Lunch Break Reads: October 31, 2025

Brandon Kowallis gives his harrowing perspective of the Nutty Putty Cave rescue of John Edward Jones, the day before Thanksgiving in 2009. Jones became stuck in an unmapped passage of the cave and came to a dead end. Entering head-first, he became wedged just 400 feet from the entrance of the cave.

James Bulger case is one of the most haunting and significant criminal cases in British history. This detailed account takes you through the tragic events of February 1993, when two-year-old James was abducted from a Liverpool shopping center by two 10-year-old boys—Robert Thompson and Jon Venables—who would become the youngest convicted murderers in modern English history.

This gripping account follows the Broaddus family's nightmare after purchasing their dream home in idyllic Westfield, New Jersey, only to receive deeply disturbing anonymous letters from someone claiming to have been watching the house for decades and threatening their children. What makes this case so compelling is not just the eerie letters themselves, but the devastating ripple effects—the psychological toll on the family, the shocking lack of support from their community, and the fact that despite extensive investigations, The Watcher's identity remains a mystery to this day.

Susan Cox Powell vanished on Dec. 7, 2009, on the same day her husband had their two young sons, ages 2 and 4, out for an impromptu camping trip — in a blizzard — in Utah’s West Desert. Her body has never been located.