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The Witness Window
The scream woke Mia Rivers at 2:13 a.m. Sharp. Muffled. Cut short. She sat up in bed, heart hammering, and stared out the window of her sixth-floor apartment. The building across the street, quiet as always. Nothing unusual.
By Herbert 9 months ago in Criminal
The Last Message
Miles Barrett wasn’t supposed to die. He was supposed to testify. His testimony would’ve put away Nathan Kray—cybercrime lord, arms broker, and the man who’d evaded prison for a decade. The FBI had hidden Miles in a safehouse, gave him protection, changed his name.
By Herbert 9 months ago in Criminal
The Silent Passanger
The 6:40 p.m. commuter train left Halston Station right on time. By 7:15, it arrived at its final stop. By 7:16, a murder was discovered in Car 3.
By Herbert 9 months ago in Criminal
The Man in the Green Cap
The cameras caught everything—except the truth. At precisely 9:06 a.m., a man wearing a faded green cap walked into the Briarstone Jewelry Exchange. He had no bag, no visible weapon, and no accomplice. Security footage shows him browsing casually, pausing to inspect a glass display of rare emeralds. He even smiles at the clerk.
By Herbert 9 months ago in Criminal
The Roar On Fifth Avenue
started with a scream. The kind that cuts through honking horns and city chatter like a blade through silk. On Fifth Avenue, just outside the MetroBank building, heads turned. Shoppers froze. A mother clutched her child closer.
By Herbert 9 months ago in Criminal
No Signal, No Crash, No Clue-The MH370 Enigma
On March 8, 2014, a modern commercial aircraft vanished from the sky—without a trace. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, carrying 239 people on board, was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It was expected to be a routine flight. Instead, it became one of the most baffling mysteries in aviation history. No crash site. No black box. No definitive answers. Just silence.
By The 1%9 months ago in Criminal
Spider-Man: Web of Echoes . AI-Generated.
New York had changed. The sky was no longer just grey; it was digital—filled with drones, surveillance clouds, and synthetic stars. Skyscrapers touched the clouds like fingers searching for forgotten dreams. People moved fast, plugged into their own worlds, rarely looking up.
By Muhammad Sohail9 months ago in Criminal
Mr. Creepy
They called him Mr. Creepy. No one knew his real name, and no one cared to ask. He lived alone in the sagging old house at the end of Marrow Lane—the one with the chipped paint, crooked shutters, and overgrown weeds that reached like fingers through the rusting fence. Kids dared each other to run up to the porch, touch the front door, and sprint back. Most never made it closer than the sidewalk.
By Rohullah9 months ago in Criminal
The Threat
Michael Grant wasn’t a man prone to paranoia. He measured facts. He followed patterns. For ten years, he worked as a forensic analyst for the Cook County Crime Lab, translating the chaos of crime scenes into evidence. Blood spatter, DNA swabs, fingerprints—he’d seen it all. And he trusted the numbers more than people.
By Herbert 9 months ago in Criminal
The Stranger’s Story
The man who entered St. Augustine’s Cathedral wasn’t looking for redemption. He didn’t limp with guilt or shake from fear. He moved with purpose—worn down, maybe, but not broken.
By Herbert 9 months ago in Criminal
Aurora’s Dark Secret
It was a quiet neighborhood in Aurora, Colorado—a place where people left their doors unlocked, kids rode bikes until sunset, and neighbors exchanged baked goods over white picket fences. Linda Foster, a 58-year-old retired schoolteacher, had lived on Evergreen Street for over thirty years. She was known for her garden, her cat Muffin, and her habit of renting out her basement to help supplement her pension.
By D A R K9 months ago in Criminal
Villainous Infamous
In the heart of Blackmoor City, the name Lucien Vale was whispered with equal parts fear and fascination. Once a respected psychiatrist, Lucien's fall from grace was not just tragic—it was cinematic. Today, he is known by a different name across every digital headline and encrypted message board: the infamous villain known as “Grey Matter.
By Muhammad 9 months ago in Criminal