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Vanessa George was my best friend

Little Ted Nursery worker Laura*, 48, met Vanessa George through a friend and they quickly forged a tight bond. But then the news of the child porn horror story broke and her life changed forever… In Laura’s eyes Vanessa seemed … Continue reading →

We found love while fighting the Taliban

When Anna Harris, 23, gazed into her new husband Mark Inghram’s, 29, eyes as he slid the ring on to her finger, she knew they could get through anything together. After all, they had met in the most extraordinary of … Continue reading →

My stalker tried to get custody of my kids

WHEN SULEA ANDERSON, 27, AND HER FAMILY WERE WOKEN UP BY BANGING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SHE NEVER IMAGINED IT WOULD BE THE START OF A TERRIFYING STALKING ORDEAL THAT WOULD LAST ALMOST THREE YEARS AND TEAR HER … Continue reading →

My husband’s secret sex-fuelled double life

Gill Hopes, 62, had been happily married to Paul, 58, for 23 years and thought everything was perfect – until she found out that he had swindled £3.7 million and spent it on a sex-fuelled double life… Gill met the … Continue reading →

Eastenders cot death: My heartbreaking reality

When Eastenders hit the headlines with a traumatic cot death storyline, Benri Henry, 22, could relate to the heartache all to well… Just like any other evening, Berni, 22, and her partner Matthew, 29, tuned in to EastEnders. Curled up … Continue reading →

I married a sicko sex killer in jail

Thurzie O’Neil, 45, fell head over heels with convicted murdered Lee Barrass, 45, even marrying him in prison. But it wasn’t long before his evil true colours shone through… Staring at the handsome man in the photograph, my hand started … Continue reading →

My toyboy hubby was a bigamist fraud

When Maureen Lewis, 58, was swept off her feet by her romantic toyboy lover John Lewis nee Hospkins,48. But little did she know that her dream life was about to become a living nightmare… “It was my first night out … Continue reading →

I found love in a disaster zone

Saying her vows on the idyllic beach, Lydia McKelvey thought back to the body strewn hellish scene, which confronted her when she first set eyes on the man she was going to spend the rest of her life with… As … Continue reading →

My living hell at the hands of sci-fi sex cult leader

When Vicky Unsworth, now 25, met her best friend’s boyfriend, Lee, chill went through her. But just months later she was embroiled in a sci-fi sex cult that nearly destroyed her life… Walking into my best friend Kathy’s* living room, … Continue reading →

Sunbeds left me looking like a shark attack victim

Sonya, 36, loved getting a tan. Until it left her looking like she’d been nibbled on by a shark… As I stretched out on the sun lounger, I smiled. ‘This is the life,’ I sighed happily as I lay next … Continue reading →

The doctors let my baby die

Screaming in agony, Johanne Rees, 48, begged hospital staff to give her a Cesarean and save her baby. But staff failed to acknowledge that she was in labour and instead simply told to her to go to the toilet. Here … Continue reading →

I’m having my brother’s baby

When Jill*, 32, was put into foster care she only had a rare couple of visits from her brother, Sam*, 34. When she was older she was determined to have a proper family…now she is pregnant with his baby… I … Continue reading →

The love of my life was a serial rapist

When Susan George, 44, met Michael Thomas she finally thought that her prays had been answered but her dreams quickly became nightmares… “Come sit down,” a charming man with big blue eyes said. “I’m Michael,’ he smiled, kissing my cheek. … Continue reading →

I put the ‘gentleman’ rapist behind bars

When Lydia Jones*, 18, left a club alone, ‘gentleman’ Raymond Chan, 45, offered her a taxi home. An hour later she escaped screaming, after being raped three times and given a consent form to sign… Rifling through my wardrobe, I … Continue reading →

My step-father wore a clown mask to rape me

Kelly endured one of the worst pains at the hands of her step-father as he wore a clown mask, to repeatedly rape her during her childhood. Now, 18, with a three-year-old daughter, Kelly explains how she still lives in fear … Continue reading →

My love rat hubby cheated in the virtual world

When Amy Taylor, 28, caught husband David Pollard, 40, cheating on her in a virtual world she filed for divorce straight away…. As I arrived home from the shops I skipped up the stairs to see my husband David. But … Continue reading →

Disabled duck changed our lives

When Becci Lomax saved a disabled duck from death she didn’t realise that her good Samaritan act would change her child’s life forever… Becci stared in amazement as her little boy, Finaly, four, lifted both hands off the table and … Continue reading →

Lamb saved from fireball by Jesus

WHEN PETER BUCK, 35 DRESSED UP AS LARRY THE LAMB HE NEVER THOUGHT THAT HIS MATE DRESSED AS JESUS CHRIST WOULD SAVE HIM FROM BURNING TO DEATH AFTER A DRUNKEN PRANK WENT HORRIBLY WRONG. As I stuck the cotton wool … Continue reading →

My daughter starved to death

When Rosemary Walkley, 73, waved her lively daughter, Virginia, 44 off on her flight to paradise she was sad to see her go. But she looked forward to keeping in touch and seeing her exotic photos but nothing could have … Continue reading →