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I sent three innocent teenagers to prison for life
Ron Bishop was 14 when he says police forced him to make false statements on the witness stand during a 1984 murder trial. His testimony helped sente…
6 months, 1 week ago
Cesar Millan: The ‘dog boy’ who became the Dog Whisperer
Cesar Millan is known for training dogs on TV. What’s less well-known is that he migrated illegally to the US from Mexico and slept rough before maki…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Sole survivor: Eight days in the jungle after my plane crashed
How a romantic getaway ended in disaster.
Dutch financier Annette Herfkens boarded Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 in November 1992, embarking on what was…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Coming up in the new season of Lives Less Ordinary
A heads-up on some of the extraordinary stories to look forward to from September - from a long-lost son, to the sole survivor of a plane crash, to A…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Hold Fast! 8. Our duty is done
As the Avontuur draws closer to Hamburg and its final port of call, the crew begin to reflect on what they’ve been through and what awaits them in th…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Hold Fast! 7. I want to hug a cow
After 188 days without setting foot on land, the Avontuur finally arrives in Horta, in the Azores. But it's by no means certain whether the crew will…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Hold Fast! 6. Unicorn poo
As the crew of the Avontuur fight their way out of the Gulf of Mexico and battle a hurricane that delays their journey back across the Atlantic, ship…
7 months ago
Hold Fast! 5. No better mirror than the sea
The crew of the Avontuur begin to wonder whether they will ever be able to get off the ship. As they become resigned to their new life of being compl…
7 months ago
Hold Fast! 4. Taking the biscuit
Unable to step off the ship, tensions are rising amongst the crew of the Avontuur and coping mechanisms begin to emerge. When the dry store is raided…
7 months, 1 week ago
Hold Fast! 3. The world as you know it no longer exists
In the middle of the Atlantic, the crew of the Avontuur receive a satellite email with news from land that throws everything they’d been counting on …
7 months, 1 week ago