House plant kills owner?! In a bizarre twist that will leave you reeling… by Nadim Mansour
In what is touted to be the first plant-on-human murder, an 84-year-old man was found smothered by one of his house plants following a welfare check. Some locals, already dubbing the alleged perpetrator as the “North Sydney Strangler”, are saying they are not surprised.
A neighbour who wishes to remain anonymous had this to say: “you can’t just bring an outdoor plant inside and expect it to behave like an indoor plant. I told him not to meddle with nature.”
The plant is being kept in dappled light and high humidity for further questioning. Expert botanist [Read more].
My name is Nadim. I’m a junior doctor who loves to write in their spare time. I’ve had some work featured in Aniko Press and Better Read Than Dead Anthology.