Welcome to the VICE Weekend Reader, where we highlight the week’s best long-form from VICE.com. Everybody dies, you know? It’s best to dig straight into the good stuff.

Does Prince’s Secret Vault of Unreleased Music Really Exist?

There might be an unreleased Madonna and Prince collaboration awaiting us in the vaults. Fingers crossed.

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How Catfishing Worked Before the Internet

People have been heartless, lying sociopaths for centuries. And back in the olden days, catfishing sometimes led to murder.

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Satisfied yet, you content-carnivore? Good. Still hungry? There’s more. Check back next weekend for more of the good stuff.