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The blind skateboarder going for gold

When skateboarder Justin Bishop went blind he worried he鈥檇 lost the sport he loved

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Soweto Uprising: What happened to my dad?

Janet Goldblatt's father was murdered, but the full story would take decades to emerge

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My stolen 鈥榤agic鈥� guitar, found after 45 years

Solving the mystery of rock star Randy Bachman鈥檚 beloved guitar which disappeared in 1976

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The violin that saved a Jewish family

Natalie Cumming's violin helped her family survive starvation, persecution, and torture.

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The Texan princess and the priceless villa

Rita Boncompagni's unexpected life led her from the US to an historic Italian home.

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Becoming an elder in the community I was stolen from as a baby

How Australian Dianne O'Brien discovered her Indigenous heritage - and her calling

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The false confessions of a serial killer

Thomas Quick was Sweden鈥檚 most notorious serial killer. Then he retracted his confessions

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The giant window and the race against time

Artists Tim Carey and Narcissus Quagliata built the world's biggest stained glass window

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My long-lost sister was a surrogate mother to my twins

When adoptee Mark found his long-lost sister Rachel, it led to a remarkable offer

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The priest leading the fight for LGBT rights in Poland

How Szymon Niemiec combined his faith and activism to found Poland's first Gay Pride

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Why I鈥檓 singing songs for my transgender dad

Musician Frank Turner was estranged from his father for years; now they鈥檙e finally close

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The Canadian cop who uncovered a police scandal

When a First Nations teenager was found frozen to death Ernie Louttit wanted answers

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Driven by jealousy: The Chippendales murder plot

Co-founder Bruce Nahin gives the inside story on the male strip club's troubled past

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Mountains took my family - but I love them

Kate Ballard lost her mum and brother to the Himalayas but finds joy on the slopes

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Running an underground newspaper during the Syrian uprising

Kholoud Helmi paid a high price to start one of Syria's only independent newspapers

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The child preacher who exposed a con

Marjoe Gortner's life as an evangelical conman and his Oscar-winning undercover act

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How the Donut King lost his crown

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy once presided over an empire of donut shops across California

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I survived an avalanche, but the real challenge came after

Joe Yelverton's life changed in an instant when he was hit by an avalanche in Alaska

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Rohan Marley: Bob鈥檚 rebel son

Bob Marley's son Rohan on his famous dad, playing American football, and Rastafarianism

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The boy band heartthrob who dreamed of writing Viking novels

Giles Kristian competed with thousands to become the frontman of 90s boy band Upside Down

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Punk against apartheid

National Wake were South Africa's first multi-racial punk band

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Surviving gay conversion therapy

Raised in a religious family, Garrard Conley was forced into 鈥榯herapy鈥� to turn straight

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My mum Poly Styrene, a punk icon

Poly Styrene brought her distinctive voice and neon outfits to the 1970s punk scene

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I鈥檓 a disaster expert 鈥� and it helped me get through my own

Disaster recovery expert Lucy Easthope used her skills to cope with personal tragedy

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The sisters reuniting separated siblings at camp

Lynn Price and Andi Andree didn't find out they were sisters until the ages of 8 and 9

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Dressing Beyonc茅: It started with a Barbie outfit

Artist Osman Yousefzada's love of clothes came from watching his mum sew for neighbours

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How did this man find two lost Rembrandts?

Jan Six is an art dealer whose ancestor was painted by the Dutch Master Rembrandt

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I created a mass Marilyn Monroe swim for my mother

How dressing up as the Hollywood icon helped Sarah Tinney cope after her mother鈥檚 death

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Escaping a life on a dumpsite with classical music

Simon Karuiki Ndungu grew up in a slum scavenging for rubbish. Music was his ticket

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How my father鈥檚 stories shielded me from civil war

When war came to Liberia, Way猫tu Moore鈥檚 dad was determined to protect her from reality

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