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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 HieuDinh2 months 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 amin2 months 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 Amanullah2 months 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 Amanullah2 months 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 Mehran2 months 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 Mehran2 months 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 Mehran2 months 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 Crime2 months 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 80s2 months 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 HAADI2 months ago in Criminal
A Complaint on Trump
A Complaint on Trump: How Reckless Leadership Damaged Global Affairs Global leadership demands maturity, responsibility, and foresight—qualities that many citizens around the world expected from a superpower like the United States. But during Donald Trump’s administration, these expectations were repeatedly shattered. His approach to international affairs created confusion, instability, and rising global tensions. As a concerned citizen, I feel it is necessary to voice my complaint—not out of hatred, but out of responsibility to speak for global peace and justice.
By Wings of Time 2 months ago in Criminal
The Man in the Red Hoodie
M Mehran The night shift at the Dewfield Transit Station was usually quiet—lonely, even. But at 1:43 a.m., Officer Dana Reyes knew something was off the moment she stepped inside.
By Muhammad Mehran2 months ago in Criminal