
True Crime: Ripped From the Headlines
30 Short Stories based on True Crimes
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Logan Carter

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The Headlines Told You What Happened. These Stories Explore the Chilling Why... and the Terrifying What If.
You’ve read the news clippings, seen the grainy photos. But behind every infamous crime lies a story far darker and more complex than any headline can reveal. From the masterful pen of Logan Carter comes TRUE CRIME: RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES, a harrowing collection of 30 fictionalized short stories, each plunging into the heart of real-life tragedies that shocked the world.
Step beyond the yellow tape and into meticulously crafted narratives inspired by cases that continue to haunt us:
Decode the cryptic taunts of The Ciphered Killer as a reporter races against time.
Unravel the glittering, fatal secrets behind Dahlia's Last Smile in post-war Hollywood.
Feel the chill of Beauty in the Shadows as a pageant queen's disappearance exposes small-town rot.
Confront the suffocating silence surrounding The Empty House and the vanishings it hides.
Descend into madness with a charismatic cult leader in Summer of Blood.
Unearth decades of secrets after discovering The Nameless Boy discarded like trash.
Investigate baffling disappearances from frozen mountain passes (Frozen Silence) to sun-drenched jungles (Lost in the Jungle).
Confront sinister symbols (Smiley's Wake), cryptic messages (Signed, Your Enemy), chilling last calls (Lost on the Line), and haunting whispers from notorious locations (Hotel of Whispers, Cabin 28).
...and uncover the chilling truths behind 18 other real-life mysteries, reimagined.
By weaving fictional narratives around factual events, Carter explores the psychological depths, the potential cover-ups, and the lingering questions that official reports often leave unanswered. Crafted specifically for the dedicated true crime reader who craves depth, atmosphere, and unrelenting suspense, each story in this collection is a gripping journey into the darkness that lurks just beneath the surface of ordinary life.
If you can’t get enough of unsolved mysteries, cold cases, and the dark side of human nature, prepare to be captivated. Open the first page… if you dare.
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Virtual voice sucks
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Great story telling
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The ai narration is terrible. I hate ai. It reads in a man’s voice so the stories that come from women are a little off for me because they speak in first person. Also, words like lead, as in a lead in a case, are pronounced ‘led’ and that annoys me. It’s the little things for me.
Not completely based on fact, terrible narration
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Goofy Premise, Altogether Unenjoyable.
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completely false
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