The Gamer Who Was Left Alone

At 10 p.m. on January 31st, 2012, a 23-year-old man named Chen Rong-Yu walked into an internet café in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The café had a front counter where a cashier would check you in and sell snacks and drinks. Behind the counter, there were long rows of tables, each set up with computer […]

The Night Talia Met the “Pelicaras”

At 6:30 p.m. on July 29th, 2023, 15-year-old Talia Deila Diaz stood just outside the back door of her house, staring into the thick, shadowy rainforest that made up her backyard. She lived in a tiny, isolated village in Peru—right in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. As she looked out into the jungle, she

The Cockatoo That Solved a Murder

On the evening of December 24, 2001, 48-year-old businessman Kevin Butler was in the kitchen of his Dallas, Texas home, preparing food for a Christmas party he planned to attend the following day. As he focused on the task, he suddenly heard his friend Larry—who spent a lot of time at his house—calling to him

The Tragic Story of John Harter at Kings Island

In the early 1980s, John Harter was the classic athletic, popular kid at his high school in Delaware, Ohio—a relatively small town just outside the state capital. But unlike the typical stereotype of high school jocks as arrogant bullies, John was none of those things. He was incredibly friendly, warm-hearted, and seemed to get along

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