Hiding upstairs with my brother and sister, I heard something no child ever should.

Ebony’s mum had turned things around and was back in her life. But then a brutal act robbed them of everything…

Annie stepped into the shower, then everything went blank. She woke up three days later in hospital…

When Kathleen’s four babies died one by one, her grief was all consuming. But things were about to get far worse…

As I sat on the sofa with Dad, eating sweets, my eyes drifted to the walls. ‘Why do you have so many pictures of the devil?’ I asked. ‘I think it’s cool,’ Dad shrugged. It was 2007 and even at six, I

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