A girl who has spent six years in a coma is showing signs of life after taking a sleeping pill. Amy Pickard, 23, had lain in her bed, unable to eat or breathe for herself since falling unconscious in 2001. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl has revealed for first time why he locked his family in a cellar for almost 25 years.

Fritzl said he acted out of love in imprisoning his daughter Elisabeth when she was 18 years old. picked by eelem 4 months ago

Details from Josef Fritzl's confession and police interviews with the daughter he held hostage for 24 years are now emerging, including police photos of the cellar where she was held with three of her children.

Update to Dollyllama's post but I don't think it will be the last. picked by pocksucket 4 months ago

More than two years after Haleigh Poutre was so brutally beaten she was left in a coma from which she was never expected to revive, the 14-year-old girl may be well enough to testify against the man accused of abusing her. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

It would appear that Josef Fritzl's abuse of his daughter began when she was 11 and that a year later he had begun to plan her permanent imprisonment in his basement. picked by pocksucket 4 months ago

A mother who fell into a coma during labour came back from the brink of death after her husband gave her "a bloody good rollicking". Yvonne Sullivan, 28, suffered blood poisoning and blacked out after being told her newborn son had died during a traumatic birth. She was taken to intensive care where Dominic, her 37-year-old husband, kept vigil for two weeks. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A woman who fell into coma woke up six weeks later - to be told she had become a mother. picked by Lilo 9 months ago

Elizabeth Fritzl revealed yesterday that she was forced to dig out the chambers by hand, working for hours at a time over the course of nearly a decade. picked by tigertony 4 months ago

A terrifying "happy slapping" of a teenage girl has fuelled concerns over the rise in violent "ladette" culture. Footage of the girl, believed to be 14, shows her being kicked and kneed in the face by another girl and then left in a bloodied heap on the ground after being battered 15 times. picked by maxriter 4 months ago

Love. Hate. Spontaneous Combustion. The saga of a nice girl turned into a demon by her room mate's dabblings with the darkside. picked by digitalgimpling 2 years ago

Elisabeth Fritzl, the woman held captive by her sadistic father for 24 years has spoken about her ordeal with her reunited family and has vowed she never wants to see her father's face again.

It's good to hear they're doing fairly well. picked by jhordie 4 months ago

Every time doctors checked on him, they had the same prognosis: Devon was in a persistent vegetative state, and it was doubtful that he would ever recover.

This is one of those "feel-good" stories we all need to hear more of. picked by Hoosker 2 years ago

Doctors say that cannot explain how or why this happens to her based on what they know of persistent vegetative states. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

An eight-year-old girl has stunned doctors in the United States after surviving more than 150 surgeries for a rare medical condition which caused her legs to fuse together. picked by thenegativeone 6 months ago

Becky Prosser, 7, was born with a birthmark that covered half of her face, now, doctors were able to remove it, giving her as close to a normal face as she will ever have.

This is makes me happy. picked by MUPPETMAKER 7 months ago

sounds like a movie to me picked by nicky666 1 year ago