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If DEXTER, Then CLARICE!
He’s intelligent, conflicted, and he’s got a super sense of humor. He’s Dexter Morgan (Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall), a lovable serial killer. When “Dexter” (a Showtime Original Series) opens, he is delivering cruel justice to a child molester. Dexter captures the man and takes him to a hideaway where he exacts his own gruesome brand of punishment. He was raised by his father, Harry Morgan (James Remar), a cop who died in the line of duty several years ago. Through a creative and captivating series of flash-backs, we learn that Harry teaches Dexter how to kill using a strict code of ethics in choosing his victims. As a child, Dexter begins by killing animals. His father becomes aware of his ghastly inner urges to kill and feels the need to intervene to put Dexter on a path that will not be harmful to innocent people. In several flashbacks, Harry teaches Dexter the art of choosing victims who should’ve been put away in the criminal system but who have escaped prosecution. Using his police knowledge, he shows Dexter exactly how to plan and carry out justice without getting caught and leaving no trace.
By Carol Cornwell Strickland5 years ago in Criminal
Powerful Magic: Bibbity-Bobbity-Book
The royal coroner removed the blanket, and the consultant nearly lost her breakfast. She’d seen plenty of bodies in her day but never like this. All around the mangled corpse were feathers. Handfuls of feathers; some of them bloodied, but most were white and gray. The disfigurement was fuel for nightmares, and then there was the smell. An unworldly odor permeated the air all around them.
By JASON MATTHEWS5 years ago in Criminal
The Little Black Book: Shall We Begin?
Cedar Hincapie used to resent being the middle child, forgotten and ignored. Or worse, expected to be just like his two older brothers. Nowadays, he wonders why he hadn’t considered invisibility his superpower. His throbbing head and clamorous alarm at six o’clock in the morning had him roaring curses. Silencing his phone, he tucked his engorged member into the waistband of his boxer-briefs and rolled skillfully out of bed into a push up position. A morning ritual to get the blood moving and cure his self-medicating last night.
By P.K. Wills5 years ago in Criminal
The Confession
“well then Alex” Vinney said as he laid a large handgun on the table beside him, “I think it’s time for your confession”. Vinney’s eyes were fixed on the young man who was sitting on the opposite couch in front of him. Alex could almost see his reflection in them. Small and beady in the center of a large, bald face. Alex looked away at the bloody-beaten face of his friend, who was sitting hunched down on a large sofa at the back of the room, caught between two large unpleasant men, barely conscious. Well then, thought Alex, a confession is what he’s gonna get. He took a deep breath and started talking.
By Nevisandeh5 years ago in Criminal
His Greatest Obsession
I was his favorite. He'd think about me 24/7. Especially when he was sleeping. His dreams would give him crazy ideas. He felt as if he needed to protect me from everyone and everything. He hated when I would cry or when someone would make me mad. He would always tell me that I never deserved to be treated that way. But the truth is, I needed to be protected from him. From the start, I should've seen the red flags that were going one after another, but for some reason, I didn't. I was so distracted by the way he cared for me so much.
By Just A Girl5 years ago in Criminal
Tech The New Trap
Los Angeles, 1982. It is a surprisingly quiet night on the streets of Mitch’s neighborhood. All of the children had gone in for the night and he spotted only a few adults hanging out on their front porch from the usual several. He nodded at the group, did a routine quick survey of the yard as he often did when coming and going, unlocked the front door, and continued inside holding two black duffel bags. He proceeds down the hall with both bags in hand, drops one bag off inside one room, closes the door, and, then, takes the other to the kitchen. Inside the kitchen he’s met by eight unclothed women wearing masks and gloves cooking cocaine. The women raise their eyes to meet Mitch’s in acknowledgement, he returns their glance, then moves to survey the cocaine. He opens the bag, removes a bottle, and drops a yellow liquid into the pot declaring softly, “This should make it last longer.” He doesn’t wait for a response from the women, walks out the kitchen leaving the bag, and continues down the hall.
By CRYPTIC PHENIX5 years ago in Criminal
No. 1
It was a normal day and I was walking home from school clad in black. It’s a beautiful cloudy day and all I could do is sulk. School is monotonous as always; day after day of dealing with teachers, doing the same work over and over. My “peers” are the worst. Always laughing, talking…existing. The worst of them, Jake.
By Tabby Ashworth5 years ago in Criminal
Scammers
Whether you know someone who went through this process or maybe it was you? These are all really simple and easy scams. I think that's why they have worked so well for scammers. But we need some help! How can we stop them? That is a good one, right? You know of the ones where you go online looking for a job that you could do at the home cause, is it possible you got injured or had surgery? But while online, you spot this great opportunity to work from home! No experience is required and we will send you everything you need to get started along with how much the pay is for each job you do. Sounds great! You found something fairly easy to do and you get to do it, right from the comfort of your home. Makes you happy you have a computer or smartphone to work with. Well, that day comes when you get a FedEx or UPS letter from your new boss along with the instructions of what all is to be done by you. It's a bit strange cause, your new boss sent you a check or money order that you will need to cash and then fill out a brief survey. Then send a certain amount of money to different people or buy some debit cards and call a number and scratch the back of the card and give them the PINs to the person you call. But keep $350.00 for your payment plus $50.00 for gas and other expenses. The instructions tell you to be sure you started on this as soon as you get the info because there is a tracker on the delivery envelope. Hopefully, someone out there has heard of one of these types of foolish collaborations of the scammer's. There is some hope people can relate to what you need to do if you are caught up and in the middle of one of these schemes. Now, this next kind of scammer is just outright crazy! I'm trying to wrap my arms around how they are doing it the way they are online. They are openly advertising "We flip your money" and some even use CashApp and Instant Pay Pal. They even claim to do it in a fast and legit way. How? Then, they want you to do exactly what your bank tells you, to never do. Never give out your banking info like bank routing numbers and account numbers. Here is what I noticed about the scammers that make them really good advertisers. They're always in a nice car and at a nice location like a good motel or beach resort or some famous shop all out in the public. And I would be unfair to them if I didn't mention, the beautiful young woman that's in the video shorts of "Satisfied Customers"! While researching this story I've learned, they are going after people that will simply fall for scams. Most of all, those who are desperate and just down on their luck. After speaking with the administrations of both P&C Bank and CSE Federal Credit Union. I found they both agree, there is nothing legit about flipping money unless it's earning interest. That's it! What I don't get is how these platforms like Facebook or Instagram are not doing more to stop this. Maybe they can stop this at the posting of the post. Hopefully, there is a way to stop them at the posting level. They have people watching for things like this and other stuff. Why not pick this up and send it to the (Feds Fraud Department)? Let's give them some work! We can see that this has become a real problem and we need to stop the scammers in their tracks. Just when you think you have heard all the bad news. The worse part of this, are the stories of the victimizations of the people caught up in this. Many of them have lost most and in some cases all of the money that they had in the accounts that were affected by the scammers. Let's not forget those who went to prison and yet they were victims. This can be a life-changing event in most cases. Also, I found many sites that do have report buttons where you can report the possible scammer to the site itself. I would advise you do just that. We need some help and I hope I have done just that. Be careful out there everyone. Keep your hard-earned money, in your pockets. If you found this story informative and useful please, continue to look out for my work and tell your friends to read it as well. Like and share my work if you enjoyed it. Thank you in advance for your support.
By Horace Albert5 years ago in Criminal
