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Michelle Carter texted her boyfriend, 'You can do this.' Hours later, he was dead.

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Joanne Lees survived an outback killer. What she faced next was brutal.

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Before her murder, Julie wrote down her worst fear. It came true.

Carolina Wilga survived 12 days in the Australian outback. She just told us how.

'We thought it was just a bad hangover. In reality, my best friend was dying.'

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A new theory may have answered the one question everyone has about the Idaho murders.

The exact moment the MeToo movement died.

For three years, Heather thought she'd found her perfect man. Then she opened his Gmail account.

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Mary was found dead with a gun in her hand. Then a Post-it note unravelled the lie.

If you want to be the 'cool person' in the room, science says you need to do these six things.

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Laila Johnson was in London to see Taylor Swift. A man attacked her with a knife.

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Amanda Knox went back to an Italian court to clear her name. Now she's facing a new conviction.

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Hannah Thomas was at a protest when she was arrested. Now she's undergoing surgery.

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Lisa texted her friends to 'keep a record' in case something happened to her. It did.

'My son endured years of bullying. His last words were for the kids who broke him.'

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'I was abused for 16 years. But nothing could prepare me for the truth about my husband.'

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