Matt Shea
Presenter and Writer
matt.shea@vice.comMatt Shea is a presenter, director and writer who specialises in crime and fringe stories. He is the creator of the long-running series High Society and has won awards for Iceman, about the cold water Guru Wim Hof, and Time To Die, a feature documentary about the global underground euthanasia movement.
We Interviewed Kerri Chandler...On a Rollercoaster!
The charmed ride operators at Eastern Electrics held up the Xtreme Machine so we could chat with a house music forefather.
The Cult Who Kidnaps Christians and Is at War with the Chinese Government
The cult's core belief is that Jesus Christ has been reincarnated as a middle-aged Chinese woman called Lightning Deng who now lives in Chinatown in New York. The cult operates by infiltrating China’s underground churches and integrating themselves...
Relax Guys, Disclosure Aren’t Going to Ruin House Music
We interviewed them at Melt! Festival about not touring with Swedish House Mafia and not taking drugs.
We Got Greenpeace to Respond to Rude Tweets About the Shard Protest
"I see the greenpeace wankers are climbing up the shard... let the fucking snipers loose on them..."
The Khat Ban Is Harmful and Pointless
So says Professor David Nutt, the exiled prince of UK drugs politics.
Uncovering the "Truth" Among the Conspiracy Theorists at the 2013 Bilderberg Fringe Festival
The folks who think that the annual meeting of powerful people known as the Bilderberg Group have gotten so used to protesting against conspiracies that they've started an official event: the Bilderberg Fringe Festival. I wandered around to ask...
Turkey's Weekend of Street War, Jubilation, and Bulldozer Joyrides
Social unrest has gripped the country, from Istanbul to Ankara. VICE currently has a number of reporters and filmmakers in Turkey. We called one of them on Sunday to make sure they hadn't suffocated in tear gas plumes and to get their perspective on...
Teens Are Being Trapped in Abusive 'Drug Rehab Centers'
The methods used at these facilities are arguably traceable to an anti-drug cult in the 60s called the Church of Synanon. Their method was to abduct addicts and then “rehabilitate” them through beatings and humiliation. Former patients have been airing...
Professor David Nutt Is Still Fighting Against the UK's 'Moronic' Drugs Laws
We interviewed the banished government "drugs tsar".
Porn Sites Are Paying to Remove Tattoos of Their Logos from Hostgator's Face
Hostgator Dotcom emailed me the good news so I thought I'd call him up to congratulate him. It turns out he's doing great and his kids aren't starving, but he also has some worrying new plans to make money that involve his ding-a-ling and his future...