A year ago, when Karen Bell’s three children were murdered by her husband, she could see only darkness ahead. Now she tells Glen Williams why she’s finally able to move on. Only a short while ago, we knew Karen Bell as a woman of unspeakable sorrows – the mother of three beautiful children who were […]

I got messed around by men pretty badly when I was in my early twenties, and the repercussions of this were that for most of my late twenties I, myself, was not very nice to the men I used to meet through friends, at parties, pubs. I found myself being hostile in order to keep […]

With hundreds of Australians now diagnosed with the virus, and panic building, we reveal what it’s really like to be infected with the much-feared disease. Stephanie and Jimmy Dickson found themselves at the centre of the swine flu scare when their kids were among the first diagnosed with the disease in Australia. They were confined […]

The only thing I ever hated about my job was having to be away from home a couple of nights a week but there are times now when I welcome it, though I would never say so to my wife, Sarah. Hearing my daughters chirp “goodnight” down the phone makes me feel bad, but then […]

**By Glen Williams On June 9, 1979, seven people died when a fire engulfed a ride at Sydney’s Luna Park. We speak to Jennifer Poidevin, who lost her husband and two young sons — and is still searching for the truth.** Her gentle smile hides three decades of unspeakable grief. Tears have never been far […]

Five years ago, Connie Culp’s face was destroyed by a shotgun blast. Now, at last, she can smile again. When Connie Culp was shot in the face by her husband Thomas, the once pretty brunette was left horrifically disfigured. Blasted from just over two metres away by a shotgun bullet, she amazed doctors by clinging […]

Alison and I have been best friends since primary school. She’s so kind and sweet, but I’ve always worried that she has the worst taste in men. A few years ago, she met Joe. Joe is good-looking, a bit overweight, and very smooth. Alison was head over heels for him, but I had my suspicions […]

When he stepped in to stop the brutal bashing of a stranger Luke Mitchell was trying to do the right thing. His act of kindness cost him his life. Two thugs stabbed and bashed Luke, then left him for dead early Sunday morning outside the Spot nightclub in Brunswick, Vic. Lying helpless as he was […]

By Jo Knowsley Pictures: Oscar Kornyei Last week Qld dad Matt Munt was working in his yard when he looked up and saw a man running down the driveway with his petrified little boy. An ordinary weekend turned into something out of a sick horror film for Ipswich father Matthew Munt. It was Saturday afternoon, […]

Sometimes I think that I’ve got no right to feel bitter, but mostly I just feel angry. Denise and I met at university and had a great connection. We’re accountants, which doesn’t sound exciting, but I’m in corporate venture transactions, where the financial rewards are very thrilling indeed and Denise is a partner in a […]