|
| Light | Standard | Hard |
| Poem I | |
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Under veil of nightfall, in the ink of dusk, A blazing inferno engulfs the wooden husk. Screams of the innocent fill the night sky, He, who hell let loose, now watches them die. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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Death of the blameless, a damnable sin, Wracked with guilt, his soul withers from within, Yet among the pure, the vile also would also dwell. Demons dressed in piety, they perished as well. |
A contorted chill dances on his spine, As their souls fly forth on Thanathos' sigh. No sign of regret, not a tinge of guilt, But a fiery urge to destroy what God built. |
| Poem II | |
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In twilight's grasp, a thief emerges sly, Through the veils of night, his purpose veiled, awry. His nimble fingers, like whispers they glide, In the goods of others, his needs doth reside. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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With hands atremble, he seizes what he must, A wretched dance, fueled by hunger's thrust. Poverty's embrace fuels his misdeeds, Thieving to survive, the barest of needs. |
His avarice driving every cunning theft, No conscience stirs, no remorse is left. Not a hunger's pang, nor a desperate need, but a heart consumed with relentless greed. |
| Poem III | |
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In shroud of twilight, a tale doth unfold, Where the shadows dance, their secrets are told. A shadowy figure, his motives unclear, Steals his own kin, one he should hold dear. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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A cruel twist of fate, an outcome unshought, The little one perishes, it was all for naught. The kidnapper's tears his motives reveal, From a monstrous mother the child he did steal. |
A tragic fruition, a mother's despair, Her heiress undone by the one she once loved, Forsooth, it was not love that guided his clasp, But a spiteful avarice one struggles to grasp. |
| Poem IV | |
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In clandestine steps, darkness as his guide, The man ventures deeper, where riches doth hide. An unseen intruder with motives untold, His hands eager to touch, to grab and to hold. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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Amidst the moon's glow, a desperate truth, The man's life of pain and in peril, forsooth. Sealed within these walls, his salvation lies, Steal and live on, the ultimate prize. |
Beneath moonlit guise, a villain's design, He trespasses where treasures brightly shine. With a selfish hand, with greed as his creed, Claims the spoils, indulging every single need. |
| Poem V | |
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With her senses falling, she looks, mouth agape, At the one who forced her spirit to escape. Cold steel pierces vein, a sanguine flood, Gazing back at her, her own flesh and blood. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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'Twas a twisted fate that forced the man's hand, A son at mother's mercy, his life in hell he'd spend. Forsooth, not all killings are ones of ill will, For the choice was clear, 'twas either her, or him. |
Desperation's grip suffocates the air, The attacker's past, a tale of despair. A victim turned assailant, a tragic decree, On this night of judgment, pain sets both men free. |
| Poem VI | |
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In shadows cast, the hunter lies in wait, His violent intent cloaked in a veil of fate. An enigma unfolds, motives undefined, As the prey approaches, their fates intertwine. |
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| Innocent Match | Guilty Match |
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Death of the blameless, a damnable sin, Wracked with guilt, his soul withers from within, Yet among the pure, the vile would also dwell. Demons dressed in piety, they perished as well.. |
The victim's eyes wide with terror and fright, The attacker's nature now comes into light. Vicious is his cause and marred with dark pride, A show of brute strength, for all to abide. |
The Hangman Puzzle, also known as the Gallows Puzzle, is part of the story and is encountered in Toluca Prison. It is located in the First Floor Yard, and is unlocked after solving the Weights and Scales Puzzle in the same area.
The Labyrinth, which is the next chapter of the story, can be accessed after pulling the correct noose and solving the hangman Puzzle.
All Puzzle Solutions and Guides
| Puzzle Guides |
|---|
| All Codes for Safes, Keypads, and Locks |
| Eastern South Vale | ||
|---|---|---|
| Neely's Bar Jukebox | Grand Market Keypad | |
| Wood Side Apartments | ||
| Coin Puzzle | Apartment Safe Code | |
| Blue Creek Apartments | ||
| Clock Puzzle | Seesaw Puzzle | |
| Moth Puzzle | - | |
| Western South Vale | ||
| Jacks Inn Motel Safe Code | Bowling Alley Safe Code | |
| Brookhaven Hospital | ||
| Hospital Padlock Code | Nurses Station Keypad | |
| X-ray Puzzle | Bracelet Puzzle | |
| Director's Books Puzzle | Hospital Safe Code | |
| 3rd Floor Hospital Door Code | - | |
| Brookhaven Hospital (Otherworld) |
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| Elevator Quiz Answers (Trick or Treat) |
Decorative Box Code | |
| Chained Box | - | |
| Historical Society | ||
| Bug Room Code | ||
| Toluca Prison | ||
| Weights and Scales | Prison Witness Room Generator | |
| Hangman Puzzle | - | |
| Labyrinth | ||
| Rotating Cube Puzzle | ||
| Lakeview Hotel | ||
| Music Box Puzzle | Hotel Book Puzzle | |
| Hotel Safe Code | Suitcase Code and Vanity Mirror Puzzle | |
| Mirror Puzzle | - | |
One of the hard answers is wrong. The one listed as "guilty" for V is the "innocent" match for VI. The innocent match listed here wasn't in my solution set, but using the aforementioned replacement allowed me to progress when I selected VI as my answer.
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I am playing on Light and it was noose 2 that I had to pull, that didn’t align with either of the innocent ones