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MARCH 2018

Rachel switched on her husband's computer. She saw images that will forever scar her.
'I discovered my husband drained me of all my money to fund his secret life.'
"The midwife took my hand and said, 'I'm so sorry, they've tried everything they can'."
At 25, Kylie didn't know if she'd be able to walk. Next month she'll be running 10km.
"My twin sister was asked to turn off my life support. I'm so glad she gave me more time."
'As a mother, I spent years putting everyone else first. It nearly cost me my life.'
The gingerbread cabin built deep in the woods that was hiding a terrible secret.
How a single post from Constance Hall changed the way Casey Manson does business.
'If Aussies want to open their hearts to refugee families like Amneh's, why not let them?'
The founder of Scientology discovered his son was gay. Then something awful happened to him.
Melanie's son was playing happily when she left him at daycare. Hours later he was fighting for life.
Celeste heard a group of men mocked her at their "boys' night". So she sent one this text.
'I don't remember a life before cancer and Crohn's disease. But Ed Sheeran gave me hope.'
The true roommate horror story that went viral because of, well... the horror.
"I'm irate." Guy live-tweets the most frustrating flight experience we've ever heard.
'I was 12 years old the first time a relative said I was fat. That was just the beginning.'
"It's picked the wrong family": the Brisbane toddler fighting an incredibly rare brain condition.
Glennon Doyle wrote a best-selling book about marriage, then left hers to be with a woman.
Syd texted the wrong number asking for advice about a dress. Then something unexpected happened.
When a stranger attacked me in the dog park, only my 11-year-old daughter defended me.
A "madman" tried to force himself into Kate Langbroek's home while she was there with her kids.
'Right away, I started picturing how I was going to bury my child. It felt like the end.'
When Peta Butler was 16 years old, her own mother arranged her rape.
Celeste Barber's Instagram photos have earned her 3.3 million followers. Here's how she takes them.
15 things 50-year-olds know that people in their 20s don't.
The rather difficult grammar quiz that 'only four per cent of people' nail.
She was named 'Australia's most evil woman'. But where is Belinda Van Krevel now?
Kristen loved her floor-to-ceiling tinted windows. Until she got a note from a neighbour.