True Stories
Maxwell Anderson – First Date Gone Horribly Wrong (A True Crime Story)
It was supposed to be a fun night. Just dinner, a few laughs, maybe a movie. For 25-year-old Maxwell Anderson, it was his first real attempt at moving on after a rough breakup. For 24-year-old Samantha Green, it was a chance to meet someone new and see where things might go. Both had matched on […]
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Slenderman Told Us To Do It” – A Chilling Story of Friendship, Fantasy, and Stabbing
Waukesha, Wisconsin. A quiet American town where nothing strange ever seemed to happen. But on May 31, 2014, something so shocking happened that it sent cold chills down the spines of people all over the world. Payton Leutner, 12 years old, was excited. Her best friend, Morgan Geyser, had invited her for a sleepover. The […]
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Flames and Silence — The True Story of the Yogurt Shop Murders
Austin, Texas — December 6, 1991. The air was cold, still, and unforgiving. The “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt!” shop on Anderson Lane had just closed for the night. Inside, four teenage girls—Eliza Thomas (17), Jennifer Harbison (17), her younger sister Sarah (15), and their family friend Amy Ayers (13)—were cleaning up. Laughter occasionally echoed […]
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The Man I Wanted but Could Never Have
The Man I Wanted but Could Never Have It’s been three years since I lost my husband. Sometimes I still wake up expecting to hear his voice, or see his clothes hanging by the bathroom door, the way he always left them. Grief, I’ve come to learn, is a quiet visitor. It stops showing up […]
Read MoreI Loved Her But Couldn’t Marry Her episode 3
Episode 3: Letting Go, Watching Her Move On The silence between us didn’t happen overnight. It started like a small crack—missed calls, late replies, awkward conversations. But over time, the distance grew into something we couldn’t ignore. Amara stopped calling every night. She stopped checking up as often. Maybe she was trying to give me […]
Read MoreI Loved Her But Couldn’t Marry Her episode 2
Episode 2: Love vs Lack In early 2021, something in me started to shift. The days felt heavier. The Lagos sun burned hotter. And my dreams began to feel like burdens instead of goals. I was 27, living in a shared apartment with two other guys in Ajegunle. We had no proper plumbing, the landlord […]
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I Loved Her But Couldn’t Marry Her
I never believed in love at first sight—until I met Amara. It was July 2019. NYSC orientation camp in Obubra, Cross River State. I arrived late, drenched in sweat, my travel bag torn at the side. The sun was brutal, the registration queue worse. I had just managed to get my mattress when I first […]
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How to Co-Parent Peacefully in Nigeria After a Breakup
Introduction Co-parenting in Nigeria can be a difficult path, especially after a painful breakup, divorce, or betrayal. It requires maturity, emotional control, and most importantly, a focus on the child’s well-being. Many single parents, particularly mothers, face the extra challenge of societal judgment, financial stress, and the constant fear that they may never find love […]
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My Best Friend Slept with My Husband While I Was Pregnant
I still remember the exact moment the truth hit me — it was like getting kicked in the chest, repeatedly, by someone you loved and trusted with your life. My name is Amarachi. I’m 31 years old. And yes, my best friend — the one who helped plan my wedding, the one who held my […]
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The Story of Shyam Lal Yadav: The Man With a Growing Horn
It All Started With a Bump The year was 2014 when Shyam first noticed a small, rough patch on the top of his head. He thought little of it—he was a farmer after all, used to working in the sun and toughing out small injuries. But over time, the patch hardened and began to grow […]
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What It Feels Like to Be the Firstborn in a Poor Nigerian Family
I was born in 1996, the first child in a family of five. From the moment I could walk, I became the second adult in the house—except no one gave me a choice. While other children were playing outside and living carefree lives, I was helping my mum watch over my siblings, boiling rice, running […]
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My Parents Forced Me Into Marriage — Now I Regret Everything
“They said he was responsible. That I’d grow to love him. But no one warned me that regret lives in silence… and I sleep next to it every night.” My name is Amara. I’m 27 years old, and I’ve been married for two years now.But if I’m being honest, I’ve felt like a widow since […]
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He Opened a Shawarma Business for His Girlfriend—She Left Him Broke
In Nigeria, when a man truly loves a woman, he goes all out. I did too. I believed in her dreams more than she believed in herself. At the time, I was working as a customer service officer in a commercial bank in Enugu. The salary wasn’t great—₦95,000 monthly—but it was stable. My girlfriend then […]
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How I Turned My Heartbreak Into a Million-Naira Skincare Brand
– The Breakup That Shattered Me I met Seyi during my NYSC in Akwa Ibom. He was everything I had ever prayed for—kind, ambitious, and always smiling. We started as friends, but it wasn’t long before we were doing everything together: CDS, church, cooking, and long walks back to the lodge under the hot Uyo […]
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