True Stories

These Dogs Are Teaching Machines How to Sniff Out Cancer

Learn how new discoveries about dogs' ability to detect disease will revolutionize medicine.


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The Most Chilling UFO Sightings Ever Recorded

If you're a skeptic, these creepy UFO sightings will make you believe. If you already believe, prepare to get spooked!


This Man Was Bitten By a Rattlesnake—After It Had Been Decapitated!

When Jeremy Sutcliffe decapitated the poisonous snake, he assumed that would be the end of it. He was wrong.


When a Scuba Diver Got Lost in a Cave, This Rescuer Refused to Quit Searching

Two friends dove into a dark underwater tunnel in the Adriatic Sea. Only one came out.


How a Chicago Hospital Pulled Off Back-to-Back Triple Organ Transplants

Before 2018, only 15 triple organ transplants—heart, liver and kidney—had ever been performed in the United States. Then, over the...


This Woman’s Legendary Fudge Recipe Was Engraved on Her Tombstone

The recipe for "Kay's Fudge" will never be forgotten.


What My Daughter Taught Me When She Came Out As Trans

"When my child told me she was trans, I remember the fear: for her safety, for how the world might...


After 21 Years of Marriage, I Helped My Husband Come Out as Gay

We had three small children when my husband realized he was gay, but helping him come out taught them an...

My Mother Married an Astronaut

While he may not have been to space, this new dad was truly out of this world.


Hope and Light: The Art of Kevin Pee-Ace

From his residential school upbringing to the early days of reconciliation, artwork and family continue to be sources of strength...


I Wished For a Baby, But Instead a Bunny Showed Up At My Door

After trying to conceive for over three years, the lost bunny we adopted was a welcome distraction from our struggles...


With Some Help From My Favourite Dishes, I Finally Found Joy in Cooking

In learning to be comfortable with what I don’t know, I’m realizing that the things that make me feel as...


As a Teenager, I Gathered Paints for Maud Lewis

During the 1960s, my father kept up a frequent correspondence with Maud Lewis, one of Canada’s most famous folk artists.


How One Woman in Petty Harbour is Bringing Newfoundlanders Back to Their Fishing Roots

With Fishing For Success in Petty Harbour, Newfoundlander Kimberley Orren hopes to bring women, children and a sense of community...


This Story of Two Pen Pals Will Warm Your Heart

Eleanor was from the Prairies and Lois was from Newfoundland, but the distance didn't stop these two pen pals from...


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30 Inspiring Quotes From Cancer Survivors

People who have survived cancer have been through a lot—and they've learned a lot. This wisdom may help you and...


Why I Stopped Making New Year’s Resolutions

Was it me failing my resolutions, or were my resolutions failing me? Here’s how a shift in perspective finally helped...

A Button Collection Bought At Auction Revealed a Lifetime of Memories

After I won a button collection at the auction, I sat with the 89-year-old woman who had saved them and...


My First-Ever Christmas Pageant as the Virgin Mary

I anxiously listened for my cue line, “The time came for her to have her child,” and then, with nary...


I Became a Mom on Christmas Eve. Here’s What I Learned About Gratitude

Looking back, I wish I could tell my forlorn self a few things to assuage her fears.


How a Total Stranger Pulled My Dad Out of His Alzheimer’s Fog

One day, a woman began singing Celine Dion in the doctor's waiting room. I wasn't prepared for what happened next.


How I Created a Sanctuary for Teenagers in My School Library

When Angela Jouris Saxe started her job, she realized that a school library is more than just a place to...


Celebrating Muslim Traditions with My Chosen Family

Now that I know I can be both trans and Muslim, I can’t wait for COVID-19 to pass so that...

A COVID-19 Patient’s Incredible 77-Day Fight for Survival

The story of Rick Cameron's battle for survival, the doctor who wouldn’t give up, and the Maritime community that rallied...


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The Incredible Story of How a Small Saskatchewan Community Rallied to Save the Life of an Unborn Baby

Fifty-three years after a tragic accident took the life of his mother, mechanic Don Mason received a phone call from...


A Holiday Gift Exchange Has Held My Friend Group Together for Two Decades

Holidays with family can be cozy, but our exchange offered something else: a chance for my friends and me to...


Announcing the Reader’s Digest Book Club Picks for Fall 2020

Do you love gothic mysteries, or prefer intergenerational dramas? Maybe true crime is your thing. For whatever you desire to...


How a Casual Conversation Helped Bring Closure to a Dutch POW’s Family

Pieter Broerse was one of thousands of POWs and local villagers who were forced to build the notorious Burma Railway...


8 Horror Movies Inspired By True Stories

Jaws, Psycho and A Nightmare on Elm Street may be the stuff of nightmares, but they were all based on...