#Small town crime

[backoff-warchild-srsly]

[sentient-forest-boy]

As a young librarian, I started trying to figure out why more young people aren't ever coming in; 90% of our demographic are the elderly and parents of children, and the rest are a rough mix of the kids and teenagers who come in just for school projects. As a result, I've been attempting different ways to get the Youth TM to come into libraries, but first I wanted to see why they don't come in. Please reblog to get this poll out to more people! <3

[tctmp]

Crime  Mystery  Thriller

[longreads]

The new issue of The Atavist Magazine, by John Rosengren, is about a murder that divided a small Minnesota town. 

But nothing has captivated local conversation quite like what happened between Larry Scully and Levi Axtell in March 2023. A shocking act of violence attracted international attention and split the town over questions of truth and justice. Grand Marais is still trying to piece itself back together. 

Read an excerpt of this story our Longreads.

[tricoufamily]

visiting the hometown

(want everyone to know this edit came to me in a dream and i changed the lore just to do it)

[ratintank]

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[edit: forgot to add: THIS 'TOON IS 16+ (18+ or even 21+ DEPENDING ON THE REGION YOU LIVE IN. Better late than never, amr?]

[the7livesofmillygray]

The 7 Lives of Milly Gray (free on kindle unlimited)

[netscapenavigator-official]

Small town Americans really think that getting paid cash under the table is a secret money glitch where you don’t have to file your taxes. Like, no babes, you do. You’re just committing tax evasion. ❤️

You piss off the wrong person, they could report you to the IRS, and all of sudden, you’ve got a bill for thousands of dollars, or worse: You go to jail.

[strawberrywinter4]

Stories of unprecedented events, odd occurrences, the feeling that something isn’t quite right always sends a delightful shiver of suspense down my spine.

Something eerie and momentarily heart stopping makes an appearance through the thick air of a small town. Everyone is on high alert, rumors are spoken amongst hushed voices, authority figures are denying “outlandish” claims.

Portraying stories like this is though commonly used, incredibly exciting. It never fails to leave me at the edge of my seat in anticipation.

[sanpape]

[youvebeenflashedbyfreya]

the devil couldn’t reach me so he made me live in a shitty small town away from the city

[imthefailedartist]

I sometimes wonder about all the small town murderers who just moved because everyone in town knew the victim had it coming.

The racists and the abusers.

Like Jim, the town racist was always doing some evil racist stuff to Mike. Mike finally had enough and killed Jim. The family packed Mike up and sent him to live with the family in Cali. The sheriff came knocking and asked where Mike was. The family said he left town, and the sheriff just says, "Make sure he stay gone." Jim's family never says anything because they know he had it coming.

Or

Lisa married Kyle. Lisa always shows up with new bruises, and something broke. One day, Kyle turned up dead, and Lisa went to stay with her aunt in Temecula and the Sheriff just said good for her and went on about his day.

[womenusingwords]

Under the Cold Moon

The details… Title: Under the Cold Moon Author: C. Jean Downer Publisher: Bella Books Editor: Cath Walker ISBN-10: 1642475831 Publication date: November 29, 2024 Available formats: paperback, ebook  Ebook file size: 3219 KB Print length: 280 pages Genre: supernatural mystery/thriller Themes: witchcraft, small seaside village life, family, small business, murder, family legacy, magic,…

[peninsulaisms]

haven’t read wild place yet but so many of the bad reviews seem to be nothing. “the characters are unrealistic” you haven’t been to the mornington peninsula. “small town australia isn’t like this” you haven’t been to the mornington peninsula. “the mornington peninsula isn’t as rural or isolated as it is in this book.” THE AUTHOR IS BORN AND RAISED HERE 😭😭 are you stupid???

[justplaggin]

bsd s1 spoilers without context

[theunderwrld]

an semi appless, plot-driven discord rp, based in Peaky Blinders and Sons of Anarchy, please feel free to enter the server and get to know about it!

WELCOME TO HELLSBANE.

Located between the counties of Hampshire and Surrey, in the southeast of England, the protected and mysterious Hellsbane grows strong and sturdy from outside eyes. Born from the society and alliance of five powerful families, the county lives and breathes from crime. These families bred their future generations through blood, money and power, thriving using the method for years and years, fermenting rivalries and animosity between tradition and future. The five families formed a single alliance, calling themselves “The Syndicate”. Hardly accepting outsiders, even with the territory expanding significatively, affirming they aren’t bred like them. The founding families included the Von Tottën, Faulkner, Chevalier, Grecco and Zharkov Clans. Powerful and distrustful vipers, if you ask anyone who lives in Hellsbane. Around the 1960s, immigrants reached the county, and other organizations were born, like the Italian mafia. Cattivo Vecchiano was the man behind the terror for 10 years, after settling by a patch of land granted by the Von Tottën as a manner of keeping him in their good graces. And in twenty years time, the mafia solidified its control and worked alongside the Syndicate, being one of their headaches. In 1985, in the outskirts of the county, two groups joined the political and illegal schemes of Hellsbane, calling themselves — respectively — the Astaroth and Mammons MC. Chapter sisters, and united front against the iron first and vanity of the upper crust of the Syndicate and their associates. The two presidents, brothers by oath, and in a matter of few years, Francisco “Hangmen” Areña and Jonathan “The Reaper” Van Weinsberg gained the respect of the population with their own code and morals. / ˖ 𝐭𝐰𝐨. THE GREAT WAR & THEN ˚ .❞ ₊ In the beginning of the 1990 decade, the tension grew so strong during the years back. initiated because of a love story brewed between the main heir of the Van Tottën, Marie-Ange — also called the ‘white rose’ of the family, because of her personality and looks. — and the president at the time of Astaroth MC, Charles “AK” Harrison. The first blood draw was the fuse needed to start, and sides were chosen while the two lovers fought on their own to protect their romance. More than 70 people, between innocent and guilty, were murdered in cold blood to defend their ideals, resulting in Hellsbane being segregated to attend to their needs of pursuing what they thought it was theirs by right. Since then, Hellsbane has functioned as the most dangerous town in the Southeast, and those who dare to cross the city to own something, had to fight their way tooth and nail to prove their right. Until one day, when the city woke up to the streets covered in blood and every part of the Head of the Syndicate, Dmitri Zharkov, telling one message only. “Bend before ruin”. Now, Hellsbane will need to learn their way around and prepare themselves for another war, with the outsiders and between their own people to survive, and they refuse to give in so easily. Not before all the blood is drawn.