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'When my daughter was diagnosed with autism, my own childhood suddenly made sense.'

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'I was ghosted by my boyfriend of 6 months. He left my life without a warning.'

Edith married the man convicted of killing her identical twin, Johana. He was in prison at the time.

'I was 5 days into parenthood when a midwife found me on the floor. It was a sliding doors moment.'

Margaret loved her twin brother. Then she learned he was a paedophile.

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"Very violent." Patrick Swayze's wife on her late husband's 'abusive' childhood.

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Inside Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino's tumultuous personal and professional relationship.

Everything we know about Moana Hope and Isabella Carlstrom's love story.

'Ivan Milat has been writing to me for 20 years. He says he's innocent.'

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