50 h. ago Spanish lottery winner kidnapped and tortured by friends after £13k win

A man in Spain won £13,000 in the Christmas Lottery draw, but three former friends kidnapped him, tied him up and beat him with a metal pan while threatening him in an attempt to steal the winnings

Economics

51 h. ago Man kidnapped and tortured by friends after learning he'd won £13k on Christmas Lottery

The victim was threatened at gunpoint after three friends he had won Spain's massive Christmas lottery, which is drawn on December 22 every year

Economics

1 week ago Dad forced to scoop out son's liquefied brain after funeral home's horrific mix

After Alexander Pinon's death, his grieving father was traumatised when, due to a shocking error by funeral directors in San Jose, he discovered his son's brain tissue in a package of returned belongings

Politics

1 week ago How did this warm, cheery man make a film as horrific as Misery? When Rob Reiner met Stephen King

In an industry not exactly known for it, Reiner was an exceptionally nice guy. But he was too much of a showman to make a straight shocker. The result was rich, terrifying – yet cherished• ‘Not a second of wasted time’: Rob Reiner’s golden run• Meeting Rob Reiner was like a visit from Santa• Rob Reiner’s five best films• Hollywood in shock: ‘One of the greatest’You can love a film without, apparently, ever having paid full attention to it. I realised this only recently when I came to understood something crucial about Misery, the 1990 psychological horror film adapted from the novel by Stephen King and directed by Rob Reiner. What are the chances, I used to think, that Paul Sheldon, the bestselling novelist kidnapped and tortured by unhinged superfan Annie Wilkes, came off the road right when she happened along? It didn’t occur to me that the reason she was there in the first place was because she was stalking him or even (a conclusion not supported by the text) that she caused the ...

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1 week ago How did a warm, cheery man like Rob Reiner make a film as horrific as Misery?

In an industry not exactly known for it, Reiner was an exceptionally nice guy. But he was too much of a showman to make a straight shocker. The result was rich, terrifying – yet cherished• ‘Not a second of wasted time’: Rob Reiner’s golden run• Meeting Rob Reiner was like a visit from Santa• Rob Reiner’s five best films• Hollywood in shock: ‘One of the greatest’You can love a film without, apparently, ever having paid full attention to it. I realised this only recently when I came to understood something crucial about Misery, the 1990 psychological horror film adapted from the novel by Stephen King and directed by Rob Reiner. What are the chances, I used to think, that Paul Sheldon, the bestselling novelist kidnapped and tortured by unhinged superfan Annie Wilkes, came off the road right when she happened along? It didn’t occur to me that the reason she was there in the first place was because she was stalking him or even (a conclusion not supported by the text) that she caused the ...

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2 w. ago Crypto trader is tortured and executed in Spain by gang who kidnapped him and his girlfriend to access his digital wallet in latest cryptocurrency abduction

The man and his girlfriend were ambushed in April on the Costa del Sol, after four hooded figures wearing balaclavas and gloves cornered them.

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3 w. ago Inside chilling mind of dad who 'forced kids on torture hike and left them alone to die'

A father allegedly dragged his three children up a dangerous mountain and abandoned them in death-defying conditions. Experts have delved into what could have been going through his mind on that fateful day

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3 w. ago Death in the desert: Cryptocurrency fraudster and his wife flaunted their private jet Dubai lifestyle... only to be kidnapped by Russian crooks who made them watch each others' torture and execution

When Roman Novak, 38, and his wife Anna, 37, got into a car bound for Hatta, they could not have known they were heading toward one of the most gruesome murder cases modern Russia has seen.

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3 w. ago Student 'tortured and burned alive by sick thieves for dad's cryptocurrency riches'

A 21-year-old student who confided in a uni pal about his rich dad ended up allegedly tortured then burned alive as his attackers forced him to reveal his Ukrainian dad's secret passwords

Society

3 w. ago ‘Constant stimulation, dopamine overload’: how EsDeeKid and UK underground rap exploded on a global scale

With an experimental and maxed-out sound, bold new MCs are emerging from all corners of the UK – and with US rap in the doldrums, the time is ripe for another British InvasionIt’s early November and London’s Electric Ballroom is heaving. The warm-up DJ drops Fetty Wap’s 2014 smash Trap Queen, and the young crowd, a fair portion of whom were in primary school when the tune first came out, roar every word. They’re clad in baggy skatewear, with distressed, monochromatic union jacks plastered across hats and jackets. A coat sails across the room: someone is going home chilly tonight, but that’ll be the last thing on their mind as Liverpool rapper EsDeeKid, one of the fastest-rising musicians in the world, explodes on to the stage.Wrapped in a hooded cloak and spinning like a twig in a hurricane, he grabs the mic and snarls: “Are you ready for rebellion?”, his distinctive scouse accent battling a storm of apocalyptic bass and John Carpenter-esque horror synths. Behind him, projections fl...

Politics

3 w. ago Utah dad who 'tortured' his three young kids by dragging them on perilous nine

Micah Smith, 31, who is locked up after taking his three young kids on a dangerous hike, allegedly attacked his wife with a hatchet just weeks after his children were hospitalized.

Politics

3 w. ago My son Antonio, 15, died with blood on his sheets and no privacy – NHS doctors failed him again and again

ANTONIO Galisi-Swallow was just 15 when he died in full view of strangers on a crowded hospital ward, his bedsheets covered in blood. The teen, from Rotherham, had only just undergone major open-heart surgery - but within days, his mum and dad were forced to watch him pass away. Antonio, who had Down syndrome, autism...

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3 w. ago Crypto scammer and wife 'encased in concrete and buried in desert' after brutal murder

Roman Novak and his wife Anna were allegedly kidnapped, tortured and murdered in the United Arab Emirates before being encased in concrete and buried in the desert

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3 w. ago Cryptocurrency fraudster and his wife 'watched each other being tortured to death after kidnappers failed to access their £380million'

Roman Novak and his wife Anna vanished on October 2 after being lured to the Hatta resort area, around 80 miles from Dubai, by criminals pretending to be potential investors.

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