Stranger than fiction
Some real life events are so bizarre that they wouldn’t be feasible in a fairy tale... and we just can’t get enough of them. Here is our Collection of Hacks of true stories so unbelievable that you just couldn’t make them up.




My Friend Anna
Rachel DeLoache Williams

The Inventor
Alex Gibney

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe
Emma Cooper

The Puppet Master
Sam Benstead, Gareth Johnson

The Tinder Swindler
Felicity Morris

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