A fake video and a big crime – level 1

A fake video and a big crime

01-04-2026 07:00

Stephen McCullagh is a famous YouTuber. He kills his girlfriend, Natalie. He tries to hide the truth. He puts a video on the internet. He wants people to think he is at home playing games.

But the video is old. Stephen goes to Natalie’s house while the video is on YouTube. He looks sad after the murder. He tells the police a lie. But the police are clever. They look at his computer. They see that the video is old.

Stephen is not a good man; he is a murderer. Now, he must go to jail. Natalie’s family is very sad, but they are happy that the police find the truth.

Difficult words: hide (to put something in a place where other people cannot see it or know about it), murder (killing another person), jail (a building where you stay if you do something very bad).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

What did the police discover on Stephen’s computer that exposed his lie?

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