She was a romance mystery writer.

They glomed on the fact that she writes stories like this.

There are murders in all of the books.

From Wundery, the makers of Ghost Story, and Theta,

this is a story about a murder that rocked my little community.

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infamous scams of all time the impact on victims and what's left once a facade falls away.

Follow scam influencers on the Wundry app or wherever you get your podcasts. He was a young gamer looking for his next chance to level up in life.

He did his homework. He never snuck out. He never did drugs. He loved learning.

There was definitely a boosted confidence confidence when he got his girlfriend.

Until a shocking attack would traumatize those who loved him.

There was blood gushing out.

I saw the knife on the floor.

There is blood all over him.

There's blood on the bed.

There's blood everywhere.

This young man saw something tragic and horrific.

I just had a really hard time wrapping my head around that my brother was murdered.

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