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'The CleanSweep Conspiracy' by Chuck Waldron
The CleanSweep Conspiracy by Chuck Waldron is a novel on a blogger, Matt Tremain, who blogs about the truth and scams. Matt Tremain's life changes when he learns of CleanSweep, a mysterious project in Canada from a whistleblower. Matt get drawn into the fight to expose the conspiracy when his source is killed. As he races against the clock to stop countless deaths he find allies in a Toronto police detective and a local TV reporter.
By DIYStudent7 years ago in Criminal
Missing Father Found Buried in Basement
"He went out for cigarettes." It's a tried-and-true plot device many shows have used to address an absentee father (or in some cases mother). For one family though, it turned out to be a case of art imitating life, sort of. The Carrolls, of Long Island in New York, had always believed that their father had gone out one day and just never returned. After more than 50 years of wanting answers and hearing different stories of what happened, some answers are finally coming their way; their dear old dad was found buried in the basement of the family home.
By Edward Anderson7 years ago in Criminal
Vicious
5 AM: The new shorter, funkier 2017 H4 Hummer cruises down the carnage streets of Essex County. Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery Company, Cooper's Deli, and a cemetery filled with tombstones and mausoleums containing the remains of the once living, striving, and thriving but now gone are the only remains that mark the past. The present is something totally different. On the sidewalks, candles have burned down. Balloons no longer have helium in them, but they're still hanging on gates or specially selected locations. This is done to memorialize and remember deceased loved ones. In most cases, it's the youth. Young children are dying before they ever get the opportunity to experience the joys that make life worth living.
By Faheem The Writer7 years ago in Criminal
The Woman in the Tree
In 1943, a group of young children discovered the skeleton of a young woman inside of a wych elm tree in the small English town of Hagley. These four boys, local to the area, were in Hagley wood poaching some of the wild game on the estate when they came across a large tree. They thought that the tree would be an ideal place to hunt and steal from birds nests. One of the boys, Bob Farmer, began to climb the tree to scout for any possible nests to thieve from.
By Matt McCarthy7 years ago in Criminal
Death and Addiction (Chapter 1)
Jon woke up to the sound of his phone ringing. It was already light out and the thin curtains of his office did little to shield him from the uncomfortably bright morning glare. He groaned painfully. His throbbing head and scratchy parched throat were nothing compared to the self-loathing washing over him. He sat up in his office chair, his neck aching from the awkward angle he’d fallen asleep at. His hand was curled in a fist around the neck of an empty bottle of Jack.
By Cameron Smith7 years ago in Criminal
Vicious
Raindrops tap and peck at window panes and rooftops. Puddles of water overflow from filthy unsanitary gutters. Motors hesitate and stutter before they turn over. The temperature has dropped reaching a record-breaking low. The earth's tectonic plates are slowly shifting. Look at all the extreme weather conditions.
By Faheem The Writer7 years ago in Criminal
10 Crime Scene Photos with Horrifying Backstories. Top Story - October 2018.
Photos have a way of conveying intensity, despair, and horror in ways that words often can't. Pictures are one of the most powerful tools criminal investigators have when it comes to solving homicides—and oddly enough, they are one of the most emotionally striking parts of any true crime story as well.
By Cato Conroy7 years ago in Criminal
10 Horrific Crimes Everyone Forgot
Horrific crimes happen every day. As much as we’d like to think that everyone is inherently good, it’s just not true. There are serial killers who commit gruesome murders and are seriously messed up in the head. Many of these real-life criminals went down in history, such as Ted Bundy and Jack the Ripper, because they were convicted of manslaughter and committed truly heinous crimes. However, some of the worst criminals are talked about for only a brief period and then they are forgotten about. Here are some of the killers everyone forgot and the horrific crimes they committed.
By Morgan E. Westling7 years ago in Criminal
Vicious
“Knuckle Up guard your grill this is real if you ain't-a Gunner than you're a goner. Violate we going to do you.” “Shoot them up, bang bang doing what we have to do is our thing. If you ain't-a Banger, then you’re a stranger. Cross our paths and we got to have you.”
By Faheem The Writer7 years ago in Criminal
A Story for a Dead Man
I set my alarm as if I was setting a bomb rigged to blow. It’s 1:22am on a Friday night and I’m half drunk and dreading tomorrow’s wake up. I’ve always hated tomorrow’s wake up, it didn’t matter the time or day or what was supposed to be happening, I just didn’t like waking up much. They vocally agreed to get up at 6am as I silently disagreed and set my alarm for 6:16am. Sleep may be the cousin of death but it’s sure a friend of mine.
By Nich J. Lack7 years ago in Criminal
