Extraordinary Stories
Extraordinary Stories
Immerse yourself in a different world, every week, as host Emma Gillespie and guests dig deeper into the truth and tragedy of some of the world’s most remarkable women. From Ita Buttrose to Charlotte Dawson to Amanda Bynes.....Extraordinary lives, told by extraordinary people. Welcome to Extraordinary Stories.Social links:
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The Story That Will Change How You See Brittany Murphy’s Death
This episode of The Spill is about a celebrity mystery that still haunts Hollywood (and all of us). Brittany Murphy would have celebrated her 47th birthday this month, if she hadn't died on December 20, 2009. Nearly 15 years later, her shocking death remains one of the most perplexing unsolved myst…
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‘I Told You I Was Trouble’: The Amy Winehouse Story [Part 3]
[Part 3 of 3] A month before Amy Winehouse’s death, her performance at a music festival in Serbia was resoundly panned. She was intoxicated for the whole world to see, but the silver lining of what would be labelled 'the worst gig of her career' meant she didn’t have to go on tour. It meant Amy, an…
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‘I Told You I Was Trouble’: The Amy Winehouse Story [Part 2]
[Part 2 of 3] After a celebrated album with her debut, Frank, and with that distinct voice and sound, Amy Winehouse got very famous, very fast. Everyone wanted a second album, but Amy had entered a whole new world. On this episode, we’ll hear how Amy’s very private struggles with mental health and …
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‘I Told You I Was Trouble’: The Amy Winehouse Story [Part 1]
[Part 1 of 3] You can recognise it in an instant, that iconic voice and a candid style of songwriting beyond her years. The sound of Amy Winehouse was a sound unheard of since the days of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. But the name ‘Amy Winehouse’ seems to be as synonymous with talent as it is tra…
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Introducing: ‘I Told You I Was Trouble’ - The Amy Winehouse Story
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3. The Disappearance Of Peng Shuai: But Will She Ever Be Free?
In the lead-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics, the world began to wonder how and if Peng Shuai would be used in the games, and whether the IOC was going to have anything to say to the Chinese Government about their silencing of the tennis star. So how did the Chinese propaganda juggernaut shift its…
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2. The Disappearance Of Peng Shuai: Proof Of Life
For three long weeks in November 2021, the tennis community, news organisations, and human rights advocates the world over had one question; Where Is Peng Shuai? In the aftermath of a Weibo post detailing allegations of sexual assault against one of China’s top political figures, concerns for Peng …
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1. The Disappearance Of Peng Shuai: The Tennis Star Who Vanished
Subscribe to MPlus for unlimited access to Extraordinary Stories It was after 10 pm, on November 2nd, 2021 when 35-year-old Peng Shuai - China’s beloved global tennis star - sat down and began typing. Truncated sentences of an open letter, detailing an affair and sexual assault involving one of Ch…
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Part 2: What Happened To Amanda Bynes?
Subscribe to MPlus for unlimited access to Extraordinary Stories From 2013 until just a few weeks ago, Amanda’s Bynes life was controlled by a conservatorship, governed primarily by her mum, Lynn. In the wake of Britney Spears’ bombshell revelations about her own conservatorship, the #freebritney …
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Part 1: What Happened To Amanda Bynes?
Subscribe to MPlus for unlimited access to Extraordinary Stories She was the queen of Nickelodeon, beloved by teens of the noughties. But just as her movie career was taking off, something happened to Amanda Bynes. In this two-part series, we’re looking back on the life and career of Amanda Bynes …
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