Extremes
All the Different Ways My Mum Tried to Poison Me
I grew up with an illness the doctors couldn't diagnose. It took years for me to realise the problem was my mother.
I Spent 15 Months Shipwrecked on an Uninhabited Island
The story of six teenagers who stole a boat, got lost in a storm, then lived in relative harmony on a South Pacific island.
What I Wish We'd Known Before Blowing Our Band’s Shot at Fame
Changing the Hollywood sign made us international news. Here's how you can do something similar, without blowing it.
Photos: A Doomsday Cult Bought This Farm to Build Weapons of Mass Destruction
Here's what Australian police found on a property used by a Japanese cult to test nerve gas and mine uranium.
I Met the Love of My Life While Fighting in the Iraq War
"Finally, we looked at each other and we started kissing. That’s how I realised he was gay."
The Time a Ghost Hunter Stabbed Himself at My Axe Murder Museum
The Villisca Axe Murder House was one of America's most famous haunted houses. In 2014, its story got even weirder.
You Should Listen to Season 3 of our Podcast, Extremes
The show about people living through the wildest stories we can find is back.
How It Felt Learning My Dad Is a Serial Killer
After he was arrested a lot of weird moments in my childhood made sense.
This Guy Got Hit by Lightning and Became a Concert Pianist
Before the lightning, Tony Cicoria barely even listened to music.
This Australian Bartender Found an ATM Glitch and Blew $1.6 Million
We asked Dan Saunders to describe the loophole and his five months of partying.
These Brothers Were Eavesdropping on Space Transmissions When They Heard Cries for Help
It's one of the strangest mysteries of the 20th century.
Dating a Billionaire Seemed Like Fun Until I Tried It
Sure he had a yacht, but he also wrote "I love you" in blood the first night we met.