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The secret missionary who lost her faith
Amber Scorah was a Jehovah's Witness in China when she started to doubt her beliefs
14 Aug 2019,53 mins
Exposing Nigeria’s cough syrup crisis, for my brother
Why Ruona Meyer joined the frontline in the war against codeine cough syrup
13 Aug 2019,53 mins
Secret SMS texts saved my family from IS
The Yazidi man who had to resort to smugglers and his smartphone to rescue his family
12 Aug 2019,53 mins
My escape, thanks to a Russian mail-order bride
A story of family secrets, pirated films and an unexpected transformation
10 Aug 2019,26 mins
Yacht race disaster: alone in a vicious sea
Nick Ward was the last man to be rescued in ocean racing's biggest disaster
08 Aug 2019,53 mins
Why would beggars steal my little brother?
Samuel Abdulraheem was playing outside his home in Nigeria when he was snatched
07 Aug 2019,53 mins
The ingredients for a happier life
Why Olivia Potts quit her career in criminal law and became a pastry chef
06 Aug 2019,53 mins
The sad tale of the laughing cab driver
When Moustafa Chamseddine ended up in a Syrian jail, laughter became his only comfort
05 Aug 2019,53 mins
Pollen detective: Forensics’ secret weapon
Patricia Wiltshire uses her deep knowledge of plants to help police solve serious crime
03 Aug 2019,26 mins
James Rhodes: I'm alive because of music
The British pianist is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Music became his lifeline
01 Aug 2019,53 mins
I came out during a lie detector test
Former military man Todd Ross was interrogated and harassed during Canada’s ‘LGBT purge’
31 Jul 2019,53 mins
The selfie that changed my life twice
How a selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel revolutionised a Syrian refugee’s life
30 Jul 2019,53 mins
Why I started a Holocaust survivors’ band
Saul Dreier was 89-years-old when he bought his first drum kit and started a klezmer band
29 Jul 2019,53 mins
Exposing my twin – the paedophile priest
Margaret thought their bond was unbreakable, then she learned about her brother’s crimes
27 Jul 2019,26 mins
I had a baby and thought I was Cameron Diaz
Jen Wight suffered unsettling delusions after becoming a mother
25 Jul 2019,53 mins
The dating scam that made a friendship
Maria Grette met 'Johnny' on a dating site. He was sweet, kind - but not who he seemed
24 Jul 2019,53 mins
Was this father wrong to help convict his son?
Roger Stringer believed his son Zac fired the rifle that killed his other son
23 Jul 2019,53 mins
Andy McNab: Soldier, writer, psychopath
The former elite soldier on how learning to read aged 16 taught him empathy
22 Jul 2019,53 mins
Chasing El Chapo
Drew Hogan made it his mission to take down the world's most wanted drug lord, El Chapo
20 Jul 2019,26 mins
Wrestling stardom nearly tore us apart
The Knight family’s passion brought them together but success threatened everything
18 Jul 2019,53 mins
Voyage from the Pacific Islands to Hollywood
Musician Opetaia Foa'i fought for Disney's Moana to stay true to Pacific culture
17 Jul 2019,53 mins
The heart of a heart surgeon
Stephen Westaby has operated on 12,000 hearts
16 Jul 2019,53 mins
Why music on a bus gave me a panic attack
Maryam Zaree's birth was a family secret until a bus ride unearthed traumatic memories
15 Jul 2019,53 mins
The IS orphans rescued by their grandpa
He couldn’t save his daughter after she joined IS but could he rescue her seven children?
13 Jul 2019,26 mins
A kid in Australia’s doomsday cult
When he was a baby, Ben Shenton’s mum gave him to a notorious, drug-taking cult
11 Jul 2019,53 mins
Using boxing to help DRC’s 'outcasts'
Kibomango’s fight to save the DRC’s child soldiers in the boxing ring
10 Jul 2019,53 mins
Reclaiming Pepe, my cartoon frog
How cartoonist Matt Furie is taking back his creation Pepe the Frog from far-right groups
09 Jul 2019,53 mins
Solving international crime from our sofas
The men behind Bellingcat who cracked the MH17 air crash case
08 Jul 2019,53 mins
How hunting a murderer nearly killed me
The horror of interviewing and hunting serial killers nearly cost an FBI agent his life
06 Jul 2019,26 mins
My fugitive dad made me get a nose job
Margo Perin has spent years unravelling her mysterious childhood and her family's secrets
04 Jul 2019,53 mins