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I Don't Have the Stones to Be a Crime Reporter

Last summer, I filed a story about a 12-year-old girl from London who'd failed to return home one Friday. People go missing all the time, so, although obviously sad, it was nothing that remarkable. In the days that followed, however, Tia Sharp's disappearance became England's most reported-upon news story. Full story

Did a Murderer Just Give Himself Away on Yelp?

On May 3rd, a 36-year-old Iraq war veteran and college student named Maribel Ramos was reported missing by her family, after failing to turn up to several events in Santa Ana, California. A couple of days later Maribel's roommate KC Joy started posting super weird stuff on a Yelp… Full story

Papua New Guinea Is Still Burning "Sorcerers" at the Stake

Some of the people who live in the more remote regions of Papua New Guinea possess an extreme belief in the power of the occult. They take it seriously enough that, in the past couple of weeks, some of them have formed an armed mob and attacked two women accused of sorcery in PNG… Full story

It's Still All Right to Kill Your Wife and Sister in Jordan

Getting away with murder in Jordan is easy, as long as the victim is your wife, sister, or daughter and you claim it was an honor killing. Just last Saturday, a female was found dead near Amman with her throat slit, her belly slashed open, and her four-month-old fetus removed. Lo… Full story

VICE Shorts

'The Ellington Kid' by Dan Sully

In a typical South London kebab shop Nathan tells Beefy a story. It's a story he's heard about the Ellington kid, who got stabbed and found refuge in the very kebab shop they are sitting in. Full story

Romanian Prison Vogues

For the last few years, prisoners in Romania have been able to dress however they want as long as they maintain minimum standards of decency. This got our Romanian counterparts wondering: What do chicks wear when they're surrounded by the awfulness and heartbreak of prison life? Full story

Will Anonymous Retaliate for Christopher Dorner's Probable Death?

With all signs pointing to Christopher Dorner being dead after his killing spree wrapped up inside of a burning cabin, Anonymous has been stirring a pot of skepticism online as dissent against the LAPD grows. Full story

Gavin Haynes's Sleepless Nights

Bath Salts, Orgies, Murder, and Anti-Virus Software

If there is one thing society can learn from the soap opera now engulfing tech zillionaire John McAfee, it is that rectal shelving is the best way to take the psychoactive drug MDPV. Full story

The New Orleans Murder Wall Won't Stop Growing

While New Orleans is traditionally thought of as the city of jazz, Mardi Gras, and semi-functional alcoholics, it's also the city with the highest murder rate in the country. A local priest is trying to bring greater awareness to the problem by writing the names of the city's mur… Full story

Dogmageddon

God Vs. The Ladies

The original scriptures—the template which has led to today's incarnation of religion—were written by men during a time when women were property and mystical beasts who occasionally farted out children. This factoid explains the troubling inherent sexism of organized religions… Full story