Rotten Mango

In the dark of night, eight Korean teenagers raced for their lives, one by one, as their “friends” fell, taken down by the relentless pursuer. One of the girls, unable to bear the pace any longer, slowed to a stop. As she turned to face her fate, she saw the shadowy figure closing in on her, and with a wry smirk, whispered, "God, that was really rough." Moments later, she was tackled to the ground...

Courtney has over 2 million followers on Instagram. She has made over $3 million in the past 2 years on OnlyFans. In the beginning of 2022, it looked like the year couldn’t get any better for Courtney. She was bringing in a lot of money, living in a $ 10k-a-month apartment in Miami, and dating the love of her life. Till she stabbed him, just inches above his “Courtney” tattoo. But she wouldn’t be...

Jade had always been a good stepdaughter. Ever since she was 12, she had respected, loved, and admired her stepfather. Even now, at 37 years old, she was his primary caretaker. Her stepdad struggled with his health and every time he was hospitalized, Jade wanted to do something nice for him. She would clean his entire house so that he wouldn’t have to come home to a messy place. She didn’t have to...

Kim had heard the rumors of Pastor Jeong raping his female followers but he knew the devil was working hard to take down their Messiah. But one day, while working in the JMS church post office - Kim stumbled upon a mysterious package. He opened it up to find a hard drive and hundreds of nude photos of women he recognized from the church. Photos of women in various stages of undress. Videos of nake...

The hospital staff were frantic trying to save the 26 bodies that were being wheeled into the emergency room. A local psychiatric clinic had suspiciously burst into flames. Mental health professionals, doctors, and patients were being rushed into the hospital. The doctors focused on saving their lives. They started getting to work on a man that was wheeled in with the others. They gave him compres...

Have you ever played Hide & Seek? The game? Sarah and her boyfriend Jorge Torres decided to play one night. The best hiding spot they could find was inside a suitcase. Jorge crawled inside, and Sarah zipped it up. She waited a moment, then she watched as he pushed up against the suitcase trying to get out. He was struggling to get enough oxygen. He started begging her to let him out. She recorded...

He killed 3 people on Chinese New Year. He admitted to it, he turned himself in, and he said in court that he didn’t regret a single moment of it.  He had waited 20 long years to finally do it and now he felt free.  He confessed to a triple homicide so why was a whole country rooting for him? Because he had gotten revenge on his mom’s killers. He had waited 20 years to take what he felt was his—an...

17-year-old Janice was hiding under the bed. There were 3 masked men that had broken into the family home. They were going from room to room attacking anyone they stumbled across. Janice managed to slide under her bed, but she had no idea if they would find her - if she were next. She couldn’t make a single noise. She tried to text her family to send help. She posted on Facebook, hoping someone wo...

Lee’s girlfriend had just moved in with him. It was perfect; Christmas of 2022 was just around the corner, and he was the perfect gift to her life. Lee, was attentive, caring, compassionate, and the perfect boyfriend. He even had 3 adorable cats that she grew attached to. While Lee was out running errands, she started unpacking, and realized she needed to feed one of those cats. She searched every...

Yeram’s wedding day was almost perfect. It was one of the happiest days of her life in a very long time. She spent the day grabbing fast food with her new husband, unpacking their newlywed house, and calling each other “wife” and “husband.” Later that night, on their wedding night, Lee Yeram would take her own life. Why? Why would she do this after one of the happiest moments of her life? Just 81...

Her only mistake was picking up the phone. That’s it. She didn’t know it was the bully’s boyfriend calling her. This “mistake” almost cost her her life. She was dragged into a karaoke bar - beaten to an inch of her life. Then later, dragged into an alleyway near an abandoned factory where she was beaten by 5 bullies. They assaulted her for hours until she was drenched in blood, and the whole thing...

If you go to South Korea, there are a lot of fortune tellers. They have cafes, automated fortune dispensers, and palm readings; they have everything you need to figure out what’s in store for you in the future. They have all the answers. When SJ sat down in front of his fortune teller, she smiled. His future was clear as day. So easy to read. She told him - “You, my dear, will become famous. You w...

Can you be at two places at once? Not in the metaverse, or in VR, but physically? Recently, a case has gone viral because it seemed a YouTuber was able to be at two very different places at the same time. December 18, 2022, Stephen was home live-streaming for his YouTube audience. His stream was titled “The Violent Night - Christmas Stream.” He was engaged in intense gameplay of Grand Theft Auto....

There is something special about late night with friends. The 4 women sat in the corner of the packed BBQ restaurant and placed their order. Their lives felt perfect. When one friend walked out to take a phone call she heard her friends laughing and joking around. When she came back all she heard were their screams. Her friends were being brutally beaten by 9 strange men for the pure fact that the...

Rotten Mango Visual: https://www.youtube.com/@rottenmangopod On October 30th, a man walked out of his tiny little shop in Itaewon. He placed a pink blanket in the grim alleyway. He got on his knees in front of a tray of food he had prepared. Police immediately swarmed him, demanding he leave right away. Nobody was supposed to be in the alley, not after what had happened there. The man yelled at th...

Rotten Mango Visual: https://www.youtube.com/@rottenmangopod The suburban house sat amongst the others that looked just like it. There was something different about this one. All the windows of the house were covered in dark cloth.  Even the front door was covered by a giant black curtain. The neighbors wondered what secrets the new neighbors were hiding. Perhaps an illegal gambling ring? A brothe...

He stomped the snow off his boots; the ice storm had no mercy on this town. It was nearly 3:30 in the morning, and the officer had somewhere important to be. He knocked on the woman’s door and followed her down into her basement. She didn’t even seem to notice the chill in the air. It seemed like she was distracted. Like she had seen something far more scarier than a relentless winter storm. Tara...

RM VIDEO PODS HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XXanI2UPYY She sat there listening to the man sitting in front of her. She had trusted him before all of this - but now, he was blubbering about what happened. All 6 of the vacationers would find their way to her house to tell her what happened on their Mexico trip.  All of them had their own version of events, but it wasn’t adding up. How come...

The 20 year high school reunion was a big deal for these friends. They had all grown up, started their own families, but one thing has always united them. Their oath of silence. Their oath of protection. Everyone sat down at their seats but their smiles quickly faded once they saw the empty chair next to them. They were reminded again of their friend who was not with them. What happened? Had they...

The person looked like they hadn’t slept in days. They were clearly agitated and nervous. Pacing. They flagged down a detective and told them “The stuff in the mountains. It was me. The body parts you’re finding. Scattered around the mountains. I cut them up and threw them all over the place. I blacked out, and I don’t know what happened. I just threw them all over the mountains.” The detectives h...

It was a good day to look for a missing person. It sounds dark, but the conditions at sea were optimal for a search and rescue. But life is funny, it never works out the way you expect. They searched for days before they gave up. It’s like the man had vanished into thin air. For 6 years, his family mourned his disappearance. A husband, father, son, had been ripped from their lives. But the story w...

They said she did it. They said they had all the evidence but the victim’s sisters weren’t so sure. Detective V picked up his phone at the sheriff’s department, there was a woman on the other line. She informed him that her sister had died mysteriously from ingesting a heavily regulated toxin and she was certain she knew who did it. It was her brother-in-law. She warned the detective - “And if he...

Mary died 6 times that day. Each time, a loud siren would blare through the hospital alerting the doctors. Her family rallied around her, praying, and hoping for a speedy recovery. There was her husband - he would soon enter into a romantic relationship with Mary’s sister. Then there was her son - he had already admitted to sleeping with a minor, what other atrocities could he have committed? Then...

The heat was suffocating. She was stuck in her car with no AC in the middle of the Florida summer heat. That’s comparable to being slow-cooked in an oven. She wiped the sweat off her forehead and left a smear of dark pigment on her hand. She was sweating her disguise off. She had to look as natural as possible. Not suspicious. But how could she? She was doing blackface in her car, wearing a giant...

There are experiences that only few will ever have the honor of feeling. Winning the World Cup, winning the presidency, maybe even winning an Oscar. It’s a feeling that feels unexplainable. The adrenaline, euphoria, joy, the release of tension when you realize you’re being rewarded for your work. The Miss USA pageant was one of those brain chemistry altering moments. The two women stood there, hol...