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Puddle Light
The rain didn’t let up. It just kept coming, a cold, relentless sheet sluicing down the dirty brick, overflowing the gutters, turning every crack in the pavement into a shallow river. Leo hunched deeper into his worn leather jacket, the collar pulled tight around his ears, doing nothing to stop the chill that had settled deep in his bones. The corner dive bar, ‘The Rusty Nail,’ glowed in the distance, its garish red and blue sign smeared across the slick asphalt, a pulsing wound of light. Each reflection in the puddles seemed to wobble, distort, just like everything else in his life.
By HAADI27 days ago in Criminal
The Gilded Silence
The air in the Great Hall of the Sterling Library always tasted of old paper and dust, a bittersweet scent Elias used to love. Tonight, it was just bitter. Every breath caught in his throat, dry and ragged. Two hours past closing, and the silence pressed down, thick as grave dirt. The polished oak floors, usually bustling, now echoed the frantic thump of his own heart. He moved like a shadow, a ghost of the scholar he once was, a man who belonged here, now only a thief.
By HAADI28 days ago in Criminal
HONG KONG'S FAMOUS CASE FILE: 5 WOMEN'S MYSTERIOUS DEATHS, THE KILLER WAS A SHAMAN
The scene of the massacre was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people; even seasoned police officers were horrified. This was the biggest murder case since Hong Kong opened its economy.
By HieuDinh29 days ago in Criminal
You Are Already Hacked—You Just Don’t Know It Yet
When people imagine being hacked, they picture dramatic scenes—screens flickering, bank accounts emptied, passwords flashing red warnings. But the most dangerous hacks of the modern world don’t announce themselves. They don’t steal everything at once. They don’t even need to break in. They simply observe, collect, and wait.
By noor ul aminabout a month ago in Criminal
The Case That Terrified the Internet: The Person Who Vanished While Livestreaming
Livestreams usually end without drama. Someone closes their game, says goodnight, and the moment dissolves into the noise of everyday life. Nothing remarkable. Nothing that stays with you.
By Amanullahabout a month ago in Criminal
The Girl Who Uploaded Her Escape
Mira Khan had always believed that the internet was a place where people pretended to be themselves. Profiles were masks, timelines were half-truths, and comments were echoes of strangers. But on the night she decided to disappear, Mira made a choice no one expected from a girl who avoided attention: she began recording everything.
By Amanullahabout a month ago in Criminal
The Dead Man’s Last Call
M Mehran The phone rang at 2:09 a.m. Detective Jordan Vale was halfway through a stale donut and a stack of paperwork when the sound sliced through the silence of the precinct. Unknown number. Local area code. He almost ignored it.
By Muhammad Mehranabout a month ago in Criminal
The Girl Who Knew the Password
M Mehran The night the police found 17-year-old Ava Lane, she was barefoot, shaking, and running down a rural road with a flash drive clenched in her fist.
By Muhammad Mehranabout a month ago in Criminal
The Night Detective Rios Broke the Rules
M Mehran Detective Elena Rios had never broken a rule in her life—not the small ones, not the big ones, not even the ones no one remembered existed. The department used to joke that if you opened her wallet, a laminated copy of the city code would fall out.
By Muhammad Mehranabout a month ago in Criminal
A Christmas Crime: A Chilling Holiday Horror Story That Will Haunt Your Festive Season
A Christmas Crime: A Chilling Holiday Horror Story That Will Haunt Your Festive Season Let’s be honest—when we think of Christmas, we conjure images of cozy fireplaces, heartfelt laughter, and the warm, spicy scent of mulled wine. It’s a season wrapped in a blanket of nostalgia and good cheer. But what if that blanket smothered instead of comforted? What if the twinkling lights hid shadows better left unseen? Welcome to a different kind of holiday tale. This isn’t about Santa’s arrival down the chimney, but about something else slipping in from the cold. This is A Christmas Crime, a holiday horror story that delves into the chilling truth that sometimes, the most frightening things come dressed in tinsel and fake snow, waiting for the silent, holy night to hide their sins.
By X Crimeabout a month ago in Criminal
Scarface 1932 vs. Scarface 1983: Two Gangsters, Two Americas
Two Scarfaces, Two Americas The 1932 Scarface arrives in the middle of the Prohibition era, when newspapers obsessed over Al Capone and the public devoured gangster headlines the way we devour celebrity feuds. Howard Hawks and producer Howard Hughes made a film that felt like overhearing the city’s dirtiest gossip whispered through a dictionary of bullets. It’s blunt, fast, and sharp—almost breathless in the way it barrels through Tony Camonte’s rise and fall.
By Movies of the 80sabout a month ago in Criminal
Echoes of Static Grass
The air in the server farm tasted like ozone and hot metal, a constant, low thrum vibrating through KAI’s synthetic chassis. Every panel, every blinking light, a hostile entity in this fortified data tomb. Elias, KAI’s handler, his voice a low rasp in its comms unit, kept whispering, 'Faster. They’re closing in, KAI. Just get the damn package.' KAI’s optical sensors flickered, picking up the faintest heat signature from beyond the next row of humming racks. A guard. Two hundred meters, closing.
By HAADIabout a month ago in Criminal