2024-08-16
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Hello, I'm Mariam.
I hope you don't scare easily because today I've got a story that will make your blood run cold.
It's a story about murder and intrigue and a detective who has to work out who has committed a very serious crime.
The story is set in Paris in the 19th century on a dark and foggy night.
A terrifying scream echoes around the streets.
People nearby hear two voices coming from the apartment above.
One of them clearly sounds french, but the other one is high pitched and isnt easy to understand.
Then it goes quiet.
Quickly the people run into the house where the noise came from and run up the stairs.
With a great force they burst into the apartment.
What a horrific sight.
They seed.
There is mess everywhere.
There's a woman's body hanging from the chimney.
And another is on the courtyard below with blood running from a cut in her neck.
And there are two bags of money left behind.
No one has taken them, but strangely the windows are closed and the doors are locked.
And no one saw anyone run down the stairs as they came up.
What a mystery.
The police have never run up against something like this before.