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As technology has evolved, so has crime. Digital technologies have brought with them a whole host of crimes committed online—unsuspecting people are cheated of crores of rupees, duped by false advertisements on fake websites, incited to click on suspicious links through payment gateways, and download apps that give remote access of their device to criminals. From credit card fraud to phishing, the list is endless. Cyber Encounters delves deep into this nebulous cyberspace, to bring twelve fascinating fictional accounts of cybercrime.

The audiobooks in this series are a compilation of sightings, encounters, and evidentiary findings as they pertain to Bigfoot in North America and those who have encountered them. W. J. Sheehan shares these testimonials in the style of a beat reporter chasing a compelling story, rather than that of a dramatist reading a script. He is an internationally known figure in the field of Bigfoot and is sought after for his entertaining interviewing style.

Off the coast of New Zealand, there's an underwater mining facility 8,000 feet under the ocean. The crew stationed there knows that drowning is the least of their worries at such depths. That's why they panic when a maintenance member goes missing while out on a repair mission. There's something far worse down there than the crushing pressure, the ticking timers on their oxygen tanks, and the everlasting darkness that inhabits such depths. And it's hunting them one by one.

We all can appreciate a good ghost story. But things get a little creepier when you realize that story is a true ghost story. Delve into delectable paranormal encounters from paranormal horror author Eve S. Evans.

Something lurks in the darkness of the trees. A group of friends goes on a hike in search of an ancient spring deep inside the forest. Mythical stories come from the woods—tales of gnomes, fairies, and other not so benevolent creatures. Everything changes for the group when they run into a hiker that mysteriously vanished in the area weeks ago. She is malnourished, dehydrated, and hurt, but she keeps raving about the danger in the woods, repeating one incoherent word over and over in a foreign language.

Dive into the chilling depths of "Spooky Stories: Terrifying Tales and Haunted Encounters and Eerie Legends," a spine-tingling collection that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Dezi Gianni is a very much a man used to getting what he wants. Tall, fine, and gorgeous; rich, powerful, and deadly, he’s just set his sights on the beautiful woman dining in the restaurant where he and his partner are having lunch. Kayla DeWitt is the focus of Dezi’s affection. Beautiful, sexy, sophisticated, she’s searching for the ideal man to fill the emptiness left by her ex-boyfriend's betrayal. Her best friend Taea is convinced they’ll find compatibility with the two wealthy hustlers. Kayla is just hoping they don’t get killed.

Anfang Oktober erscheint Heike Niemeyer nicht an ihrem Arbeitsplatz in der Ferienanlage Weiße Düne. Greta Petersen ist beunruhigt. Hat die neue Kollegin das lange Wochenende wie geplant in Hamburg verbracht oder ist sie bereits vorher verschwunden? Um die Frage zu klären, ob überhaupt ein Verbrechen vorliegt, verfolgen die Kommissare mehrere Spuren aus dem privaten Umfeld der Vermissten. Doch dann wird ihr Leichnam gefunden—auf skurrile Weise zur Schau gestellt—und der Fall erhält neue Brisanz.

It started as a dare that led to a steamy kiss. Trisha Hartman never expected to end her birthday night-out throwing herself in the path of a bullet to save a man she doesn’t even know. Alexander Westerfield is blown away by a fiery moment with a beautiful stranger. Considering she hurried off right after, he convinced himself the woman had no further interest. Then she does something quite heroic that causes him to desire her more.

Between October 2014 and November 2016, global terrorism expert Jessica Stern held a series of conversations in a prison cell in The Hague with Radovan Karadzic, a Bosnian Serb former politician who had been indicted for genocide and other war crimes during the Bosnian War. In My War Criminal, Jessica Stern brings to bear her incisive analysis and her own deeply considered reactions to her interactions with Karadzic, while also offering a deeply insightful and sometimes chilling account of the complex and even seductive powers of a magnetic leader.

Immerse yourself in the chilling world of "Eerie Encounters: Legends of Mexico's Haunted Souls," a captivating collection of supernatural tales that will send shivers down your spine.

Susan Witsend, owner of the best little UFO-themed B&B in the Sierras, is absolutely, positively, not going to get involved in another murder case. Not with her small-town sheriff threatening jail time if she interferes in one more investigation. So when her neighbor is murdered, Susan exerts all her willpower to stay out of the sheriff’s business. But her neighbor’s daughter, Clare, needs Susan’s help. Clare’s been experiencing lost time, a sure sign of alien abduction. Helping Clare is only neighborly...and totally not interfering.

Fiona Denali’s mind is a fortress of secrets: things she can’t tell, people she must protect. She never wanted to hurt anyone, but they hurt her first. Now, she must protect the one person she can still count on—herself. On the run from anyone who knows her face, Fiona crosses paths with a man whose eyes seem just as haunted as her own. She could save him...but he could destroy her. It’s a choice she’s had before, but last time she chose wrong.

1934: Something is deadly wrong with the lake...When Chief Petty Officer Charles Emery receives a cryptic, urgent message from his old mentor, Captain Donovan, he immediately responds - and finds himself in a lake-side resort town in the grip of an unknown terror. Someone - or something - has been attacking swimmers and fishermen. And Captain Donovan is convinced he knows why.

With the anniversary of the death of the love of my life looming, I’m a shell of the person I was years ago. Everyone thinks two years is enough grief time and that it’s time for me to join the land of the living. Only thing is I have no idea how to let go of Blake he was my whole world the only man I’ve ever known. It’s time for Emily to open her eyes and see what has been looking at her for over half her life. No one knows that I fell in love with her way before Blake ever saw her.

They thought the plane crash was the worst that could happen to them. They were dead wrong. Stranded in the middle of the forest and without help, six crash survivors forge a plan to stay alive in the harsh conditions that surround them. As the days go on and their supplies dwindle, the tension in the group increases. To make matters worse, they soon begin to realize that they are being watched by someone...or rather something. The bodies of their dead passengers disappear in the night, animalistic shrieks fill the air, and sometimes, they see a figure between the trees watching them.

Colonel Jake Burnes had never imagined himself a spy. But the acclaim he won for rescuing a French Resistance hero and bringing a traitor to justice lead to a more clandestine assignment.

In his third installment, commander James Mitchel once again sails the African waters onboard the USS James E. Williams. When Mitchel learns of a mysterious cargo onboard the Dai Hong Dan - a North Korean freighter - the American warship sails to intercept. Before the Williams reaches the North Korean freighter, they are seized by Somalian pirates in the waters where US and NATO warships have been patrolling off the Horn of Africa for years now in an effort to stop piracy.

When the 14-year-old daughter of a British government minister leaves the country to join ISIS, MI7 dispatches a cohort of agents to Turkey to intercept her en route. However, maybe not everything is as it seems. How to explain, for example, her long-standing prior antipathy to Islamofascism? Her sudden conversion to radicalism on the very day of her departure? The fact that there is neither sight nor sign of her in Istanbul - or elsewhere?

A podcast that combines true crime, paranormal and all things dark.