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The cricket star who learned to fly
Ricky Ellcock’s rollercoaster life as a fast bowler and airline pilot

The bullet that ended our friendship
Paul Rousseau was accidentally shot in the head by his best friend and flatmate

After doomsday: I outgrew a cult and became a professor
When the world fails to end Jerald Walker is left searching for something to believe in

Naked and alone: the comedian trapped in a reality TV show
Nasubi had no idea his 15-month fight to survive was being broadcast on Japanese TV

How my mysterious childhood became a best-selling novel
Trent Dalton discovered he was on the fringe of one of Australia’s biggest crime stories

The sports scandal scoop that almost destroyed me
In 1998 Finnish journalist Johanna Aatsalo published a story that made her a hate figure

Saved by goats after my fall from the sacred mountain
When he slid off a 40-metre cliff in the jungle, Morgan Segui thought he was sure to die

Looking for my son for 58 years, part 2
Bestselling writer Lesley Pearse never stopped looking for her son

Looking for my son for 58 years, part 1
Bestselling writer Lesley Pearse's own story is wilder than any romance

The Wicker Man: Learning to love the film that broke us
The director's obsessive quest to make this iconic horror film would devastate his family