1.   But her own life was often stranger than any action-packed fiction plot.

2.   Fact is often stranger than fiction, Hill has decided.

3.   ONE SMALL STEP FOR MURPHY BROWN Although Murphy Brown was a fictional TV journalist, TV truth is often stranger than fiction.

4.   The reality is often stranger than any tabloid.

5.   This story, though, just goes to prove that fact is often stranger than fiction.