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Jane Ridley, US Senior Feature Writer

Jane Ridley joined Daily Mail as a Senior Feature Writer and its first Real-Life Correspondent in 2025. Based in New York, she specializes in interviewing so-called `ordinary¿ people who have undergone extraordinary experiences. Ridley, an award-winning writer, most recently worked at Business Insider, where she broke the viral story of a mother arrested after her tween walked through their safe neighborhood for ten minutes alone. She previously worked for The New York Post where her global exclusives included a surrogate who got pregnant with her own baby while carrying the child of another couple. She crossed The Atlantic in 2005 and has dual American/ British citizenship.

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MOST RECENT ARTICLES FROM JANE RIDLEY

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My husband left a single bullet on our kitchen stove... the message was clear

31/08/25 01:49

They are the image of domestic contentment. An older couple living out their golden years in West Hollywood. They have two successful daughters - one an attorney, the other an architect - and three adored grandchildren to dote on. Life is good. Yet when they look back on their 37-year relationship, they liken it to a 'war-time romance' forged in adversity and fear....read

My mother's dark obsession stole my childhood.... it took me 18 years to escape the nightmare
26/08/25 09:40
Amanda Uhle had a recurring dream as a child. She would open the windows and purge her house of excess: canned goods and stockpiled scrap fabric went out the window.
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My teacher committed an unthinkable violation against me... but that wasn't even the worst of what happened at school
24/08/25 02:34
The high achiever was a varsity athlete and straight-A scholar who ranked fifth in her class of 674 on graduating. She seemed to be anything but vulnerable.
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Internet trolls say I suffocated my baby... but it was really a horrifying freak accident that could happen to any new mom
10/08/25 03:50
The mother's fingers trembled as she tenderly dressed her baby, Hayden, in the outfit that three generations had worn for their baptisms - except Hayden was not being dressed for his christening.
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I couldn't shake my bad feeling about our luxury vacation. 24 hours later my husband was dead
09/08/25 05:05
Bridget Hillsberg had an uneasy feeling from the moment she arrived at the Nobu Hotel Los Cabos in Mexico.
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I just wanted to look perfect on my wedding day... but my fixation nearly robbed us of our future
03/08/25 04:48
Cynthia Donovan was thrilled when her boyfriend proposed. But her obsession with looking her best on their wedding day nearly ended in disaster.
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They look like a picture-perfect American family posing for a Christmas card. But the final photo is for an obituary
03/08/25 02:21
People who might have seen Salym Liufau, her husband, and four children posing for professional photographs in a park likely thought they were just another family taking Christmas photos.
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I was the perfect 'good wife'... until I met my REAL soulmate right under my husband's nose
28/07/25 05:09
Amber was 26 when she met her husband in New York City. He was four years her senior and they were collaborating on a number of start-up projects.
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I survived monster mudslide that wiped out my family... what I saw that night has haunted me
22/07/25 04:34
The Cantins had gone to bed after dinner on January 8, 2018, having watched TV updates on the extreme weather, but horror struck at 3.30am.
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It's the marriage taboo every woman dreads discussing. Many swear they'll never do it. Now one brave wife speaks out
18/07/25 01:05
When Talia Koren told her boyfriend of three months she had something important to discuss while they were relaxing in his Bay Area apartment, he understandably looked a little concerned.
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I went from fit and healthy to being unable to move, talk or even breathe without help in just 24 hours thanks to a rare condition... and no one knows what caused it
13/07/25 03:48
It's the stuff of nightmares. Fully conscious, aware of everything and everyone yet unable to move, communicate, or even breathe unassisted.
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I clung to a tree for hours to survive monster Texas floods... now I'm haunted by what I saw in the water
10/07/25 01:48
Ten times the average monthly rain fell in just 48 hours, causing the Guadalupe River to burst its banks and surge down the valley in the early hours of July 4.
I've battled my eating disorder for 30 years... there are telltale warning signs all parents should recognize
29/06/25 02:16
Journalist Mallary Tenore Tarpley set out to write a book about her eating disorder and was dismayed to learn that the children of adult sufferers are 11 times more likely to develop one.
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I did the 'mom sneak' and then came the blood-curdling scream. My son's death will forever haunt me... but I know how to save other children
25/06/25 02:42
Kaitlyn Wages, 41, was enjoying a summer's day at home with her three children when an unimaginable tragedy struck. Now she wants to help spare others every parent's worst nightmare.
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My daughter was killed in a murder-suicide by someone I trusted to love her... just weeks after the tragedy here's why I forgive them
18/06/25 05:37
It was an ordinary Monday morning. Kara Hanning had just begun her work week at her banking job when her phone lit up.
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My father's shocking deathbed confession made me question everything I thought I knew about our lives
16/06/25 02:29
Ashley Randele paints a simple picture of her childhood in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, an unassuming suburb of Boston, where she was raised by parents who were 'ordinary'.
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I accepted a luxury free trip to New York City. I ignored the glaring red flags that've now ruined my life
11/06/25 12:57
Levi-April Whalley couldn't believe her luck when her adventurous best friend, Sophie Bannister, invited her to go on an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City.
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The world was stunned when we adopted a baby we found on the subway. But it's what he said about it years later that terrified us
09/06/25 09:41
Twenty five years ago, Mercurio's husband, Danny Stewart, found Kevin as a newborn lying on the floor of a station.
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I was tickling my toddler when I realized a devastating truth that nearly killed me... always trust your gut
09/06/25 03:19
One Sunday morning between Christmas and New Year, Christine Kalafus was tickling her four-year-old son, Trevor.
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My genius husband invented the personal computer... but he was hiding a sinister secret in his 'dungeon'
01/06/25 01:54
When Brenda Coffee married her charismatic boss Philip Ray, 14 years her senior, the wide-eyed 21-year-old imagined an exciting future of love, wealth and shared adventures.
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My mom handed me a secret list in case she disappeared. She was found murdered in the basement when I was 11... I knew exactly what to do
24/05/25 10:52
Collier Landry will never forget the look in his mother's eyes when she told him what to do should she ever disappear.
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I thought I had the perfect marriage until I found my husband's secret journals. My blood ran cold, I felt sick...
24/05/25 09:33
Ute Heggen considers herself a widow now after a moment that tore her life to pieces. And it soon got worse...
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Vicious rumors that we used 'secret twin signals' to cheat spiraled out of control... then the scandal took a sinister twist
11/05/25 09:10
Identical twins Kayla and Kellie Bingham, 33, from South Carolina, have always had similar body language. They never dreamed this would spark a devastating scandal and leave their lives in ruins...
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I solved the shameful secret that has haunted my family for generations... clues stashed in a shoebox are easier to unravel now
11/05/25 11:39
Diana Troop was 11 when she first saw the battered shoebox hidden in a closet. But it would be seven decades before Diana learned the shocking truth...
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Wife of Jimmy John's billionaire founder: I was raped, I was shunned, I had to tell the kids everything... but there's hope now
08/05/25 04:38
The wife of the iconic sandwich chain founder, Leslie Liautaud, 51, is speaking out for the first time about a harrowing rape ordeal.
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My 'perfect' husband swept me off my feet. Then I found text messages that made my blood run cold... he was going to kill me
07/05/25 02:33
Kelly Sutliff's doctors struggled to find the cause of her nausea, headaches and bright red hives. But she could at least rely on her devoted husband, Chris, to take care of her - or so she thought.
My family life looked perfect and my career was flying. But I was hiding a dark addiction that is just as destructive as drugs and alcohol...
06/05/25 11:56
As far as her colleagues were concerned, Mary Durso was a successful career woman, a wife and mother, who juggled a demanding six-figure-salary job with raising her adorable daughter.
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My identical twin and I were raped for years by Dad. I married and lived happily. Until she came for vengeance
27/04/25 05:51
Debra Mapes struggled for words when her identical twin sister, Diane Bowerman, called her and their mother, Jean, from jail and simply said: 'I didn't do it.'
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My beautiful sorority girl daughter rarely let her hair down. Then a night out ended in unimaginable horror... and I'm haunted by her frantic texts
21/04/25 05:44
Shawnee Baker fell to her knees and vomited when she saw her daughter, Baylie Grogan, 19, lying in the hospital bed, her body grossly swollen, and her head disfigured.
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I married my first cousin and revealed our relationship to the family with an intimate video. We were so happy... until tragedy struck
21/04/25 03:08
To the seven-year-olds tucked in the bedroom closet, hidden away from the rest of the family party, it seemed little more than a dare - an innocent kiss, a peck, nothing more.
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My father's murder has become a Netflix sensation... here's the sick truth about his beauty queen killer
15/04/25 03:27
The horrific story of Sarah Corbett Lynch's dad has become the subject of a popular new Netflix documentary called A Deadly American Marriage. But what really happened?
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I let my 8-year-old son walk alone for ten minutes after he threw a huge tantrum... then I was arrested
13/04/25 12:59
Almost four years on from her shocking ordeal, Heather Wallace is speaking out for the first time.
We resorted to an extreme tactic to save our sex life... now we make love for two hours and have discovered a new kind of orgasm
12/04/25 01:31
Rea Frey, 43, and her husband Alex Hoguin, 44, had been together for 15 years. Here they reveal how they rescued their flagging sex life with a simple but drastic experiment...
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I'd finally found love in later life. Then my husband returned from a solo trip to Vietnam... and sent a chilling message that will haunt all middle-aged women
11/04/25 02:54
It was the last thing Virginia DeLuca expected when she sent her husband, Perry, her usual 5pm text after work. Her husband replied with an ominous message that was the start of it all...
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My mom exposed my stepdad for a betrayal more twisted than every woman's darkest fear... he executed her in the car
02/04/25 03:18
Those who witnessed the crime that afternoon would recall it as a cold-blooded execution.
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I was the 'tradwife' pop star who sang for Trump, he was a rich baseball player... then came the pastor affair smears and a dark truth emerged
19/03/25 01:05
When Julianna Glasse saw the call from her pastor, she hesitated. It was the fourth time he'd been in contact in a month, so she knew exactly why he was calling.
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Beloved author reveals the heartbreaking cruelty behind her bestselling books
18/03/25 05:31
Marianne Richmond wasn't expecting a show of concern from her mother, Mary, when she told her she had a brain tumor and needed surgery at the age of 25.
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I lost the ability to speak English after giving birth. I woke with no memory of my baby or husband... how did doctors miss the warning signs?
16/03/25 09:22
Samina Ali struggled to take in the nurse's instructions as she carefully explained how to hold a newborn baby. This was the first time meeting her child after his traumatic birth.
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I'm haunted by the unread texts my beautiful daughter sent before taking her own life age 19. There were signs she'd been unhappy as a baby. Here's what every parent must know...
11/03/25 06:34
A voice at the end of the line got straight to the point: Honey Beuf's 19-year-old daughter Liv, a student in her first year at college in Colorado, was in hospital. She had tried to take her own life.
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She looks like a perfect bride-to-be. But when Katherine saw her reflection, she gasped. One damning word had changed everything...
02/03/25 07:26
Katherine slipped on her ivory tulle gown and stared into the mirror at the upscale bridal atelier in Manhattan. But rather than burst with pride and excitement, she recoiled in horror.
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Blake Lively's bizarre texts to Justin Baldoni threaten to expose her 'dragon' husband Ryan Reynolds... for all the famous lovers he's burned
31/01/25 08:59
Even by the standards of high-profile Hollywood spats, the interminable brawl between actress Blake Lively and her co-star, director Justin Baldoni is enough to warrant another Rocky sequel.
Who ordered the runway switch minutes before the DC crash? Are DEI air traffic controllers to blame? Why did Biden's FAA chief suddenly quit? All the unanswered questions
30/01/25 10:56
It was a clear, cold night in Washington DC on January 29, when at 8.47 pm, a bright orange and red flame suddenly erupted in the sky.

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