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LINCOLN RHYME: HUNT FOR THE BONE COLLECTOR -- "" Episode 103  -- Pictured: (l-r) Arielle Kebbel as Officer Amelia Sachs; Michael Imperioli as Detective Mike Sellitto  -- (Photo by: Peter Kramer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Why we obsess over dark stories

We love twisted tales about bad people doing bad things and now a world-famous crime author has shared his theory on why, while name-checking Aussie writers he says are at the top of the game.

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Sydney July 13, 2001. Minature portrait Matthew Flinders, 1801, part of an national touring exhibition starting in September. Flinders proved Australia was one land mass by circumnavigating it. (AAP Image/NSW State Library)

How hero was left ‘a broken man’

He’s one of the most celebrated figures in Australia’s story. But on this day in history – as a depressed, anxious jailbird – celebration was the last thing on Matthew Flinders’ mind.

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"Trim" pet cat of Captain Matthew Flinders.  historical

How shipwrecked cat was saved

One legendary cat, several farm animals and 80 seafarers faced death after being abandoned in the open ocean – until an extraordinary man hatched an audacious rescue plan.

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**Do not use before Oct 28, 2023.** - Author Tania Blanchard whose new book A Woman Of Courage is being published by HarperCollins. Supplied

Find your family’s buried treasure

Digging up your family’s past can become more than just a hobby. For people like bestselling Aussie writer Tania Blanchard, it unearths tremendous rewards, time after time.

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Journalist and author, Nicole Madigan with her Mum, Rose. Supplied

My mum was stalked and so was I

Stalkers are not limited to the reclusive or the delusional. In an extract from her book, Obsession, journalist and victim Nicole Madigan explains how to recognise if you are being stalked.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on March 29, 2018 shows Australian cricketer David Warner (C), his wife Candice and their daughters leaving the airport after arriving back in Sydney from South Africa. The wife of disgraced cricketer David Warner revealed on May 24 she suffered a miscarriage in the aftermath of her husband's part in a ball-tampering scandal that rocked the game. / AFP PHOTO / Peter PARKS

‘He was the rudest man I had ever met’

Candice Warner reveals her unimpressive first encounter with cricket ace husband David and how that turned into a love story by wooing each other from opposite sides of the globe.

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Twist in Roald Dahl censorship saga

The European publishers of Roald Dahl’s books have slammed the decision to change the author’s works, arguing that his stories will “lose all their power” if watered down.

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