A family from Tennessee was torn into pieces after 22-year-old James William “Will” Warner was mercilessly killed in the middle of the street and was left there. His girlfriend was also shot, but she managed to survive.
The police identified the killer as 25-year-old Samuel Earl Rich, who is currently in custody in Bedford County as investigation continues. Police had been after Rich for an attempted murder as well.
Will’s mother, Christy West Warner, was left completely heartbroken when she learned the tragic news of her son’s passing.
“It’s like I had an out-of-body experience. I just collapsed,” she told the Tennessean. “My whole world was broken into a million pieces.
“Every second I stayed with Will was a joy,” she added. “He was just larger than life, he was just a good boy. He was so personable.”
The poor woman wasn’t even able to pick a casket as the burial needed to be immediate due to the condition of Will’s body.
“We’ve been robbed of everything. Every last ounce of closure or peace that we could possibly get from saying goodbye, we didn’t get to do.”
Among those who mourned the loss of this young man was Ace, his dog of many years.
The poor animal could sense something was very wrong and he never left the casket. Saying goodbye to his loving owner was very hard.
After the burial, the grieving dog lay down on the grave and refused to move. The sight of this heartbroken dog reminded everyone just how loved Will was.
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“(He) loved life and loved people,” Will’s uncle, Tennessee state Rep. Todd Warner, told the Tennessean. “It’s just a tragic ending to something that should’ve never happened.”
Rest in peace, Will. Our hearts go out to the grieving family.
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Being trapped inside your own body unable to move or communicate and without anyone, including yourself, realizing you are still there, might sound like the worst nightmare one could ever imagine.
Sadly, such terrifying stories are some people’s reality.
Martin Pistorius, a 12-year-old boy from South Africa, was struck by a mysterious neurological illness. It didn’t take long before he lost the ability to move and communicate. He simply slipped into an inexplicable comatose state, or at least everyone thought so.
It seemed like he was completely unaware of his surrounding, but that was far from the truth. A few years after he became bed-bounded, he became aware of his condition, but there was nothing he could do as he couldn’t move or speak.
It wasn’t until years later that doctors discovered he was somewhere there, trapped inside his own body.
“My awareness was something that happened gradually, so it wasn’t like one moment I was asleep and the next moment I was awake,” he told All in the Mind. “As my awareness returned, it took me a while to fully comprehend that I was trapped inside my body,” Martin shared after he finally got his life back, although never to the fullest.
We can never imagine what it must feel like to experience something as frightening as what Martin went through.
Today, Martin is able to walk but he never regained back the ability to speak. Instead, his speech is facilitated through a computer-assisted communication.
He is married and runs his own business from his home in Essex, UK.
His life experience was put on paper as Martin wrote a book which turned into a bestseller, Ghost Boy: My escape from a life locked inside my own body, published by Simon & Schuster.
His interview for NBC News has been seen by over 10 million people. For more on his remarkable story go to the video below and don’t forget to SHARE it with your family and friends on Facebook because it’s so worth sharing.
When my wife Emily and I left the doctor’s office, I knew our world would change for the best. We were going to become parents. It was the news that we’ve both waited for so long, and now, our wish was finally turning into a reality.
“Honey, this is the best day ever,” I screamed with joy.
I knew nothing could ruin my happiness, but I was so wrong.
The moment we stepped foot out of the doctor’s office, I noticed a strange writing on my car. The words “Hope She Was Worth It” were written all over the left side of it.
“What the hell?” I muttered, heart pounding.
I turned to Emily, she was as confused as I was. “What could this be? Did someone mess up with the wrong car?” I thought to myself.
Emily then tied to defend herself, assuring me that she had nothing to do with that message, and that she wasn’t the one who wrote it.
We got inside the car and headed home, but the thought of that message hunted me.
That evening, Emily spent the night at her parents. I tried to rest and sleep for a while, but I couldn’t. Instead, I got outside and started rubbing the paint the message was written with off the car.
Then, I heard footsteps approaching, and a familiar voice said, “Don’t bother thanking me, you’re welcome.”
When I lifted my head I noticed my best friend, Adrian.
“Adrian, what is going on?” I asked, confused.
It was then that Adrian decided to share something with me. Something about Emily.
It turned out that on the day of our engagement party, she disappeared for quite some time. I was busy with the guests and had a few drinks, so I didn’t notice she was absent. While I was unaware of what was happening, all of my friends did notice Emily sneaking from the party. Glances were exchanged, but no one dared to say anything to me.
“I did this because I thought Emily would tell you about that night once she read the message on the car,” Adrian said.
I didn’t want to believe what he was saying, but I was determined to get to the bottom of the story, so I confronted Emily the following day.
As of Adrian, he said he didn’t believe my marriage would last, but now that we were trying for a baby, he knew I was there to stay, so he wanted me to know the truth about my wife.
Whenever I mentioned the message in front of Emily, she tried to assure me that it was just a random act of vandalism, but I knew it wasn’t.
Eventually, when I asked her about the night of our engagement, she burst into tears and confessed she was scared and wanted to leave for good. The thought of getting engaged and getting married was overwhelming. At the time, she wasn’t even sure if I was the one for her.
But, she didn’t cheat on me, and I decided to trust her.
I wouldn’t let that night define the rest of our lives.
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If we do good, we will see Heaven when we die, if not, the Hell awaits us, at least this is something certain religions believe to be true when it comes to the concept of afterlife. Of course, this isn’t something everyone is convinced is true and the truth is that we will never know for sure what happens to our soul after we die.
The hot topic of life after death has been around for so long, and people still have divided opinions about it.
The thought of dying is a scary one, but we are all aware that it is something inevitable. I believe that people convince themselves in the existence of afterlife because that helps accept the concept of death more easily.
Victoria Thomas, now 41, went through a rather unique experience when she was “dead” for 17 minutes after collapsing on the floor during gym session when she was 35.
According to her, she began feeling dizzy after a weightlifting session, told her friend she didn’t feel right, and then suddenly collapsed.
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Thomas went into cardiac arrest. Ambulance arrived shortly after, and paramedics started performing CPR but as minuted went by, they believed Thomas’ heart stopped for good.
Recounting what was happening during the 17 minutes until her heart started beating again, Thomas said, “When it happened, it went black and there was nothing, then I became aware of looking down on my body.
“I was floating near the roof and was looking down at myself on the gym floor. My first thought was that my legs looked really fat. And when I looked at a photo of myself taken just minutes before I collapsed, I could see that my legs were actually swollen.
“I didn’t see a light, or feel peaceful, I was just watching myself, and I could see some yellow machines around me.”
Eventually, her heart started beating again and she was rushed to Bristol Royal Infirmary where she remained in a coma for three days and was given a defibrillator to restart her heart if it went into cardiac arrest once more — and it did.
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Over the next few months, this healthy woman’s heart stopped a couple more times, with the defibrillator shocking it back into rhythm each time.
“I went back to playing netball three weeks after it happened, with my defibrillator. It was a shock whenever it went off, but it allowed me to carry on living my normal life, which I was so grateful for,” she told Metro.
In 2021, Thomas got pregnant, and no matter how happy that made her, the pregnancy put pressure on her heart and she started going into cardiac arrest regularly.
Finally, at 24 weeks pregnant, doctors told her what was causing the issues with her heart. It turned out Thomas suffered from Danon disease, a rare genetic disease.
“When I read the letter from the genetics team telling me what I had, I was 24 weeks pregnant with Tommy and I was so shocked, I couldn’t take it in.
“The doctors wanted to deliver Tommy at just 24 weeks, but I persuaded them to let me hang on a few more weeks. If he had been born at 24 weeks then he may not have survived.
“But by the time I was 30 weeks I couldn’t breathe properly because of the fluid build up around my body, so I had to have an emergency caesarean,” she told Metro.
Tommy was delivered as a healthy boy, but Thomas’ heart was damaged even further. Doctors told her it only worked at 11% and she was given just a couple of months to live.
Luckily, she was placed on a list and had a heart transplanted to her successfully at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
“I’d been in hospital since Tommy’s first birthday in October and now I was finally home with him. I couldn’t believe it,” she told the publication.
Today, she is back to full strength and plays netball four times a week.
Her life story is truly a remarkable one.
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Having to balance work, the housework, and taking care of my children, I sometimes feel too overwhelmed and too tired to be able to cook for the family, so it’s not unusual that I sometimes skip preparing dinner and rely on takeout.
Over time, we and our delivery guy, Ravi, became sort of friends.
However, during his last visit, he didn’t seem like he’s usual self. Instead of the friendly greeting I was used to, he didn’t really say anything except for one shy “Hi.”
I found that strange, but I just though he had a bad day or something, so I didn’t say anything.
What was even more strange was the way he hurried when I took the order. It was obvious Ravi was pretty nervous, and I had no idea why. Did it have something to do with my family? Who knew.
But just as I tried getting the food out of the bags, I noticed a note written on one of them. It read, “Check your trash!”
At that very moment, I got scared. Was there something that Ravi knew and I didn’t?
I was hesitant to even open the trash can, but then I finally gathered the courage and what I found inside shook my world — gloves, tools, and a bottle of corrosive liquid.
I alerted the police, who told me not to touch anything until they arrived.
Well, it turned out that the liquid was used to weaken the locks of my house. Someone was planning to rob us.
The following day, we set up cameras. I was still very scared, but thankful to Ravi who warned us about the possible danger.
A couple of days later, I met him while walking around the neighborhood. “Ravi, can I talk to you for a second?” I said.
He approached, but it felt like he was afraid of me. “How did you know we were in danger?” I asked. He then told me he had seen some suspicious people lurking around the house and the trash can.
“You may have saved my family,” I told him.
Cameras or not, I knew we weren’t out of danger. Watching the monitor night after night, a knot of fear sat beside my gratitude — at least we were warned.
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That day, Kristi, who worked as a stewardess, witnessed a young couple at the plane who seemed to be very much in love. Just as she was passing by them, she witnessed the man, dressed in an expensive suit and looking gorgeous, gifting the woman a diamond necklace.
The woman was over the moon, giving him kisses and telling him how special he was.
Before the flight was over, the man gave Kristi a generous tip, and the woman, who introduced herself as Isabella, thanked Kristi for her impeccable service.
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That evening, although tired and in need of some rest, Kristi stopped by her mother’s place. She was looking forward to spending some time with her mom, who said she had some special news to share with Kristi.
“Mom, I’m home,” Kristi said as she placed her suitcase in the hallway.
“Welcome, honey,” her mom said. “There’s someone I’d like you to meet,” she said.
However, the moment Kristi entered the living room, she experienced the greatest shock. The man standing next to his mother was the same young man from the flight.
“Kristi, this is Edwin. We’ll be getting married in a matter of weeks,” her mom said.
Edwin, who was extremely charming, shook Kristi’s hand, pretending he had never seen her before.
“What is going on?” Kristi thought to herself.
She didn’t want to expose Edwin right there and then because she realized her mom was infatuated by him.
After dinner, while they were at the kitchen, checking on the pie, Kristi asked her mom how good she knew her future husband.
“He’s the son of a tycoon who’s working with diamonds. Oh, honey, he’s the most romantic person I’ve ever met. He’s showering me with so much attention,” her mom bragged.
The following day, Kristi met with her mom again and decided to tell her the truth about Edwin. “Listen, mom. Edwin isn’t who he’s pretending to be. He was on my last flight with another woman. I saw him gifting her an expensive necklace.”
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But her mom’s reaction wasn’t what Kristi expected. “How dare you, Kristi?” she yelled. “You are just jealous because you don’t want me to be with another man after your dad’s passing. Why can’t you be happy for me?”
Kristi was heartbroken. Her mom didn’t trust her, and she knew she needed to find a way to expose Edwin.
In the days to come, Kristi managed to track Isabella down. A friend of hers who worked at the airline offices let her see the passengers’ list.
When Kristi contacted Isabella, she agreed to meet her.
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“You are the stewardess, aren’t you?” Isabella asked. “Is there anything I can do for you?”
“In fact, there is,” Kristi answered. “The man you were with on the plane. How do you know him?”
Isabella became suspicious. “Why would you like to know that?” she asked.
It was then that Kristi told her that he was in fact her mom’s fiance.
“I could sense he’s a fraud,” Isabella said. “He asked me to borrow him some money – huge money, but I didn’t think he would trick me, you know, because he gifted me a diamond necklace.”
Kristi begged her to help her expose him, and Isabella agreed.
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A couple of days after their meeting, Isabella met Edwin at an expensive restaurant. She thanked him about the necklace he had gifted her on the plane once again and said she would give him the money.
As the two talked over a fine dinner and expensive wine, Isabella spilled the drink on Edwin’s shirt.
“Look what you’ve done,” he said and rushed to the toilet to clean himself.
At that moment, Kristi, who was seated at another table, took Edwin’s phone and went to the lady’s room in order to find evidence of him scamming other women.
But sadly, Edwin realized what was going on and rushed after Kristi, threatening to report her to the police.
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Sadly, that’s exactly what happened. Police intervened and Kristi found herself at the police station.
There was also her mom who was fuming at Kristi, accusing her of wanting to ruin her life and her happiness.
Eventually, Edwin decided not to press charges against Kristi and she was free to leave.
But, Kristi didn’t go home, instead, she went to Isabella’s place and told her that she didn’t manage to find any evidence of Edwin’s fraudulent schemes, but she did manage to get the password of his social media.
Isabella started laughing, telling Kristi to get ready to expose the man from the plane.
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They messaged every woman Edwin had previously chatted with and warned them of his deceptive practices. Additionally, they provided them with details of his wedding to Kristi’s mom, telling them they could confront him right there and then.
On the day of the wedding, which gladly didn’t take place, all those women whom Edwin deceived appeared at the ceremony. They started calling him names, to the shock of the guests gathered at the church.
There were over 30 women who accused him of stealing from them.
Edwin didn’t have a choice but to run away, leaving Kristi’s mom at the altar.
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Luckily, he didn’t get far as two police officers were waiting for him at the door.
Kristi was glad he was finally exposed.
As of her mom, she was too proud to accept the fact that she made a mistake trusting Edwin. But Kristi still have hopes their relationship would be rebuilt in the future.
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Always charming Christina Applegate shared her recent health struggle, explaining she was admitted to the hospital with severe kidney infection that started with one of her kidneys but then spread to the other one too.
Applegate, who also has multiple sclerosis, said in an episode of her “MeSsy” podcast, “I’m holding in (a) bag o’ tears right now. Just (a) bag o’ tears. I sometimes fall into the nurse’s arms like a freako, just crying.”
She recorded it while still at the hospital but has since been released.
“I was in the hospital for seven days,” she said. “I’m home now, getting treated for the kidney infection, but my stomach issues are still a mystery we’re trying to solve.”
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She first felt that something was off during a trip to Europe while visiting family. Once she returned, she went straight to the hospital, not wanting to take any chances.
“I was really afraid to go back home and get to the point where I was so bad that like at three in the morning, my poor friend has to drive me, and it’s a Saturday night and it’s going to be horrible,” she said.
“So I was like, ‘I’m going to go and I’m not leaving there until I have some f***ing answers!’ Like, I’m done. Think outside the box. Don’t just leave me there, give me meds, and say, ‘You feel better now. You’re going home.’ I want to know why this is happening, and I want it to stop so that I don’t have to keep coming here.”
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It was only after she started experiencing excruciating pain that an emergency CT scan revealed she had a kidney infection.
“I’m here because of this kidney infection, and I have to have intravenous antibiotics right now,” she said on her podcast. “That’s where we’re at. Now they’re thinking it could be something else, and I don’t want to say what they think because I don’t want it to sound scary.”
The Dead to Me star was diagnosed with MS in 2021 and she has been open about her health ever since. She hosts the “MeSsy” podcast with fellow actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who also has MS.
Hi friends. A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS. It’s been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition. It’s been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some asshole blocks it.
According to NHS, Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a condition that affects the brain and/or spinal cord. It may lead to symptoms such as difficulties with vision, movement of the arms or legs, sensation, or keeping balance.
It’s a lifelong condition that can sometimes cause serious disability. Currently, there is no cure but the symptoms may be managed with treatment.
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The case of disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein who killed himself in his cell in 2019 while awaiting trial in federal prison is still very much far from settled and surrounded by controversy. However, it seems that it is very unlikely that the public will get the answers they are eager to get any time soon… or ever.
Recently, the FBI has addressed the conspiracy theories, with Deputy Director Dan Bongino revealing to Fox News that the Intelligence Agency possesses surveillance footage of the night Epstein died.
The footage in question shows no one walking across, towards, or away from Epstein’s cell—except for a guard leaving after escorting him inside—until the morning when he was found unresponsive, the US Justice Department (DoJ) noted. However, the 11-hour-long video is missing a minute, and while Attorney General Pam Bondi attempted to explain the gap, her statement made more harm than good when it comes to shutting down the conspiracy theories regarding the way Epstein died while in federal custody, according to many.
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Bondi insisted the one-minute gap in the video was part of a routine daily reset that takes place at the Metropolitan Detention Center. “The video was not conclusive, but the evidence prior to it was showing he [was not murdered],” she said. Further, she stressed the missing minute is not unique to the Epstein video. “There was a minute that was off the counter, and what we learned from the Bureau of Prisons is every night they redo that video. … Every night should have the same minute missing.”
The FBI also claimed there was no “client list” that allegedly consisted of names who were related to Epstein that he used to blackmail them.
“This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list’. There was also no evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions.
“We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,” the agency stated.
"There is nothing in the file at this point on the Epstein case — and there is going to be a disclosure on this coming shortly — there is VIDEO. That is something the public does not know."
This, however, contradicts to a statement by attorney Alan Dershowitz in which he alleged he is knows the names on Jeffrey Epstein’s supposed client list tied to claims of an international sex trafficking ring.
He made the statement in March, but since the case is receiving more and more attention by the public, it resurfaced recently.
“I know the names of the individuals. I know why they’re being suppressed, I know who’s suppressing them,” he said on The Sean Spicer Show on March 19, as reported by the Independent. “But I’m bound by confidentiality from a judge and cases, and I can’t disclose what I know,” Dershowitz, who’s former Trump’s lawyer, added.
Spicer reshared the interview with Dershowitz on X, gathering 1.6 million views.
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Dershowitz added that he has pushed for “total transparency” in the release of Epstein-related documents.
“Every single document, no redaction. That’s what I’ve said from day one,” he said.
Asked about the content of the “client list” and whether names of business leaders or politicians pop up, he answered, “They’re everything and let me tell you, a lot of them—at least one of them—is somebody who was accused, others are accusers, and the judges have said if somebody calls themselves a victim we’re not going to give any information about them, but they may not be victims, they may be perpetrators…We want total transparency on this.”
Dershowitz played a key role in arranging Epstein’s immunity deal in 2008. He was also part of the legal team that defended Trump in his first impeachment trial, despite previously calling him “more corrupt than Hillary Clinton.”
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