True Crime Short

This is the story of an unforgivable con man. Vulnerable families were his prey. His promise was an impossible dream and a lie. Peter Candlewood understood the system. That’s how he could commute prison sentences and reunite hopeless families with incarcerated loved ones. For a price. Except there was no Candlewood. No hope. Just a lowly Texas con artist who bet on the desperate - and won. And he wasn’t working alone. The multimillion-dollar deception cost the betrayed more than their savings.

Bernard Madoff è un criminale statunitense di origine ebraica, accusato di una delle più grandi frodi finanziarie di tutti i tempi. Ha iniziato la sua carriera come broker negli anni sessanta e in seguito è diventato tristemente famoso per aver truffato migliaia di persone (anche famose) con la sua impresa, la Bernard Madoff Investment Securities. Si tratta di cifre da record: più di 60 miliardi di dollari nel giro di qualche anno.

It is heard that a doll opens its mouth when it smells money. A doll may open its mouth in front of money, as it has no brain or judgement power. As a human being, we should not open our mouth or jump in a crime for only money. Every crime has two sides. One, the life risk of the criminals. Second, the crime will obviously hurt someone on the other side. This true story shows an unnecessary bank robbery case where the criminals were not bound to do it.

Esta historia real muestra un caso de robo de banco innecesario en el que los criminales no estaban obligados a hacerlo. Simplemente abrieron la boca con el olor del dinero. El equipo de policía utilizó una técnica innovadora e increíble para rastrear a los ladrones. Continúa leyendo para descubrirlo

A senior lovely and helpful couple used to live alone in their farmhouse, as their only daughter used to live far away with her husband. A maid used to take care of them. Suddenly, the couple got killed and the house got looted. Was it a preplanned murder or just a consequence of robbery? This is a true story detailing how the senior couple got killed, how the criminal(s) got detected, and the final punishment. Listen to find out the details.

This is a horrible, true story. One person called it "gruesome". I agree with that statement. It is a story not for the faint of heart. Turn back now, if that is you. What it really is though, is a strong dose of reality. Not of just how frail life is and how quickly and horribly it can end, but also of how cold and inhumane people can be to each other. People in both low and high positions. You have been warned. I have told this story as I have heard it. All names have been changed except my own.