When a child finds her mother, Suzanne Van Hagen, dead, the authorities believe it to be a sex game gone wrong; it takes her family four years to prove them wrong.

Susan Waring has learning difficulties and is partially sighted; when the charming Alan Edwards waltzes into her life, she's smitten, but the union soon becomes the stuff of nightmares.

In 1998, Arlene Fraser's children return home from school to find mom not there; 25 years later, she still hasn't been found, her husband Nat, refuses to give up her body.

When Kylie Dembrey falls for bad boy Mark Sinclair, the life of the sweet 17-year-old quickly turns sour; she keeps her lover's violent-streak secret, until the very end.

Within two years of meeting Cordelia Farrell, Wayne Coventry dials 999 and makes a plea for help; despite warnings from friends and family, he stays with her, a decision that will cost him dear.

On social media, Kelly and George Worgan have the perfect family and marriage; but behind closed doors, George's lies, secrets and money worries lead to tragic ends.