Rotten Mango

The story starts on TikTok. First, with all the things that don’t make sense.    After Gabby goes missing - the only person that knows where she might be is her fiancé Brian Laundrie. But he’s now missing.    He goes missing for a month straight - before his body is found in a local park in Florida… by his parents. The FBI have been searching for over a month, reportedly spending over a million ta...

15 days before the murder.    “Hello, I would like to report a dispute. I saw a gentleman slapping the woman.”   The police chase after the van life YouTuber couple in their white, sprinter van. By the end of the hour long investigation of questioning both Gabby and Brian - the two police officers step off to the side to figure out what to do next. One officer tells the other -    “Too many times...

2 people are rushed into the emergency room. The doctors and nurses don’t ask questions - they have one objective in mind. Save these people.    Both are suffering from stab wounds. Sadly, only 1 of them will make it. 8 year old, Haneul, is deceased from multiple stab wounds to her neck, back, and chest.    The 48 year old woman however, is alive.    The nurses try to piece together what might hav...

“I don’t do naughty things, I’m a really good girl.”   That is what Ruby Franke tells her husband Kevin in a recorded jail call. She’s a really good girl - that almost killed 2 of their youngest children.    She kept them locked away in her marriage counselor/“lovers” mansion basement - torturing them for months. Soon, all the evidence will come out - their abuse diaries, the alleged romantic rela...

It was the most viewed home on realtor websites for weeks. It’s a curious looking house. As you swipe through the photos of the 15 foot tall ceilings, the grand glass windows, the $5M price tag starts to make sense.    But what is that? There is an entire concrete bunker like structure underneath the house with its very own panic room. A bank vault door - leading to a room with a toilet and sink. ...

Jodi is one of the most recommended marriage therapists in the area but there’s something about her that feels - wrong.    “Every relationship needs to die in order to be reborn.”   Her pattern is simple yet effective.  Find the husband’s addiction. Each husband has one. It’s usually watching too many explicit videos, staring too long at his female coworkers, or just having too many inappropriate...

It’s the middle of the desert and the pavement is scorching hot. If you dare to step barefoot on it, it’s the equivalent of sticking your foot on a cast iron pan on high heat. Enough to cause instant blisters.   But the 12 year old boy has no choice. He has once more chance to escape and he needs to make it to a neighbors house for safety. He crawls out the window and starts pacing. If nobody is h...

Police find 10 year old Victoria’s body completely dismembered. Her arms, legs, and organs were severed off and the rest of her body was lit on fire.   When they bring in Victoria’s mother, Michelle, the pieces of the puzzle start coming together.   Michelle states that her boyfriend, Fabian, had been sexually assaulting Victoria.   Michelle states that she liked to watch. But that night in partic...

A woman walks into the Pavena Foundation.   “You have to help me!! Please!”   She frantically tells the nonprofit that she has just escaped from the country of Georgia. She had been held hostage by an organized crime group that forced her to do unspeakable things. Not only that - there are 100 more girls trapped there.   “What did they make you do?”   They wanted her eggs. Her human eggs. She says...

The man is walking alone in the rain. He’s not pacing, or trying to cover his face with his arm, he is just slowly walking in the rain. He looks like he’s in the middle of a k-drama scene.   To his left there is a whole wall of reporters just silently recording him. Waiting to see what he’s going to do next. He gives them what they want. He collapses onto the ground and cries out to the skies.   “...

In Brazil, this specific prison is known as the “real dungeons.”   Because once you get in - you feel like you’re trapped in hell until they let you out. That is - if you can even get out alive.   BBC reporters are there to interview one of the most high profile prisoners. Every single prisoner in there has been deemed a dangerous criminal - this one even more so.   She walks out. Thin frame. Shor...

It’s not the most captivating livestream. Ash Trevino is on the phone with her boyfriend and we, the viewers, are forced to just listen to their seemingly mundane conversations.   Out of nowhere, the 36 year old mom of two starts getting angry. She starts screaming -   “He’s innocent. I don’t care what y’all say. He is innocent and y’all are going to see that. My comments are saying RIP to those w...

16 year old Manohara is walking up towards the private plane. Her mother and sister are grabbing their bags from the black car behind her. She’s walking up the private jet steps… when she feels something. It’s a wave of panic?   A sixth sense? Something in her body is telling her this is not where she should be right now. She turns around and starts heading back down the steps when she hears foots...

“New Parent Decision Coin.”   It’s a great gag gift for new parents. On one side it reads - “daddy’s turn” and on the other it reads “mommy’s turn.” When the baby starts getting fussy, you flip the coin, and whoever’s side it lands on gets to take care of the new baby.   13 year old Maddie sends the link to the coin with the text -   “We need this - can you get this for us?”   She sends the text m...

The plot of a famous thriller goes viral. It goes something like this.   A wife is called into the police station to talk about her husband. There are pictures of her husband with another girl. Graphic photos and now that girl is missing.   Does the wife know what her husband did to the missing girl? Will the wife support her husband or leave him immediately?   Jennifer Soto is at the police stati...

There’s been a crime in the workplace. Tim, the man in charge, is tasked with figuring out what exactly happened.   He calls in the informants and sits them down at his desk.   “What did you hear?”   They lean forward - “I heard that they meet after hours in her car and they’re having a very inappropriate relationship. She might even be pregnant.”   Tim takes notes. He interviews each of the peopl...

Dina and Tim know that the footage is going to be bad. They had already seen glimpses… but they weren’t prepared.   The baby camera footage shows a 56 year old woman standing at the edge of the bed. She’s emotionless yet she's holding a newborn baby in her arms...   She takes a moment before calmly - using all her force - to chuck the baby across the room onto the bed. Ever so calmly she walks ove...

“I thought trash day was just a few days ago?”   Diane hears her neighbors bringing out their trash bins to the street. How is it already trash day? Diane is a young, single mom, and sometimes things slip her mind. She shrugs and grabs the trash bins.   As she’s walking out of her backyard - a man and a young woman appear in front of her. They smash her on the head with a metal pipe. They grab a b...

December 12th is the night that everyone has been waiting for.   The invitation is cryptic - it takes some guests weeks to figure out what it reads.   “Sdaeh tsilaer & sesserd gnol eit kcalb?”   The secret is this - you have to reflect it into the mirror to figure out what it says.   “Black tie, long dresses & surrealist heads.”   Welcome to the Rothschild's (one of the wealthiest and most powerfu...

It’s the biggest church in South Korea but nobody knows it exists. The church itself can fit at least 4,000 church goers all at once. But that’s not the intriguing part of the church… they just do things differently.   There are a row of people standing in front of the pastor. They are asking him for forgiveness but they’re all wearing the same thing. A red sack with big ugly painted letters on th...

They’re all wearing the same blue tracksuit. Thousands of them standing out in the middle of the woods wearing the same thing. What is this place?   They’re out in the middle of the woods - in what appears to be a small secretive city? A military base? How did they get 60+ buildings out here in the middle of the forest?   And that giant wall… it’s 30 feet tall. Tall enough to keep people out. Or k...

I received an email from the ex-wife of a serial killer. The subject reads: “ I was married to a serial killer for 7.5 years and I need help!!”   Her ex husband was sentenced to death for the murder of 3 women. When authorities searched his house they found a soundproof torture chamber. Whips, iron chains, and many many files. Video files of him torturing his victims - plucking out their nails one...

Sang’s mom is haunted. Everyone has their own explanations for it but it’s that simple.  Every time she sets the dinner table - she stares at the empty seat. Sometimes smiling, sometimes pouting, but always as if someone is sitting there.  Sang would ask -  “Mom, is everything alright?” “Just make sure to save some of the meat for Niuniu - you know that’s her favorite.” Sang’s mom would motion at...

The man in the olive green jacket is ready. Today is the day. He’s nervously walking through the crowd of New Yorkers to get to his destination.  The last thing he needs is to get stopped by anyone - especially the NYPD.  A man passes by him muttering -  “Bro, idk if you should be doing this but your life choice I guess?” Another citizen points and squeals -  “He’s the one! He’s the one!” With tha...

“To Catch A Predator” steps: Hire an adult decoy to lurk on websites advertising themselves as 13 year olds looking for a middle aged companion. Invite the adult predator to a house that has been wired for audio and video recording. Have the host of the famous TV show pop out to ask the predator questions and arrest them on the way out. That is the premise to the show “To Catch A Predator” that ha...