On the evening of October 27th, 2014, 17-year-old Jesus Maness found himself at Kinloch Park in Miami, Florida, immersed in a fast-paced basketball game with a group of friends. The sun was beginning to set, and the court buzzed with…
On the night of August 20, 2012, two best friends, 19-year-old Rosem and Elizabeth Nass, decided to spend their final evening together before parting ways for college. It had been a golden summer, and with both heading to different states…
On the evening of May 21, 2015, in a quiet neighborhood in Hong Kong, a 16-year-old girl named Lily walked into her home gym expecting an empty space to complete a workout. Instead, she found her father, Dr. Kakim’s Son,…
A Tragic Bible Study in Ulis, Texas On the evening of September 17, 2021, in the small city of Ulis, Texas—nestled between Dallas and Fort Worth—a 42-year-old preacher named Jason Thornberg prepared his motel room to host a Bible study…
The Fatal Morning Drive That Shocked Brooklyn On the morning of July 7, 1967, 17-year-old Nancy Mchuan was driving along a scenic highway in Brooklyn, New York, on her way to work at her father’s office. Coming from her home…
On the midday of June 1st, 2018, 36-year-old Luis Garcia made his way into Mexico City to link up with his elder sibling. The two of them were extremely tight-knit. They had endured a great deal together. When Luis was…
In the midday of October 11th, 2016, a middle-aged gentleman called Carlos Herrera Senior entered the meeting section of a penitentiary in Venezuela. The chamber itself resembled somewhat like a secondary school dining hall, with desks and seats all around…
23 September 1839 – Drake Passage, AntarcticaA routine whaling expedition took a grim and unexpected turn when Captain Brighton and his crew discovered a ghost ship drifting silently through the icy waters of the Drake Passage—its crew long dead and…
The AwakeningOakland, California — October 20, 1991 — 11:00 a.m. The sun peeked through half-closed blinds.Will, 31, stirred in bed. His wife lay peacefully beside him.But peace ended with his first inhale.Smoke. He sat up. Eyes open now.Something was burning.…
You ever hear the sound of hope through a hospital hallway? It’s not loud. It’s a whisper — like a heartbeat on weak lungs. September, 1954. I was 14. And I was tired — not just from the tuberculosis that…